The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-08-20
LOCAL pARAcaApns.

LOCAL PARAGRAPHS.
They h.d il Is2 degree. hot. ia the
sh.de, at Walla Walls last week
The Portland Bee say. Col r II
O.nn intends TO leave Salem fnr Seat
tie"
The track of the two Willamette
y.lley railroads is being relaid with
steel rails.
The Beard of County Commissioners
will finish up their work t,dsy and Al.
joarn on Saturday.
The public schools 81 Victoria nun.
t,sr three. and is them are II tsacI,.rs
and 51l pupils.
Blackberries are very scarce in British
Columbis this year. 70 the great sorrow
of the Indians.
Rev u Sifes will preach in tbs Ma
tie Schoolhouse. Duwsmish Valley, at
3 o'clock on Sunday afternoon.
Mr. Chas Mcdonald and family and
a company Of ether ladies and children
srs camping cut few days ON Aiki
Point
Rev A Cruzan. Of Portland. will
address the Teachers Institute 81 IA
thi, evening. to I've followed By til~
\ .oial."
The residence st DR. l. Il Mcinnes. ~
New Mestrsin,tsr. il pronounced W the
Coini.t the haDdsomest rssidsnce In
the Provinces. Il cost only tiD00.
There il = family IN St Helens that has
three pair, Of twins. Mrs Brands,etter.
who .trly gave birth to triplets "a
Portland go, lier start 10 st H-lens
Master Dick Msidment i. worse
again The hope. so fondIy expressed
FIR hi- rrcavery d.y or two sga have
SINCE been sunk IN n'tsr d@pondency.
Rev w II Miesse, who graduated In
III. University at Salem ia 1875. and
afterwards preached the gospel in
Portiand. died in Cincinnati on the Goth
July.
Rev Mr. Spans wick the Evang
got himself in such bad odor in Veto.
ria that he was expelled from the
church and is Denounced by the pres.
IN tho bittere.; terms. He had wo-
man scfape. of course.
Mssls will be served on The Joseph.
ino during her trip to SeaLeck tomor-
row. No one intending to 20 need
worry about scarcity Of food. for there
will be plenty Tor all. and Of quality
the best to he had on ths Sound
John Cornell is keeping the Pioueer
House. on the corner Of Fourth aud
Columbis streets. In Olympia. and .
ffst rate house il 10. we are informed
The character II public houses gsner-
ally has greatly improved in this coun-
try during the past few years. and the
house Of Mr. Cornell IL fully up to the
times.
Mrs Su.auna Fletcher. who diei At
Washongal. Clarke county. on the 10th
inst. Was in her 63d year. Sne came
across the plains In 1851. and two years
later settled with her family In Clarke
county. here she lived twenty seven
years. She was the mother VI three
daughters aud seven sons. all OF whom
ara living. the youngest being % aud
the eldest 80 years of .ge.
The steamship State Of California
made her last rpn from Astoria to san
Francisco ia 81 hours aud IS minutes
From bar To bar. aissaoes OF $40
miles. shsL made the run 10 30 hours
AMI 30 minutes. or ut tho rate VI . liz
tie more than 10 miles an hour. Thi,
10 parhaps the fastest ocean stoaming
recorded. Wen wager one that the
California 10 a faster ship than the
Colunbta.
Proceedings have boon instituted
against the steamer label for landing
10000 pounds Of giant powder ct
Victoria. contrary TO municipal bylaw.
Summonses have ais, been taken out
sgsingt the frm TO whom the powder
Was consigned aud the drayman who
hauled Il TO the New Westminster
steamer for shipmens to the railway
contractors.