, 1883-09-13
Clippings.

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day.
Wool - the amount of 100000 pounds
was unloaded at Billings, Montana, dur.
ing he last month.
Vim. B. Russell. convict sentenced tc
II years Imprisonment, escaped from
Seatco, few days ago.
Spokane county has Touring mills
II sawmills, 4 shingle mills, planning
mills and machine shops.
George Stephens, director of the
Canadian Pacific road, has lately erected
in Montreal mansion costing $1,000,
600.
Potatoes throughout Western New
York have been attacked by black rust
and the entire crop of that region is il
peril.
Out of 1900 votes east in Utah at
the recent election, 900 were Nor.
mons and nine -tenths of these were cast
by women.
A favoIite Ohio drink is called side,
saddle" Suppose it's on account of be
ing equal to two horns and very effective
in twisting ones legs.
There are but two cities in the United
States with more capital invested il
manufactures than Cincinnati. They
are Chicago and Brooklyn. The value
of the goods manufacture in Cincinnati
during the past year the Board of Trade
report will show an increase of SS,OOO,OOO
over that of the previous year.
Hop picking will commence tomor-
row in the Puyallup valley. There
are about 1000 Indians in the valley, a
greater number than has ever been
there before within the recollection of
the Oldest inhabitant. The roads are
IN deplorable condition owing to the
drought and the number of Indians
passing over them.-Ledger.
While cruising about in the fog yes
terday morning, the Hayward collided
with the coal company's buoy, and
afterwards with the ship Tenney, sus-
tanning slight injuries. The Merwin
also scraped up against the Walla
Walla and the Lucy scraped against
that steamship, but fortunately no Sc
rious damage resulted, and the steamers
went on about their business.
Steamer S. l.. Mastick, towing the
bark Columbia from the lower Sound to
Squaxom Island, near Olympia, was
forced to come to anchor last Tuesday
night off the city, where she remained
over Wednesday and Thursday, on ac-
count of the density of fog and the
danger of navigation. The bark is 60
ing for load of piles, and she Will be,
it is believed. the largest sail vessel that
has ever been SO near the Capital City.
-POSt-I.
Amasa Wilcox, builder, has Just re.
turnc l to Tacoma from the Puyallup val
ley, where he has been building first.
class saWmill for d. H. Bonner, at a
point in the foothills three miles from
Sumner. The mill when in to its full
capacity, will turn out 5000 feet per
day. 1t is locate in the midst of q good
timber country, and is near fine lake
of 20 or 80 acres. The fires have done
considerable damage to the timber IL
this vicinity, destroying a good many
cedar trees.-NetrS.
An effort has been made by certain
parties in Seattle to acquire title to the
school section near Lake Washington,
by having it classified as mineral land
Suspicious of fraud has led. Prosecuting
Attorney Bradshaw to notify the Com
missioner of the General Land Office
and request that the entries be suspend
ed. This has been done and an investi-
CATION ord cred Should there be found
but mineral enough to establish title, it
will prove literal bonanza to its owners.
A well known San Francisco firm of
hop dealers estimates the area of new
hop yards in California at 1892 acres in
eight counties, including those which
comprise the leading hop growing dis
tricts of the State. This is an increase
of about 125 per cent. and shows that the
danger of over production in year or
two is great. The increase in Oregon
and Washington during the past year
has also been over 80 per cent, ratio of
gain it would be dangerous to maintain
Il second year.
The "Olympia College Institute" is
the name the Olympia Academy shall
hereafter bear, the Vancouver Confer
ence of the NJ. E. Church having form
ally taken it in charge. A Board of Trus-
tees was elected, consisting of Messrs. J.
F. DeVore, J. r. Lewis, Rufus Willard,
w. McMicken, d. G. LeSourd, I. Dillon,
A. Atwood, W. S. Harrington, J. H. Skid
more, ID. r. Bigelow, Jas. Biles, J. G..
Sparks, d. L. Denny. These gentlemen
elected Rev. j. F. DeVore, President; d.
r. Bigelow, Vice President; Rev. d. G..
LeSourd, General Agent and Treasurer.
and Mr.. f. H. Grubbs, Local Agent. The
Trustees have bought the Union Acade-
my building, and will open their first
term next Monday.
WHAT To THE EAsr.-M. G. Moore &
Co. have sold to George Il. Barnes $50
tons or 1900 bushels of wheat, to be
shipped at once over the Northern Pacif-
ic to Minneapolis, MINI. The wheat
will be shipped in bulk, and will occupy
thirty twelve-ton cars. The cars will be
eonspicuously marked to show their con-
tents, where from, destination, and name
OF eonsignee. 1t will prove great ad-
vertising card for Walla Walla. AS ap-
propriate to the occasion, it is well to re-
call tne remark made in the city a year
or Two ago by a prominent o. r. & n.
official, to the effect that no wheat will
be shipped east from Walla Walla unless
DIR. Baker and Mr.. Moore build a road
to carry it. Now, before the gold spike
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