The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-07-26

| The officers of the revenue depart
ment in this Territory have recently
sent off the claims for rebate on to-
bacco and cigars, made by dealers in
this Territory. They numbered 225,
ranging in amount from so to $3.50,
and aggregating Sl5,093.49.
Three prisoners escaped from the
Spokane county Jail at Cheney re-
Gently by cutting hole through the
door. The escapes are j. A. Woods,
charged with embezzlement; George
| Ripley, a drunk, and a man charged
with selling whisky to Indians.
Mr.. James Steel, one of the contrac-
tors engaged in the construction of a
railroad from the junction with the
Northern Pacific to Moscow, says that
large force of men will be at once
put upon the grade at Colfax and the
work pushed early to completion.
The North Seattle barrel factory is
turning out 5000 barrels per day,
mostly of cottonwood Fir il used for
making barrels for packing fish, beef,
pork, furs, etc. The company has II
logging camp, which puts in about
l,2O0,OOO feetuf cottonwood per month.
The produce trade of New York
have adopted resolutions opposing all
congressional legislartion looking to-
wards the redemption of trade dollars
at par, because ii speculative ring has
| purchased the coin in large quantities
at its coin value.
In reference to the removal of the
| L. $. land Office from ColfaX to Spo-
kane Falls, an up country paper says
on good authority that all influential
gentleman was Offered S30,ODO to fa-
vor certain city in the southern part
of the Territory, but he refused the
tempting bribe.
The sugar commission, Just returned
to San Francisco from the Hawaiian
islands, gathered all possible informa-
tion upon the subject under investiga-
tion. The conclusion, if arrived al !,
will he kept secret. After visiting Or
egon they will return east and submit
reports to the proper authorities.
Cinnamon are being smuggled into
Port Townsend from British Columbia
by white men. Ii ia estimated that
1000 Cinnamon in British Columbia
are trying to get across the line, aud
that many more will attempt it when
the railroad contracts are completed.
A nice state of affairs, surely.
The lands of the Tulalip reservation
are being allotted to the Indians
thereon Every Indian, the head of IA
family gets 100 acres, and every adult
Indian, not the head of IA family, gets
50 acres. There are about 315 lndiaus
nll told, about ii hundred of whom are
entitled to lands under this arrange
ment.
At the tertio- mllenial celebration
at Santa Fe, New Mexico, the Apaches
had "A national dance, which lasted
without ceasing for four days and four
nights, aud is known as the devil
dance, or Napa Johitap. 1t is the
| Apache version of the temptation.
The story runs that a pretty Indian
maiden, daughter of Pretty Beads and
Etodo, is tempted 10y the devil, Chin
ita, in many ways and di>gusss.
most extensive lumber dealers in
Michigan, has been inspecting tim
ber belts on Puget Sound. Mr.. Bulls
says the country about the Sound Is
one of not only vast timber resources,
| ttut III
ing wealth. He predicts speedy set
ilement Of both Oregon and Washing
ton with the best class Of citizens.
Two convicts escaped from the Sc
atco, w. T. penitentiary on Sunday,
July sth, and on Tuesday, the 10th,
two more left their "bed ana board,'
for which Sl00 each is offered for the
first two; aud $50 each for the last
two dissatisfied boarders. Their names
are as follows: Jake Freeman, aged
u; Riley Fields, aged ~; Richard For
rest. aged %; David w. Tartar, aged
~.
Crop reports from Minnesota, Da-
kota, Indiana, Kansas and parts ol
Illinois are on the whole, favorable
Recent rains have benefited crops in
Minnesota and Dakota, but an the
other places they have done much in
jury. Reports from Kansas are good
while those from Indiana are by nc
means encouraging. In the formeI
state crops are In n very promising
condition. There isan excellent pros.
pect Of good average yield. Hay AND