The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-07-25
LOCAL pARAoRApns.

Farmers are getting on finely with
their haying.
Northern Pacific traius srs again
running into KsIsms.
LDoyle. the oil printer. has gone
back 10 Illinois; he having left on tho
last Dsxsta.
The Rev John Rosenberg. u Pert
land, chaplain to tb. bishop, i. 9 guest
ut Trinity recsory 10 ih,s city.
The eminent and eloquent jesuit
missionary NJ Bouchard, d. j.. will
give an eight dsy mission in Astoria,
commencing this Sunday evening.
The Democrats OF Whatcosn will hold
their County Convention la the town of
Whatcom on Tuesday, the 3ist Of Au-
gust. Forty-tSo deiegstes will coa,-
pose the Convention.
Brock White, . Nee T.cama aitor.
ney. who has hccc sick with lever in
Frovidsscs H116btsl IN this city. 10 so
fer recoyer4 80 TO b. abs again 10
make his &c on our streets.
The I'd BON Hill ws. city edi.
TOR VI 49, ptk HeTd1. ds hae
Developer first-clAss newspAISr
man. lie bSs tcn,ly quit the Herald.
though the proprietor vas sorry TO lose
his s-ryicts.
sc.c.d.lnIs reports con,e frcm Third
street Of the b.r.h trsstaaent given M
aged AMI fr-ble relative in . family Of
o..eusihl. Cnris,iaus. II continued.
these re,s'fts may ind tllsir way into
irist ali ia sesti CATION ensus.
John Ksoty and Andrew Msh,l. u
Est p"r,lsnd, had qnarrei over .
newfoundland dog, which keoty
nwocd and Mabii held aud would net
da'iycr. keoty recovered the sniinsi.
whicn was valued at SI00, by legal
process.
A letaer II regret. prompted by the
announcsment that the Dakota would
withdraw from tbs Sosnd route. MAS
got up in New Tscoms. signed by lead
ing cnDeSs. and presented u Captain
A"rs. Is@s quite cvsn plinsenfsry to
the gallant commander and his COED
ship.
The -te,mcts Emma Hayward aud
Lurlinc had . race ON the Columbia
river. last Thursdsy. the Emma Hey.
ward being mile behind NJ the bsgin-
ming aud uniia ahead at the end of
the race. The Larlins people say they
want anothor trial. aud the Hay ward
people say they can have 1t any day.
The raising OF tue grade IN the
lower portion OF the townsite Of Port
land will cast about si65 600. rs esti
mated by tho Bee. This will only
esvsr the street work. including side
walks. II the bnIldings come MP to
correspond, several hundred thousand
dollas additional expense will he en-
tailed. THIS raising the grade Is made
= necessity by the overflow OF the
river.
A small hoy UP town has becn guilty
at several petty theits Of late. and the
neighbsrs are becoming very indignant
81 his doipSs. His most recent exploit
was tue climbing through . window OF
aprlvate house and extracting THREE
d.llsrs FROM bureau drawer. Ills
mother afterwards returned the money
Ia its rtshtful owner Ii this little
fellow slD.. mt suspend such op~ra.
t,ons, he will find himself gazing
through prison bars snne Of these fine
days.
The Skasit River again overlooked
its banks this week. - II 10 comI'letr
the work II destruction entered upon
msnth ago Most IL the cultivated
marsh lands Il the norsh and south
forks 81 the river have been submerg.
ed 10 such M extent ~ will reader the
crops an ma, y casss utterly worthless.
Miles OF rail fencing have been swept
away aud miles OF road obstructed aud
abliterA cd. La many cases tn. aettlers
had jpst repaired, their dikes aud were
ENTERTAINING the hope that tho sumaer
irsshst had exhausted itself whsn the.
warm weather cf the past week gave the
snow on tue mountains n frssh start
sad tao river Game booming down.
sstly dishcsrtening al Who had been
sndesvoriag to cope With L. We might
collect and publlsh the nanes Of thoee
Who hvs suffered from this disaster,
bat what would IL avail to them or the
public. except II was intended 10 raise .
iaud fs their relief. ~ 10 frequsntly
done elsewhere on the occasion u SINH
lar cal.mit,es. We doubt mot but that
tl,esu'fyr~rs from tbs Skagit aud Colum-
III, river foundations are proper SUBJ
jacts of relief from their more favored
feliow citssns = Laconnor Nag