, 1886-12-02
PICk!ngS.
BY the Mayor.

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company to carry the American
mails.
A chunk of gold weighing ten
pounds and six ounces avordupois
was taken out of the Dias mine, Mar~
iposa county, Cal, last week.
Washington Territory built 291
miles of railroad upon three lines,
during the year, and has now in
hand under course of construction
about 100 miles more.
An arrangement is contemplated
whereby Henry George shall deliver
lectures in every city in the United
States before workingmen, urging
them to form branches of the Nation
al Labor party.
Government land to the extent of
lS,3C9,942 acres was entered for act .
ual settlement this year. This is the
largest amount ever taken up in one
year, the next largest being in 1884,
when 1S,0S3,2 ,233 acres were entered.
It is stated at Ottawa, though the
statement lacks confirmation, that
the Homl Government has decided
to grant mail subsidy for a steam
ship line between British Columbia
and Japan, East Indies and Australia.
The hull of the steamer Libby will
be launched from A. Aliens ways in
Seattle in about ten days. Captain
Britain Is going to fit her with new
boilers and engines, and expects to
make her fast, staunch and useful
steamer.
The White River cheese factory OF
Birmingham q Long, shipped all the
cheese made there IT, San Francisco
and their Cowlitz River factory at
Freeport, Washington Territory,
made $4,000 pounds of cheese per
month during the past year.
A new stage line has been put in
operation, running from New West
minister to Lynden, thence to Nook
sack and back to New Westminster
via Sumas. Besides carrying passen-
gers, the stage carries butter, eggs
and produce to British Columbia
markets.
Congratulatory kilograms were re-
ceived at Port Moody on Saturday
from Montreal over one single wire
stretched practically from ocean to
ocean, on the result OF the compile
ton of the work The distance is
nearly 5000 miles, and the messages
came through without interruption
or repetition.
Since the accession of tho repubIi-
can party to power in 1861 ten presi-
dents or ex-presidents have died:
Van Buren, and Tyler in 1861, Lin
coin IN 1865. Buchanan in 1868,
Pierce in 1865, Fillmore in 1874,
johnson in 1876, Garfield in 1881,
Grant in 1885 and Arthur In 1886.
Should the present admission bill
pass congress in December, a consti-
tutional convention must be held at
Walla Walla to form q new con ulti-
tuition for the coming state of Wash
ington. 1t Is needless to say that
great political battle will be fought
by those who wish to engraft reform
ideas into the now constitution.
Union: Governor Squire informs
us that he he's twice awarded the con
tract for digging an artesian well in
Adams county as provided for by the
last Legislature, But i'll both cases the
parties to whom the contracts were
awarded failed to file their bonds and |
have done nothing to fulfill their |
contracts. The majority of the |
bids i'll both instances were thrown |
out because they contained provis |
ions which invalidated them.
j feature Of cx President Arthur's |
funeral was the presence OF his most |
opponents, both inside |
and outside the party. Under the |
same roof were three candidates for
president in 18SIBlaine Butler,
Cleveland. Blaine on meeting HAYES
IN the Fifth Avenue hotel, asked him
4 he recalled tho fact that for the
first time IN the history of the coun,
ry, since Jeffer5on's funeral, only
que ex president had been called TO
attend The funeral OF another.
Advices from London state that
he British ship Otterburn. from
ireenock for San Francisco. has
iecn towed to Montevidio and
1eachea. The ship was previously
TO have been Abandoned.
because of fire caused by az explosion.
Her deck and upper works were dis
Ioyed, and also Il portion of her
,argo- What remained has been
old at auction for S2IO0. The sal
'ers We're awarded two thirds of the
nice brought.
Salt has been brought in the q. S.
district court at Olympia by Prose-
utlEg Attorney White against the
ioquim Mill company, to recover
ver Sl0O,000, alleged value of timber
Ut on government lands. The
lmber was cut on what Is known as
abroad indemnity land, and the
tumpage thereon was paid by con
'act 10 tho Northern Pacific railroad
ompany- The suit Will be a test
aso TO decide the validity Of the
title to indemnity lands
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