, 1884-02-28
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army in the Soudan is concisely set
forth by the Wasp in this brief pray
er of the Kbedive: "Deign, 0 Allah,
to look with compassion upon thy
slave, who in the Soudan hath a tail
hold ON a bear"
SPRUCE FROM ALAsKA.-Among the
cargo of the Leo, from Sitka, was al
most a hundred tons of spruce bolts,
this being probably the first shipment
of wood of that kind to this port
from Alaska The entire quantity
will be split up here and sent to San
Francisco.-Seattle r. l.
Late advices from the City of Mex-
leo are to the effect that the Mexican
government contemplates the estab-
lishment of consul-generalship in
the Mississippi valley, with head
quarters at st. Louis or Chicago, and
that the name of John f. Cahill,
present Mexican consul IN Chicago.
is favorably mentioned in connection
with the position.
The speech crop is a failure-in
Congress.-It augurs nothing holy to
be called bore-''Playing hockey
The COW that tosses a terrier over
the garden wall.-How great a matter
the kitchen fire kindleth when hus-
band and wife quarrel about making
it.-If you want to find out whether
a man is bachelor OF a man of fam
ily give him a baby to hold.-The
unsuccessful attorney Is the man who
''pondered over many a quaint and
curious volume of forgotten" law.
a correspondent writing to an
Oregon paper says: The big nuggets
that are exhibited in evidence of the
wealth of the Cqur dAlene diggings
are '.foated" in there from Montana
and other places, as the difference in
color and quality of the specimens
shown Will convince any practical
miner. There is not a resident of
Eagle City today, l venture to say,
who has any faith in the diggings ex-
cept located suckers in the spring.
Their only expectation of getting
even is by sailing" and selling their
worthless claims to the unsuspectlng
tenderfoot. and for that purpose they
are industriously booming the camp,
being ably assisted in the booming
business by the railroad company and
other interested parties.
The statement made by Mr.. How
ard that work on the standard gauge
railroad between Seattle and Black
river junction would be commenced
at once and proceed to completion
was received about town, yesterday
with evident satisfaction. The work
has been long and inexplicably delay
ed, and now that it is to be com
menced and carried to completion so
that trains may run through to
Seattle from Kalama, it really begins
to look as if something of n perma-
nent character is to be accomplished
by it. 1t will cost but little to COM
plete the work, as all the ties and
rails are distributed to Black river.
Within the next four weeks, shonld
the weather be at all favorable, we
shall see the connecting link an ac-
complished fact.-Seattle Chronicle.
PIoNEERs. The OFF eers and Board of
Directors of the Pioneer Association,
met in the Office OF the Secretary of
State at Salem Thursday, all mem
bers being present The State Fair
grounds near Salem and the 18th of
June, 1884, was. fixed as the time aud
place for holding the Twelfth Annual
Reunion. Hon. Jos. S.Smith, of Port
iand,was invited to deliver the annual
address, and f. O. McCown. of
Oregon City, the occasional address.
Joaquin Miller was also invited 10
write poem for the occasion. Hon.
NJ. Crawford, Hon. I. MeF. Patton
and Capt. l.. E. Pratt were elected a
general Committee of Arrangements,
and Daniel Clark, Grand Marshal.
A resolution was adopted fixing the
price of admission to the gr, un Is to
other than the pioneers and their
families ut twenty-five cents eaca.
Portland Standard.
Seattle Herald: In view # the
request of tie Oregon Improvem mt
Company, for an instalment on the
subscription to the Ced RIVER ex-
tension, 1T is we'll to remember that
the essence of the coptrac5 made by
the people with Mr.. Willard, was that
the connection had to be made by the
Cedar River road with the road
across the mountains, when the latter
is built, and the amount subscribed
was given for that express purpose.
Not dollar would have Teen raised
simply to build the road to the coal
mines. The people of Seattle bad
confidence that Mr.. Willard would
keep faith in the performance OF the
contract. and on that basis the sub
scription was quickly raised. But
times have changed. New men have
the management, and if the subscrip-
ton is now paid, what guarantee
have the people of Seattle that the
essence of the contract will be com
piled with, and a connection be made
with the Cascade branch? If the
new management absolutely secure to
us q connection with the branch over
the Cascades, when ii is built, every
dollar of that subscription viii be
ready when the road is completed
twenty miles from Renton. This Is a
matter of the merest justice to the
subscribers. and, if TIE company in
tend to make connection, they viii
not hesitate to give such assurance
as will satisfy us. Mr. Wizards word
was enough when he was IN power,
any that he gave rs. and 1t was so
nominated in the bond" The repeat
ed utterances of c. b. Wright, one
of the directors of the n. p r. R.,
that the Cascade branch is to be built
across the Natchez pass. leaving the
pass accepted by the company, and
pronounced by their engineers the
best (the Stampede pass fer the worse
one, expressly to avoid Seattle, does