The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-01-13
LOCAL PARAGRAPHS.

LOCAL PARAGRAPHS.
Two feet of snow are reported 1t
Kalsma.
The Messenger came down again yes
terdsy. as usual, and after missing two
trips.
Not Q word has come over the te,e-
grsph wires from the south for nearly
. week.
The next Democratic State Conven-
ten of Oregon will be held ut Albany
on the 7th Of Jure.
Court at Laconner begins tomorrow.
Judge and attorneys went down on the
steamer of yesterday.
The Messenger, on Wednesday last.
came from Olympia - far a. Tscoma,
and then returned to O!ympis.
VIM c Garfielde has lost the charge
Of his Clslism coupty postofice; an
other man having been appointed in his
place.
The clean sidewalks of tbs lower
town have . very good feeling to tho
slippery feet Of the pedestrian from the
back streets.
The Olympia Odd Fellows are getting
up fancy dress ball for February 22d.
Members of Western Lodge have the
matter in hand.
Stsrnberg and Farqubar each lost .
COW, ct Olympic. BY falling sheds.
while Dan. Warner. the logger. lost
several oxen.
Snow shovelers 10 Olympia. last
week. got halt dollar an hour. That
was doing pretty we'll. but It va, only
one-half - we'll a. they did in Seattle.
The Salem Mercury will DO published
in Portland hereafter as Sunday
morning paper. Mr.. Walter Moss will
be editor. and Mr. e. U. Norton city
editor.
The whole batch Of, applicants to the
Supreme Court for admission to the bar
have passed their examinations salts
factoriIy and sheepskins have been
given them
During the lats freeze about l 200. 900
salmon eggs were II, Zen at the hatch
cry On the Clacksmas. As il j., about
1900. 600 OF young fish have been put
into the water.
The snow crushed three buildings in
the Soohomish valley; one ct Lowell.
enc at Snohonish City, and . third
further up the river. Tho isll Was
about as great there as here
A warehouse on the Reach wharf, .
shed near the taBnery and the Gates
building near the Light wharf. and
the Schafer barn we're the only build
ings at Steilacoom crushed by the snow
last week.
The gale ut Astoria. last Wednesday
night. was tho most terrible ever known
iu that place. The steamship Oregon
had been laying in port four days. UNI
able to get oyer the Columbis bar aud
out to sea.
We are glad TO learn tho. our in
iormant. in regard tothe loss of Messrs
Phelps q WadleigL's cattle by the fall
Of shed. was mistaken. At last &C.
counts the cattle belonging to the above
firm were all safe
Lasater and two other lawyers are
making an effort to get Judge Wireard
out of ftice, while Cation and another
crowd are doing their level best 10 re-
tain him. The frst.nnmed want w.
Lair Hill for their Judge.
The eclipse Of the SUI, last Sun lay,
vas dead fixture, AT this point. About
half hour before tho time set in the
almanacs. the sun went b-hind some
very dark snow clouds and was seen no
more until the day following.
Fourth Of July this year comes on
Sunday. The Olympisns will celebrate
On saturday. and our people can. with
out conflicting with those OF the Capt.
tai, celebrate on Monday. In this way
We can stretch our holiday. aud have
bigger and better time.
The New York Tribune is bound to
exert strong political influence in this
city in 1880. The writer hereof has
recently cent that journal . club Of
two semi.~ eekly and forty-six weekly
Subscribers. and quito . number Of !
copies OF the paper ara taken BY other
persons independent Of the local agency.
Mr.. d. Lister, OF New Tacoma. ha.
entered into contract with the N. p.
Il. Il. Co to make ten thousand pounds
Of brass castings. He will manufac.
ture the coke with which 10 do this
work from GOAL from the mines in
Pierce coanty. He will require not less
than one hundred and Atty tons Of
coke.
More snow came down Sunday night,
bat on Monday morning Il was follow
ed by the rain. which kept on coming.
without intermission. al day. The
elect Of this rain and the accompany.
ihg thaw 10 10 ell the enow o full Of
water - it will hold. and to prepare il
. day or two later 10 60 With the rush
aud Ioar Of . torrent. The snow il
packing and settliug psrccptihly. and.
Il . freeze doesn't ceme. it, disappear.
ance will be = matter OF fewer hours
than was ito coming.
The ZEPuYK.-This steamer exper-
isnc~d much trouble in getting to
Olympia last Friday. Tho northeE
With that binding cloud Of snow. struck
her usar SteilAcoom. and forced hsr up
Headerson's by. where she spent the
night. The next morning abe went on