, 1883-09-06

ity to any California peaches we have
: seen III our market this year.
I The Queen of the Pacific is ashore at
the mouth of the Columbia. Fifty thous-
and dollars is offered to tugs to pull her
| Off
| Previous to the big foot race this after
noon, race of 100 yards for $50 was
run by Tommy Bishop and Vim. Delanty.
| The race and stakes were easily won by
Delanty.
The steamship Idaho arrived from
Portland at o'clock this morning. She
brought five tons miscellaneous freight
for this port. She viii sail for Alaska
tonight.
The Pail Mall Gazette estimates that
the English wheat crop will fall two
million quarters short of last year, de-
crease of about twenty per cent. The
acreage under wheat in the United King
dom continues to steadily decline. In
1869 it was 3,9S2,OO0 acres, ten years
later it had fallen to 3,050, 900 acres, and
this yelr it does not exceed 2,S50,OO0
ares. But, instead of being ii mis-
fortune. it is blessing to the country,
inaSmuch as consumers can obtain their
supply from America at cheaper prices.
1t is understood that on the arrival of
the new iron steamer Alameda, built
for the Oceanic Steamship Company
and owned by Claus Spreckles, Captain
II. G. Morse, of the Dakota, will be
placed in command. The vessel will
run between this port and the Sandwich
Islands. Captain Morse is one of the
most popular officers on the northern
route, and while many will rejoice in
his taking command of an elegant
steamship, his presence will be missed
by a large circle of friends and acquaint-
ances.
Mount Adams, in Washington Terri
tory, was recently ascended by large
arty. They reached an elevation of
1860 feet, where they spent several
hours. When above the snow line the
men constructed sleigh. and treated
the women to July sleigh ride. The
crater was penetrated a distance of 100
feet. There was ceaseless drip of
water from the roof of the ice encased
entrance, caused by warm air current
coming from the slumbaring fires far
below, from whence a loud kissing noise |
arose. y rock hurled down produced
a deafening reverberation.
BIG FooT RACE.-The champion foot
racers, r. II. Brunson and Wm. Bishop, |
met in Port Townsend today, and a |
purse of $500 side was made up. and |
the race came Off on Water street be- |
tween the hours of3 and this afternoon. |
The distance run was 1G0 yards. The |
racers were in good trim, and aftec n |
little jockeying were got off in fine shape. |
Brunson Won the first heat by about four
feet. The second heat was an exciting !
one, and large crowd gathered on the |
street to witness its elimination. From |
winning the race and the stake n noney by |
about two and one-haIf feet
"WHooPEE"' "'-Recently a couple of
amazons at Dungeness got ON their
muscle and gave gossips of that staId
community enough to talk about for q
week. a dog fence for crops seems to
have started the row. Farmer, No. /,
killed the dog; farmeress, No. 2 owned
the dog; her son passed by and saw the
carcass Of faithful doggie cold in the
claws of death; he cracked his heels to
gether (the son, not the doggie) and gave
vent to a genuine war whoop, "Whoopee,
there'll be a row right herew Farmer
No. 1, ventured the information, "Pm
an old sman, but I'll 'commodate ye."
Farmeress, No. 2, came up and took
hand in the proceedings; wife of No.
l, sailed in to.stand her off. "You are
a dirty,
A monstrous club swung in the air.