, 1886-03-25

have decided to lay II. rail- over tie
mountains this year. Assistant Chi r
EngIDee- '. G. Bogu- hn- iustrurtiHs a
to place force Of engineers ga iho mon
tains at once, and prosecute tiio wsrk
! with all the speed possible. nui b. e
| now labOring 10 that end. ~ j. unlal-
| stool that Nelson Bennett wa call 4
cast for the purpose 81 receiving insiruH-
tons ani beginning contracts faf IT,
work.
The outlook tof lively time IN ard
about La Conner the coming season e
very fiattcriug. The clnvtrurti1u Z
water works to supply is Conner atl
the surrounding Hats With water, i1 ia
brought from tie Ska .i' river. the sr-r
tio1 ~ saw mill. the huIlliuE - OF 2 "a
two large BRICK or stone buIiiiuEs 2
putting up Of two livery stshirs twp
stories high. the piling out 81 The wais= =
'front.' and the erection % nt least half -
dozen COED substantial dwelling hons.
all this will cause the expenditure Hrd
put IN circulation from $4,000 to S51eff
-Wgh
fhe patents granted to tbe PuyaIup
Indians their lands IN ssyaralty. which
have heeD long and earnestly looked for
by the natives. arrived last week. Tie
Indians cannot sell this land. alihuuli
granted to them in se.erHlty, ~ long OIL.
| Washington Is Territory, bgt when sc
are endowed with statehood the Lrgi-'u-
ture can pass law granting them Tire
privilege to sell. This il the exact con-
dltIon OF the Iummi reservation. the best
land on Puget Sound. Let us hope sri
work for admission that those fertile
lands may be bought from the Indiana
and placed in actual cultivation and bear
their proportion of taxcs.-ReceiHe.
Nor LEr-The contract for carrying
the mail three times q week between
Port Townsend and Sehome has not yet
been let. Morgan & Hastings put ia
the lowest bid, about 3ll 600 per auuuTa,
but the department considered thc hii
too high. and has not ~ yet awarded
the contract, although the award vii
probably be made in short time II
they receive the contract, Morgan 4
Hastings will buy steamer suitable t.
perform the service. They have three
steamers under consideraiiOn-the Gen
eral Candy and Edith of Astoria, aud
the Fleetwood of Portland, either Of
which would do with some alterations
and repairs.-P.-L
| u IhESBITEKIAN SEhINAh1.-l ne lNCN.
j. X. Thompson, Moderator Of the Synod
of the Columbia, is at the Palace hotel
He visits San Francisco in the Interests
of the Presbyterian Theological SemiG-
ary, worthy institution established IN
this city maay years ago, but which. until
recently. made slow progress New life
has lately been infused into the organi-
cation, and the combined power OF all
the branches of the presbyterian church
in the state will be invoked 10 mako IL
the theological school OF the Pacific COAT
for that demo nination. Mr.. Stewart, of
New York, stepped to the frort a short
time ago with donation OF $4,000 tn
endow professorship, and his generous
example was quickly followed by Mr.. w
s. Ladd. wealthy banker of Portland,
Or. upon the condition that the churches
of California Faise an equal amount. and
it Is as the representative of MIR. Ladd
that Mr.. Thompson is now particularly
here. s. Alexander has gone east to Sc
cure $4,000 there, in the hope OF swelling
the aggregate sum to S200.0U0. DIR. Van
Dyke, a prominent clergyman, has been
elected pres dent, under whose able and
experienced leadership ii is expected q
competent and enterprising Faculty will
soon be installed. with the view of max.
ing the Seminary an ornament TO tie
church and the coast S. E. alta.