The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1881-08-09

TIE penitentiary OF British Columbi
confines forty -thres convicts.
T III Brents, wife and children, are
summering and recreating at Medical
Lake.
John Leary. Esq. will leave this sf-
ternoon for the country east of the
mountains.
Rev q II Watson preached in Christ
Church Cathedral of Victoria last Sun.
day evening.
The residences of DR.. Kollock has
been moved into the Briggs house on
Fifth and Marion Streets, recently va
Gated by Gov Ferry and family.
The steamer Cheh.lis is having her
cabins extended back even with her
lower house. This extension will give
her needed room on the upper deck
The North Pacific Coa,t road Of CAL
ifornis has been bonded 10 o syndicate
for sixty days. and viii probably be
taken in by the Willard combination.
A new ship was launched at Bath,
Maine. by Goss IL Sawyer, July 2ist.
She was PANIED the Tacoma She
will be commanded by Captain Kelley.
The little steamer Jessie towed .
scow loa OF hardwood lumber over
from @ III Smiths mill yesterday. TO
be shipped below on the steamship
Idaho.
II Carey, once partner of NJ A
Kelly in the drug business her o, and
later purser o. the Il Libby. is now
freight agent for the Northern Pacific
Company at Ainsworth.
The youthful aud romantic editor OF
the Pstahs Spirit was married the other
day. and now mis- paper comes oat AZ
published by ChLs Hammond and Ma
mic Hammond. Nice. isn't IT.?
A Honolulu correspondent. under
date of July llth. states: No small.
pox reported for fifteen days, and the
quarantine has been raised and pas
ssugers allowed to proceed to the other
islands,
A company has been organized at
Benicia for the manufacture Of agricul-
tural implements. with capital Of
100000. L l. Baker. Robert n Ham,
ilton. II NJ Estee. John II Boalt and
A Hill are the directors.
DR. b 2 Quiyey and DIR Jay Kirk
wood have both located ct Cheney. w
T, within fortnight past. Cheney
has so far been healthy little town.
The effect of tn inundation Of doctors
we shall watch with interest.
The White river farmers sustained
much loss last week in the way Of dam
aged and destroyed hay. aud are quite
blue in consequence. Their fields were
pretty well cut when the rain came on,
the grass being still out for curing.
Bartlett pears from the vicinity of
Suisun. Solano county. Cal, ire being
shipped to Chicago. The freight
charges on twenty carloads recently
shipped were $4,000. The fruit re-
Allies about ~. 500 on each carload.
The exports Of lumber from San
Francisco during the frat three months
OF 1881, exclusive of what was given
as dunnsge on wheat vessels, were
5.04l .159 feet. valued ut $97.9i5. aud
the exports of shingles were 9.403, 450.
valued at $20.959.
-Four vessels-the bark Lizzie Mar
shsll. barkentine Wrestler and scboon-
ers Excelsior aud Lotus--all arrived ut
0uaymas on the 18th Of July. loaded
with railroad ties. from San Francisco.
for the Sonora railroad, on 81 miles OF
which the track Is now laid.
1t is said that the English rails on
the o X * N track from Wallula down
the Columbia are being replaced with
American rails. with view to turning
the road over to the Northern Pacific
Company and getting thereon the bene-
fits OF the lattcr's land grant.
The attempt of . Chinaman to CON-
nit suicide on Sunday evening last at
trscted great crowd to the water
front. He tumbled himself into the
bay near Budlongs. and vas fished out,
wrupg. and finally resuscitated. wet
ter and undoubtedly happier man.
The schooner Jos Ross was launched
at Humboldt Bay last week. She is
said to be fine three masted schooner.
with q carrying capacity of $40. 900 feet
Of lumber. She Is owned by Jos Ross.
K Cousins and Capt Henrik who will
command her. Her cost was Sa2 900.
Mr. N G Hanscom, who has been
teaching school at White River during
the past six months. ended his term
there last week aud came to town. He
was urged 10 stay, but having better
offers elsew hare he could not afford TO.
He will probably take charge of the
school ct Pnyallup.
The sewerage Of the city needs look
ing after. 1t Is very bad Ia places. and
horrible smells pesvade the atmosphere
and poison the public health in conse-
quencs. On the principle OF q new
broom sweeping clean, lst the first
work Of the new Common Council be
directed towards the correction or rem.
edy Of this abuse
A tract Of land ak miles square in
the ohararrel country between Tre-
mont valley and Comsnche. Cslaveras
county. CAL. was burned over last
week. The fire lasted three days and
did great amount Of damage, burn.
ing grain. feed and fences end several
houses The entire country turned
out, men women and children. and
fought the flames.
For the information of those who
read the bulletins as 10 the Presidents
condition. we will say that the average
pulse btat OF healthy male, per min-
ute. Ii: Whan standipc. 81. sitting. III