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PUGET SOUND ARGUS.
can“ turn: or .l:n;|:~n\ wt '.l\
ALMA \\ MIL: : hlnuraml Proprietor
TIII'RSDAY. FEB. If. IFTt'.
TELEGRAPHIC.
EASTERN STATES.
Ila-lota ”can: In January.
Wulnm'ml. Fcb. 2.—Tho debt "alarm
bled :o—duy. than I dot-mu ol the debt
In Jnury ol “1.014.263.
Tho hm mince 0! than min“ during the
loath, no 09,576,600. 0! thick $2,159,000
m dint dollm.
Paul flu-gs.
Postal change: [or Otegon Ind Wishing
ton hut vnh: Eat-blishod. Wateﬁord,
Wuhknkm comm. W. §n Rom. B. Wm
ler. pectin-out. Dincon mud. Konewock,
Yuma- county. W. T. Pollmulu'l Ip
wimed. Alexander Mcßeu. Cuudo Loch,
uco county. Omen: (Mn: 8.. Ilullnck.
Hemmer. Umltiila county, Ommmwm. W.
Wad. lluaco. I‘uiﬂo cuuuiy. W. 'l‘.
Thollm-ul-y Dodge Again Maren-Ml.
3081024. Rb. 3.—Frccmnn, the l’ocnascs
“antic. wnu 10-dny, in puncmwo of Gov.
Long's order, rumored totlw insnuensylum.
“tunnels;
W‘sauarnx. Feb. 3. he Srerotnry of
the Treasury has droided to yurchnse sll.-
/ 000,000 bandu {or n sinking fund in the us
all manner, bids to he opened on tho llth
hm. No Hmit lms born ﬁxed In to price.
The Senate comminw lms dwidml to re
pozt adversely on the Wurmr bih‘t‘r bill.
mun-n; lnlllnnn Killed.
Form Brrnnn. I). T.- Fl‘b. 3-”“0‘1 th"”‘”‘
0! Junuury, the L’nr'npnpn Indians l‘lll'itfti n
Grcsvmtre mum and t-nptnrtd it number of
ponit's. Tho six! day it Will‘ party of (Eros
ventres, nittr riding 40 rnilts nitrickul the.
“Tallllldtl'l. The bottle “'1!!! ﬁerce and
13 only. Filtetn Indians m‘rc killed and
ti 0 stock recaptured.
A Fabulous Assay from n t‘olormlo Milne
1‘ nnvsn, Feb. B,—Thero is great excito
ment in Dtnvor over it new discovery ofgold
near the mouth of the canyon oi the Platte,
n mile from the South Purl: railroad, and 20
milots west of Denver. A vein of miners]
was struck in the Dolly Vurdcn mine at
a depth of 20 foot on lust Friday, and is spe—
cimen brought to Denver and an assay ob—
tained on Suttzrdsy. The assay giving the
value oi the ore at $21,199 per ton, $20,176
being gold. A publication of tho {nets was
made in one of the papers Sunday morning,
and before night a. hundred peoplo mm on
the spot. Up to thonrcseut (11th 500 visited
the place and 200 locations wore rnndo
Dinars-outs Fire In a nustlltnl.
MILWAUKEE. Feb. 3.—The county hos] its]
burned this morning. Thirty were curritd
out and others mudo tlirir own escapu. Alli
but two inmates were rrsvutd. Mrs. Chris
tian Honors. I lnblu winds-d woman: “0
years of age, and Fred Schwinn, an insane
man, were awakened and minimum the hull,
but instead of following the others into tho
open air, probably returned to their rooms
snd perished in the ﬂames. Their bodies
' have been rescued. . 3‘
Substantial Sympathy for Ireland.
Nsw You. Feb. 4.—The Herald opens the
Irish reliel fund with a contribution of one
hundred thoussnd dollars.
Lowm, Mum, Feb. 3.—A convention ot
Hibernian representing nine societies voted
tonight not to ponds next St. Patrick's dsy.
‘ht to hold s cotlos party in three weeks for
the snﬂering goor in Ireland, and an enter
tainment St. strick’s night for St. Peter’s
Orphsn Asylum. . -
Paper null nor-nod.
SPRINSHILD, Mass, Feb. 4.-The South
worth paper mill, at West Springﬁeld, one
at the oldest mills in the State, burned last
night. Insurance, $70,000.
Pennsylvania Republican Convention.
Ennnmo. Feb. 4.-—Thc Republican
Ststo convention met in the opera house st
noon, sud was called to order by Chairman
Hootsn. of the State Central Committee.
