, 1886-09-23
With Our Exchanges.

With Our Exchanges.
A large ledge of rock salt was discov-
cred recently near Helena, Montana.
Able & Bunn's grist mill at Elma has
been sold to Mr.. White of Cosmopolis.
Eight Mormon delegates to the Idaho
Democratic convention were expulsed.
Hop picking and drying is in progress
throughout Skagit county, and the crops
look fine.
The Canadian Pacific telegraph sys-
tenn will be in operation in British CO.
iumbia in few weeks.
G. A. Winn, formerly of Dayton, w.
T., has been arrested at Lewiston, for
branding other peoples cattle.
Laconner Mail: ]. ]. Conner has laid
OFF an addition to the town of Laconner
which he will call Mob Hill addition.
Daniel NJ. Crane, aged 76 years, and
Mrs. Catherine Ponein, aged SO years,
were married in Seattle on Thursday.
Hoxter & Fewell shipped twelve car
loads OF horses from Prosser, Yakima
county, for the Massachusetts market.
The Olympia Transcript says that the
o. r. & N. Co. have expressed willing
ness to assist in the work of improving
the harbor.
Mr.. w. J. Mal'oy of Ferndale has a
fine crop of tobacco growing on his
place. which has been sold to Tacoma
parties at 40 cents pound.
The slug, snail-like parasite which
devastated the leaves OF the fruit trees
at Olympia early in the season and then
disappeared, have returned.
The locomotive that ran through the
Ainsworth draw into Snake river several
months ago is now in the Sprague shop.
The engine Is badly used up.
Says thu P.-I.: The Oregon Short
Line has made cut in passenger rates,
and Van Waters, with a snap in his eye,
says the Canadian Pacific will meet it.
A 65-ton engine, with eight driving
wheels, called the "hog." arrived at North
Yakima last week, to be used in con-
struction work on the Cascade division.
Shingles, as well as all kinds OF build
ing lumber, is in great demand up about
Teanawsy and e.elum, and the saw
mills are pushed to their utmost csPa-
city.
Laconner Mail: There appears to be
dead lock between buyer and seller in
the local oat market The market in
very dull, and but $40 per ton is now
offered.
Yakima Farmer: Purdy Flint returned
from the Cle-elum silver-copper mines
and says new discoveries are being made
every week, and 100 claims have been re-
corded.
Hops are quoted in Tacoma at 26 to
271S cents per pound: Buyers are hold
ing off for hops to get into the bales and
sellers are waiting developments in mar
ket values.
The Cinnamon mining in the Yakima
canyon are tearing up considerable
ground. The water used i'll the sluico
boxes is all raised by current wheels
placed in the river.
Wednesday there were shipped from
North Yakima stock yards 1900 sheep,
which were purchased from NJ. F. Smith
by Messrs. Merrill & Parsons, for ship
n,ent to Glendive, Montana.
The sheep interests in Southern Idaho
have increased SO rapidly in the past few
years as to seriously interfere with some
of the ranges heretofore occupied eIclu-
sively by horses and cattle.
The Seattle Press says that Hon. Chas.
NJ Bradshaw is reported to have issued
a challenge to Charley Voorhees, to neet
him in joint debsse at Tacoma on Satur-
day, Oct. 18th, and at Seattle on Mon
day, Nov. let.
Yakima Farmer: Among other fine
vegetables raised by ]. C. Carpenter nt
his place on Snnnyside was mammoth
Stoddard white rRdish measuring q
inches in circumference and 16 inches
long, and weighing 81 pounds.
The Mount Zion church at Montesano
was destroyed by FIRE on the 17th inst.
by incendiaries, the result OF long and
bitter fight in the Congregational soci-
ETY.. A reward OF $500 has been offered
for the detection Of the culprlt.
The barkentine J. NJ. Griffith. Captain
Edwards, Is loading lumber at Stetson &
Posts mill, Seattle, on account OF the
Washington Mill Co, for San Francisco.
The barkentine Mode is loading lum-
ber at the same mill for San Diego.
Nicholas Peter, fisherman. recently
captured huge devil fish in Victoria
barbor, near u spot much frequented 10y.
bathers. 1t weighed over 100 pounds
and when stretched out measured tom
end to end Of legs about seySd feet.
When taken into the boat aliye it seized |
hold OF the boat, the sests'fhe coffee pot !