, 1883-02-15

IT is rumored that a second store may
be started at Dungenese.
HAY is worth 500 per ton in the Grand
Ronde valley, Oregon.
Snow fell for short time last night,
but soon changed to rain,
BARK Melrose was towed into our har-
Dor today by the tug Mastick.
IT is thought that the cold weather has
killed the Walla Walla peach crop.
Mr.. Alex. Rollins, OF Dungeness, is so
seriously i'll that his life is despaired of.
The bark W. w. Grape is in the bay,
loaded with spars from Milton for Bath,
Me.
SCHUMACHER Bros. & Co., will soon
erect a new brick building 44x4S feet
in Seattle.
THE thermometer has fallen as low as
q degrees in Walla Walla, during the
past week.
The rain Of last night and today was
the heaviest OF this season, and put an
end to the frost and ice.
OREGON has the only railroad in ex-
istence on which a curve is made to get
around stump.
THE brig Levi Stevens went out OF
Port Discovery bay today, lumber laden,
bound for Wilmington, Cal.
BARK H. w. Dudley is still in our har :
Dor, waiting favorable opportunity to
sail. She is bound for Shanghai.
The Canadian Pacific Railroad Co.
have completed and in operation 1880
miles OF road, leaving 1916 miles yet to
build.
QUITE a number Of the young folks
who went skating yesterday, broke
through the ice, and received good duck
ings.
FRANK McGraul, while on his way to
Walla Walla to attend the funeral OF his
sister, was frozen to death, short time
since.
A YOUNG man named Flynn broke his
leg on Friday afternoon, by falling on
the ice while skating on Lake Union,
near Seattle.
IT is estimated that the grain. surplus
for next season in Oregon and Washing
ton Territory, will be from 100000 to
100000 tons.
THE gale OF yesterday caused very high
tides, and the water was dashing over
the side walk near the Custom house,
this morning.
DURING the month Of January, 1888,
the Columbia 4 Puget Sound Railroad
hauled over their road, in addition to all
other freight, 1881 tons of coal.
A PARTY OF gentlemen went from this
place to Marrowstone point Saturday
last, hunting, and shot four deer and a
large number OF ducks, in short time.
JAMES Williams, Supt. of the New
Castle coal mines, James Perry, inside
foreman, and James Farbairn, outside
foreman have resigned their positions.
The Myers boys, who are hauling
piles just above Dungeness, had boom
broken and partially scattered afew days
ago. We have not learned the extent of
the damage.
A REPRESENTATIVE of "McKenney's
Business Directory of the Pacific Coast"
is in town delivering the book. A copy
has been left at this Office, and we find
it creditable AMI useful production.
MRS DIR. Potts, delivered another
lecture Saturday, night tc large and
appreciative audience. tits we'll worth
the price of admission to listen to the
Doctors lectures on the Human System.
INVITATIONS have been printed at this
Oiflcs, FOR sheet anu pillow case party,
to take place February 2lst, in Fowler's
Hall. The young men who are getting
up this party will do all in their power
to make it enjoyable, and, we have no
doubt, will make a success of it.
THREE small boys stole some giant
powder from a warehouse in town Satur-
day, and took it on the beach, where they
made a fire and put the powder in, ex.
pecting to have lots Of fun making it
explode. 1t went of, and one boy was
thrown into the air, while another turned
an involuntary summersault, and rolled
quite distance along the beach. The
boys were all bruised and cut by the
gravel thrown up by the explosion, one
nP thnrn nuita bally