, 1889-01-31

legiate Institute are about to have {
, law suit with the trustees OF tbs
Good Templar lodge in that city
about the ownership of the hall anC
lot occupied by the latter for many
years past Capt. d. B. Finct
: d mated and decided the land. con
. ditiCnaIiy, to the lodge many year;
ago. Last summer, on representa-
ton that the conditions had been
io'ated and the property forfeited
lie executed quit claim deed to the
! collegiate institute. The trustees OF
. the latter now claim the property,
, which claim the Good Templars dis
pute.
Said a prominent Tacoma lawyer
yesterday: 1T is to be hoped that
the bar and bench of the supr enc
court now convened at Olympia will
determine on some case involving the
question of whether or not written
memorandum for the sale of proper
ty, eau be forced As it is a great
deal of red tape is indulged in and
deeds wbichare, in my opinion, quite
eigal, are not considered so ordinarily.
a written memorandum holds good in
other districts and if a decision is
rendered by the supreme court to
that effect 1t will Ee a great boon, es-
pecIally in the transferring of real
/ estate.
The cyclones. blizzards, tornadoes
/ and whirlw!nds of the East. are to-
tally unknown in Washington terri
tory. Especially in the Sound basin
the elements are in perpetual tram
/ guilty. The sutferings which the
people of the East annually endure
| from hostile climatic forces is a
source of regret to every humane
mind, but to hundreds of thousands
a prompt remedy is presented. Every
resident of the East, who has moth
ing in particular to keep him there,
should hasten to win home on the
northwest Pacific coast Now is the
time to come, when land is cheap and
business opportunities are abundant.
Tacoma Ledger.
The county debt was funded this
week, the bonds being taken by
Judge Lewis for parties in San Fran
cisco. The total debt of the county
is 100000, but $4,000 of this amount
is not funded. The bonds issue run
for term of from 20 to 30 years. at
6 per cent, which is a considerable
saving in the interest account, as
compared with the interest the coun-
ty is paying on outstanding warrants.
Half of the bonds were sent to San
Francisco yesteyday. This amount
will probably enable the county to
pay cash for warrants as they are is
sued. In signing these bonds. Audi.
tor Prosser, as clerk ard Joseph
Stephenson, as president OF the board
of county commissioners, were CON-
PEELED to sign their names 1880 times.
Yakima Republic.
The Mississippi Valley L,mber-
man says: 1--WE are arranging an
excursion to leave St Paul and Min
neapolis about the middle or last of
February for the Puget Sound coun.
try. Several of the Minneapolis
lumbermen have signified their de-
sire to take in" the country to the
west of Us, about which much has
been said and written lately. The
excursion, it is designed, shall be
made up of lumbermen, who will
have a common interest in the lin
ber resources of Washington Terri
tory and Oregon aud British Coium
bia along the Canadian Pacific. SO
far as formulated, the plans eontem-
plate trip over the Northern Pa
citic to Tacoma, Seattle and Port
land, with passage of Puget Sound
to Victoria, returning via the Cana
dian Pacific to Winnipeg, and thence
by the Northern Pacific to the point
of starting If members of the par
ty so elect. the trip will include
run down to San Francisco and re-
turn, with possibly visit to the red
wood region In Humboldt county.
Fare to Portland and return will be
$50
The terms of twenty SIX senators
expire on the 4th of March next,
thirteen Of whom are republicans
and thirteen democrats. OF the dem
| ocratic vacancies those from Ala
bama, Georgia. Kentucky, Louisiana,
Mississippi, South Carolina and
Tennessee have been filed by the
reelection of the present incum-
benta, and Barbour, democrat, has
| been elected to succeed Riddleber-
ger The democratic seats which
remain vacant are sure to be occu-
pied by democrats, excepting those
IN New Jersey and West Nir-
| giuia, where the democrats have so
slight and doubtful majority that
! the election of republicans IS not I'M
| possible. The republicans have re-
elected Wilson in Iowa, Chace in
Rhode Island, Cullom in Illinois,
Plumb in Kansas, Manderson in
! Nebraska, elected Wolcott in Colo
RADIO, Mcmillan in Michigan, Hig-
! gins in Delaware. and are sure to
! elect their candidates in Minnesota,
New Hampshire, Maine, Massachu
setts and Oregon. Counting New
Jersey and West Virginia AS demo-
cratic, the senate will stand 81 dem
ocrats to 80 republicans, exclusive of
| Vice-President Morton.
Senator Mitchell has introduced n
| bill. which was referred to the com
mittee on territories, providing that
the Legislative assembly of Washing
ton territory may, by general incor-
poration acts; permit persons to as
sociate themselves together, as bod
les incorporate, for mining, manu-
featuring and other lawful business
trades or pursuits. and for conduct-
ing the business of insurance. banks
of discount and deposit, but not of
issue, loan, trust and other guaranty
associations, and for the construc-
tion of railroads, wagon roads aud
irrISahng bitches, and for the colo
nizatiOn and Improvement of lands
in connection Herewith, or for the
establishment of colleges and semi
naries, churches, libraries or any be-
| nevOlent, charitable or scientific as
| sociation, and that the act of the leg
islatiye assembly of Washington ter
: ritory, passed and approved Fehru'
ary 3, 1856. entitled "An act tc
, amend sections 2431, 2440 and 2434
l of chapter 185 of the code of Wash
/ ington territory" relative to the for,