, 1883-05-31

( by the fire is said to be about 5000
1t seems there were no applicants from
Puget Sound for the naval cadetship, the
general impression being that Eastern
Washington would get the appointment
Joseph Mitchell has been appointed
general timber and material inspector
of the Northern Pacific, from Puget
| Sound to the Rocky mountains.
Judge J. r Lewis, of Seattle, and Ed.
Whitson, of Yakima, have been granted
charter to establish a National Bank at
Ellensburgh. Its capital stock will be
$4,000.
| An idea OF the magnitude of the
flower trade in New York may be gained
| from the statement that one florist in
that city ships on an average 1000 tons
year by express to every part of the
Union.
The RereUe will be the name Of the
new Whatcom paper Its appearance is
promised about June 1st. Will. ID. Jen-
kins, late of the Seattle Chronicle, and
Thos. c. Nicklin, late of Kansas, are to
be the publishers.
The first apple tree raised on the Pa
cific coast, from seed sent out on Il Hud
son Bay company's ship to Vancouver,
in 1896, is said to be still standing on
the government reserve, near Vancouver.
1t was planted by Mr.. p. G. Pambrun,
then associated with the Hudson Bay
company.
Governor Buffers protest against pau
per emigration from Ireland calls atten-
ton to the fact that i'll a volume of the
old town records of Boston, just pub
lished, it is recorded that in 1923 the
Irish invasion first began and the peo-
pie were disturbed with fears that the
newcomers would 'become town
charge, or be otherwise prejudicial to the
welfare and prosperity of the place"
According to the estimate of the Su-
perintendent of the Mint, the decrease III
the gold production of California last
year was only about S1,U00000. BY the
annual estimate of Wells, Fargo & Co,
Published on the 1st of January, the de-
crease was placed at Sl,696,35 but ad-
ditional time has perhaps enabled the
mint to get reports OF production not
available at the beginning OF the year.
The star route jurymen ought to feel
greatly relieved. The Judge has decided
hot I,n Il,
closing speech and counsel for each of
the four defendents one speech. At best
they will have to listen to about four
weeks of variegated oratory, in which
will. probably be included speech on
,religinnfro Ingersnll. Religion to Bob
is like Carthage to the elder Cato-no
speech is complete without it.
THE GRAY's HARBoR ROAD To BE
BUnT.-Governor VIM. A. Newell, pres
ideut of the Puget Sound and Gray's
Harbor Railroad Company, signed a acon-
tract yesterday to issue bonds to Will
liam Graves, of New York, amounting to
to two million dollars, 70 secure funds
for the construction of railroad to CON
meet Gray's Harbor with Puget Sound,
and to run steamers to connect it with
the Northern Pacific at Seattle. The
money for these bonds is assured, pro
vided the railroad company fulfills its
portion of the agrecment.-P Post -IRteH-
geacer.
The cornerstone of the Odd Fellows
orphans home was laid by the Grand
lodge of Oregon at Fairview, Is miles
east of Portland, on the Columbia river
road, on Thursday, 18th inst. Some 600
Odd Fellows were in the procession,
which marched to the depot The order
owns 100 acres OF land at Fairview,
which, with the cash on hand to the
credit OF the home, is worth $4,000
The idea of the Institution is temporary
home for the children of deceased mem
bers of the order, where they will receive
the same advantages for an education as
the farmers boys and girls in the
neighborhood.
The match manufacturers of the east
intimate, it is said, that there will be no
reduction in the cost of matches to con-
sumers, even though the stamp tax has
been abolished. But it is regarded as
an idle threat, which they cannot carry
out. Now that the stamp tax has been
abolished, competition cannot be prevent
ed and the monopoly will not be able to
control the trade. Before the repeal the
large manufacturers derived an import
ant advantage from the existence of the
tax, for under the commissions allowed
by the government on large sales of
stamps, those match manufacturers who
held monopoly OF the trade were able
sell their matches at cost of manufacture
or even below that figure, and stillmaks
money from the commission allowed
them on stamps.
The tenth volume of Bancroft's works.
being the second volume Of the History
OF Mexico, and including the period from
the year 1921 to the year 1900 has ap-
peared. 1t covers the period OF the con-
quest of Cortez, and carries the narrative
down through time which brings out
the consequences of the great achieve
ment- With more abundant materials
than Prescott possessed, and giving the
subject wider range. Bancroft has pro-
duced history which while it will not
compare with Prescott's in graces of style
nevertheless is OF highest value for its
facts. Three more volumes will bring
the history of Mexico and Central
America sdown to the year 1900. Great
interest will be taken here in the vol
umes on Oregon, which it is hoped will
appear next year.
For the first time complete census of
India has been taken by the British Gov
ernment, and some OF the results are be-
ing announced. In an area of 1875, ,5SS
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