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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (March 1, 1884)
THE WEST SHORE. 89 CHRONOLOGY OF EVENTS. February, I - Explosion in store at Alliance, 0.; 7 killed and 7 won nded .... Bill restoring Fitz John Porter to the army passed the Hon-e. -Death of Wendell Phillips, In Boston, aged 78 years.... 8tenmer Nnttinahill sunk by an icoberg iu the Atlantioi orew saved . . . .Egyptian army defeated by rebels at Tokar. 4-Btrike of spinners in Massachusetts.... Baker Pusha defoated by followors of Kl Mahdi in Upper Egypt. B-Parliament oponed in England.. ..Grand carnival begun at the Palace of Ice in Montreal. 6 -Groat damage by flood at Pittsburg, Cincinnati and Blong tho Ohio Kivor. 8-Oil tanks and wurchouso of Standard Oil Co., at Long Island City, burned. U-Thomas 8. Smith, of The Dalles, Or., died in Sun Francisco.... Bloum col- lier Umatilla struck n rook at Cape Flattery, was towed tu Ksquimault, B. C, and sunk in the harbor. 10-Lcgihlature of British Columbia passod an aot to prevout Chinese from ac quiring Crown lands. ...Floods in the Ohio higher than in 1KH2 and still increasing. II - Thomas Kinpella, editor of Brooklyn Enqle. diod in that city.... Death of Thomas Chonery, editor of the Londou 27mi....8inkut, in Upper F.gypt, enpturod by followers of the False Prophet; garrison massacred. 13 -Brewery burned at Gorvnia, Or.i loss, $11,(100. 13- Fire in Hprague, W. T.; loss, $12,0(10, 14- Highost point roached by the flood in the Ohio nt Ciiiciunnti, 71 ft. H in. 17-Nowa roonived of the death, January 81, of William Gouvorncur Morris, Collector at Sitka. 20-Explosion in coal mine at Uniontown, Pa., kills 19 men.... Cyclones in North Carolina, South Carolina, Oeorgia and Alulwma kill 75 people and wound 150 others. ' 1-Tokar surrendered to the Egyptian rebels., . .Bark Little Mimhull wrecked near Cape F lattery.... Bodios of Do Long and compai ion reooived in New York with great ceremonies. '13-Body of Baimi Morse, author of "The Passion Play," found in Hudson Hivers supposed suicide....Broken mil throws train from bridge near Brookfield, Mo.; t killed and 23 wounded. 4-8toumer Saumlito burned nt San Quentin, Cid.; loss, IIMl.Mll, -Doath of the French generals De Wimpffen and Schramm. ' SH-Explosioii of a powder magazine near Omaha; 4 people killed. ...Death of ex-Governor Hubbard of Connecticut.... Body of Ooneral E. O. C. Ord ar rived in New York from Havana.... The Egyptian robels severely debated near Triikitat by the British under General Gruham, tt-Earthquake in the Island of Chaoa and in Asia Minor.... Oroit fire in Philadelphia; loss, $1,000,000, m WEATHER REPORT. ItHlnrHll Ht Kmpire City, Coos County, Or., Compiled from Keconls Kept by Kavld Morse, Jr. 1HH0. 1881. 1882. 1HK. Inches. Inches. Inches, Inches. January 8.111 1M 4.72 February 8.95 10.59 I.U7 March 2.60 4.15 4.85 April JXl 4.21 5.86 May 015 1.55 2.75 Jnn 4.71 : .25 July .95 .25 .0U August 1.04 .01 September 20 1.15 M .82 Octobor 28 4.80 1.77 4.87 Novembor 82 S.2S 2.W 117 Deoemlier 7.09 7,48 8.58 LIU Totnl 8.99 44.59 4-Vil tLX January, 1HK4, 175 Inches. Many n child goes astray, not because there is a want at homo, hut dimply Imcanso homo lacks Hiirinhino. A child needs smiles as much as the flowers need sun beams. Children look little beyond the present moment If a thing pleases, they are apt to seek it; if it displeases, they are apt to avoid it If home in a place where faces are sour and words harsh, and fault-finding is ever in the ascendant, they will epeiui 88 many hours M iosille elsewhere. TACOMA-CONTINVKD FROM PAOR 77. the Northern Pacific, stopped all work on the main line, and retarded the completion of the rm for seven yours. During all that time New Tacoma remained a small vil lage, waiting patiently for the renewal of active building upon the main line, the completion of which wiib neces sary for the realization of its hopes. In 1880 work was energetically pushed on the main lino eastward from tho Columbia and westward from the Missouri. The cer tainty of a speody completion of tho road awoke New Tacoma into life and activity. It then had a population of but 720. In two years it was increased to 11,000,' while tho erection of hotels, stores, shops and residences was only limited by tho supply of materials and lalior that could bo obtained. Grout as was that growth it has been far exceeded by tho development of tho past year, lies'ulences and busi ness blocks have increased at a rate astonishing even to the most enthusiastic supporter of tho city. During 18811 the population was doubled, increasing it to more than 0,000, and $1,000,000 were invested iu real estate, being uearly throe times tho amount invested in 1882, and representing 1,114 separate transfers of property. Tho number of new buildings erected was far in excoss of those of any previous year, while the character of the structures was uniformly bettor and more tmhstantial, a greater proportion of them lieing built of brick. The increase of the assessed valuation for l'ioroe county was more than $1,000,000, the increase representing almost entirely the enhanced valuo of property in the city. Tacoma to-day x!eupies a platted area of 2,1)38 acres, of which 1,500 acres represent tho additions surveyed and recorded during tho past year. By tho last Legis lature tho two cities of Tacoma and New Tacoma were united under ono charter as tho City of Tacoma, the cor porate limits embracing n much larger area than tho alsive platted portion, all of which will eventually lo laid off into additions as tho city's dimensions are enlarged. A brief glance at the commercial ami manufacturing industries already established will astonish those who have been accustomed to consider its greatness as lying entirely in the future. There are in the city, in addition to factories, banks, etc., 153 distinct business houses, which may be classified according to their principal line of trade as follows: Dry goods, 11; groceries, 10; variety, 15; hardware, 0; agricultural implements, 1; millinery, 4; drugs, 4; bakeries, 4; furniture, 4; Ixiots and shoes, 4; butcher shops, 4; harness and saddlery, 1; jewelry, 5; blacksmith shops, 4; livery stables, 2; barber shops, G; hotels, inclusive of lxmrding houses, 11; restaurants, 12; wholesale liquor, 3; saloons, 18; laundries, 0; printing ofliceB, 2; gunsmiths, 2; undertakers, 1; paints and oils, 3. These houses carry stock ranging from 500 to l0,0(K), averaging alsmt $0,500 each and aggregating a total of $l,0OO,0lX). Tho city has two sulwtnntial bank ing houses, tho Tacoma National Bank and the Bank of Tacoma, which received in 1883 deposits to tho amount of 14,130,80(5 14, ami dealt in exchange aggregating tho sum of 4,074,301 32. Buch sums .as these passing