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The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1879-05-23

4 LITTLE Too 0RAsPIxo.-A certain
farmer in Kies County raised last yesr
several thousand bushels Of potatoes.
During the excitement and competi.
tion of January and February. be wss
offered for them fifty cents . bushel on
the river bank, sacks 10 be furnished him
"a prlcs equivalent to about sixty I've
cents bushsl on the wharf 10 Seattle.
Several overly-esger buyers were ready
70 take his whole crop at the rate
above mentioned. Though an extrav.-
CANT price, it WAS not enough for the fer
mer. and he demanded and held Out for
more. In the meantime the market Of
San Francisco was gluttsd with IN over
supply. Potatoes were poured in BY
the car, schooner and steamship load,
from Sslt Lake. Humboldt. Columbia
River aid Puget Sound. Prices went
down more rapidly than they had pre-
viously gone up. and they have kept ON
going down TO this time. The sd-
vanciog season admonished our coun.
try friend that be must quickly sell his
surplus product or have it spoil on
his hands He sent four thousand
bushels below on the Dakota, and from
their sale obtained just . thousand
dollars-twenty i've cents Q bushel.
His freight. sacks. Wharfage. storage.
commission. and other expenses . 1T
tie exceeded . Thousand dollars on the
shipment. 30 that instead Of realizing
dollar be WAS money out Of pocket.
Il would have been peconiarly better
for him TO hsve thrown the whole lot
into the river. His loss BY not selling
at the figure offered him here VAS two
thousand dollars on that one shipment
ssd fully half - oueh more BY not sell
ing the re.idus Of hls crop. which he
has si' @ tsen eager 10 sell At twenty
FIVE cents . bushel.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1879-05-23
FuRTlIER PARTIcuLARs.-Wc yester.
day published some particulars Of .
a.,.su A<>>k ,~isl<.-.l aR>>>>~~-

FuRTnER PARTICULARLY We yester.
day published some particulars Of .
email boat picked up by the Messenger
while drifting about the bay unoccu,
pied. some eight miles this side Of
Olympia. From Capt. Ballard we get
the following additional Particular:
Judge Edwin Marsh had hired the boat
for the purpose OF going 70 Arcadia. .
little town In Mason county. about
fourteen milcsfrom the capital, on some
business. He started out. rowing leis
urely In the direction of his dsstins-
ton. Nothing since has been teen o.
heard Of the Judge. and - hs was
about sixty years old aud quite feeble
it u opposed he fell overheard and was
drowned. Judge Marsh was one Of
Olymplss ploneer settlers. being the
proprietor Of thc wcstesn addition &,
the town, which i called sfter u orig
inal proprietor, Marshvills. Prssident
Lincoln sppoiotsd Mr.. 4arsh Regisoer
Of the y. s. Land Oflios q Olympia.
which rssponsible position he hsld for
. number Of years. being succeeded
By Mr.. Clarke. In 1853. For tho past
few years hs has held various munich.
pal Offices. being justice Of the peace
at the time Of his disappearance. Ssach
10 being made. but 20 fer without sny
success. Ne 8##
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1879-05-23

The Dalles il In ashes.

