Year: 1876

ScREEN1Nas.-The screenings Of
the Seattle coal, which were for
merly allowed to go to waste on ac-
count of high freight to market, are
now shipped to San Francisco where
they find ready sale. These small
bits of coal are very hard and brit
tie, which accounts for their break
ing so easily. Hence they contain
a greater amount of combustible
principle to the ton than any other
coal. Schooner Courser will begin
loading this article as soon as she
finishes discharging her load OF
brewers barley which she is now
unloading at Yesler's wharf. This
coal is burned on all the Sacra-
mento river steamers, the engineers
of which prefer it to any other slack.
In order to burn it properly, the fire
boxes are fitted with perforated
plates of iron, the holes being larg-
est on the under side. The high
price of wood on the Upper Sacra-
mento would cut off all the profits
of grain transportation, and these
Seattle screenings come in good
play. They are also much used in
the manufactures in San Francisco.


RAc1NG.-If we only have as clear
weather as this by New Years the
races will be a complete success.
Pettyjohn is putting the track in
excellent order and will make it a
half-mile hereaft r, so that two
whirls of the course will be run as
a mile. We were shown the sorrel
horse Goldwire yesterday, better
known as the Mcknight colt. He
is low-set stocky built fellow and
looks as if he could..go at. fearful
clip for while. He will be entered
in the half-mile race on New Years
day. We were also shown two nice
roam colts sired by our namesake.
the lusty little horse that now dwells
among the tawny rolling hills of
Yakima. They are owned by W. H.
Bow. of this city, who will have a
crack road team of them, in a year
or two.


A BULL DOSE. We have heard a
good deal Of the foregoing word. about
the election and since, from Louisiana.
Our young friend Matt Kelly is cor.
stantly in receipt of medicines by ves-
sells arriving here and empties into the
street the straw or hay in which they
are packed. There are several COWS
which nightly visit the front of his
store and consume said provender a,
fast as it can be thrown out. They are
accompanied by masculine bovine ol
the beef persuasion who furnishes the
music while they eat the hay. These
animals should not be suffered to 60 al
large in d city like this and if no pound.
master can be found. we suggest to Mr.
Kelly the propriety of mixing little
jalap with the hay and giving them &
"bull Dose" In that way we will &C.
quire some of the accompaniments of 6
progressive civilization.


CoMMENDABLE.-Dr. Wheeler, for
merly of Port Townsend, is now per
manently attached to the Dakota al
ships surgeon. This was always rule
able on the Panama and China ships o1
the Company, but is an innovation or
this Northern route which We deem
highly commendable. 1t has very of
ten occurred that married man has
desired to take trip to San Francisco
by these steamers and has been com.
PEELED 70 leave his wife behind ON &C.
count of her delicate health, there be
ing no physician on the ship. This is
fortunately obviated by the new ar
rangement and We are confident that the
proportionate increase of travel from
the causes above cited. will accrue to
the pecuniary benefit of the Company
PLEAs1NG.-The happiest man in
King county, this morning, will be
William N. Bell, of Belltown. He has
long looked forward to the time when
his town would be commercial rival
to Seattle; and when he sees the Dako.
ia land there and load four hundred
tons of grain. to>day he will rise to the
fond belief that he weighs q ton and
that Belltown is the coming metropolis
of the North Coast. But it Eight be
as we'll to remember that lone swallow
does not make summer"


POWDER brig North Star is
d:scharging some freight for Schwa-
bachsr Bros. & Co.. among which is
about some sixty kegs of powder. Our
e1-Mayor's we'll known reputation for
peace and tranquility. entirely pre-
cludss the supposition that this impor-
tation has anything to do with Fenian
raid upon Victoria.


PoRK.-Diller, of the City Market,
received eight splendid young grain fed