, 1883-08-16

lover an area of200 miles and the exact
or even the approximate number, is no
known. Negotiations for It's purchas,
10y foreign capitalists are pending
Agents for that purpose viii meet a
Wiunemucca in September.
Governor Newell SAYS that the state
meuts connecting HIM with an estate il
New jersey relate to family affair il
which tive sets Of heirs were interested
that he gave in his account to the Surro,
gate before coming to Washington. and
I paid all by any possibility coming to the
hostile heirs, who wish to obtain that
which he holds as executor of the estate
Of his fatheriu-laW for his family.
| Notwithstanding the continued drv
spell Of weather this summer on the
| Sound, reports Of very fiattering
nature comes to Us from all sources.
For while i'll certain sections of the
Sound country the dry weather has been
somewhat disastrous to the crops, the
yield on the whole Is above an average.
and farmers seem well satisfied with the
outlook of this years crop. When we
compare the condition of Our farmers
with that of those in the Eastern States
We have cause to he thankful that an
all-prOviding Providence has blessed us
with the promises of an abundant har-
vest Puget Sound has been termed,
and that only too justly, the garden
spot of the world This Sound country
has never experienced a complete failure
of crops. \ few years since in portions
of the Sound basin a partial crop was
harvested having been the result of
drouth. An abundant harvest has been
III the past by far the rule rather than
the exception.
Capt. r. W. DeLion's handsome resi-
on the hill, in the course of construction
under the supervision of Mr. Geo. Ster-
rett. has very nearly reached completion
The main building Is 4Ox4O feet with an
l. 20x24 feet. The highth of the walls of
the main building are % feet and those
of the l. Is feet. The building is two
stories high, built on stone foundation
, feet thick and feet high. In the base
ment Is cellar 16xiO feet with brick
walls. On the east and west side of the
house are two bay windows running
from the bottom to the cornice of the
building. The front entrance to the
house will he by stairway nine feet
wide leading mp To a grand piazza sup
ported by the oldstyle English pillars
The rooms on the lower floor on the east
side will consist of a dining and sitting
room, connected by folding doors; kitch-
en- and bathroom. On the west side is a
parlor and large parlor bedroom. The
rooms of the upper story on the east side
of the hallway consists of Il suite of
rooms including parlor and two bed
rooms. The rooms on the west side are
large sitting room, bedroom and clos
cts. The finest of these rooms will be
heavily moulded; the ceilings of both
stories are to be corniced and painted in
the latest French style. On the center
of the roof will be a large deck II feet
square, enclosed by battlements. The
building will be heated with Il furnace
situated in the basement by pipes run
ming through all the partitions. When
completed this Will be one of the finest
residences in Port Townsend, aud will
cost $1,000.
Mr.. J. NJ. Fisk, agent for the firm of
Ten Eyck & Co, Auburn, New York,
photographers, picture enlargers, etc, is
i'll town delivering pictures for which
he took orders here some time since, and
is soliciting orders for more. Mr.. Fisk
has has pictures of DR.. n. ID. Hill, +. w
Pettygrove, Sr., and the late l.. b. Hast
ings Sr., and others which were enlarged
aud water colcrs, and are as natural as
life, being perfect images of the persons
they are intended to represent. The
finest picture Mr.. Fisk has, however, is
a large painting of a little son of r. G.
Hill, Esq. In painting this the artist
just struck the right expression, and the
likeness SO exactly resembles the little
child that the work may justly be classed
as wonderful. Mr.. Fisk has the pictures
on exhibition at Judge Kuhn's office,
where they may be viewed at any time
He takes this work very cheap, far be-
low what it could be done ior III San
Francisco, and the work could not be
as finely executed there either. Pictures
always beautify a room; the best of all
pictures are those of relatives or friends
that may be absent or dead.