The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-08-17
BREvITIES.

Cduta tfuL Is snOftly 10 nave fIate
Glass factory.
A large quantity of wheat is being
engaged in Yamhill county at 81 per
bushcl.
What is the difference between a girl
and a night-cap! One is born to wed,
and the other worn TO bed
Springfield rifles are now furnished
20 prisoners in the San Francisco city
prison who wish to dispense with the
formalities Of trials.
Counsel for John Runk, the convicted
murderer of officer COuts, has been al
lowed five days in which to prepare
and file bill of exceptions.
DR.. Holland has bought an Island in
the St. Lawrence, and named it Bonny
Castle. He intends TO build Swiss
cottage on it.
The Baldwin Locomotive works,
Philadelphia, are engaged in filling
orders from Australia. Brazil, New
Zealand, and other foreign countries.
1t is said that more than 1000, 900
sheep have perished in New South
Wales for lack of pasturage, occasioned
by the excessive drought of the past
Winter.
The Due de Broglie is very devout
church goer. and is 20 be seen every
Sabbath morning on his way to divine
service with big prayerbook under
his arm.
The person who advertised for a
young man to take care of q span of
horses of q religious turn OF mind. now
wants q cook to work in kitchen of
piOus character.
An exchange, in the delrium of its
icy. gives forth the refreshing intelli-
gence that the new and elegant Jail at
Redwood City sis now open to the use
of the public
The planets are losing their velocity.
and the earth. obeying the law of grav-
itation, will get closer and closer to the
sun. Hence the last man will be sun
struck.
The Rev. Mrs. Van Cott wants some
body to 'stand Oh the battlements Of
hell aud shake her glorlfied white robes
at old Satan" Why, you dear old girl,
Satan is not afraid Of an empty night
gown.
mo. pa" she said tearfully. II re.
nounce Theodore forever, and will
never marry him. saw him in the re-
gatta when he had no shirt on, and l
will never mary man with wart on
his back"
IL do not believe in fashionable
churches" said lady recently. "but,
after all, considering that we are all to
go to the same heaven, perhaps it Is
better to keep up the social distinction
AS long as we can
A woman arrested for drunkenness the
other day, gave the name OF Mary Mag
dalen, so as not to disgrace her children.
Devilish considerate Of her to select the
name Of "a lady whose fault Of peni-
tence has left her few admirers!
The chief engineers of the Govern
ment railways in Australia recently re-
ported that the locomotives made in
Australia were not only poor ones, but
an injury to the roads lie recommend
ed that hereafter all engines be bought
IN the United States.
Little boy-"Please, I want the doc
tor to come and see mother" Servant,
doctors out Where do You come
from 7" Little boy-"What. don't you
know me- Why, we deal with you.
We had baby from here last week y
The coinage Of the CaIso Mint dur
ing the month of July was confined ex-
clusively to trade dollars. Of which
81 So, 900 were turned out. The total
coinage of both Pacific coast mints for
the month was $5.609. 600. against "a
500. $50 for the corresponding month in
1876.
The Vallejo Caruaicle asserts that the
railroad terminus is either to be moved
from Vallejo aud connected with the
Bay Shore read by fiery across the
Carquinex for both passengers and
freight, or else connected for the pas
senger traffic. while the freight will
still be shipped via Vallejo.
Why is it that none of the cuts of the
..ms synificent dining cars" on the great
railway lines represent man pouring .
cup Of hot coffee down his shirt front,
while the lady opposite him poars .
pint Of milk in her neighbor's lap I
The artists appear to miss all the thrill
ling incidents,
The so fter sex makes out to live Ion
ger than anybody else, much as II com
plains If life Of the persons so years
old or over v no have died in Philadcl-
phia duriug the past six months. ~
were men and ae6 were women. lu the
corresponding portion of last year the
figures st ,od i3s men to 2ia women.
sCharI.a johnson" said Justicr Wan
dell at IN, jefferson Market Police
Court yeaexiay. .'yoa have been under
the inllusnse OF liquor Now. why do