The Delta independent., 1890-09-09
HAPPEyyNGS.

The estimated daily sawmill capacity If
Seattle, Wash, is 2f,,aJ feet, with hve
mills. Tncoma is credited with sixteen mills
and capacity of !.e55,oco. and Portland,
Or, with Eve mills and $4,000 feet.
The Tacoma Ledger gives the last census
figures as 4O,I65 against 3s,766 fr Seattle
and 35 SCI for Portland, aud claims to be
next TO San Francisco the largest city on tn,
Pacific Coast. Our nsrthern contemporary
should b,.ar in mind that Oakland and LIS
Angeles heve each fully ln.n0 more inhabi+-
ants than Tacoma, but the fourh po>iti"a
among Pacific Coast cities is very hattering
to tine lit;ls village Of go population of ten
years azo.-Fx.
Kansas shows the foreclosure of a great
nnuber of mortgages on farming lands with
in the last siI months. but it appears that a
large portion Of them are on unoccrpied
lands bought mp and nortgage,l bv srrcula-
tors. Here is tn. key to great deal OF tn.
Statistical distress" among the '.fsrrners' Of
Kansas and other Western States. OF course
in some sections drnurhts have injured l-y,i-
mate farming. but when the speculative
mortgages in these boom states are segrisntei,
the statistics OF agrcw!<usdl industry, wbicl,
the democrats hare tried to n.s for p~iitcsl
capital. will make much bett-r showing.
Every forcclosed speculative mortgage opens
the uay for boua hde settler
The last bulletin prepared by r. Campbell
Copeland has heen Issued hy the crnsus
burenu. The bulletin shows that the bondr.t
county debt of Celornl" aggregates 81 1884. .42i.
the bonded debt in 1850 was s, 500 $50. show
ir:; an increase of two per cent. The scHre.
gate of the floating debt is 81 .355. .s37, which
is m increase of ninety-siN per cent the float
ing debt in 1880 having been S6al ,4s9 The
resources, net debt and annual interest charge
.f the counties of Colorado are summarized
rs follows: Gross debt, ss, ia. .25s; sinking
fund sl56, sol; cash in treasury and other
avnilnble resources, s+4a. .ao1 total available.
resources s605. SIS; net debt, s., $50 ,,us: .r.
nual interest charge $e6, ,.gJ.
Ida Lewis the heroine of Lime Rock light.
house. vino has saved the lives Of so r,anv
persons. receives from the government . sal.
Of $50 a year and two ,'~. ct coal, and ~.
congressman receive IS, 900 PER annnm srd
nril.syc. and the chaplain from hi. place says
''.iiy: God bless our country"
Young man who went "we.t." hlled
with enthusiasm and desire to grow up
with the country" surprised his friends bv
returning home after Az ahsence of several
weeks. He said that ~hil. he WAS out land
hunting in what he Thought the pnrisN
spot of America, he cam. across n bonr.ied.up
claim .hsnty. On the boards nailed acruss
the door he found this INSCRIPTION which SC.
counted for his unexpected return. Pore
miles to nenber. Sixteen mics frum
postohs. Twenty five miles from rnle-rus.l
A hundred and atey from timber. Two hun.
irei and 6fty feet from water. There's M
place like home. We've gone east 10 spend
the wiHter with my wife's folks"
A. one time Wendell Phillips was in
railway car in which were a number Of min
lister. returning from convention. Among
them was man with loud sfriden voice.
who was loudly declsininS against the abcli.
tionists, and especially against Mr.. Phillips.
He was tsikin. at everyone in the car, and
finally shouted that he understood that Mr..
Philips was on the board. Calling the cor.
ductor he asked him to point on. Mr.. Phillips
The conductor indicated the orator. who had
been a very interested lis,nner.
The little man with the voice strobe up the
aisle to a disr-spectful distance, and ahsr
striking an attitude. the following colloqny
took place:
"Ss you are Wendell Phillips"
"I AM. sir" said the orator quietly.
"Then why don't you go south and preach
your doctrine there" shouted the little mia
lister.
cat that time" explained Mr.. Puris. IL
relating the incident, amy xbolit.oais:s
would hove been lynched in the SOUTH"
Replying to to the clergyman. Mr.. Phillips
asked:
"Yo. are minister of the Gospel"
81 am, sir"
"Your mission is to save souls from hs'if
at is, SIR"
Then why don't you go there, sir'"