Grant delegates won a victory at the outset ‘
hy the election of Russel Ersbett as tempor-‘
sry chsirtnsn, over Goo. T. streucc, by s 1
votsot 158 to 92. After much prelimiusry
skirmishlng the lollowing resolution was ot
torod by Kerr:
Resolved. Thst the dologstes elected to
the Bepnhlicsn Notions] Convention from
this Stats are hereby instructed to support
tor the prostdsntisl uominstios Gen. U. 8.
Grunt. sud to vote as s unit on sll questions
thot In" some bolero the convention.
Strong otlered an amendment to strike out
tho name at U. B. Grout and substitute that
of J. G. Blslns. Lost, 95 to 1154, several of
tho Blains men voting sgsinst it on the
ground thst it wss not proper to instruct s
dologstion tor any one.
A vots wss than Men'on the origins! res
olution, showing 133 syes. 113 nsys.
Tho second portion of tho resolution, in—l
Itrnctiug tho dslcgstion to vote u s unit, 3
wsn sdoptsd by s vivs voos vote.
Horton's Colo Bohr-o thei Donate. .
Wuuronos, Feb. 4.-—To-dsy's sxscutivs‘
session at tho Seuste, was devoted to the
discussion of the nominstion at John M.
Morton to ho collector of interns] revenue
tor the San Francisco district. Arguments
in opposition to his coudrmstion were to
thooﬂoct that Mortar is not identiﬁed with
Cdrlorms, having within the lost {our years
been sppointsd to the special agency of the
Lin-ho _tur sool islands from Indiana; that
while his persons] chsrsctsr is unexception-
Ibis, he is not ﬁtted by business training or
oxpertence tor the highly important oiﬁce
{or which he is nominated, sud that there is
no ccmpluint msdo against the present in
cnmlient. The case went over without ac
tion. Booth and Farley made the principul
speeches cusiust tonﬁrmntion, sud Voor‘nees
spoke in tuvor of it.
00'. Ptnchhaek “corned.
wa Osmns. Feb. 4. A petition, signed
by snumber of prominent merchsnts, has
boon forwarded to the President, indorsing
Gov. Pinchbsck (or non! oﬁlcer tor this
port, '11:. Colored Men's Protective Union
in ’oho Tim-Mm i. and run- this: a tel.-
gum H mm!) mu hy tho lumiul: m and we.
mny \n- 1. "man! ‘ulmt lhv Lno‘hdge
of H." amnciuivn.
rHIirMA Hits. ‘
[tn-n a In hr IIIIIIH r ( rnrrullrd.
‘. .mu. x“: ‘1 Hr 'nr '. CM- oi thv
r. I.x..‘tti.t--.t. {lv I, w '1: :~ I ltﬁrtllnt In,
r. you-n .m- t.t but innintiv [3... tr}: Honda
txt..h r I! .- I mm 1 t: .t c -:ux;;uu : .tumlry nut!
Jr). (muons,
‘ Tho l'rotocltn sly-n- In I'm-N.
‘ PAIN. l‘nb. J.—lhbutn on the cultomu
turiﬂ tn the chunbrr o! deputieo In re.
mun-d. The report at the commitm ﬂuid
‘thn! the protect.“ sit-tun bud produced
‘good reouiu to the country. The committee
was willing to mm to I try-Item oi commer—
ciu trutiu. It bud diwded prohibitive
dutiel Ind limb-ind upon duties. The
report concludal: “Our notion-l industry in
fur from ﬂouriohiug. We bovo been for
tome time out-tripped by loreigu competi
tion."
The c-n- Dole".
Munro. Feb. B.—Tbo mini-try bu dc—
cidcd to enmiuoiuto o schema for lociug
trouury bondl on the Europe» match by
lid oi con-in French Inmciai uocietiel, on
account of Cuban deﬁcit.
The fro-cl Budget.
Putts. Prb. 2.——'l‘bo budget lobemo for
IRB]. submitted to tho Climber ol Deputies
Saturday puts the ulwuditure at 2.773.891,-
473 irancu. and an existing taxes pruduce‘
2.777.193.0133 francs last year thorn in a nu .
plus a! once uvutlnblu {or the remission of
taxation. which rumissiun will be on alt-o.
hoiic drinks. of tho wtinxutrs {or upon
diturmt u! Ibo French [gnurivn‘r-n‘. for Mm),
the War Dt-pnrttm-nt absorbs 571,100.000
imuca, being an int-row» of (3,5!)U,0:J0. and
tho nnvydupnrtmc-ut ltis,(.‘uo,(t)u, an increase
(:1 4.5003100 francs.
Mark Lame Report.
Loxmx, 'r‘eh. 3.—~'l'ho Marla Lam ijrprcr'n
rem-w oi tho lii-iii ~li gratin trade for tho past
“'th Fllylil IQLVIX‘O‘ front h;s i‘gniu stopped
all agricultural work and mnul navigation,
and has ruiuu~ ly lluptulul the unloading of
vrssels, whilst. «ions:- («:15 Lim- chit-1m! bill-l
ncsa.
