The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1881-06-28

The esther rehearsal Will be held
this evening at squire's Opera House.
The new Gatzert barouche, as q fam.
ily carriage. tops off everything of the
kind 10 town.
The Portland Standard has new own
ers. Tnos A Sutherland and Charles
Christie being the men
Montgomery, the Commercial street
dealer. has something to say about his
new goods this morning.
Klickitat county has furnished one
bu Idred lsborers to the Eastern Wash
in yton railroads this season.
JIM Bloomfield, of Vancouver, has
be appointed Pilot Commission for
the Columbia river. by Gov Newell.
ALB Woodland, the Olyn pis pho.og~
rapher, has cold his business 10 that
line to L w Clark. formerly In his EN-.
ploy.
The Thurston county farmers sold
their wool last week ut auction; W r
Crosby being the buyer. and 29T cents
per pound the price paid.
Steamers Dispatch and Cbehalis we're
both at Tacoma yesterday. loading
merchandise, the former for Dungeness
and the latter for Sksgit.
Th: schooner L Perry arrived from
the lower Sound yesterday with 1900
sacks Of oats. which will be shipped tn
San Francisco by the Idaho
Mrs Harris 10 in the carpet weaving
business. and she can be found in the
DB Jackson house. on Fourth street.
next 70 Mrs Thomas Wright's.
Among passengers on the steamer to
Portland are T + Cakes, Marshall
Blum. s Waterman and wife, DIR L
York, Capt Gilman aud w Shore.
For the death of his daughter. who
fell through bad bridge, Guy Rankin
has recovered $500 from the city of
East Portland. He sued for $4,000.
The long trip aud inopportune arri-
val Sunday morning) Of the Idaho
caused heavy losses to our dealers in
the way Of damaged and delayed fruit.
The Widow Bedott Company will
play here one night only. that Of Wed.
~. They will not play IN Olym-
ria at all, and ON Thursday night they
will open their season in Portland.
Mr. Clancy is spoken OF by his
friends for the City Council. to repre-
sent the First Ward, aud it's pretty
safe prediction to make that he will
occupy seat in that body next year.
Mr. j O Barrows, OF the Widow Be-
dott Comedy Co., is an old acquaint-
sncs Of many people on the Sound.
His first appearance here was with
the Fanny Morgan Phelps Company.
Though the Tacoma mill Is busy as il
can be. cutting on big orders and also
for the home trade. there are no ships
IN port. and the dock is being covered
rapidly. Several vessels are expected
TO arrive in the course Of week OF so.
Mrs Wsdleigh advertises her house.
hold goods for sale in the present issue.
She has much that is desirable. and
good bargains are made by buyers.
Persons wishing to see and purchase
are invited to call between the hours
of 8 and Q.
We are told that the people of the
two towns Of Tacoma have recently i'm
proved their roads back to the prairie,
until they are grand for driving, and
tut little inferior TO the prairies them.
selves. where the drives are the most
magnificent ON the coast.
The Olympians, few and poor - they
are. take a commendable pride III their
streets. Grading and graveling arc doue
more or less every year. They have
spent an immense amount OF money on
their streets, until they will compare
hvorably with streets anywhere else in
the country.
Owing to the delayed arrival Of the
steamship Idaho, the arrangements OF
the Widow Bedott Company were
badly broken. They were unable to
play in Victoria their first evening. and.
TO I'LL out their time there they were
unable to come here on the Geo L Starr
yesterday. They will come over to-
morrow, and play one night.
Instead of there being eight Rspub-
licans and eight Democrats in city
offices. as before stated, the numbers
are eight aud ten, the Republicans be-
ing in the minority. the other two
Offices being those Of Street Commits
sioner and Health officer. Rspabli-
cans say this will not do during the
next year. and Democrats will be wise
to heed the warning.
Repairs on the Long Bridge this year
will COS, $4,000. In addition to the
pew section at the depot. many piles OF
the old portion will be cut of at the
surface of the mud aud replaced with
new timber framed into the stumps,
which are. in most instances. sound -
the day they were driven. New plank
will be laid the whols distance west
rom the draw Olympia Standard.
A Strawberry aud Ice Cream festi.
val will be given by the ladies Of the
Chapel OF the Good Shepherd at Yes-
lsrs Hall on Thursday night as 8
o'clock. Among the attractions OF the
evening will be vocal music by the
Misses Bell and knighton and other
singers; also Mr. q L Bowman will
render choice music or . new Estsy or.
gan kindly loaned for the occasion by
Mr. Girard.
Mr. Hodgson, who conducts fishery
q Point Roberts. for tho sailing Of SAL
mon and the extraction Of dogfish oil.
= making n short visit to eur city.
FONT Roberts is piecs- of land one
mile south Of the 4eth parallel OF north
latitude. putting out into the Gulf Of
uoorgta and forming one spur Of Sem