Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-06-15
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A. A. Denny and N. V. b. Stacy were
In Portland yesterday morning.
The debt Of Whaacom county amounts
10 S2.l67 q, or g. 66 70 less than one
year ago.
w.P. Smith, Of Renton. intends to
slectrjfy people generally with some an
neuncomout noxt week. Bee his "a.
The new stsrn whse steamer James
NcNauQht left yesterday for Skagif
Avn. g take hss splsos onths route IN
tsnAed foe,hsf.
Wn. 0haron s.d Sir Thoms hsseeso;
Oaharun's son-in4Aw) were fepotST1
among the passen9ers Ton. the oso. ".
Elder 70 Victoria.
The Gem IL having q thorough over.
hauling in the Mitchell ship yard. and
viii come out shortly much improved
In both hulllsnd machinery.
Mr.. Hall, the real estate agent, has
leaaod Trinity Church Parsonage, and
viii occupy il until the 0eturn OF Mrs.
Watson from thelEast. in the fall.
The river at Portland reached It's
highest point ON tuesday last. whsn II
vas rs feet above low water mark, ana
vas In all the down town cellars and
over al the down town streets.
The Supreme Court Of Oregon has az
firrned the Judgment OK the Clfc'ns
Court in the case Of Jack Powers, sen
fenced 70 death for the murder IN Fort
land Of Ben. Cornelius July 4, 1881.
Humphrey 4 Lowman are prepared 70
supply the whole country with fireworks
ma daQs for the Fourth Of July: They
have = great stock, 70 see which Is 70 ap-
pcsoiate the truth Of the foregoing.
The halk Of the steamer Eliza Andsr-
eon' NJ that Of the bark Windward, IS
aiIoved 70 remain IN her present half
.unk condition, and must be rapidly ap-
proceeding destruction and dissolution.
Mr.. Helen Clentare, born at Nancou-
vay IN l835. died near Astoria recently.
aha vss the daughter Of a Scotchman.
Cant. Alexander Lattie, who came 70
Shis country in commend Of Hudson
Raw ship in 1877. and who was drowned
In l8l9.
T. Anderson has had little paint
store built between Kellogg q snyder
and Davies d Woodruffs places OF bus
insss on Front street, thus cutting ON
the stairway leading down into ham
monde ship yard, that has been IN con
SAINT ne for the past six years.
The leading weekly paper OF the Ter
.yitorv viii be issued from the prsas this
morning. and can be- obtained at the
Office of the Posr- INTKLLI0ENBKa ut III
cents q copy. II il an immense sheet,
md the best immigration document ~
sepd abroad that il Obtainable.
The necessity for All extension OF the
Are limits In plainly ssen Oh the COCA
iiou of every alarm outside the protect
"a distrjots. There in urgent need for
at least q dozen more cisternS IN tho res
idenoe quarters Of town, and more Is
lot bv a 6ro like that 0f yesterday than
would DO required TO make at least four
Of them.
The steamer Welcome will make
change in her lower Sound trip for the
Fourth of July. She will go out at II
sunday night. instead Of Monday
morning, aud will hurry down TO BE-
home and back again, leaving again for
6ehoms at ON Thursday morning. One
full fare will on this occasion pay for
the round trip.
Theodore Brakeman ". Puget Sound
Iron Company il suit to compel the
company 70 transfer to plaintlff 1NO
sharss OF tho stock Of the company lev
led upon by the sheriff in the case OF
Henry r. Pultz VI. Charles H.. Simp-
kins. The complaint alleges that the
stock belonged TO Simpkins, although
ON the books Of the company it WAS en-
tered a. held by Simpkins AZ trustee
s. r. Post.
The Laconner Nail estimates the
damage 20 the farmers ofthe submerged
district at $4,000. The cultivated
lands covered with water amounted to
26OO acres. The crop damage it places
% $50 Dor acre, or $3.50 in the ag0re-
aaae, while the damage TO dykes, fences,
logging camps, stock, etc., will amount
% 42b.0OO or more. This 10 . sorry re-
port 70 make, but 70 fear that it o0n-
SAins . very large percentage Of truth.
The importance Of Seattle AZ a steam
boat building and repairing point il bat
little appreciated outside Of the limits.
Until now, when two OF the boats are
about finished, four steamers were sim.
altaneously building in this city, being
two sternwheelsrs and two Iropellers,
ard all the time from two to six steam
~ ore repairing. Il il not uncommon
In q single ono Of the four yards in this
city 70 - three vessels hauled ont and
IN the hands Of mechanics. Between
builders, shipwrights. laborcrs, boiler
makers and machinists, very consider
Able portion Of orr population get their
living out Of the vessels built and re-
haired hero,
Mr.. Warren, the numerous mail con-
tract Saksr, ID here on, tho Sound At pre-
qsnt attempting TO get rid Of some Of
his contracts, many OF which were taken
b. him ut less than living rates. The
Hood Canal contract was pretty fair
enc, and Wis taken of his hands by ID.
4. Howard, Who 10 At present perform
Ing the service with the steamer ST.
Patrick. Warren does mot and II 80
cosy 10 dispose Of the Port Blakely con-
tract, which he took at STA per annum.
0Apt. NuQsnt II willing 70 take ths CON.
tract Oh Warren's hands provided he
.vill step down and out, and then the
eapeain will take his chances Of having
ths service increased 10 at least three