The Dailes Is IN asnes.
N. T. Cation is now .'Il;iug the
Wal!s Wallis Statesman.
White Is Tenny arc .urning out lot
of work for different Sound ports. y
Frank Marsh will learn something
10 his interss. by calling on jack Levy.
The Phantom lowed the schooner
Conrser to Blskely yesterday.
The ship Eldorsdo finished her load
Of coal and will proceed to sea today.
W. II. Andrews. formerly of Seattle.
10 foreman Of the Grand Jury at Wells
Wslla.
Tie ship DasLing Wave is being
canlked aod coppered 1t San Fran
cisco.
The chip Kricsson il taking fcaEgo
OF Vancouver Island coal to ban Fran
cisco ct the low rate Of 81 so per ton
The Board of County Commissioner
10 now setting a. . board Of squalixs-
tion. and will not get through with
their work before the end Of the week.
Report has it that Chss. B. Wright
! IL about to retire from the Psesidsncy oil
the Northern Pacidc Railroad, and
that Frederick Biilings will b. his
successor.
Not Q sufficient number -thirty-oi
cash patrons having presented them
selves. the contemplated excursion To
Victoria today has been indefinitely
postponed.
Steamer Josephine. which hes been
on the gridiron the past two or three
days, was launched last evening, and
this morning will start on her usual
Friday trip TO Laconnsr and Stagit.
The Nellie brought up . very large
Hr root from SnDhomish yesterday
which will be used % Q bow piece for
Capt. Stars new steamer. II is over
20 feet long and very tough and heavy.
The Portland Standard says that
California 10 sending her Chinese by
the hundreds into Oregon. and that the
only resource left Oregon 10 TO shifs
the heathen into Washington Territory
They will be Ter from welcome here.
8SucI 00eUs Va so0 AVvO4sp - 0OO
his beer hall ssvly wsathesboasded
with rustic Oh the outside. and hand
somely painted and papsrsd within.
The Tevoli will now be more popalal
than ever.
The Commissioners have apprvpr,at-
cd 1925 for the Cedar river road. Tbs
petition of j. n. e. Atkinson ct. al.
for tho repair Of the ridge road lead
ing from Seattle to Black river bridge,
Was laid over till the August term OF
the Board.
The petition Of +. n. Cud worth aud
others. praying the Board Of County
Commissioners 70 furnish them guns
was yesterday rejected on the ground
that "the Board cannot furnish guns
until q military company 10 actually
organized BY the persons petitionin0
for guns.
Gain was the fret base man" He
was also IN Abel batter. The "lsit"
field was known ~ paradise, where
Adam aud Eve made short stops. Abel
made the hrst ''homs run" and was
credited with clean score, which We
hope you all may do, aud be prepared
for 'judgusnt" day when the Great
Umpire makes his 8nsl decision. Stan.
dard. That's good hit. The scorer OF
the above deserves to make homo run.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1879-05-23

CLEAR TIE TRAcx.-The Orsgonian
ays: For several days . great many
runners have been in circulation regard
ing railway nevsments and projects.
most OF which wait for further devel-
opmsnts. Il may be stated, however,
that there h NO doobt We shsll soon
witaess greater activity in railway con.
stsuction than any one could have An
tlcipated even . short time ago.
"Hsss6n Walla Walla" sdds the .ssat& =
man "it ismuch the aue thing. Rvesy.
body talks railroad. and every new
comer wearing ''spscs;" 10 taken for .
railroad magpats. We begin to think
now. that where there 10 % much
SMOKE thers must b . little 6rs too.
For Hsavsss axe hrs away and give
~ . sailroed. We care not whsees Il
comssh OF whittier Il gosth. Anything
in The shaps Of IN iron horse 10 crate
fully scknewlsdgsd.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1879-05-23

NEW BoArs.-Nr. II. Andsrsoa b st
work % : yacht which = beiag bsils
after The Newport style. the plsss II
the model having been sent 10 Ns. J.
2. Ludlow. al this CITY. By . friend Of
his In Rhode Island. Il 10 expected
the new craft will bsa sushoe whea
complsted. Mr.. +. W. Lake ID also
constructing . ysoht semevhat smaller
than bis famous Nip and Tuck. which
he thinks will eclipse oil his foemsr
hoats . lar .. speed y ssoeesned,
Ihese crafts NJ hoeh b complsssd -
time 10 take PIT d the Fourth Of
July regatta.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1879-05-23

FINR Ham Woxx.--The most din.
cult piece Of hair work We have seen il
on exhibitions In the barber shop Of Hr.
6trsib. on Fsoot Street.. Il consists oil
two pictsres. one Espressnting Gen. ".
+. 0kesman q hosssback and the other
Gen. 0soeos Washlngton on hoess q
the battle Of Trsntoa. Both are oopisd
from sngrasings and boah ere lalaost
= true . IL osiginals I. ~ Gen.
Wsshipgteo picture are sevsnty-lve
shades q hair, and in shs ShernAs pie-
turs Sorty.avs. They were nads in
Ban Fssseisco b xr. 0treib Aiossli.
who WORKED nins ysars over thsn.
They are veil worth seeing.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1879-05-23

NV SCHOOL DIsraIcrs. nes
School Districts have been organissd
BY the County ComnisAiosers this
term One Of then ID 10 the back WAits
River ssttlements, and was numbered
10. and the other u On Green Rivsr.
and numbeeod.l5.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1879-05-23
AMERICAN HOusI.


