The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-08-25
BREvITIEs.

Seamless steel wheelbarrows are
now being made at Harrisburg, Pa.
The United States annually con.
sumo 1000. 900 pounds of sugar.
Over 5000. 900, ,OoO are annually spent
in this country for cigars and cigsret-
ties.
The 7riJune says flO6, ,OOO, 600 worth
Of liquor is consumed in New York
every year.
Six millions of dollars worth of bees
WAX is annually produced in the United
States
During the past ysar the Uuited
States exported -four and grain to the
value of 800, 100000.
New York city has 4Ol papers and
periodicals.. Philadelphia 134, Boston
l22, and San Francisco llO.
The first American engine ever sent
to Australia has been shipped by the
Baldwin Locomotive Works Of Phila.
delphia
1t is estimated that nearly 1000. 600
pounds Of wire will be required to
build the bridge which is to con-
meet New York with Brooklyn.
Two OF the largest silk mills in
Paterson. n. j.. have received orders
from Paris for the manufacture Of GER
tain descriptions Of silk goods.
The Wstchman says of Joseph He
may 60 into the Big Horn country. but
the chances are he will come out of the
little end eventually"
We asked last evening of = young
lady friend what she thought of red
headed women. She replied that they
were merely disappointed blondes.
The Hood river country is described
by the Vancouver independent as "a
paradise in the Cascade mountains" I"
A fine account is given Of soil. scenery,
air and products.
Anonymous letters have been sent to
several persons in Marshtisld, Coos Co..
ordering them to- discharge Chinese
from their service, or their property
would be burned.
Having decided to continue editing
the San Jose Mercury, Brother Owen
has prudently sold it. Mr.. Owen is not
much of an editor, but like a cabbage
or drum, he has an excellent mead for
business.
Ship Annie II. Smith (ncw), Capt.
j. r. Bartlett, from New York, arrived
at Sydney. N. S W.. July 18th, making
the run from Sandy Hook in s6 days.
passage which has seldom, if ever, been
excelled
DR.. johnson said it was better for
woman to paint her own face than to
blacken another's character; but in
these wicked days some well-meaning
women do.
1t is said that widow that weeps
is dangerous woman. A widow who
smiles is also dangerous. and widow
who neither weeps nor smiles will have
the reputation of being a plotter.
An excellent old deacon. who, having
won O fine turkey at a charity rattle,
didn't like to tell his severe orthodox
wife how be came by it. quietly re-
marked. as he handed her the turkey.
that Shakers gave it to him"
At Lewiston stable keeper has
stolen old Thompson's hotel mark
Hi .you muck "a muck. and no French
airs" We should remark. ITO what
baso uses" etc; only some fellow would
start up and say it wasn't original.
Coos Bay Nees: Money must he
getting very scarce in Douglass county,
Judging from the fact that the petitions
for the pardon Of Barr, the counter
fei.er, are being circulated and exten-
sivsly signed. Nothing like encsurag
ing local euterpri~es."
The San Francisco high school boys.
it is said. are to wear blue caps with
brass buttons. Perhaps it is thought
that by a modification Of the blue lass
theory the cap will be beneficial to the
brains it covers. and that by some par
allel process the quality of the button
will be impaired to the cheek.
Spurgeon has the gout. and breaches
but once day; but DIR. Prime says he
is the same earnest and evangelical and
useful preacher that he was in his
younger days; crowds attend on his
ministry, filling q church larger than
apyother in England or America.
The payroll of the Navy Yard for
July will be $4,000 The total force
now employed is 4Os. Orders have
been received from Washington to con-
centrate the work Of the yard on the
Tuscarora. She can be got ready for
sea in about six weeks. Rumor has il
that she is intended for the China
station.
A poor tailor. dunning for an old
debt the other dsy, wrote as follows:
"Uear Jim-This little account has been
standing for seven years. and think 1t
is high time it was paid" To which
Jim replied on the same piece OF paper.
while SHIPS boy Was waiting: Dear
SAM don't; and may difference OF
opinion never alter friendship"
Love caught the brush." he wrote TO
her, land painted your glowing pic
ture upon the living canvas of my soul.
This was young man on SIX
dollar salary, and if he bad seventy
| five dollars a week and . rich aunt. he
couldn't have Fixed her more complete
ly. Now they are married. and he only
wears . boiled shirt upon Sundays
A correspondent wants to know:
"Can a Christian so to the circus,
Why, yes, he can 60 to the circus easily
enough. but it will cost him a quarter
when he gets there. to get IN. You see
q Christian is always too proud to carry
wsser tor the elephant; aud thsf Is
whore the sinner has the advantage