Growing when: has uric no nyrnrcnt
progress. nnd in minty fl:lll?. it. him not up
reured above the ground. nlt. in feared that
this renLWal of frost will b? :L t-‘vare trial on
iAutumn sown grain. A mutt dcul oi land
1 isyot unplowed.
} There is little alteration in the quth’ty or
icnndition of English grain sent; to market,
inhich is still in a. damp and defective condi
‘tion. Owing to this not and an increased
‘ pressure to sell on the part of farmers, there
‘wasu decline of two shillings per quarter
last. Monday, which has not; since been re
covered, nearly all the inﬂuences now domi
nant in the market, having remained inside
0! buyer-J.
Imports have bet-n on a toluubly liberal
scaleior mid Winter. Shipments from In
dia and Southern Russia am coming to hand
pretty freely. This excess of supply over
demand, coupled with a rapid {all of pliers
in America, caused it dc-cllne oiu shilling ptr
quarter. ‘
Businem dutingtho week has been nnrkod
Lawruul' u“ :3]. \ 'ndocisiou dealiitethe in—
l'flinut on at n‘d‘ci‘ﬁiMsv’qw-é-ouwou.
ﬂuu- iucrmw in the visible uuhply in Aim-r
--icn to accept lumr prices. Buyers operate
very,cuutiously. Though American prices
are now reduced to u level with those ruling
in this country. a further reduction is re
quired, as without some margin of proﬁt
imperious con scarcely be expected to oper«
ate.
Feeding atuﬁ‘s were quiet. the only note
worthy change being in advance of maize of
a shilling per quarter, owing to its decided
‘ scarcity on the spot.
The arrivals at. ports (it call have been
small. although only a moderate business has
been done. -
Rod Winter whests have shown rather a
ﬁrmer tendency." Ghirkus improved about.
a shilling per quarter. Maize with a few
trannaclions maintained late rates. Wheat
for shipment is very innctive and buyers
seem quite indiﬂ'orent to speculative ﬂuo‘
tuutlons cabled irom America.
‘ The Sultan! English whmt iszst W43o]: were
34,1552 qmnto rs at 453 3d pt-r quarter.
against 65,334 quarters at 333 4:! per quar
ter {or the corresponding week of lust your.
Imports into the United Kingdom during
the week ending Jan. 24th. were 744,350
hundred weights of wheat and 238,384 hun
dred weights of ﬂour.
Wholesale Slaughter In Alguoulston.
Gunmen, Feb. 4.-—Tcrrible accounts
ranch here from without the British lines.
It is reported that nearly 2,000 Ismilies have
been exterminated by the Ghiizsis. and that
several of the villages of the latter were
siterwnrd taken by the Hszsros and every
soul in them slain.
Internal Condition 0! Bosnia.
Vilma, Feb. 4. ~Trustworthy accounts
represent the internal condition of Russia
to becoming daily more critical. A number .
of ofﬁcers, high to commend, have become
dissﬂ'ected, while those not promoted after
the lets wet with Turkey. have with few ex
ceptions. joined the revolutionists.
YACIFIC (MAST
Smallpox CBIOI Reported.
Bax ancnco. Feb. 2.—-At a special meet
ing oi the Board at Health this morning it
was resolved to prosecute the oﬂcers oi the
City of Peking for violating the quarantine
laws. The Board also adopted a resolution
petitioning Congress to set apart a portion
of Angel Island for quarantine ground. A
report in the vicinity of the Paciﬁc Mail
duck is that several new cases of smallpox
have bxoken out on quarantine hulks among
recent passengers of the City of Peking.
Two fresh cases of smallpox Were discovered
yesterday on the steamer City of Peking, the
ﬁrst assistant engineer and cook. Both
were immediately conched to the Twenty
sixth street hospital. No other cases were
lound. although searching scrutiny was made
of every individual on board the Vet-Bel.
Mayor liailoch'a Opinion of the Men-cod
Rename.
M Union Hall, last. night, Mayor Ksllnch
addressed a crowded audience on the subject.
oi the Lake Merced project, which he con
demned as an attempted swindle nn the
city. both on its merits and in the manner
in which the proceedings were carried
t'liirough on the part c! the Board 0! Super-
IO".
Tu he not] In! by th- (and.
