, 1888-08-30

either would be elected by hands |
some majority.
Since our mild and gentle coutgo-
versy with the Semitic Times tina
paper has failed to reach this Office
We don't know whether We knocked
him out on the first round or has the
paper suspended? Maybe the eIc-
giant postal system of the United
States of America has failed for four
days to forward rs our esteemed
contemporary
The gods help those who help
themselves" Port Townsend made
n move for q railroad, made it IN
earnest, with enterprise, liberaltv,
energy and Northumberland now
outside companies are coming to the
rescue in fine style The Union Pa
cifc and o. Il. x y. directors are not
slow to profit by the prospect open to
them.
The Sioux Indians refuse to sign
the treaty giving up large share Of
their lands in Dakota, and the open
ing of the great reservation is indef-
finitely postponed, or until Congress
acts IL some more positive way. In
the meantime home seekers will find
plenty of room in the Puget Sound
country.
As Walla Walla county delegates
to the republican territorial conven
tion unite upon Hon. Jno. B. Allen
for Delegate to Congress his nomin~
alton Will be foregone conclusion.
Should his county delegation be di-
vided it is qnite likely that a Puget
Sound man would be put foreward-
Gov. Squire, Dr. T. L. Minor or Hon.
L. j. Humes.
Portland is in rage under the
surface, over the failure of the o. II.
& n. to place tugs on the. Columbia
bar to cheaper towage over that dan
ger spot. The reason for not doing
so, is due, it is thought, to the infu-
ence of the Union Pacific road which
is DOW seeking connection with the
Sound and ocean now possible by
the construction Of the Port Town
send Southern railway.
The Vancouver Register Is quite
alarmed lest Hon. Jno B. Allen may
be tho nominee of the republican
party for Delegate, and its excuse
for aiding the democratic party by
supporting the prohibition nominee
would vanish into thin air Desir-
ins to aid Voorhees, for reelection,
the Register evidently wants to
retain a semblance Of republican
fealty and prohibit on usefulness.
The much talked of effort to estab-|
lsh democratic daily newspaper at
Seattle has at last been abandoned.
Subscribers to the fund have been
re imbursed- Mr.. Ellicott, whose
zeal outran his judgement, has lost
about a years time and something
like 81, 200 in mouey-so report goes
and yet never saw his darling OBJ
ject materialize. Old experienced
publishers said from the start that
the scheme was impractica'.
The San Francisco Chronicle has
again opened its attacks On Capt
Beecher The arrest of a man
named Gardiner" in Chicago, pre-
sumed TO be E. A. Gardiner, gives
the Chronicle its enc. The logi. OF
the great journal IS about this:
Gardiner is arrested Gardiner is
presumed to be friend of Beecher:
therefore Beecher must be guilty Of
completely with Gardiner.
Major Van BokkeIen received
letter this morning from Judge
Swan, in which the latter announces
his intention of starting homeward
from Boston, Aug. Both, via the Cam
adian Pacific, Judge Swan writes
that Port Townsend is much talked |
about in Boston railroad and fngn~
cial circles. it being asserted positiv, !
ly that Port Townsend and Portland. |
o., will be connected Ivy rail very
soou.
Capt, Carol of the Steamer Aucon |
in talk with a z. l. reporter says he
will soon make his home on the
Sound, having become Interested in
the Port Tow 1sand SoEtbern rail, |
roaI. and in tha Building of new
and magnificent steamer, the finest
y,t, to run bet ya"n Son Il ports and
Alaska, a raS;oa in which he has
gseat confidence. The growth Of
Alaska means growth to Port Town
send, as this IS tho ne lrssJ American
port to our northern poses,iols.
The fate of Stanley in Central
Africa is now arousinJ great con-
cern. Mr.. Stanley had consumma-
ted AN engagement for lectures in
America, which would have retted
him $4,000 within six months. The
King OF Belgian, being desirous OF
relieyia, Emla Bey, an anti slavery I
ruler of the upper Nile region, sent
for him aud fitted him out for the
He cancelled all of his '