, 1884-02-14
From Na,uriinY's baIiy.

Brevity is lost art; but is the fanlt of
time that writer's and speakers cannot be
Drief
Passengers for Townsend from Frisco.
oar Mexico: J. H. Hopkins. s. Cole, Il
VI, r. Taylor, Nemi Osgood and E.
icker.
Capt. Morgan. of the dispatch. got mp
| crowd today and took them to Seattle
vii ness the Sullivan exhibition there
.ouight.
The little schooner Iudustry. Capt.
Julin. arrived at Union wharf this morn
ing with load of lumber from Port
Discovery.
The Skagit Ne,rs. new paper, will
SON be issu; i at Mount Vernon on
Skagit river. 1t will be published
1y a son OF Senat Tom Ewing.
If the welther clerk keeps on foo'-
ng around We may have some snow yet.
His effort to get mp Il storm for the past
'ew days have been persistent, to say the
east
We are compelled to lay several COM
nnnications aside, not because they
would not he pleasant to read, but be-
.ause there is so much that is more val
liable and more desired by the public.
A crowd of Seattle hoollums got dis
.usted at being snow-balled. and went
md procured lot OF antiquated eggs
With which they returned fire. They say
IN odor now pervades the street strong
.nough to knock sullivan down.
Schr Gen. Harney is dIsG Irging n
nad of stone for the sea wall west OF the
,usiness part of town. Capt Lloyd in-
urms us that he will bring another load
4 lumber for Starrett from Tacoma,
lfter which he will commence carrying
.,uilding stone from Chuckanut for
riisenbeis' new bonded warehouse build
ing.
New EXPRESS AaENT.-We are graft.
led to state that Mr.. j. e. Heath has
baen appointed agent Cor Wells, Fargu
4 Co., vice w. H. Llewellyn. resigned
souie Agent Amado- Andrews, who is
m liking tour of the company's Ofac
is in town, and has ma le the appoint
,nent of Mr.. Heath. after examining the
s.t ,a'iol ersona'ly. We received call
aoday from Mr.. Andrews and learned
from him that the company regretted 10
ose Mr. LleweIlyn. but the large and
apidly increasing business in the tele-
.raph Office hal made it necessary for
that gentleman to devote his entifs at
ention to it. We are glad to note the
appointment OF Mr.. Heath. and feel sure
he will give perfect satisfaction
BEEF-We learn that Victoria butch.
ers are bringing beef cattle now from
California, there being a scarcity il
British Columbia, and the supply in and
about Puget Sound being entirely insult
icient for home demands. Each yeal
uOw for three seasons the supply hat
Irown lsSs in proportion to the demand
and il cold, severe weather ensnes for the
next two nc nths it will be as much as O
good breakfast is worth to get look al
| an ordinary beefsteak. much less buy
me. There are several reasons for this.
First, the population Of the country has
Ieen increasing Tar mo e rapidly than
tie supply OF beef. Second, too many
farmers practice the poor economy of al
lowing their young stock to run out all
winter whenever they can by any means
get enough to keep from starving TO
death; such farmers consider that if thei
cattle can live through the winter with
ont feed clear gain has been made of
the fodder that would have been used.
In some places east OF the Cascades cattle
are lost by the hundreds every few years
by reason of hard winters catching them
without proper supply of winter food
for their herds. Evidently there is a
g ,Od field 'or investment in cattle in the
uture.