Ti)" Nahum (unit l.“ “min .m hale:
n,” nix; H u \I w r. A r. lm'ru-t A'-
h :1” y, t'i why t" n .m-i I 1 .\:-i Ml Sty :-
\l uh {Luv :.~ I|.i.!.u r lll‘livil‘l‘._~ ill thi-
II- It i r u-i tau: ' I~n nil: it u! lniw M-r
--tul (' 1- ml‘: 0 I“ '- ‘.i‘rl 14‘! ll." [Vii ll t~v‘
tln ru t. lililll im- l\' l; n ~I , W}: :1 ill" mat»
t: I wil u,..i- im re bu‘t' c-vzirt f-nr cuzmiiw-m
--“MC.
Sundry Awrumnntu. 1
8n l‘lus: lrl‘ .. 1' b. -I. »(' wilt-mo .\lnn
in! ('Hmi-uuy ii.” iv uni LU um-mnmu4 of
30 ovum p. 1 wire.
lluho 'i‘uun.l u-ni Mining Company lmu
levied an {vim-Mme"! at l" n ma per uhuru.
dtlmqnent Hue!) Illst. 'l‘tm Mneumc-ut u
{or the [-nrpom oi equipping the mum-I with
benvier muhmrry pteputmul'y to extracting
on tor the mill.
Slugs [em-I II usessmcnt at 50 cents.
(buntuteu COII.
Bogus 35 gold piece: In beinq quite ox
tenuwly circulated. Tho imitation in per
loct. except in wright. the coin only being
700 ﬁne. Mule-in donbloonl of similar
chum-ter m lino being oll'ered for aide.
lo Row (‘M of Insult-Pox.
A committee of tha board of health, nc
companion by Mr. “'llillml, agent 0! the
Pin-ill: Mail, and Captain Bury, visited the
qnsnntine hulk this afternoon. They
{on Ano new cant-s of small pox. Some ev
ideucn mm tukvn with regard to the manner
in which the quarantine had been evaded.
which may be lined us a basis of criminal
chum-t ngninst Captain Bnrry, continuum-r
at tho City 0! Peking. when she uxrived
htft‘.
tmrzh-rnr Arrested.
Tt'nrrw. Flb. 3~-—ll. H.l‘uu . \Vt'n'l, 1".-1m»
i‘L' ('u.'.~' (l' '.Lctivo. tn~.l.i_v unusual Dunc-1m
Until! gnu, nlm robbed the Lntil u'mv: (inl
lcim, on 211'! Blank «unvynn run l, cn iLu
LiLhL hi Xuyt‘lui'! t‘ 27111.nliiliilit-nl Thval,
\viiu \i'i: on 1'.:12 hi Ign. 'i‘fiu 2L rm! Wm 13.2.1»
twirl.) Liilqtl ~ont‘l uf Tuscnn. Arzzau I.
31:27.3 232.121.72.121 I
JoLn Flannzvm, uhnlr 'lli-) it'llllll' n (I‘-
cittnt, Suit l‘mnlt cr‘. mind-ml uilh mor
l-LllLL—~- L‘li - 2: ”v (Kahlil: (ﬁlms!) on \'..u
N 53 :Lvt-zmv, IS.-n I'rauz. lbt‘O, vm-t tl- tliuutul
Sunl:.3‘——~— \ h"ul;l!¥;;lu.!l"ll of live tuilu; u:
slUl, v. 533 v. :4 .' l; l Inc" on Riclmrlsnn‘n rm
lustw 111 Hay: lllltl lu‘nlly on Sun-lay, the
[utter winning, L-tnliiu: tho hrs: {Eva mile
time (:21 r' north—ivmu; ,nrt tit 0.19551.
clmrgctl \\ ith rubbing the gww-rnmvht 12f
1.5(1U,U1,0 multles in South ll Lenin. lust Juno.
have been (‘OllViCtLd mul emu-mod to 1:”;
swamituprimnnmntnml lcbur; the wutmm}
who phoned the lll.'L("lll0 is [0 lmimplimnutl i
for life—Serious tlnn‘ls in Stczly mul Unh
brin urn reported—Alisa Roger» 1m; out
struppetl all competitors in Gl'l’t‘k and Latin 1
M the Oxford Univuuly unmitmliuns———— ‘
The new tolencope nt Yule uill have u. 21)
inch reﬂecting glass. the lumen-t in America ‘
————Nt-.rly nll the puwuln‘nlcrri of France;
are women— -'l‘ho minus of Col lrmlo Lust
year yielded 525.395.453- -'l‘lm enrollment
in the public schools in litumnq lust ymr was
208.400—Ex-Senutot Poznwt‘wy of limﬁm,
recuivea SI.OOO awe-elk from his North Hum
linn gold "line—Kate Chuso Sg-rngato in us
aiming in tho preparation of (to H granny
of he: distii‘vgltishml {uthvr—Vv'ux. H '1)-
wanh ﬁlm's dumb regultml from glinf M
Kim less of lli.)'.:1ll‘0~'- nun—«Sr xzittnr ”mine
is ﬁnial to bu one of tho Sprmmr ill-Em who
M 9 uhout to comm-st tor the “to of Wilming
ton Dulewan—lu Miclttguu Unmt'sity
21‘.) students- lu'ﬁ studying ()ruok--——Tho
daughtur 05 Cal aney Ir uhout to nmrry a.
