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Show The Intelligencer i noV. elated overl the prospects of the Seattle railroad, and adviscB the citizens ot that place to devote their means and timo to developing de-veloping tho coal mines, which arclo-' cated near that place. A correspondent of the Deer Lodge Korthwcd gives the particulars of the success and efficiency of the Yellow-atone Yellow-atone expedition. It consists of 112 men, 2 pieces Of artillery one 12-pounder 12-pounder and ono Parrott gun 22,000 rounds of fixed ammunition for rifles, 20 wagons, 350 horses, and about 100 head of cattlo. The men are all well-armed well-armed with needle guns, Sharp's and Springfield rifles. All the civilians who have been em- j ployed at the Walla Walla garrison ! wore discharged a few dayB since. The vacancies thus occasioned aro being filled by tho appointment of enlisted men. Sheriff Smith, of Cowlitz county, is suing the Kalama Beacon for libel, modestly appraising thedamages done his character at $20,000i The suit has grown out of Borne rather severe strictures on his official conduct, re- lni! I,l!n,ta in tha Rnrllrmo express robbery, county finances and other local matters. So Bays the Ta-coma Ta-coma papers. Casting the prophetic orb far into the dinners of futurity, the Tacoma Tribune discourseth thus: "A beautiful beauti-ful piece of ground, hih and commanding, com-manding, 1,500 feet long and 900 feet wide, eligibly Bituated near the centre of the new town site, cleared of timber, tim-ber, called Capiial Park, has been set aside for future public use. It will become Territorial or State property as soon as Tacoma becomes the Territorial Ter-ritorial or State capital, and on it will be erected magnificent buildings, worthy of the great commonwealth Washington is destined to become." |