The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1881-06-24
Friday, June "a. 1881.

The people II our ssie Vi tnis IN 1rnihB.
John Nation is keeping hotel in San
Di.go California. aud is reported 10 be
doing well.
The o Re n Co have now about
5000 men on their payroll. in Orego u
and Washington.
The fruit announcement of & Z
Stone s. Co. calls for attention ftom
housewives and others. Read it.
II they go much lower on the Reinig-
voss lot. they'll strike water. en- have
. large sized we'll on their hands.
Addison M Starr has purchased q
lot 10 San Francisco. Of so by 80 feet.
on Seventh and Mission streets. for
$l3,250.
Charles Plympton. teacher in the
Indian school at Neah Bay, 10 st pres
ent IN Seattle. visiting relation aud
friends. He will remain 6 week or 80.
w S Hanks. for the last two year.
at the Indian agency Of Nsah Bay. has
resigned. and a man named Rea has
taken his place. Me- Hanks will re-
main in Seattle.
A recount of the Portland vote is
said to have developed mistake Of 10 ia
Thompson's favor. ON which. II there is
no further contest. he will get the May
orally by majority.
The Plummer Brothers Of The Blu
reau' are we'll liked 10 the matter Of
fireworks. with which they can supply
the town and country. Look in their
store aud see what is there.
Nearly all the cattle on Long creek
and North Fork, Graut county. Or,
have been sold, aud are being driven
out; the beef cattle ~ili go TO Cheyenne,
and the stock cattle 10 the Yellowstone
country.
Ten cents q single copy and 80 year
are the terms of the WEEKLY INTEL
LIaENcER. The number Tor the pres
emit week will be issued this morning
ard can be obtained at the Office OF
publication.
Capt Hatfield arrived in Seattle last
night. He has fully recovered from his
The Captain came up by steamer from
Ban Francisco. aud will await the ar
rival Of bis ship hero
Lizzie CurTan. the young lady 10
Sanislaus county who Confessed TO the
killing Of her aged sdorer, Geo Hines.
In order, as she averred. to save her
honor end her life, is free. the proceed
ings against her having been dismissed
Under the arrangement for supply
ing San jose with the electric light,
proposed by J j Owen. editor of tho
Mercury. there will be four or five tow
ers Of slender iron work placed at the
intersections OF the principal streets.
Each tower will support three or four
lamps, each of 5000 candle power.
The Chinese residents of Dayton.
New, are harvesting large crop Of
horned toads. which they dry aud keep
10 stew for tea. The horned toad is
hideous lump Of u reptile. with its
dirty. brownish hide serrated with horny
points. like saw teeth. from the end of
its nose to the tip of its tail and down
its nimbls legs.
A fine and fast steamer. of capacity
to carry $50 persons with comfort,
would pay here during the summer 10
the excursion business. She need not
confine herself to any ono point, but
give excursions to and from every
port on the SQUAD A dozen times easy
enough could she be loaded up ut Seat
tie each summer
Tn. sealers off Cape Flastery have
given up the business tor this year, and
the vessels have all gone. They would
have done we'll had IL not been for four
or five weeks bad weather in the mid.
die of the ssasou, when the seals were
most numerous. and when their catch
could not be attempted on account OF
high winds and rough water.
Those who attended the Trinity
Parish picnic. at Port Madison, report
having enjoyed themselves. About
two hundred all told. old and young
embraced the opportunity afforded
them for day OF pleasure. On the
day previous the Presbyterian and
Brown Church Sunday Schools held
their annual picnic at Aiki Point. IL
was also largely attended.
The opening Of Washington street.
beyond Fourth, IL o necessity Of the
times. The easiest way OF getting out
OF town is there to be found. Opening
the street, and placing upon II the
business aud pleasure travel that would
soon find its way there. would increase
She value Of tho property adjacent q
hundred fold, and make that part Of
town much more desirable than il 10 at
present for n sidences and trade.
A little 10y in this city recently got
number of small fish. inclut.ins .
young salmon of tau inches in length,
from the net OF fisherman. aud took
them home. He kept them In large
Can for several days. supplying them
with water from the Sound One or
two died. aud then. by toe advice OF
his grandfather, he dumped those re-
manning into the we'll back Of the
house. A change for the better Was
noticed at once. the fish becoming more
lively. and. with angle exception.
doing we'll from that time to this That
exception was . tish that got sucked
up the pipe Of the pump. clogging IL.
stopping the water supply. and losing
Its own life in the performances. The
fish in the well are watched with great
interest by the whole family, bot TO the
boy they are source Of endless diver
on.
Sam Blair has recently bought the
handsome residence OF Johnny Skae, in
San Francisco. paying for Il s57. 900.
While Mr. Gkaa zas ss,x,ufod ~nnonu