Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-04-18
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A. Ondsrdonk, the British Columbia
railroad contractor. spent last Sunday
in this city.
Enoch May and Fannie Jane Clark.
both Of Orcas Island. w. r.. were mar
ried at New Westminster April 18th.
The steamship Willamette. coal laden,
went to sea last night, leaving our bar
Dor devoid Of shipping. The Unatilla
II hourly expected.
Fifteen-sixteenthS Of the barkentine
Quickstep were sold at San Francisco
last week for 81, 125, to L. u. Peterson.
Capt. Jacobsen will command her here
after.
The building of dwelling houses goes
on in all parts of the city without cessa-
ton. New ones are begun almost daily.
And yet the demand for houses con-
tinues far in excess OF the supply.
Our report OF the Chinese bill in Con-
gress is miserably mixed and incom-
plste, but ~ We got it 50 from the tels-
graph company and could get no more.
We hope to Re excused by our readers.
The new City Council of Olympia has
reduced the pay ssof its clerk from $40
10 $50 per annum; its treasurer from
$40 to f1O0; and its marshal from $50
per month and 81 50 Per day, 70 $50 per
month without per diem.
There would have been magnificent
display of aurora bOrealis here last Sun
day night had the sky been clear or
clouds. Az it Was the night was as light
~ though full moon were shining,
and the phenomenon created much re-
mark.
A. ]. Littlejohn, Of Olympia, who has
been working in Tacoma the greater
part of the past two years, has now n
contract TO build number Of houses at
Port Discovery, after completing which
he will resume his residence in the Cap
ital town.
Hastings d Morgan were awarded'the
Port Townsend eah Bay mail contract
tender WAS S3c.1. Close enough bid
ding that. and good deal closer than
that on the Sitka route, awarded to j.
p. Ludlow at $l4,cco. the next lowest
bid being $22,l-), presented by the q.
Il. IN. Co.
Mr.. j. l.. Walton has brought here a
stock of parlOr skates, and ON Thursday
night of this week will open up for the
season in Yeslor's Hall. He has laid a
new floor there, and will be prepared to
mako il thoroughly pleasant for all
lovers Of the sport. For the last four
months he has been in charge Of tho
skating rink at Portland, In the Mschan-
ics Pavilion.
John Phinney's wound il of q more
serious nature than was at first thought,
and there 10 a possibility it may end ia
tally. It was inflicted by himself ACCT
dentally. He was in boat and thought
he would take shot ut seal in the dis
tance. Grasping his rife, he gave it
jerk, when the hammer struck some
thing and sent the bullet into his groin.
Dr.. Kendrick subsequently took it out
Of his back.
George Finn received 5000 yesterday
for Mrs. Reynolds, it being the jnsur-
ancs on the life Of her late husband.
George b. Reynolds, in the Endowment
Rank Of the Order Of Knights Of Pyth-
las. She had previously received like
sum from the Accident Insurance Com
pany, and the two together, with some
little property left her, make the young
widow quite comfortable as far as
money matters are concerned.
A strike among the longshorsncn at
Victoria was tho cause Of the unusual
detention of tho Geo. w. Elder at that
point last week. Tho mon wanted 80
cents per hour for day work, a. they
wore receiving for work at night, and
the company's agent refused to accsde
to the demand. Az the ship had 76O
tons Of freight ON board for that place,
its unloading by the ships crew alone
was necessarily slow work, and caused
her detention day and a half over the
usual time.
Our streets were thronged last Sun
day as they are on only few occasions.
The coming of tho steamer from San
Francisco, with her crew and passsn-
gers made an addition to our perma-
nent and transient population Of $50
souls, which added to that Of the town
all drawn out by tho beauty of the day,
kept a moving throng upon the streets
shat must have numbered at no time
less than fifteen hundred persons. Tho
new sidewalk to Lake Union helped to
attract thithsr an unusually large num-
Der Of prOmenadcrs.
Faon SAN Francisco steamship
Geo. w. Elder arrived here ON Sunday
morning, six days from San Francisco.
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