The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-10-03
lettings from the Capital.
OLYMPIA. SIT. 30th, Ell.


ng stoppages at Tacoma ard Stella
COON. aci,ed the Ath n. f fu :et
sound TIE wealth. l. cool II ear
h Il. liciou- autumn " I Ter Nui
ever SEEN In California, wh-re there
EN-, 70 be no intermediate s,ascn 10
ne met with between the Summer and
whit J h map'es al,rg the avenues
are br I'D sle-n of emerald ,ui gold:
the 70 d b " is as unru ed as noun
tain lake; the orchards esvironing TIL.
city are laden deep with luscious fruit;
aud far hey nd US, g. ing towards the
soun hing sea, t.. ( MP ST. !owned sum
i OF the Olymli. r.nge re,r broken
=. ires against sky that m rios the
oceans hue.
THE FHGSIX CITY.
Up from the ashes anil tn. dust. this
| plucky little city once more Tears its
head. >Ihe sound Of the saw aud che
! hammer are already heard on the
ground swept over by the dcvouriug
| elements, and two new stores we're
| finished yesterday. Ole of these has
been opened BY Crosby & Lowe. with a
| full stock of stationery and fancy goods
and at their desk am indicting this
scrawl. This is the first time l have
| been here since the fire AID must say
| that Barnes Bank building was God
send to the place, but for which the
whole business portion Of the town was
doomed. | have heard uten say that
Puget Scum fir won't burn, but the as
pect of the burnt district in Olympia
tells very different story. These peo-
pie are as energetic as they are hospita-
BILE. and that the next fire may be
long way off, yours truly will ever pray.
GATHERING OF TuR CLANS
The converting of the Legislature
tomorrow will give you a good idea of
the number of strangers in town, and
faint conception of the way that but
ton holes are being demolished There
are about eighteen UT twenty Offices to
lie filled. aud applicants are at the rate
of SIX or seven for each position. Our
portly friend Charley Perkins met me
on the street yesterday and told ne he
tomorrow as he was anxious to get
home and look after his laboratory
where he coudenses the extract ct hops.
Hon. c. II. Hanf'rd is Oh the ground.
and near him is Tibbetts. calm and Sc
rene, while Joe Foster is amusing
crowd with some OF his dr. 'lery. 1t is
awful hard work 10 persuade that man
that this is not the Fourth of July.
Back of all is the radical face of Pick
ering--the happiest man in the world
and be murmm:s BLESS We, my children.
Embrace and be happy
THE EASTERN MEMBERS
Are all in town, and among them we
see the p"rtly figure and smiling face of
Farmer Stewart, Councilman from Wal
la Wdlla, side by side with his neigh
Dor. Hon. Elisha Pring of Dayton. The
latter is qui-t-iookiny man with dark
and expressive eyes. He is not ;.n easy
man to get acquainted with. but when
you once know him you feel like "freez
ing fast" to him, for he is an earnest
syGlkiiiee are also here from WaIia WaIla.
the former OF whom | met there last
April; the latter is confined to his bed
by illness and will not he able to take
his seat on the opening day. They all
give glowing accounts of the Garden
City and tell me that they have the
greatest wheat crop that ever fell be-
fore the sickle. A railroad to Puget
Sound, they deem the most urgent ne
cessity of the hour. as well as an i'm.
provement of the river SO as to allow
the boats to carry bigger loads.
THE LOWER SOUND
Is we'll represented by Councilman
Kuhn, of Port Townsend. and Henry
Atkinson, of Port Discovery. the latter
of whom has frank, pleasant face and
a-genial smile we'll calculated to disarm
any mans antagOnism. Senator Fer
guson, of Snohomish. the Nestor of the
upper house, is mingled with the crowd
and seems to be in demand. l hear calls
for "Ferg" on all sides. bat there is no
response of "lpsedoodie' as ut Sacra-
mento twenty years ago. The council
man from the Vancouver district has
aspirations for the Presidency of the
upper house, but my idea is that "Fers"
carries too much artillery fer him.
Hoover. of Pierce, is the happiest look
/ ing man in the lot, and the Youngest
member Of the Council. Reed, of Pa
cific, is the only member of the Council
/ whom have not yet seen.
THE FIGHT FOR POSITIONS
In the Council is briefly described
/ The Presidency fight lies bet ween Il.
NJ. Reed, of this county, and Ferguson.
To my notion, the Democrats would
! vote solid for Hanford, but he won't
+ take it, and there is where he shows his
sense. To take the chair, would tie his
I hands in all the more important de-
bates; again, he is the youngest and
can afford to wait. Besides. great
deal of legislation is needed st this
session, and Hsnford is content to do
/ his heavy work in the Judiciary CON-
mittee. Kuhn prefers Reed to Fergu-
son. for President. while the other three
/ Democrats are in favor of the Snoho-
mish gentleman. The Chief Clerkship
lies between Elwood Evans. Thos. p.
Woodward and Thos. b. Merry, the
two first being Olympians. For en-
crossing aud enrolling clerks, the APP
plicants are all ladies, and the work is
| so small that no man would think Of
meddling in the contest. For assistant
clerk at the desk, the candidates are s.
W. Hovey. of Port Gamble. and VIM.
G. Hughes. of Seattle. | wish they
both could be elected.