, 1884-03-20
With Cur Exchanges.

. IuE Tor money with which 10 erect ii
three story brick building in Seattle
Frank Lephlem. a twe.ve-year-old son
Of widow at Seattle. was accidentally
killed III shing t mill in that city
/ Dayton has a population of probably
twenty-five hundred, and i wealthy
inland town.
. The city council of WaIIa Walla ap-
propriated SlOl in aid of the Ohio flood
sufferers.
I An ordinance forbidding the employ
meut of Chinese upon public works was
adopted last week by the City Council
of Tacoma.
/ The City Of Brooklyn now has 1900
/ tons of coal slowed away. and will take
600 tons more. BY the way, this ship Is
one of the famous line of + ok which
An Irislman. writing from Ohio, says
It Is the most illigant home in the world.
''Th first three weeks" he says, you
are boarded gratis, and after that You
are charged nothing at all. Come along,
and bring the childer.
.'Yesler" is the name Of new town
! Just laid ont on White river, on the
Puget Sound Shore Line r. r. The
first two lots were sold ia a IacOmaite,
who intends establishing drug store
there, for S215.
Newton H. ChittenGsn, the Pacific
Coast traveller. is now in st. Paul, where
| he is lecturing, and where he has recent
| ly issued a pamphlet on the CRur
dAlene mining region and the routes
| thereto.
Friends OF Hon. D. B. Ward, OF Sc
attic. Will be panied to know that he was
thrown from a buggy ID few days ago and
| had one of his ankles broken His in
jury, however, is not without its ameliora-
| ting circumstances, as he received two
Thousand dollars on an accident policy
therefor.
were built in New York 33 years age for
| emigrant trade with Europe Some Il
years ago she was rebuilt, and today is
as staunch as when she was launch +. d
| Captain Swan, her mas 'er, is part owner,
and takes considerable pride in keeping
| her up Tacoma NeirS.
The articles of incorporation OF Grace
Seminary, to be located at Centralia,
Lewis county, w. T., have been signed.
| The capital stock is S5U,OUO, and the in
corporators are ID. j. Pierce, C.. Crosby,
j. A. Wirth, NJ. ID. Ross, May
G. Jones, Daniel Rounebush, W.
E NJ. James, James Tullis, Marion
Meeker, f r. Butterworth, II. Ha nsor
II. S. Greene and &. w. Woodham.
The WRECKED LIZZIE MARSHALL
! The owners of the bark Lizzie Marshall,
wrecked lately at Bonilla Point, have
sent in a clam against the Government
| for some Sl5UO,t for the loss they maintain
they have sustained by the robbery by
British Columbia Indians, of ships goods
and nautical Instruments. The steamer
| Sir James Douglas left last night for the
/ West Coast, having on board Mr.. w. F.
| Revely, Inspector of Marine and Fish
cries, and Supt. Todd. Rigid inquiries
into the truth of the statement will be
made, and a thorough search instituted
among the Indian rancheries near the
scene of the wreck.-Victoria COl0nist.
president Oakes, passing through
! Fargo recently, spoke quite freely to q
reporter, and denied the rumor that he
was about to resign. He says he is per-
fectly Statistic with his present p. ,sition,
and will move to st Paul with his family
in june. He stated that an immense
stream of immigration was surging
toward the coast, and that men were
lswarmlng toward the Ceur G'Alene
mines. InIsegard to the bill in congress
to forfeit a part of Northern Pacific
land grant, MIR. Oakes stated he had no
fear the bill would pass. He thought it
was scheme of the alleged democratic
statesmen te make capital before presi-
dental campaign. The shops along tile
line of the road, he stated, would be
opened to such an extent. as the COM
pany' service would require.
Thirty years ago the Cowlitz river was
one of the principal thoroughfafes of the
territory, the mails being transported to
Olequa (then Humphreys Landing) in
canoes, and thence by cayuses and mud
wagons to Olympia, wearisome
journey occupying period of sew
eral days - today the river is of
minor Importance, and we can leave the
Columbia river al X lama, the county
seat of Cowlitz county, In the forenoon
and arrive at Tacoma the afternoon of
the same day, journey of a few hours,
with the comfort and pleasure attendant
upon railway travelling, in pleasing con.
trast to the JoltIng of an Indian pony, or
stage ride over the worst of roads whose
monotony was usually relieved by break
down, and the excitement of hosting the
conveyance out of the mud. The census
of 1888 furnishes the following statistics
for our county: Population, 2029, total
property assessed, S1,O14,616; number of
acres of land assessed 176,S79. There is
a school:fund of upwards Of S30OO with
% school houses, and a warm interest is
manifested.-Tacoma Ledger.
Tacoma Ne,rs: 1T is with pleasure We
note the good fortune that bids fair fall
upon Port Townsend in the shape of 4
S5O,OOO public building. The city well
deserves the plum. 1t has an enterpris-
ing population and isspiendidly situated
on the Sound. We publish in another
place the report of the house committee
on public buildings, in which the COM
mercial growth ana prosperity of Puget
Sound are glowIngly set forth, yet with
out eXaggeratlon. 1t occurs to the Ne,rS
however, that the language of report in
dicates that the honorable members of
the committee have very limited con-
ception of the vast extent Of Puget
Sound, or of the distances which sepa-
rate Its principal cities and ports. Their
| language leads one to infer that they,
view Port Townsend as center and en-
trepot of the other harbors and cities of
the Sound and its principal trading
place, when in fact there are two If not
three seaports which surpass it in tbs
magnitude of commercial transactions
and shipping interests. Port Townsend,
Seattle, Tacoma and Olympia, ,are seapor.s
as distinct and independent of each
other as Boston, New York and BaIti-
more, and should not be confounded or
Jumped together. Port Townsend has
been a convenient port for a custom
house during the infantile period of
our commerce,and sill answers the pur-
pose, but may not continue to be the ex-
elusive port of entry for Puget Sound in
years to come. We are glad, however,
that our neighbor is to have a public
building, and more gratified to learn
that the real Importance of Puget Sound
commerce has dawned upon the con-
gressional mind. The time is doubtless
approaching when the commercial growth
of Tacoma, Seattle, and perhaps others
OF our cities may force upon the national
legislature the necessities of the govern
ment at these points. If the picture now