Are you . respondent sufferer from
Sick Headache. Habitual Costiveness,
Pslpitstiou OF the Hearth Rave you
Dizziness Of the Head? Il Your ner.
vous system dspressede Does your
blood circulate badly? Have you q
cough? Low spiritss Coming up of
the food sfter eating. So. &c. All Of
these and much more are direct results
Of Dyspepsi-. Liver Complaint aud In-
digestion. GREENS AUGUST FLowRR
is now acknowledged BY oil Druggists
to be positive cure. 100000 bottles
were given away in the U. 8. through
Druggists to the people as . trial.
Two doses will satisfy any person OF
its wonderful quality in curing ell
forms Of Indigestion. Sample bottles
10 cents. Regular size 70 cents, Sold
positively by all first-class Druggists
in tho United States.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1879-05-23

WHARF EXTENSION. Nasshall
dock has been sxtended ssauasd snans
forty fest. and new front Of ninety
BY one hundred and twenty i've let
put on. Another vafshouss will b
erected, upoo this nsw &onk dnsing
IL oouin9 omnee.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1879-05-23

FELLOWSHIP NxxTyxG. 49,.
siors yesterday in the Congregational
Church were full Of interest. The
discussions. though ioformsl and i'm.
tromptu. were instructivs. stimulating
and largely profitable. In the after
noon discussion, sftsr foil and fair in.
tsrcbange Of views, il was agreed by
. unanimous vote to take measures to
form . Congregational Association Of
Washington. and . beginning was at
ooes made - the appointment Of .
committee 10 draft Constitution aud in
due tine call . meeting Of the churches
70 eossidsr and Get in regard to report
Of committee. Thus . great advance
step h taksn which viii leave the
churches Of our Territory no longer
dsPeodsacy Of Oregon. The sermon
IN the evening BY Rev. 3. o. Tads.
strongly urged the necessity Of every
man In the voyage Of life having bis
exact reckoning. To-day practical
Church and Sunday School work will
occupy the day. The Fellowship
meeting will close with short sermon
and communion service in the evening
1t O'Clock. All are welcome.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1879-05-23

WHERE 1T Is.-By following the
crowd you will fetch up ct the Centsn-
NAL Saloon, ct the foot Of Mill street,
first door east Of the Seamans Bethel
and Y. NJ. c. A. rooms. whore you will
find the genial james Vergon, "beck of
the bar" ready TO serve out his fine
wines. liquors. cigars and beer 10 order.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1879-05-23

REAL EsTATI.-Sincs our last report
the following real estate transfers have
been recorded in the office Of County
Auditor
United States. 20 Jacob Ohm. l60
acres in Sec 70 township "a. range 8,
patent.
VIM. Greene TO Jane Hill. lots and
8. block 81. Bills addition--$4OO.
A. A. Denny end wife n David
Kaufman. lot 2, block s.. A. A. Den
N.Y. addition $500.
G. A. stringham and Uife TO J. G.
Fleece. lots ! and 2, section 8. and lot
IL. section 4. townships %. range 4
east, 81 3l.lOO scees-tl25.
Nellie Davis and husband to N. ].
Ronberg, 10 acres in section 20. town.
ship 25, range 4 east-4260.
VIM. A. Jennings and wife 10 J. Geo.
Lillisnthal lot s. block 4, eastern addi-
tion--$50.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1879-05-23

Coon INPnovsARxI.-Nr. Natioe
has built . sidewalk Up from the
bsach ssar the fosndry TO Froet
strsst, thus aGordins IN easy and con-
venisos nnns 81 getting 20 and iron
the naehins shops in hat Vicinity.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1879-05-23

EAsrERx OATNxAL for sAls q
Chilbery Broehers'.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1879-05-23

- Boos Beer In piots and quarts.
for sale BY
CRAw1oaD / HAaRIxeros, Assata
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1879-05-23

OCCIDENTAL HOTEL. AT VERONA
Persons visiting Victoria should not
fail TO stop at the Occidental Hotel. II
10 the first hotel from the steamboat
landing; is fire. proof; has good accom-.
mediation for families. and as good
meals ss any house in the city. ct only
81 90 per day.
WV. JENSEN,
Wharf strest, xjctcria, b. G.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1879-05-23

yoa 01xuus 01axAu MN Bsea1
- - Hipss'A
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1879-05-23
PIANO LESSONS.
PUPILS WAITED.

A YoUHa LADY FROM THE CITY OF NEW
"A rogk wishes 70 taks Pupils on tbs Piano.
ese ~ sa3eyea nsssusl s1vsntaess. IN hsviss
- best tsachess iAsl he city aausded. and 0sa-
~ e 1Wuneo o. guasd1ans Who may favor her
M IT. po1Fona0o. d. MORAN.
mn aseSA opposite Uatvernty grounds. ~
800 @ 0 myl1a0
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1879-05-23

FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS
wanted the at G. O. p. Stoes. on Oeoi.
dsotsl Square. Gold and silver taken
st par in exchange for goods. spdH.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1879-05-23
City Council Proceedings.


