, 1883-08-30


party to the Sound gives the most gen
eraI satisfaction TO the admirers of this
great general
Owenby, the informer of the murder
erS of Cummins at New York Bar, has
been taken to WalIa WalIa for safe keep
ing. as it was feared that he would be
hanged by the vigilantes.
The northern part of Grant county,
Oregon, is said to be overrun by an army
of sheep. 1t is estimated that about
100000 head are now scattered over that
section of the country.
The Hot Spring, located on Il triou-
tary OF Camas Greek, IN the Blue noun
taIns. and sometimes called the Teel
Springs, Is becoming Il favorite resort
for pleasure and health seekers.
The Olympians will make another ef-
fort soon to institute Il Pioneer Assocla-
ton for Washington. For some unac-
countabIe reason, all previous efforts
there and elsewhere have been failures.
The Tacoma NcWS says advertisements
have been posted for forty carpenters to
work on railroad bridges, and twenty to
work on coal bunkers; fifty tiemakeFs
are also required in Puyallup valley. In
every branch of labor, skilled and un-
skilled, it may be said the supply barely
keeps place with the demand. Carpen-
ters are paid from So 30 to $400 per day
and men who handle the pickax and
shovel about $50.
\ meeting OF the Regents of the Ter
ritorial University was held yesterday
and among the improvements ord cred,
was the Immediate building of an addi
ton to the present boarding house, 30x
60 feet i'll size, work to commence at
once and be completed within GO days.
The University is in tlOurishing condi-
ton, and the demand for extra boarding
and lodging accommodations made this
last mOvenecesSary.- -POSt-IHteUigeHcer.
= The Vancouver Register says that a
very destructive prairie fire has swept
over the greater part of the Big Bend
country, destroying all the native food
for stock, besides the Improvement of
nearly all the settlers, several hundred
having settled in that region within the
past year. 1t is not definitely known
how the fire originated; it is supposed to
Of irrl,l lI Of
Camp Spokane, spreading over vast
scope of territory west, towards the Co
lumbia river, and southwest, taking in a
portion of what is known as Crab Creek
country. Large numbers of settlers
have been compelled to leave their now
desolate homes to seek subsistence for
themselves and families until they can
again return to their claims.
1t is asserted that the Northern Pa
cific Terminus Company, through their
engineer, has awarded the contract for
the construction of the great railroad
bridge across the Willamette river Just
below Portland to ex-Mayor d. 2.
Thompson. The contract papers have
been signed, the figure for the contract
being S650.000. 1t is reported that there
were lower bids, but the parties Offering
them were not deemed responsible by
the company. Work will now progress
rapidly upon the bridge, and the people
may expect to see the Willamette span
ned by magnificent iron structure in Il
little more than year from now.
SETTLEMENT EFFECTED.-D. A. Jen-
nings has made an amicable settlement
with his creditors, and the great iron
doors were again thrown open yester-
day. The settlement was effected on
the basis of So cents on the dollar to Sc
attic creditors, and forty cents on the dol
lar to San Francisco creditors. Niessrs.
d. 7. Wheeler and J. II Mitchell have
been appointed trustees to receive and
distribute the funds. The business will
be conducted by w. A. Jennings, as
usual, and will so on the same as be-
fore the close up, so far as the general
public is concerned. Post -InteHigencer.