£lloth Inland millionaire—Ultimo: nro
lnu longer to be employed by the Stnte of
‘ Nevada. in any way only as interpreters——
‘Bob Inrtrsoll believes Grant. to be out. of
the Presidential ruce, and that the contest
will be betwaon Blaine and Sherman, and
that Hendricks stands the bust clumce ou
the other side.———A wrestling match in Bus
ton wan won by Bibby, the English giant.
-——-i‘wo men were killed and one wounded
by being run over by an express train near
Chester. Pm, while crowing tho truck in a
cmﬁngm—The Agricultural Department.
of the Government will bu enlarged—Tho
lute qunrnntlno at. San ancmw was“ lure“,
oﬂlcore going buck and forth betwaen the
vessel and city with impunity.—-'l.‘hu Czum
wltch announces that. he will be prollu to
won: the Polish crown—Yellow t‘uVer has
broken out in Btuzil.———Mnrquis of Anglo
sey. n Lilurnl member of the House of
Peers. is dead.-——Msnsion House Commit
tee has received a total of £21.000 from
Auol'relln lor the Iriah relief {uni—ln—
dian tribes of thnule are at wan—There
were 1,54! ﬁres in New York city last. year.
—-—Arlnnsan ranks next to Texas as a cot—
ton growing State—There are 25,000
English women in Indin.——A women inry
at Cheyenne recently rendered a verdict on
the death 0! another woman.
Importent reduction in freight and pass
sqe from New York to San Francisco viu
Pentium—Queen Victoria will take up
her reeidenoe at Windsor February 20th.-
The whest crop of Buenos Ayres is excel—
lent; that of Bantu Fe is very poor.—-——-Fonr
hundred bandits expelled the authorities
from s Brazilian village, sneited the town
and burned 2'3 houses—The Princess
Louise has arrived at Halifax utter s tedious
and boisterous psssuge. —-De Lesseps has
130 men employed in surveying the Isthmus
for the inter-oceanic ennui—Emperor
William will open the German Parliament
in person.——'Prunquilitv has been restored
and business resumed in Cuhul.—-—Com
mittees to collect funds for relief of the dis
tressed Irish are being formed in ludiu.——
A British mun-of war is to be dispatched to
Lepsz, Lower California, in consequence of
late disturbances there.—-—-The English
Government proposes to supply seed to
small Irish furmers.-—Snow is several
inches deep at Richmond, Vu.~-—Smoke
from the furnace came neur causing a penis
at the Grand Opens House. Cincinnati.——
The Huvden.New HtlVrn, jury stood one for
conviction and eleven iur ucquittel.———-
Boyd's pecking house. Onnihu, was burned
recentiv; lose, 8213,1100 on meats and sso.
000 on buiiding.———lt is proposed to con
nect the Bay of Quinta and Luke Ontario
by u ennui; oniiluuie-l cost. $750,000.
The California Stnte Printer's sulury is S2OO
a month; the uVeruge Weekly pay of his 54
employee is $27.-———Sixty thunsnnul sores of
fruit trees Were planted in lowa in i 879.—
Neruda papers urge the building of n. State
Insene Asylum.——-Mrs. John Jacob Astor
has sent 100 homeless out West at an ex
pense oi $1,600.—-—Col. Kleckner. distrib
ntiniz rib-r 3: :it tlw I‘lii‘.ul~lphiit [mail-mm
nwl n farmer number of tlm 5'3““ IAI‘,:I“i-\'
rm. it; “I‘ll! in s3} that lmwii fur Mllxll‘dl‘lll)‘:
1'; n _\'h'ﬂl.| i'iilrh. »- *(VJLH' (With him
i Mm J si-‘it‘JlliU \\’.li| [its {lt-11.
[3 hr “1;. t't'i'l" hivu liuu (‘r‘nt‘xr'lwi u'.’
1‘! in! \' tin; in \\'iliii:n':'nn, l)cl.~—— Hut-w
l‘ lium 1| Inn! 29 I 5 Illt'llt.“41il'tll ulnni: L iki
('lmtul'l mi, im l Ml” Illll‘iiiz - .\ wimtumil
n ZlLlthUt't? vu.l Vhit New Yuri: ti inquiru
iiltuy'ectmn triiiidq —ll.rtlilu-v. Citill’d’ oi
the Firrt Slitiunnl Bank. Augusta. nttm-hoil
wi-iglim to his {vi-t, junipul luio n omit-m.
