, 1883-09-29

At the request Of several interested
parties we pass over a promising eposode
in the proceedings Of the week. This for
bearance on our part is exceedingly try
| ing when we consider the general dispo-
sition Of the public to keep within the
! bounds Of the law and reduce the plumber
OF items to a minimum.
Squads Of men have gone out of>tQwn
/ every day this week with their nQses
| pointed toward the placer diggings. II
| this hegin keeps up much later there is
| going to De a big deal Of suffering among
the miners. There is no joking about the
| winter in the mountains, and pair Of
| spurs and cartridge belt are poor pro-
lection against inclement weather.
BY failure to connect somewhere both
the eastern and western mails were car
ried past Tuesday night and our citizens
had to worry along without word from
| the outside world. It is to be hoped for
the spiritual welfare Of a big portion Of
| the population that this inexcusable error
| does not occur again, for some pretty
healthy profanity resulted from the dis
arrangement.
Geo. T. Crane purchased the first bill Of
goods in Chicago to be shipped over the
Northern Pacific road to Spokane Falls.
| At the Garland stove establishment, where
he purchased his goods, large banner
Vas stretched across the street announc-
| ing the opening Of the Washington Ter
ritory trade, and all Of the large dailies OF
the city mentioned the circumstance as a
new era in the wholesale business OF
Chicago.
We are informed that there is a very
large number Of freight cars on both sides
Of the Snake river, at Ainsworth, awaiting.
transportation. The transfer steamer is
by no means equal to the demands made
upon its carrying capacity. This partial
embargo is apt to continue until the bridge
is completed at that point. A heavy force
is at work on the structure, but it will be
some months before the bridge will be
ready for use.
The First National Bank is going to get
into the corner building some time in the
near hereafter. All that is wanting is the
/ counter, which has been on the road be-
] tween here and Portland for two weeks.
There is an uncertainty Of quickness with
/ frcighting on the line anything but COM
| forting to those waiting for goods, that has
a tendency to stir up muunous spirit in
| the walters. This want Of dispatch is
| tough. We are told that a well-known
merchant Of this city had half barrel Of
china eggs shipped to him some til he for
mcrly, and they fingered along au were
found to be spoiled ON their arriV, but
we are not prepared to vouch for this,
The first train load Of Washington Ter
ritory wheat passed through the city t
noon Tuesday bound east. The cars
"carricd the news to Mary" and the bal
ance Of mankind through the medium Of
large placards which read, "First through
I shipment OF Walla Walla wheat consigned
to G. $. Barnes, Minneapolis, Mimi"
/ Eastern Washington, from its location,
may not be able to crowd the seas with
/ richly freighted argosics, but it can and
/ will utqlize the great line Of steel and tax
. its carrying CAPACITY to It's utmost extent
| to haul its products To the chief grain
marts OF the world. This is but the be-
ginning Of the use Of this grand iron ar
terry that gives the farmer an outlet for
the fruits Of his labors, and before many
seasons cunc and go the commonest sight
on the Northern Pacific will be monstrous
/ freight trains loaded exclusively with the
wheat Of Washington.