The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-07-20


LOCAL PARAGRAPHS.
The Bureau IL the place for sweets
Fifteen dollars ton Is the price paid
for hsy in the Geld near Portland
A new ard lar Ger Wheel 70 bring put
IN the steamer Nellie, for the purpo.s
a, increasing her speed.
Small green insects are eating Oigm-
ola fruit trees. and causing consider
able coosser NATION thereby.
&c Ellis and Geo. Foster, 81 Olym.
ola, have again gone into p.rtn rship
10 this busin-ss If logging.
VIM Msngel 10 building harm in
Nisqusliy vslisy Of the respectable
dimensions If 81 by 40 feet.
John Russell Youag. the famous
Newspaper correspondent. is nov in
Ian FrAncisco. but will soon ccrns
north.
Ship Yosemite will take 10 San Fran
cisco 36.750 hoopo and 275 oak slaves,
shipped here from S'eilncoom for that
purpose.
The Daisy 10 no~ running from
Olympia down n Hsrdscrsbbie. Ar
cads and Oskisnd. making three regu
lar trips week.
The Annie Stewart brought mp . 6ns
bot OF passengers yesterday. Nearly
oil left the boat hsre. though another
lot took passage on her Tor up S.sund 1t
this poiut.
The Qregonias Rsiiwsy compeay's
surveyors srs iocssing line 70 W,nns-
muocs, IN Nevada, over which they Dc
clare their intention In build . narrow
gage road
Mrs. Jsmieson has returned from
Wslis Wslla after sa sbssDcs II about
four weeks. The sickasss of her s.n.
William. called hei t.ither. We Tsxs ct
TO say that he is still dangerously Ill
Pierce county farmers cold last week
$1,000 pounds Of wool, which we're
taken On board abs D.kots and shipped
to san Franchise. Tho psioe paid for
it Was 20 cents pcood. sr eiS.520 Tor
the lot
A boat ysri 10 bsing esia bIishsd ct
the foot Of Senscs street. Tbs old ma.
chine sh.p 81 the Seattle Coal Com ;
pany has besn turned into bost max.
ing ship. where the keeper Of the yard
will turn oat his own craft lie already
he, . vsry pretty is,S-foot h,at in the
water. and IL nov commencing one Of
sizs lAskor. There 10 dns feld here
for such . business.
The wsshington Coal and Lumber
Company Of Topeka. Kansas, Possesses
a capital 81 $500. 900. 10 is corrsspoa-
dsncs with tina oiympis Board Of
Trs,is. with view 10 obtaining infos-
nation preliminary In transferring its
business Ia Puget Sound. The com pany
make special inqaisy with reference ~
coal aud timber lands. and appear to
have decided definitely to make tho
change ii the Inducements warrant IL.
So the Olympia Standard informs Us.
Tn Friday last. says the Vancouver
Independent, Emma Remington. . girl
Of II ycars ~ age. who was going
along the road by The Columb,s. with
Mrs Thos Beatty. discovered Q rattle
tlesnake, which che killed. II had
nine rAttles on its tail. THIS snaks
undoubtedly came down from the ny
per country on driftwood of the food.
and met his death coon after going
ashore. We never before heard of .
rattiesnak- west of the Cascade noun.
tains
The report that Captaio Lawson has
been succeeded by another gentleman,
IN the coast survey werk. Is not true. ~
fer AZ We know. Capt fofney has re-
csn,ly arrived 10 take charge OF the
Fauutissoy and with party go mp the
Gulf ~ Georgia, and engage 10 surveys
from there to the ssuthward to connect
With the lines heretofore run 10 the San
Juan archipelago by Capt Lawson The
lsttsr gentleman bas net ussd the YES
eel ua.ned for nearly eighteen months
His work last year Was preparatory 10
msking . aystsn q trisnGu iAtians TO
connect the vnrk On thu Cslumbia
nssr With that on Puget Sound. aud b
has svcsy reason u supposs that b. will
continue in That wosk the present s~a-
son. The delay hes bean eaass1 By The
lack NJ appropriations. These having
bceu made operations will likely begin
ct oucs. --Olympia Courier.