Nilul hini‘eli und dint—Tho Mame immin
bly will illußflth‘ (nu-s oi nllvgml brihvrv
at once «Hunt-I'll] llmdy claims that there
is in much Lurneaa In letting innil con—
trncts mi posaihln— MA tit'l‘pt‘l'ldo waa shot
and killeu by detective» in Lendville while
trying to escape—Tho Czarina arrived at
Berlin on the 3d and proceeded to St. Pet
enbnrg—Diplomatio relationa between
France and Mexico are announced—lm
pending changes in the Prnaalan ntlniatry
are l't'l)l)Ned—Tho Italian Parliament will
be opened Feb. Nth—Prince Labanol.
the new lineaian embaaandor. baa arrival
in London—A terrible hnrilcnno canned
grunt damage to shipping at the l’hillipine
Inlnndn; among the wrecks was a Spa»-
inh unnhoat-a total lona with all her
crew-Meat in cases hna arrived in
London irom Australia perfectly fresh—-
The Duchess of Marlboruugn'a lrlah relief
committee nnnonnoa ilistruaa decreasing nnd
hue tel-arts oi atnrvntion untrue—lnven
tigntinn has pruvun that thet-xplnaion of tho
HS “10!! iron turret gun on board the llritiah
irunvliul 'l‘hnnilvn-r Jan. 2.1. 1579, wus
criiiwtl l'y douhli- limitingtlwguu'lhrough
C-Il‘tin'yrm :H —-Thﬂ Sim l"t‘.tllcl~lt.'o bmll‘ti 0i
hillu.'-'l:-I'l| luv: lcil (l the Luke Mdt'cd
Hr-liuno in; ll \‘ntn iii 11 In [—s uizor
Voozlicm is tinliiing in his «hurts to ncurv
Hic cuntirmlitmu Li Murillu ——- Ui‘nt'itli
Stu-m ml is in Liver of smiling il‘OUpH tn the
rrlid (if Culurmlo hVJ'JlL'l'.‘ “imam. dt:itl}’-—-
The ﬁrst icu lrmt cm the ll‘ulmu MN built
in lisis-'—-'lill' Ruin-stir lll‘rilltl Minot
.l)t.'lllll.~i Kt'itl‘llt)‘l “ll - [Hm it .~i~i uu Lll‘n't'lilll
I'i (‘ltltiu'lﬁ 11ml \Yuliiii innit) lmltit: til" fur—
tuue hi nu 0H i-xhiom-d politicul rilitiur”
"—-Our'y is 51.0”. null atom. and speaks
Spullmhlil!(‘ll!i_\‘-——» (Busimi-zli prupus‘s to
utvn lL nimistt r lmnquut, i-I-i't'iiigﬂﬁt-U 44w am
and coming 5.3.30.0!)0, on the winning «f the
Suut‘m'l‘u l‘tilil’utui—Gv‘n‘l, the sportsman
win aha: two young Indian in Onkluuii bt‘
luigtllie, n H been (1:‘it11lllr;‘ﬂzl frJln cuutody.
Drug Store Guildslues.
A m-m stop; all into n. Evading drug
store and mid to tho ell :‘l:, with Umcnh
”dent air of 0:20 who knew exactly
what ho wanted:
“Got any rezutll powdln ”1.7 “Uh, 5'09,”
was tho bland reply. The npotlwcm‘y
threw open :1 glam; 9:28;! and innm-dintl-ly
placed upon the counter in front of in!»
Customer 1:. bottio LE ".‘.lt:io Dentll to
Cockroaches.”
“1‘! ll mu how it warl: '." "erluinly;
yon tolu- :\ pinch of tho powder lmzwum
thumb and linger, hold it, down no n‘tlxtv
nt.-vim and givo it. n. {uh-«so; it‘ll l'l:
sum to kill ’cm.”
“Killom 'uml I'll-run :13 l The paw
dnr's for my old v.'()t:i:u.-. Kill can!
Not muohl’ and the man ::1.-o;k his
lit-nil.
Inquiry developed the fact that it was
Rochelle, not; touch powder, that had
been recommended for the “olilM'uuiuxn,”
und tho corrtct article wno soon sup
plied.
An Eagle reporter, homing of this
advonture, asked the druggiat if many
such 0111513, resulting from ignorance or
curelnssmms, came under his notice.
“Thuy occur almost daily,” was the
reply, “nnd are not only confusing, but
superlatiwly ridiculous. What would
you my to this, for iustzmco 3” [lore
was displayed orders that had been re
cn-ivod from various citizens, among
them the following: “Please give tho
hart-r 5 cents worth of onikn," (urnicu).
“Send me to pounds of Lickrich." “I
wanto 1% lb Griuiitartar (cream of tar
tar). Send me some Magunieshio for n.
