The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-05-24
THE PASSING THRONG.

silcs1s SeIiiE. Al lflaa &eUtseoa0 1NiuS Oh
the island OF Jersey. OF tbs French coast. is .
tourist ssoppiRg At the Rainier. ~ have son
in Canada" said he. "aad came over 70 visit
him. when ! ;houghs would take trip 70 the
Pacific coast Nv home Is in Tipperary. but for
the last few years have been living in Jersey
1t is q small island, shout twelve py six miles,
but IL contains = very prosperous population OF
about 81, 0G people. The inhabitants are indus
tr.ous af.d frugal. and q the potato crop ms
tcres earlier there than in England the farmers
get good prices for their crops fhave known
$1,000 go worth OF potatoes to bc exported from
this ANAL island In one year. The farmers
there cultivate very small patches OF ground.
usually four 20 six aeTcs In each. and although
they pay from SO to SIS an acre per year rental
they manage TO save up money. While the
Island belongs to Great Britain. IL Is much
nearer France than England The people are
mostly French, are also their customs. al
though both languages are spoken By tie ma
iori'y. The people Their, are contented and
happy. and one never sees paupers OF oeggars IN
the streets. The disorderiy classes are
promptly cepor:ed to Southampton when they
become noticeable. Apropos OF the great Irish
home rule bill, ii might DC interesting to know
that the island OF Jerseypossesses An autonomous
government, similar TO that in Canada, AID
similar 20 wha: is asked for in Ireland. We
have legislature there whose debates are all in
the French language; we choose our own ON
GERS and legisiase according to the needs OF our
own circumstances. The result Of home rule in
Jersey has not been to weaken the loyalty OF the
people 10 Great Britain in the least. even among
= people more alien from the English than the
Irish" Mr.. sculiy intends spending several
weeks on the Coast, and later will go to Chicago.
see the fair aud then return to Europe He is a
relative of the William Scuiiy who has large
tracts OF fine farming land in Illinois which he
rents ont to farmers in small patches. 1t is said
that he owns nearly whole county there and
be 10 the FIRST man to introduce into this coun-
try the absentee landlord system which has
given rise to 20 much dissatisfaction in ireland
and which dnds little more favor in Illinois.
A. s. Aics OF Tacoma was In the city yester.
day and tells a story illustrating how far of
from civilization sOme parts OF Alaska are He
has Just returned from trip TO that country
and said: 1.-The North Pacific Commercial Com
Iany has a contract to carry the mails once
month, from April to October, between Sitka
aud Yaku;at. arrived at Yakutat April II on
the steamer which carried the first news from
tho outside world since last October. and the
first thing the people wanted to know was how
the election went. There is Swedish mission
there which was burned during the holidays.
There are four white people in 1t. Mr.. and Mrs.
Johnson. Mr.. Heudrickson and Miss Peterson.
They lost all their supplies and but for trading
post there would have starved before
spriLg. They had no mcans of communi-
eating with their headquarters At Chicago.
At the time OF the fro they had . sawmili ready
to set up, and the saw-tecth were stored In the
mission when burned. The temper was. of
course, taken cut of them. but the people tried
to temper tho teeth, aud were actually using
them when was there. but 1t was pretty tough
getting out lumber with that mill. made a
trip about eighty miles across country over
frozen passes, aud had TO hire four different
parties of Indians to get there. They did not
want to 60 80 early in the season. and il il too
early to 60 to that country in the interests of
mining
d. II. Thomas, OF Fail City, was in tho city
yesterday aud brought with him an interesting
relic OF the early days of the Posr -INrELLISEs-
GER This 10 q stamped envelope with the ad-
dress printed on IL: "ISTELLIGENCER, Seattle.
w. T." Mr.. Thomas received this envelope for
use when he was the correspondent and agen,
OF the paper in 1873, and he is still warm
friend OF its successor in 1881
Judge Charles B. Beilinger, who was recently
appointed 70 succeed the late United States
District udge Deadly, OF Portland, and came up
to take Judge Haniord'S place in the hearing OF
the Port Madison mill cases. will return to
Portland this ning, but will come up again
June to resume the hearing.
Harvey w. Scott, editor of the Portland Ore.
goat1n. and George II. Williams. United states
stopping at the Rainier.