The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-11-13
LOCAL PARAGRAPHS.

The Dakota may be expected here
sunday evening
A Grand fireman's ball is talked OF
hare on Christmas eve.
gig arrests were made by the police
officers Thursday night.
The weather has been cool bat dry
snd'plssssnt during the past few days
The fire boys wilt have their pictures
taken along with the engine on San.
day.
A grand masquerade ball will be
given at Snohomish City on the 2oth
OF next month.
Ons-ninth of the iron bark Annie
Johnson was sold in San Fra. cisco last
week for 5000 to 7 Thayer.
Hops are looking mp in price. San
Francisco quotations are l5C11S cents
and New York quotations 23025.
Jack Levy will be around today to
SEQ what induccmeut will be held out
to tie opera company to play three
nights in Seattle.
AT the annual election in Squak. on
the 9th inst. X Hopkins was elected
School Dir clor and Geo. w. Iibbetts
School Clerk.
The tug Goliah towed the ship TEN
plar into port yesterday afternoon. She
will discharge ballast aud commence
loading coal ut once.
The time for great expectations
snong politicians has come Journeys
to OHIO and Washington Will be com
mon enough among that class from this
The clear cold weather OF the last
ssw days has lowered the waters of
White river. an1 other streams tribu-
tary TO tho Sound, almost To the sum-
mer stage.
John X 0strandsr was elected Justice
Of the Peace ut Dayton on the 81 inst.
and on the eth School Clerk. Mr.
Ostrandsr. though new citizen, Is
one OF the most active in Dayton.
The Presbyterian ladies Of Portland
gave o sociable last week. and when
done locked up the church aud went
home to bed a thief later broke 10
aud carried away several pieces of solid
silverware that bad been loaned for the
occasion.
The Pacific Coast Steamship Com.
psny report distances north from San
francisco to be as follows TO Astoria
555 miles. to Portland 66l, to Sh0al
water Bay 500. Ia Cape Fiattery 6SO,
tDVictoria $50, To Port ruw nsend s773.
to Seattle sol. b Tacoma $50. to Steil-
accom- S3G. and to Olympia $50 miles
A civii engineer in the employ Of the
Seattle ana Wal.a Waila Railroad
Company has arrived aud will into
the field on Monday. At first his work
will be confined To the vicinity of the
road already built. after which he will
extend his opera 'ions in the direction
Of the Snoqualmie Pass. He is stop.
ping It the New England Hotel.
Smallpox Is causing q general feel
ing of uneasiness all over the coast,
owing to the prevalence of the disease
in San Francisco. The utmost pre-
caution looking to its exclusion should
be taken at such points as Astoria, Vic
toris and Port Townsend. The alarm
10 San Francisco is great, Vaccination
Is all but computation, and In the
schools no child Is allowed who will
not submit to it.
On the last trip up Of the bark
Lizzie Marshall. the mate got on
high horse and broke the ships chro.
nometer. lie was arrested on tho ar
rival Of the vessel ut Port Blakely, and
brought to this city to answer TO the
charge of malicious tresspass. before
q. y. Commissioner Ludlow The do.
fendent employed w. ii. White 10 de-
fend him Aad tue astute attorney soon
succeeded in convincing the commits
sioner that the United States did not
prescribe punishment for such ofienses
and the prisoner was discharged.
The Pacific Coast Steamship Compa-
ny bias uniform rates of $50 in the
cabin and $40 in the steerage from San
Frsncisco to all the places named in
the list following: Astoria,and Portland,
Victoria, Port Townseud, Seattle, Ia
coma and Olympia. To New Westmins-
ter and Nanaimo the rates arc $25 in
the cabin and $l5 in the stesrage. To
these nine places they run steamships
direct; their vessels at present in ser
vice being the State OF Califoruia TO
Astoria aud Portland; the Victoria to
New Westminster and Nanaimo. and
the Id.ho and Dskota to Victoria and
the Sound ports.