ﬁsig.” “Ten cents of hole Sinimon.”
“Twenty-ﬁve sends of heir creasing,”
“Pleese send me some sold peeter." The
spelling of some of these has been some
what improved and the punctuation at
tended to.
The writers generally seem to think
they must carefully state the purpose to
which'they propose applying the articles
sent for. One writes for “ten cents’
worth of cologne to smell a. trunk with,”
another for “two coughing sticks of
candy.” One wants "stinking plaster,”
having changed the fourth letter of the
ﬁrst word from cto n. Here is a hor
rible case: “Send me epicack for my
little girl."
Reading druggists formerly did a large
business in delcomanies, or transfer pic
tures. Ono asks, “Give me ﬁfty cats
and dog; and ten tiger-. 93" another, “I
want a little girl.”
Cuatomors generally imituto the arti
cles they desire. There is called for:
“Hope and dell dock” (opcldock),
“Paint kille‘r," “'l‘itter rintlnont," “(I'qu
mare buck,” and “Laddy num.”—liend
ing Eagle.
Great Britain has two thousand
yachts, with a tonnage of 92,000 tons,
whom primscost wan at least $18,400,.
000,1md assuming 2.: fourth of them to be
in commission duxing the Summer
months, the sum expended on their
maintenance would, at a rough estimate,
amount to near $3,750,000. [Plus money
spent on yacht building and rcpuirs is
some $750,000, and 5,000 men—l 12
the number of the Britiah naval force—-
are employed.
State and 'l‘exrltorla!
i Huntthl‘ﬂ Oregon.
l'rn:.i :Im l'm n l'uy New,
I".‘ '~‘..um-ra Arnnm an-l 'l'rlfnir mm In
m‘: r the lulr mi 11.0 Minn Il.'|_\’ lu.«t Vii-i k, both
Link on l‘urptim lul v nil .‘LI Newpi'l‘. and bog.
urrv H‘Jhl)‘ lur M.l (Mi Il:i_\l :iltcrunrdg. "
tln- «lunnml In: rusil “unld jintily. three 7”.
“lg a day mini-l l-u limlml on (on: Bay by the
IlllllL'l HUN 0!! 11.
’l'lzn rrcs. nt appropriation will In: enﬂlcieu
to bill d, ti'l and put Into place an crib
50x26 leek. Them! crilis are to be built out d
unwed timber: one foot square end of 13.
length required. lmlteil together with in.
holu. cruel timlx-reil with like timber in.
coinpertmcntl about 8 feet in uare. tilled with
rock Ind annk into lace. 'llie height of each
will depend on the depth of the Inter, very.
ing from low 25 feet. When put into plea.
rock in to be ﬁlled in by the tide of the val
the to reach", near the earlier: of the wee.
with tie angle that the rock naturally {one
by being dropped in.
Willamette Valley.
Freak Collins. a dock hand on the City of
Quincy. whllo handling vinegar bemle on
board that host at lhitteville last Tneailay,
had two of hie ﬁnger: ent 011'.
Mr. Thomas Perry. of North Yamhill ha
lost 400 liushele of wheat b theft. the hat
Fell. lle had it stored in {ln Orville Stev
nrt’u granary, Mid when he went to look after
it it was not there. No clue to the thievel.
Mrs. M. E. llurlmnk lml licen superintend
ent of the Lufnyuttc L'ni in Finulny school {or
ten cu:u=m:l;ti\‘4: yi I's. Smtnlile resolution-
Cl)llllll\,'l‘.lll!l;.' llt l' hitlilulnevs null elliciuncy
“urn p‘iuwil by (In: t~l\.ll')l)l upon the elm-{inn of
“Ur mucus-Ir n luv: it culzs since.
Hm: M the Mulaumlnw.
'l‘iiun- in not a \\'.-.‘.<'il'u;'.l\\r or jv‘n’clcr in
Yuliinm County.
It Chat £336 ()5 to hill! the special (-li‘ctiun
in Spulnm wunfy.
('(llil\‘(_\\i l haw .v -\'i .‘..l lino l-x'icl‘. buillingl
Ci‘i'ciul Him a i'rilll.
J‘ (‘_ luvciilniri i! Zfillll“; t) Neal. 1) large
“ruining; mill at. (.‘ulhx.
Nd. l’crcu county lvlulio. lllh‘ﬂ a county
physician for S3O a. year.
A lmililinr; Sl‘rxlO for n hotel is in cuurnc 0E
constniction in Medicine: Lake.
The l‘cnillrtun llnuring mills are turning
out over 10‘) lulu-ls of llour per day.