THURSDAY. Nay g. 1879.
Council met pursuant to adjourn
ment.
Present Mayor Berish Brown and
Councilmen Abrams. Denny. Murphy.
Baxter. Clancy srd Chilbcry.
Journal read and approved.
The remonstrancs Of Holmes and
others to the opening Of alley through
block 26 WAS presented. and on motion
tbs whole matter Of opening said alley
was inde6 nitely postponed.
BILLS ORDERED PAID.
Geo D Hill. .S25 80
Z 3 Osborne ............ IS 90
Aoses kseIer. ................ 10 w
The Finance Committee returned the
report Of Geo. d. Hill, collector OF
delinquent taxes for the city. with
their approval. whereupon the said
report was approved by the Council.
Aud now after consideration the matt
ter Of grading Spring street was ill.,
definitely postponed.
Ordered that the Treasurer be
directed TO transfer fro any city funds
the .nm Of $626i to the fire engine
appropriation to apply towards pay
ment Of hose cart
Matter Of double assessment of II.
Choir referred to City Treasurer.
Adjourned sine die.
Z. 8. OSBORNE, City Clerk.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1879-05-23

4INIx0 CLAIMS ron SALE. The
andsrsigned offers for sale one Hydrau-
lie Claim on Hilbert Geek and one on
Dufot Greek. joining the Discovery
above. in Cassiar. B. G. FOR particu-
lars inquire ct the Centennial Saloon
Of u. THIBERr. or Of Geo. Martin on
steamer Cassiar.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1879-05-23

S8ATTLE DIRIcToRY F0R 1879
Subscribers Who have not recsiysd thsiS
book and others who may desire Il can
b supplied BY calling at RRxIDIcr,s
Stationary and Telegraph o&ce-Ffoot
street bet Cherry aad Colombia 50
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1879-05-23

~ Charley Ksil, Of tbs Saddle
Rock Restaurant, Commercial street, b
eonstsatly receiving the lsrgest andhn-
ct favored oysters ever offered for ssls
in this city. Orders from . distance
promptly allied in every style.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1879-05-23
HOTEL ARRIVALS.

NEW ENGLAND HOTEL
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-12-04
Plres In ConstantInople,

The season of fires has begun. writes
COnstantinople correspondent Of the
Philadelphia Telegraph. As soon a
cold weather sets in. and. notwiihstnnd
ing the blazing afternoons, sunset
brings chilly hrcczcs 20 us. then inevita-
bly,, in one quarter or another. n Cbnila-
grafton Is SUR To break out every night.
Either carlcssncss or faulty construction
Of CRATES ana lighting apparatus is the
cause. The first warning we have is
from the bckdjec," or night watch
man. Making his round. hc instantly
pounds on the pavement with heavy
iron shod staff, its ringing noise being
easily heard two or three blocks. The
word is passed from the watch towers
to the bckdjecs Of the locality of fire,
certain number of guns being fired also
for each quarter. viz. seven when the
blaze is in Stamboul. four for Pcra, etc.
The watchman In n full. loud voice calls
out the name Of the quarter where the
fire Is raging. and. II i'm his quarter,
thumps violently on the doors of the
adjoining houses. and with good reason.
for before people in the vicinity are
fully awake the flames are on them
The rapidity with which 400 or 500
dwellings are swept away cannot be
conceived by any one who has not ac-
tually seen what rickety. sun-dried
wooden houses they are. A Hungarian
gentleman, Count Szechcry, OF much ex-
perience. has organized a fire brigade
which does wonders, when one consid-
ers that their only way TO fight the
flames Is with little hand pumps. The
streets are too narrow and winding to
permit steam pumps to circulate. There
are also the famous toolumbadjees, :"
or volunteer firemen, whose main object
seems to. be Fun and plumber. Their
reputation Is such that of them and the
fire the latter Is the least dreaded Of the
two. The Szechery brigade is confined,
unfortunately. TO n few quarters. Sew
eral Of the embassies have n private
force of their own.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-12-04
The Forger and the LAWYER,

