The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-11-24
ocAL PARAGRAPHS.

a;ohtberia last week.
In the WalIa Walla hospital are siA
.,ss of typhoid fever.
With the advent of cold weather has
..ne the time when men are unable to
,Iose 90 office door.
The northerly weather is against the
,ssmers FROM Ban Francisco. and de-
Avs them a dozen hours or more each
mp.
The vote OF Washington Territory
,hIs year was numerically about equ.i
n thst of the State of Oregon Ia or Is
ys,rs ago.
Another night or two like the last
sebt or two will freeze up the Colun.
biz river, and prevent Its navigation for
a. indefinite period.
R.nfrew, who c,nmitted snicids
Oh tho Mckenzie last week, lived thir.
teen hours alter the fatal snos. most Of
the time unconscious.
The schooner Gen. Miller, loaded
with coal. sailed out OF the harbor yes.
tsrday morning. and 10 now we'll on her
way to SAN Francisco.
Its about time we heard more about
the steam engine oar conssnPory was
10 get. Also of that evening paper,
that was TO be establishsd here.
Tue attendance at the performance
LIST evening was rather slim. The
psrformauce went on, however. aud
hose resent seemed well satisfied.
: There will be general closing of
business houses and suspension Of trade
tomorrow. Some will be closed all day
and others will open for short tine
orly.
Mrs. Sarah Pittock died IN Pittsbars,
Pa, on the I'D inst. aged 100 years.
This venerable woman was the grand
mother OF the Portland Pitt"cks. four
10 number.
The bark VIM. Grape, launched ut
Bath, Maine. Noy 18th. il said to be the
largest bark IN the world. Her CON-
mandsr will b. Capt. Wm. Ii. Besse,
who is also her owner.
A soci.ble will be given at Mrs Bris-
GOES GU Thanksgiving night. 10 attend
which q warm Invitation Is extended
th. public. A thoroughly pleas mt
evening will be spent by all who 20.
The last 81 tons OF ore crushed from
theShaier mine, ia the PsshsstiD, Melted
G the rate of 500 II per ton, or y sum
total OF $l.465 IL. This closes the
SEASONS ruus which has ueen unusually
Profitable.
The New Episcopal Church, ON Sec
Ond street, will bu finished with the
work OF this week, aud the building
will be ready for dsdlcstlon as soon
after as the person qualified 10 dedicate
it arrives.
Home seekers will bear in mind the
sale OF the Fairview Homestead lot at
1880 today. THIS lot is all ready for
tie making upon it of very pleasant
home, aud Is just what u thousand of
our people need and want
1t will bs we'll for our citizens to look
carefully To their doors aud wiRdows
before retiring. There are nun Der OF
very hard looking cases in town. VINO
look AS though they would rather steal
than work. Look out for them.
The Agricultural College of Oregon
was never so prosperous as now. Over
100 students are ia attendance. The
agricultural department has lite full
complement of 80 young men who are
being educated at the expense of the
State. =
Mr.. and Mrs. E. j. Thurman. Of
Silverton. Marion county. Oregon. lost
three children by diptheria last week.
The baby went first. on the 18th. fol,
lowed by q little girl cfs3T years on
the 18th. and by larger girl of 10
years. ON the goth.
Mr. and Mrs John ] Moss ars at
present in San Francisco. They went
there for to secure for Mrs Moss, who
is blind. the benefit Of the best surgical
sklll of the COST, and they have been
there now over three months. So far
sAe has experienced no change for the
better.
Portland Democrats refuse to give mp
their bets on the result Of the Presideu-
hal election until the 4th Of March
Asxt They hold, apparently. that the
man who is inaugursted On that occa-
SION is the man who was elected on the
I'd VI November Either that. or else
there was no election, and the bets are
ID.