The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1879-08-10
LOCAL PARAGRAPHS.

The County Comm .sioners adjourned
Yesterday forenoon TIL Monday morn
ing
Mr.. and Mrs. A Slorah were pas.en-
gers from San Francisco on the las,
trip Of the stsatn.hip State Of Cali
forria
Hugh Craig. Genera Manager on the
Pacific coast for the New Zealsnd In
surance Company, is at present in
Portland.
The bark Gem Of the Ocean was in
sured for $1,000 in the Stat. Investment.
Commercial and Firemans Fund In
surancc Companies
City Treasurer Blanchard la, pub.
li.heI . notice interesting 10 tax payer
hi: annual warning 10 come for~at.l
aud settle. thus saving costs.
The wiso aud two daughters Of Mr..
II. l. Tibbals. General Agent If the
Pacific Nal Steamship Company. &C
compsnied him up the Sound on the
Alaska last week
san Franci.cO dailios came through
this week 10 Seattle IN about g day.
which is q little quicker ttan ever BE-
fOre Those 81 Tuesday morning. Tor
instance. reached Us Oh FRIDAY night
The skagit river is now falling rap
idly, aud We may soon expect soEe in
teFcsting reports from The miuc'.
Miners Continue to g into the dig
gings an: their TicLaes. vii soon be
fully tested.
The city OF Seattle Gnv includes three
lawyers among her public servants.
namely: MAYOR Jacobs, Clcfk Osborne
aud Attorney Hall Surely tie legal
fraternity cauGot complain # local
slight.
The new Wolf ( Smith building OF
Yeslcr's wharf ia bciu. raised three feet
above the street. This is i good move.
and is one that others up town will 10
compelled TO follow ere many months
aud years.
The little propeller Mary Taylor.
during the past week, towed the bark
Montana from Port Townsend 10 Ma
naimo making the run up and back in
IS hours. She has s.nce towed Tho
bark Csssandra Adams to sea.
The Ebey warehouse on Yeslers dock
is being used for the cleaning up and
lifting and getting ready of the Starr
steamboat machinery. which will be
pm. in the boat as she lie, alongside
that portion Of the dock.
The last of the oats of last yeM's
growth came from Laconner q few days
ago. and were taken below on the A'as-
ka. Two weeks hence the bpats wall
have all they can DO bringing up the
surplus OF this years growth.
The barrel factory wharf is being
pushed rapidly ahead. aud will b. ready
to be sealed in about two weeks. 1t
will extend about 300 feet i,om the
beach, and will have 81 feet Il water
vt the outer end at the very lowest
tides.
Mr.. Sohns, Of Vancouver, who is i'll
terested in the Belltown barrel factory,
has rented tho large square dwelling
belonging to Crawford Il Harrington,
on Third street near Pike, aud will soon
move with his family 10 this city. II
he can procure suitable site. he will
ere long erect u handsome residence Of
his own.
The cutter Wolcott visited the life
saving station at Necah Bay las. week,
and Capt Hooper personally directed
the practise Of throwing life line. y
distance of 36j yards was attained with
SIX ounces of powder. The practise will
be continued until white. and Indians
fully understand tho use of the appa.
ratuS for wrecks.
A good deal Of work Is offorcd me-
chanics and laboring men through our
columns Bids arc wanted 10y several
TO clear land. clean houses, bu,li. &c.
la this matter patrons Of the DAILY
INrELLlGENcER enjoy a great advan-
t,ge over others-sn Advantage more
than making up to them the quarter of
II dollar that 1t costs them each week.
Bishop Blanchet, accompanied by
Father Schram, reached Walln Walla
on wednesday of las. week. On Sun
day he confirmed - persons who bad
been prepared by Father Duffy. In
the evening the corner stone Of the new
hospital Of the Sisters Of Chsrity was
laid by Bishop Blanchet with the usual
imposing ceremonies Father Schram
preached u very Instructive discourse
on the occasion, The Bishop was much
pleased with bis visit TO Walls Wall.
and the manner In which tia. portion
of the Diocese Of Nesqually is progress
IN, sniriiually M ,a-nnor.iiy