" One of the most expert forgers that
ever appeared in this country" said n
well-known detective 10 New York
reporter, was caught In Massachusetts
lntely, convicted, and sentenced To ten
years imprisonment. lie had not been
in prison more than three months, when,
TO the astonishment of the jailer. par
don came for him, in due form, all
signed by the governor, and properly
countersigned. There was nothing to
ne done but liberate the prisoner, and
he walked out. But he had not been
gone long before the .jailer discovered
that the prisoner had managed, through
his friends 10 get blank pardon from
the governors office. and had filled il
out himself, and cleverly forged the sig
natures, and had then passed it out 70
his friends again, To be mailed TO the
miller in proper shape The clever
forger had not got far enough away to
escape, and he was arrested and sent
back To prison. lie employed n young
New York lawyer, whose name Is fa-
miliar through the fame of his father,
and told him the story. They have
no right To lock you up again, said the
lawyer, having once liberated you,
without legally proving that the pardon
Is forgery. can get you out, but IL
will cost you 81, 500 Go ahead said
the forger. The lawyer went ahead,
gained his case, and liberated the
prisoner. | am going out West imme-
diatcly,' said the forger, as soon as he
was free. My father. who is wealthy
man. owns thousand-dollar farm in
Kansas. and he has just sent me this
letter. begging me TO come home and
lead an honest life, and telling me O.
draw on him for $1,000 to pay my bills.
am his only son. and / have almost
broken his heart; but this life is coming
10 AN end; shall settle down on my
fathers farm and be an honest man, and
he showed the letter, n pathetic produc
tion from an afflicted parent. Il shall
need Z 600 Of the money To pay some
little bills continued the forger. and
here is draft / have made on my father
for the $4,000. IL you will give me "A
check for $1,000, will give you the
draft, and will send you the other $500
as soon ] get home
The lawyer read the letter carefully.
drew "A check for Sl.tOO and handed Il
to his client, and received the draft for
$1,000. About ten days after the draft
was deposited in bank for collection,
ii came back with the message that tha
man on whom it was drawn had been
dead for cigl years, and wasn't worth
cent when he wa- alive
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-12-04
A Stilt Race.

remember particularly certain stilt
race, one of the oldest races that ever
saw. Six men and four women were
entered" as the horsey men would
say. AtArcachon the women share the
exercises of the men. There were then
on the beach of Evrac ten tchankas. In
the patois of the Landes. which one
might he tempted to contound with the
Japanese or Chinese idioms, n tchankas
is person mounted on stills, and so
tchanker means to- mount upon stills.
These ten tchankas had all the same
traditional costume, without distinction
of sex; that Is TO say, n beret on the
head, "A mantle of wool over the shoul-
ders, buttoned doublct, bare feet, and
the legs enveloped in camano or fleece.
fixed by red garters Their stills raised
them five or six feet from the ground.
a pole served them rs "A third point of
support. Seen from n distance, they
looked like gigantic grasshoppers. The
tchanka, however, is seen to perfection
on the bare land, motlonless and fixed
like a solitary triangle of sunset, or else
when he leans against "A pine tree,
silently knitting stockings and guarding
black and lean flock. Stern and mute
in the midst of n crowd, which was
examining them with curiosity, their
thoughts were concentrated solely on
the gain that they were about to dispute.
The prize was not much. The victor
won twenty francs (four dollars). But
twenty francs in the eyes of the tchanka
represents n fortune. Soon, mt a signal
given by the president of the fete, they
all ten spread over the beach. howling
and yelling. II il had not been for their
immense strides, which pass imagina-
ton, you might have thought you were
present mt nm Arabian fantasia Their
evolutions were the same, accomplished
with the same rapidity, in conditions
which touched upon the impossible, and
on ground where the stilt sunk in foot
at each step. Their mantles streaming
in the wind, like those of Arabian cava-
liers, they ran and pivoted round as
deity as If they had been on foot. The
women were by no means inferior TO the
men; one of them, in fact, came in sec
ond, and they were only to be distin-
guishcd by their more piercing cries
This race WAS followed by some private
exercises performed by the tchankas, in
order to provoke the generosity Of the
spectators. They jumped. they sat down
and rose up again, and they picked UP ms
they ran pieces of money that were
thrown TO them. This spectacle was
not the least extraordinary. Bouncing
forward at full speed. the man was sud-
denly seen to stop. the stills bent, fell rs
it were TO pieces, then something was
seen moving between three pieces of
wood, like the body of spider on its
long legs. The whole performance was
done with lightning rapidity, the stills
rose again and the man appeared on top
Of them and resumed his course From
The French Of Charles Mjnsclct