The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-06-27
LOCAL PARAGRAPHS.

The Insane Asylum investigation
will begin ON Tuesday text.
The longest days OF the year have
come-and will soon bs gone.
DO Mills. the banker. will srrive in
Portland On tbs next steamer.
H Brerner. proprietor Of the new
Esmond Hotel. aud Edw Beebe, Of
Everding & Beeba. both Of P-rtlsnd.
died in that city IN Friday last.
Rev Mr. Wells and wife arrived here
from Walla W.lla on Thursday evening
last. and are at Trinity rectory. They
will remain in our town fortnight
longer.
Neigbbor Max wsli. of Steilscoom. il
happy man. A young lady thsre 10
feeding him on STRAWBERRIES smother
ed 10 cream" Why are we not all
equally favored
Capt A II Lill. hong OF the schooner
Planter and we'll known on PoRet
Sound. vii, go ont on the Dskots. for
the purpose Il taking up bis residence
ia San Francisco.
Some fellow has been rishing the
penit.niiary by forging the passenger
iicke,s of Dave Morris. The little j"b
has been detected. and the parp etrstor
had better crawl ont Of town while be
is safe. sss -
An excellent article Of buildings aud
j. obi aimed in the excavation OF the N.
f. Church basement. the vsius Of
which Is shown by it's beipg csrtsd
over mile to houses in course Of con-
struction in the outormost limits Of the
city.
Peter Winters was not drowned in
the Sksgit, 10 seems. BY the filing or
oyerpowe,ing of . canoe. but BY falling
from the river bank. while sndea vofing
10 help boat make difficult possaee
So we learn from gentleman just
down from the river.
News from the United States steamer
Lnckawanna states that she wss 1t La
Liber.ad on June LIST. The dsy pre-
vious. the keelson caught fire UNDER
meath the boilers. burning for distance
Of about thirty fest. IL MAS ex,inguish-.
ed without any further harm heisg
done. "a ssHs z's'ssss =
The ne steamer nsutione4 In sous
columns last week ~ to be built ct
Seabeck. 10 intended for the west coast
81 Mexico. to carry the mails between
Guaymas and Masatlsn. for which
good subsidy has been granted her.
Martin Buiger superintends the ms
chinery, etc !. which issufficient guss-
antee that thsjob win be wri' done.
Says the Yuba City Gal z Journals
"A party Of women aud children from
Los Angeles. en- route for Washington
Territory, camped in this place last
Monday evening. They had two wsg
ons. tents. and everything coaplete for
a long overland trip. The train was
under the sole management OF u woman.
who will pilot and run the whsls shs-
bang until they are at their inurDsy's
end"
The Skagit Indians are to have O
grand po,latch nc the old chief John
Wsh wit.kan's house. opposite Sank
City. on July 4th. There will probably
be three orfour hundred Indians pres
ent. and dancing. gam bling aud howl.
ing will be the order Of the day. To
tourists who never witnessed an Indian
potlatch this display will be m inter-
esting sight.
A friend. who sent ms Beautiful bon-
quet OF wild flowers from the Skagit.
writes as follows: This bouquet was
gathered. above the snow on PEEK
called Armies Castle, back of Sank
City. Some of the hills are bare III
spots. and on these places are many
. wild flowers. We can gather them and
see the snow hundreds of feet below Us
aud in every direction.
Tie Victorians may calculate on an
easy victory in the base ball contest to
be played here on the 5th Of Jely.
Our boys are resting on the lanrsls
gained on the cath Of May. They.
perhaps. think that turn about is
only fair, and - they ars one ahead in
the series Of games already played.
common cnurtesy demands that the
next game be given to their Provincial
rivals. 81 ts
The old Pelican. now the Costa Ricsn
war steamer Yrasu. 10 said TO require
repairs and furnishing to the amount
OF $50, 900. She is now ct San Fran
cisco. and her owners are 10 doubt
whether to Ok her up or break her up.
Instead 81 buying On old tub like the
Peliosn, the Costa Ricans should have
come tn Puget Sound and built . vessel
that would have been good for f'rty
years. instead Of two.
School district No. rs. si,uated IN
Lake Washington, 10 doing the best IL
can to increase the geographical know
ledge Of its children II not long since
purchased Q .uge and handsome nap
sf Nmth Amcrica. probably the best
o. it. size yet printed. aud Il has dur.
ing the past week added q magnificent.
globe. The cost of thess two articles
was fifty dollars. AMI it was money
economically and wisely spent. Other
ii,tricts might improve b, following
the example Of No. 10 ~ ~ k-
In the Second Ward primary last.
evening. Messrs o Jsc lbs and James
Mcknight were put in nonin>t,,a T..
the chair. On the frss bailot 80 vot.es'
we're cast, each gentleman receiving the
same numSr-3n The tie thus caused
necessltated another vote. in which Mr.
Mcknight was tue successful candidate
On the second ballot . largely incress-
ed vote was cast. When the Goth vote
was reached. howe or. The two men
~,o.. a~nrtlp von aanl, havtn0