The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1881-06-30

TIE steamship Willamette will leave
Portland for Seattle on Tuesday. Jaly
9Th.
shi, Ycs.m.te, loaded with coal,
Vas t,wed ont y sierdsy By the Pol
i.kolsky.
The San Frencisco shooaer yacht
i,onsuelo has been sold to Mexi~ans,
for 5000.
Bishop Cridge confirmed nine young
women aad ten young men in Victoria
last sunday.
Never before was 20 much done in
the Puget Iron Foundry as during the
past three months.
The lighthouse tender Sbubrick and
the revenue eu;tsr Wolcott both steamed
into our harbor yesterday.
The last run down the coast of the
Dakots was made in 6e hours from
Victoria to San Francisco.
A patent has been issued to II ThieI-
sen. Of Walla Walls, w. T. for the in
vention of railroad cross tie.
Mr. James Gran. accountant OF the
Bank of British North America 10 Vic
TORS, has been promoted TO the branch
q, San Francisco
Canadian silver will become the legal
tender and current coin In the provinces
of British Columbia on and after July
1st. Thirty thousand dollars worth
have been imported for introduction.
Messrs s Baxter 81 Co.'S schooner
Tea-er is in port. and will load freight
for the Qailleute store IN few days.
She brought up quite q shipment Of
seal skins. Capt Z G Quinn is now in
command Of the Te-ser.
The Baldwin Locomotive Works, in
Philadelphia. are building IS locomo-
tive engines for the Northern Pacific
Company. several OF which are said to
have the Wo item patent firebox, for
burning small coal and dust.
The Panama Canal Co. intend build
ing a aumber of small villsges along
the line OF the proposed work, and the
first lumber for this purpose went from
San Francisco on the last steamer-the
Colima. Hanson 81 Co. have contract
ed 10 supply all the lumber required.
and their mill at Tacoms will be brisk
ly employed from this on in its cutting.
Prof Hillgard, Of the University Of
California. in company with number
OF scientists, will shortly make an ex-
tended geological survey Of the min
sral and coal bearing district Of Wash
ington Territory west Of the Cascade
range. giving special study and inves.
LEGATION to th.t part of the district
lying IN the Immediate vicinity Of
Puyallup Valley and Carbon Hill.
Down to the time Of U. &. Grant. the
Presidents of the United States. all save
two. bore clean shaved faces. Wash
ington and Van Buren, wore short side
whiskers. and Lincoln light beard
below the face From Washington to
johnson no President had the sign OF O
mustache. Grant, Hayes and Garfield
are oil full bearded men, and It was re-
served for Grant TO inaugurate the era
OF mustaches among incumbents OF the
Presidential chair.
The Tucson "a T, Star says that a
few days since magnificent bald eagle
scared down from the mountains. and.
after circling around for some time.
settled on O staff from which fioated
the dag Of the United States. The
monarch OF the air passed several for
eign flags which were IN just as invit.
ing position as the stars aud stripes.
He paid no attention to them, however,
but sought with unerring instinct the
symbol of Freedom. For full ten min
utes he stood sentinel. surrounded on
oil sides by n multitude Of lockers on.
after which be spread his massive
wings aud sped away to the peaks OF
the Santa Cstalinas.