The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-01-24

bOCAS VASAOWAVbJ0.
Persons holding Unisersity lands
will do we'll to carefully scan our edi.
torisl in regard to this important mat.
ter.
A surprise party 1t the house Of Mr..
Case, on Front street. furnished the
young folks much snjoymsut last
night.
The American schooner Jos Wooiley
has changed her owners and flag. hav-
ing become the Hawaiian schooner Ea-
genis A Briggs.
To the performance of the Royal
Illusioniats tonight . charge Of 80 cents
only will DO demanded. ell parts Of the
house being the same.
A train Of twenty-five loaded coal
cars. propelled By two engines. got 10
from Newcastle last night as o'clock
the first in nearly three weeks.
The steamship City Of Chester will
be due here from San Francisco tonight.
1t is supposed that Mrs Yesler 10 one
Of the passenger coming on this
steamer.
The Puget Sound telegraph line,
which was destroyed by recent bad
weather. has been rebuilt, save ono or
two days finishing work. BY Monday
next it will be good as ever from end
to end.
The earth has cracked and slid badly
on the side hill Of Mill and Washington
streets, about Sixth. Fences have been
opened. bnuses threatened il not started,
and considerable damage and deprecia.
ton effected.
On her last trip the steamship Cali.
fornia was eight days from Portland
to Victoria. The Colombia river bar
was the cause OF her detention. tho
steamsbip being unable for several
days to get over it in safety.
In Justice SCOTS Court. yesterday.
an Indisn named Peter. in default Of
IS and costs, for being drunk. wss sent
on the streets TO work. We bslieve
this was the first city case or arrest
made in the name Of tho city. 20 far.
this year.
Tho sales OF our WEEKLY have bean
very great OF late, whole issues exhaust
ing TO tho last spare paper. Our wes-
Their reports aud annual statistics. TO
Gay nothing Of other matter, have
proved quite interesting to the aver
age reader. Hence the unusual demand I
and sale.
Our friends of the North Pacific Coast,
Mr. and Mrs Money. OF New Tacoma,
only saved their lives by being in their
printing office instead OF their residence !
on the occasion Of the land slide that |
demolished their house. on the 18th |
instsnt. Their peouuiary loss by that
disaster cannot be made good with les |
than five or six hundred dollara
Mr. Lou Beach. who furnished the
INTELLIoExcER last summer with it,
very readable letters from the Ruby |
Creek gold mInes. over the signature Of |
"Vox," IL 1t present in this city. Mr. !
B will return to Ruby Greek early in |
the coming season. when we hope hs
will make his pile. and whom We also |
hope again to hear from bis ready aud
reliable pen.
Clearing the roads Of trees blown
over them is very serious matter 10 |
the county adjacent to the Columbia
river. Oae man living in the next |.
county. estimates the number across
bis road to Portland at 5000. The tor. |
nado that put them there imposed an
oneroas burden upon the people to !
secure their removal
Tho typhoid fever has been raging |
fearfully at Honolnin. carrying to the
grave very many 1t tho best citizens Of
the place. One Of these WAS John d
Brewer, OF the old time Boston house
of Chas Brewer 4 Co. Mr. Brewer Was
born in Honolulu in l6%6. educated ut
Harvard University. aud wss married
and , father. Great alarm has existed
ct the spread aud violence Of the dis
ease. s''@