Citizens of Milton am going to liuild a rail
hail from llXL‘ll' VilLig; to the depot, :1 distance
of four miles. ‘
llnynrinrc oilinin; (i 2: (Milt! for wheat in
Well t \anl-i; e-nilcra nzxs inclined :0 hold,
waiting: l'Jr l/citcr priczs.
The. intense cold has, it is thouyvht, tim
truy (I the punch crop of 15%) in tin.- Walla
Walla. urnl contiguozn valleys.
W. 11. Alwsit, l:‘.‘v-, oi the ll'vgton News,
hits pole to liuiAl- (_‘iry, report ray-s t) revive
the. " ih‘inwcrnt” (it thi‘. Liam.
Diphtheria in" NE ~v.;v;-c:n'cil fro'n ’i's'eiiion,
itn ravages hnvint: I: mu conlin'ul to om.- lam
ily, in \\ill“ll illl‘n‘t' r'iil‘lren (lii-d.
i‘cuiil-‘tnn Il‘i. t (ifT‘n'c- paid l-i tho w-ricrsl
v'nvonnnmJ. l.l:‘l- I:Z‘.".ll'-:‘ 3953 0i): Weston,
.‘flilt L‘Il; (‘vnirmiihu Sill)“: b 3; Milton, 320.
\R':.l'; \‘.':‘.l‘.;i. county pnfs nlwuniy of two
c.22‘.‘ a inl' i :zr‘h rain-rm l : min i'l‘l"('lli.t3(l to the
a. 1.140: Illltiug 1m: months of February and
March.
The i-irnu to lie n::cl to l npnly tho garrison
at Foil \‘fnlln Walla u'llli “nt.-r hIVU hem
liid. As mm .‘H the linisliiniz touches on
uiun the worls lhc l'osi. mill have on elm:-
dant supply of pure, cold “utcr.
It in criimntcd that when Spring open!
them will lm 70.000 head of cattle driven M
from this side of the mountains. Many of the
heavy stock men on the 'l‘ouchet have sold
out their entire herds.
The horn-d of commissioners {or Spoken
county lmVu ordered that the retail liquor li
ccnao shall be S2OO a your at Spoken Falls
and SIOU a. year at all other plllCL‘s in Spoken
county. Also wholesale liquor license, 3100:
grocery license for selling beor, SIOO a year;
license for n billiard table, 12 a your; poddler
and auctioneer, $5 per quarter.
Gen. Wheaten recommends tint on appro
printion of 330,000 in made to complete the
Mullen rozvl no that it may he pcnmncnt,
nnd this recon:un-inlntion is approved undrcc
ommendml l)y(icn. Sherman and the Score
tnry of War. The Walla Walla. Union says
it is Hillt‘t'l‘r-ly to lo! hoped that congress will
grant this snmll pittance for the purpose of
opening: ono of tho most important wagon
roads in the Northwest; A road that is the
sole means of direct communication between
the rapidly growing territories of Washington
and Montana.
The public school at linker City is filled to
overﬂowing.
Plowing is the present occupation oi the
farmers in the vicinity cl Weston.
C. B. Plummor threatensto furnish acorn!
for a gorgeous funeral the next time he is del
ignated us “ Yankee Plummer."
The grand jury failing to ﬁnd a trnebill, J.
B. Elliott, who killet otman at POlllOl7O
W. T., wee discharged from custody.
D. O'Hurra of Umatilia county killed 24
hogs averaging 275 pounds not. The meni
moth author of the lot weighed 630 pound!-
There is any quantity of potatoes inﬁll
Walla Walla valley, and farmers are annoy
toullut $1 per centul, but the demand It
light.
Jack Carlton, u scout in the Neil l’efﬂ
cmnpaign, was kilhd on Woitsbnrg lull 0|!
Saturday. "is home! took fright end up”!
the wagon in a big hole, resulting "I'll“
death and the serious iuiury of a complnlom
Weather ut Walla is delightful. Pruning
trees and cleaning up yards in the chief °“.t'
door employment as yet. but gardening W 1“
soon he in order. The roads leading into to“
as well as the streets after you 80310.3":
however, still in a dreadful state.
The State Lino Herald, lamenting the ab'
senco of exchanges nnll consequent dcartlltol
news snvn: “While the mail is being carried
over the mountains on snowshoes, it would.
of course. he imposing on the better nature Oi
coutracton to Insist on their bringing l?“
mulls every trip; but We do earnestly I11”It
on their not constructing corduroy lllﬂhwny‘
with our exchanges, us ”our friend" Colwell
did last winter." .
Mr. Littlelicld, of Chicago, nccornpa-llled
by his family. passed our the Drum stall.
lino last week, en route to Coos Bay. “h“:
he goes to superinteud the government 'o'
on the breakwater. Chinese will not be 0““
ployed on the wars. ' ‘

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