, 1886-09-30
With Our Exchanges,

Tie steamer C!y ct QEIgCy has been
thoroughly cyeshauled and put in first
. class condition. She viii toe placed ou
/ the -kagit ronte. and the Daisy Will be
/ put II !ac grain carrying trade.
VI Stauwood. last Saturday night, the
/ dry house belonging to Mr.. Oliver was
destroyed by fire. together with It's CON
tents, CONSIST ~ OF batter and dried
fruits, valued ~ $1,000. All Of the con-
tents belonged 70 an old Ean by TIE
name "f SMp!cy, and the loss fails heav-
ily upon lin.
I News: Many of the hop fields in the
Puyallup Will have to be picked by the
latter part Cf this week and the pickers
on t4eir homevard journey. In the
Stuck valley. where the soil retains the
moisture much longer. picking has
hardly commenced as yet, and will not
be finished for some time to come.
| The Granite creek gold mines have
proved very disappointing to a great
many persons, but they have not been
entirely failure. II. 8. Cameron has a
! claim, or part Of one, and is now taking
ont $40 to $50 per day, and they are
only in the shingle bed yet, and not near
the bedrock yet He says every day it
grows better, and lie expects to take out
24OO tins week.
| Michael Devine nan about 10 years
/ of age, was arrested on Tuesday at Puy
aliup by the Indian reservation police.
He had been hanging around the camps
some days, selling and giving whisky to
the Indians. He came across q squaw
who was sick, and seeing that she was
alone, perpetrated an outrage upon her.
! He was arrested and held to appear be-
fore the grand jury.
! The ending of the seamen's strike at
| San Francisco seems as far off as ever
No satisfactory proposals from either
side have been made. The Ship Cwn-
| ers' association asserts that it has an
abundance of sailors 10 ship, while union
men state that there are now over fifty
vessels lying in the stream waiting for
crews. So far the strike has cost the
Seamem's Union S1400, while sailors say
they have reliable information that the
strike has thus far cost owners Sl5,500.
On Saturday last, at point five miles
southeast from Orting, E. B. Cheever
was shot and instantly killed by William
Hill. Both of the young men were in a
party of five hunters, the other three be-
ing J. I. Mitchell, A. j. Hill, father of
Wm. Hill, and young man named Cor
/ liss. The shooting was accidental, Hill
having mistaken his companion for a
deer. Mr. Cheever, who was about 81
! years old, was chief clerk II the office. of
! the road master Of the o. r & n. Go.
at Portland.
Steam collier UmatiIla arrived at Sc
attic from San Francisco on Wednesday
morning. When questioned as to the
authority for the report that the colliers
Umatilla, Walla Walla and Willamette
were TO be made into passenger steam
ers, Capt. Holmes replied that he had
heard considerable talk of it lately, but
did not know whether it would be done
or not. All three of these golfers were
| built with the end in view OF making
them passenger steamers, and they can
be readily and chsaply adapted to the
service.
/ Mr. George Brackett informs the Seat
tie Press that orders have been received
at Jackson's camp, near Ten-mile Point,
from Port Gamble, directing the fore
man to locate q line FOR a railro from
| Edwards, out through the timber oward
the Snoqualmie valley aud head hs to-
ward the Suoqualmie Falls. From this
IL would seem that there may be another
! Richmond in the field, and if the wealthy
/ Puget Mill company start in to push a
railroad from tide water near Seattle in
To the Cascade mountains. it will mean
{ Isiness and no mistake.
I Acting Secretary Fairchild has re-
cciyed = telegram from Capt. Abbey,
Of the revenue steamer Corwin, dated at
{ Nauaimo. B. c., which is as follows: Il
respectfully report that the Corwin. at
the request of Governor Swineford and
Judge Davis, has brought here p Brit
ish seameu released from seized sealers.
1 am @ land the remaining American
seamen at Port Townsend. The masters
aud mates Of the seized craft have been
convicted and sentenced to fines or i'm
. prI-oumcut or both. l made full deposit
tIgus Tor libel suits before leaving SItka."
/ The Victoria Times understands that
a ryudicate of wealthy Canadian, Eng
iisA aui Scotch capitalists has been or
gauizcd in Montreal for the purpose Of
purchasing and erecting at Vancouver
fir,t class business buildings. Many OF
TIE gentlemen comprising the syndicate
visited Vancouver personally aud exam
iuel tar locality. and "a pleased were
they a.fa the site of what they believe
Do bc a great city OF tie future that they
l... taken tEis important step. They
5rs .a iIa TAN c,uGlonce oi the Caua6i-
au taC.nr tsIIiwAy management, and
ase content 90 await the necessary legis-
iati % e. enable the company to carry the
Hgn down to Vancouver.
i-irgryb: At the term OF court
siHe. c1uvcues next Monday" said john
4. Jui-au." case will come up invOlv-
iug tue grant Of the Failroad land be-
tween rlcuml and kalama. The com
missioner q thc general lagd Office has
directed ta- register and receiver at Van
c1uveS i5 receive homestead and pre-
omptInu HiuEs on this land, winch Is
81. -sr toe Columbia river, upun which IL
ugu,t,si t,rt ~ !lers1us have already settled
s.d taE-a homeateai claims. Now J. b.
/ ps-t.a4cry brings suit cihiming title
.....5 tb, - Z Il r, aud asks the court