The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1881-06-22
Wednesday. June 90. 1881.


A fire took place in Portland yester-
dsy morning. and, destroyed . number
of old buildings in the lower part of
town.
The shirring machine on exhibition
at Fl Tibbets's is q beautiful piece Of
mechanism. ard will be appreciated
by the ladies
Yesler's wharf has recently under
zone some needed repairs Joe Sur
Der has put about a hundred piles IN
der the structure.
Prof Ingraham, who has been rust.-
eating down among the Islands for
some weeks returned home yesterday.
looking much improved
Rob, ABRAMS h.. just al lei hand.
some black team to his stock OF livery
horses. They are young animals and
were raised ON Wildly Island
James o. Bsrrows, who will visit
this city with the Widow Bedott troupe.
is we'll known on the Sound. and gen
eral favorite among thester goers A
treat is in store for those who attend.
In the u District Court at K.'ama.
w T. on the 18th inst. John Wood Il Co.
% South Bend. Pacific Co. plead guilty
Of cutting timber on Government lsud
and were fined $500 aud the costs OF
prosecution.
The shipment OF draft animals to
the Hawaiian Islands 10 the source Of
considerable revenue 10 California.
On her last trip the little schooner W
II Meyer took down nine horses and
thirty-two mules.
The street sprinkler made its first APP
pearance yesterday, and the condition
Of Front street justified it in doing so.
IL made turn or two mp the road. and
showed that It was well suited for the
purpose intended
Two horse carriages are all the 90
now among the ladies. Last Summer
o one horse phaeton was pretty good.
Now they are noa here alongside the
dashing, more pretentious snd speedy
livery double teams.
Bark Whistler arrived here yesterday
forenoon. from San Franci.co. briog-
ing q large freight for our merchants.
9 list oil which We published in our
DAILY Of week ago today. Her re-
turn cargo will be coal. as usual
&C Bemis. the Supervising Insp-c-
tor of steam vessels for the Pacific
coast, passed by vest, rday. on his way
from Sitka TO San Francisco. HIS two
daughters left the steamer here AID are
staying for lew days at Mrs VIM
Hammond's.
A boat race is announced 10 take
place on Monday evening between two
local printers. Messrs Cap Hsniord and
Ebersold. Considerable money viii.
probably change hands on the result.
Cap will pull the Lille Bell aud the
other man double ended skiff
Whitelaw. the San Francisco ship.
builder. has get u contract tn get the
stranded bark David Hosdley of the
rocks in the Straits OF Fuca. where che
has now iain several months He
agrees TO get her of and repair her at
cost Of about St4, 900; and will com
mence operations on the 1st OF July.
We were unable to decide the other
day whether 1t was plucky or foolhardy
WYNN Wo noW ooyf WIZ sutt us teft
arm off less than six months ago. with
. gun in his one remaining hand on
his way out Of town for hunt. II he
had been our boy be wouldn', have
gone uniesi he was bigger and stronger
than his daddy.
Capt Hatfield aud u T Wheeler are
reported in the list of passengers on
the steamer coming by way OF Port.
land. Also Senator Grover. and
Meredith Davies, the railroad man.
t z Cakes, the o X * n aud N
Vice President. is supposed TO be
passeng On the sams steamer. though
he is not reported.
The city election in Portland. last
Monday. resulted in Republican vic
tory over the Citizens ticket. Jos
Simon beat ID p Thompson for Mayor
by msjori,y-1794 TO 1885 votes.
Mckercher beat Bsehmsn. for Treass
rer. by 907 msjority-2270 to 1918.
Msssrs Raleigh, CLittsnden. Holman
and Honey man were elected Council
men against Irving. Brazee, Goodsell
and Watson. fhe vote polled was the
largest ever cast in the city-S63t. or
81 more than in 1879.
The Success waited here yesterday
until the arrival OF the Zephyr. for pas
sengers on that boat Several OF tho
number were little tophravy, having
bricks in their hats One man OF this
kind was assisting bis friends on board
the Success; the man he had hold OF
proved too heavy for him. and. being
forced 10 let 60. the assisted man was
dropped into the Sound. from which he
was speedily tished by others on the
steamer. The episode furnished mirth
for the bystanders. and. we believe,
nothing worse than q very complete
duckins to the sossed individual.
The sawmills ct Milton and Port
Ludlow are the only ones Of any sizs
OF the Sound now lying idle. They
are paid by the mill combination not
TO work and probably make as much
as If they were cutting lumber. All
the rest are doing the best they can In
IL hours day. viii h 10 the combine
ton time for work. Immense quaint.
ties of lumber are being shipped 10
California and foreign ports. Large
log, are particularly in demand and
square timbers and plank 100 feet. and
upwards. long are no matter Of sur
Prise. Amos Brown. nsar Olympia
10 getting on. one order for forty logs
che shortest Of VIII ich must be los feel
long, and Ben Turner IL also sending