The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1881-08-27
Saturday. Aug. 81. 1881.

smoke this year.
Ship Topgallan. from Port Blakely.
and ship Royal Oak from Tscoms. were
at Csllso On The 3lst Of July.
The Mes-.ngsr will go on. this morn
ing loaded Gown with freight brought
here on the schooner W l. Beebe
ID O. Pearson. the S,anwood mer-
chant, and A J. Edwards. the Samish
merchant, are in this city on business.
TIE clouds at night prevent. except
at short and favored intervals, all view
of the new comet in the north western
sky.
The other papers were 10. $50 too
high IN reporting the treasure brought
up on the Iiaho. Il was 1920, and .iot
Sl20.0G0.
There will be- preaching tomorrow,
morning and evening. at .he Free
Methodist Churcn on Second street
Seats free.
Vancouver wants first class hotel.
one capable of accommodating in the
best manner 100 guests. s., says q
local paper.
Treen & Raymond have jua received
from Levy e. Ka,zman. of New York,
u fine line of ladies and misses slip
pers Call and see them.
The oat crop Of the Stillagusmish
fats will average about 60 bushels to
the acre. aud amount to about 40, eco
bushels IN the aggregate.
A four bladed propeller for the new
steamer building 10 Lakes yard in this
city came up on the Idaho, right from
:hs shop Ia Schenectady.
Barton Hill is playing in the Walnut
street theater at Philadelphia where
he has made decided bit - Chas.
Hartley, "a the new play. THE
World"
The Judkins floating photograph
gallery has gone up the Sksgit river.
after successful season at Laconner.
IL will next 60 among the i'lands Of
San Juan county.
The Wymans have just completed q
successful professional tour through
Southern California. and are now re-
organizing their company for another
trip through the country.
During two days Of the past week
thirty-one deeds were fled for record
in the Office of the County Auditor.
Thirteen were handed IN In one day
and eighteen the other.
The span of little mules with which
our people are go familiar have dissp
peared from the streets. and pair Of
gray horses have taken their place be-
fore the wagon Of their owner.
Probably the most magnificent hog
in the coun'y-a 600,pound boar-came
here from Chehalis last Thursday night,
and is now on YesisT's barf awaiting
shipment to John Lang ston. of White
river.
The Clarke County Agricultural As
ISOLATION are making an effort to have
their coming fair more successful than
any of its predecessors. A like effort
on the part of the King County Associ
alton is also in order.
Those who have come over both the
Snoquslmie and Green river passes this
year tell us that notwithstanding the
immense work done on the latter Of
late, the Snoqualmie Is still vast deal
the better way OF the two.
Harvesting Is under full swing in
Snohomish and Whatcom counties.
The men and machines ara cutting and
thrsshing at O. lively rate. and . week
or so hence the fat grain bags will be
coming this way in quest Of market.
MIR. Ogilvy. the young surveyor. who
couple Of years ago was going 10 build
the rsilroad from here 10 Walla Walls,
has been engaged on the Northern Pa
cific surveys. in the Cascade mountains.
during the greater part of the past year.
Harvesting is 10 full blast in Clarke
county. The farmers are delighted
with the pressut state of the weather
aud are finishing their harvesting rs
last ~ possible. The yield Of grain
this year is enc Of the largest ever
known in the history Of the country.
The girls Of Class No. 0 Of the Pres
bytcrian Sunday School will serve a
lunch ut the room of the Y n. g. A.
today. between the hours Of Ii am.
and 8 pm. Their object is 10 raise
money with which 10 furnish the Pres.
byterian Church with cnshioned seats.
The n p II r Surveyors left Lewis
river last Thursday morning. after sew
eral days stay in and about Vancouver.
They 60 there to perfect the line al.
ready surveyed in that section. There
is every reason to believe that the road
will be built up on this side Of the
river. and the crossing Of the Columbia
made ct Vancouver.--Csa
P g Eastwiek. ESQ. formerly Of Ta-
coma and Seattle. but for the last two
years Of Oregon. has been engineer on
the Ysquina Bay aud Corvallis Railroad
for saveral weeks past. and il 10 said
thst Isaac w Smith. chief OF the SUR
veys in the Cascades Of the N p h r
Co. il soon to enter the same employ
~ Chief Engineer Of the Company
The Ysquina road 10 one 10 reach from
che coast Of Oregon into the william.
cite valley. Q distance OF about seventy
miles, and il is said that the money for
its early construction 10 where the
company can lay hands on 1t - fast as
wanted.
The Welcome collidtd with Yesles's
wharf last evening. The Captain At
the proper sime sigualled to reverse
the wheel. but on sccount OF some
catch in the machinery. as explained
by the engineer. he was unable to
obev. and the boat went in under full