, 1884-02-21

Seattle is complaining ofthe encroach-
ments of Chinese.
The Washington Territory pilot COM
missioners will meet at Ilwaca February
18th.
Governor Porter of Indiana, has is
sued proclamation asking the people
for relief.
A new paper. the Daily Star, will be
published in San Francisco, having q
capital stock of 100000.
1t is siad that 80 settlers have located
in Kitsap county within the last eighteen
months, and still more are going in.
a company has been incorporated with
a capital of $4,000 to establish sash
and door factory at Grants pass.
Mrs. Barr is about to start east to make
up colony OF girls for the relief of the
benighted housewives of Oregon.
The Chicago Times, an independent
free trade paper, says Morrison's tariff
bill ought to be more acceptable to pro-
| tectonists than to free traders.
The census statistics show the United
States to be the wealthiest nation in the
WI IL pubNOHh db
or about $1,000 for each inhabitant.
Potatoes are taken to the Olympia mar
ket from down Sound, the farmers in that
vicinity not raising enough to supply
the local demand.
The people of Puget Sound are alto
gether too busy to talk politics. / is a
| sign of dull and hard times when SO
much CAB is blown around by blatant
demagogues.
The RereiHe is reliably informed that
j. L.. Ham has purchased small steam
er at Seattle and will ply her regularly
on the Nooksack route between Lynden
and Whatoom.
On the 9th inst. Senator Dolph. OF
Oregon, introduced bill to make Ia
coma and Seattle, in Washington Terri
tory, ports of delivery; also bill to erect
a public building st Port Townsend
The Portland Chamber of Commerce
and City Council have passed resolutions
asking the Oregon representatives in
Congress to oppose the forfeiture of the
land grant.
The Moscow Mirror reports resump-
tion of work on the Palouse branch be-
tween Colfax and Moscow. The track
layers are close to Pullman, which for a
time will luxuriate in terminal magnif-
icence.
DANGEROUSLY ILL.-A private letter
from Sitka informs the Seattle Chronicle
that Major Governeur Morris, collector
OF customs at that place, is very danger
ously ill, and the prospects for his recov-
cry are slight.
The light house board at Washington
has issued list of beaoons, buoys, stakes
and other day-marks in the thirteenth
lighthouse district, extending from the
| southern boundary of Oregon to the
northern boundary of Washington Ter
rltory, on the Pacific coast. A CODY of
the list will be sent free of charge, to any
shipmaster, On application to the light
house board in Washington, ID. c., or to
the inspector of the thirteenth lighthouse
district, Portland. Oregon.
On the 9Th inst. there were 10 vessels
under engagement at San Francisco to
load wheat and l at o neighboring port
There are 102 disengaged vessels at San
Francisco and one at neighboring port
and vessels ordered away in ballast
seeking business. The engaged and dis
engaged tonnage has wheat carrying
capacity for 293. 100 short tons, against a
capicity for 14S, 900 tons on the cores
ponding date last year, being an increase
of l45, 100 tons. Sales for iron to Cork
for q. K, q, 22s Cd bid and 25s asked.
The Victoria Standard mentions that
dispatch has been received there from
Goodail & Perkins, San Francisco, stat
ing the City of Chester and Idaho
will be put on the Victoria route, and
the Queen and Oregon will be run to the
Sound. The City of Chester and Idaho
will bring freight and passengers and
take return cargoes of Nanaimo coal
The dispatch says that the company will
not consent to have their largest and
swiftest vessels brought into that har-
Dor until the improvement now under
way shall have been completed.