, 1886-05-20
With Our Exchanges.


With Our Exchanges.
/ Tacoma has % lawyers and IL doc
tors.
The P.-L is official aper for King
county.
The Mail states that Laconner needs
more houses.
| Victoria has population OF S,452 out
side of Chinatown.
A. S. MiIicr and John PuGL have
leased the New Eng ghnsI hotel at Seattle,
for 3 years.
The w. C. T. U. of Walla Walla has
called a convention 10 be held in that
city On the 18th inst.
c. p. Stone, the Seattle grocer, has
sold his business 10 Haley 4 Wright, old
employees in the firm.
It is thought the track will be laid
! throughout on the Coal Harbor extension
of the c. p. r. r. by July 10.
The pack train from Seattle to ElleEs-
burg left Seattle last Friday. 1t goes
across twice a month. Fare 81.
r. S. Rainey, of Tacoma, has been
awarded the contract for the masonry
aud brick work Oh the new Hospital for
the Insane at Steilacoom.
The Whatcom ReceHle, Judging from
the past few years, concludes that in less
than five years Washington Territory
will be net work of railroads.
s. G. Simpson is running crew OF
graders for the Port BlRkely Mill Com
pany on tie Puget Sound L Gray's
Harbor Railroad at Little Skookum Bay
The Tacoma Ledger states that an
extra railway coach has been necessary
for several evenings past, to carry the
large number of passengers for Puget
Sound points.
The Snohomish Champion outfit was
last week transferred from Frank Owen,
to A. u. Austin, and the paper will be
edited and managed by VIM. G. and
Lydia l.. Morris.
Mr. Kelley, of the Seattle Boiler
Works, is engaged in building boiler
for Captain Cresswelrs new steamer
which is to run on the route between
Seattle and Colby.
Some one placed imitation dynamite
bombs in front of the residences OF Ii.
l.. Yesler, A. A. Denny and others in
Seattle; and the papers there voic, gen
eaal Indignation over the trick. S;a:tle
people are paniclhy.
A resident OF Whatcom returned from
the Similkameen mines and informed the
ReUeille reporter that there are 1000 idle
men trying to sell their blankets to
obtain funds with which to get away.
Phillip Ritz sayN there will be 10 per
cent. more grain grown in the Inland
Empire this year, than ever before. This
is large increase, considering that this
is our "off year." a great portion of the
grain land being in summer fallow.
Workingmen had parade in San
Francisco the other day in which 10000
persons took part. The most perfect
quiet, orderly conduct was maintained,
and the bay city is proud OF the fact,
especially as riots are so common in the
east.
1t. A. l.. Mills. 1st Cav, son-in-law of
Bishop j. A. Paddock, and now stationed
at Fort Custer. Montana, has been
detailed as Military Professor South
Carolina Military Academy at Charles
ton, and will resume his dutie. August
18th he1t.
OF the voters in Tacoma 173 are from
the state OF New York, 123 from Ohio,
90 from Pennsylvania, Sc from Illinois,
63 from Iowa, IS from IId.ana, while
Maine, Massachusetts,, Michigan, Wis
consin, Missouri and Minnesota furnish
good quotas.
Jack Dempsey, the pugilist, was set
upon in n New York bar room the other
day by crowd of socialists who did not
like his honest views as to property
ownership, etc. He gave them such
forcible knock-down arguments straight
from the shoulder that he whipped thir-
teen OF them in about that many
minutes.
The Grand Lodge I. o. o. F. con-
vened in Spokane Falls Tuesday The
report of the Grand Secretary shows
that prosperity attends the Order in
Washington Territory; fifteen lodges
having been added to the roll during
the past year-niDe subordinate and six
of the Degree of Rebekah. There are
43 subordinate lodges with q member
ship of 1855, and lodges of the Degree
of Rebekah with 277 members. During
the year there was expended for the re-
lief of brothers, widows, families, burial
OF the dead and kindred charities the
sum OF S5323 SO. The invested fund of
the subordinate lodges of Washington
Territory amounts to S53,623 81.
Some time since Judge Greene, on
application made by the Union Wharf
Company of Port Townsend, isaued an
injunction forbIdding F. W. Hastings
from interfering with the franchises or
privileges granted said company. It
seems that Mr.. Hastings has been crawl
ing out pretty close to the edge OF this
injunction, and on complaint of Harry
Tibbals, President of the Union Wharf
Company, MIR. Hastings was ordered TO
appear and show cause why he should
not be punished for contempt. Several
questions were involved and were argued
in court yesterday. Burke & Haller
represented the wharf company and
George ii. Jones. CT Port Townsend,
appeared for Mr.. Hastings The matter
has been taken under advertisement by
the Eaurf -DT