Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-10-20

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DAILY Observation-Disclosures,
The barkentine Fremont will take
cargo Of lumber to Sydney next.
The improvements now going on; on
Second street betye cen Union and IKE,
viII make a most desirable change In
that part of the city.
The ladies of the Presbyterian Chnrcn
viIl give a sociable this evening AZ tns
residepce of Mrs. Thos. Lyle, on 1nIio
street. An invitation TO all II e1tenoeo'
Thirty thousand dollars will be spent
ON the steamer Wilmington. nov 10 tue
dock At San Francisco, fitting hsf up
for the coal trade OF the nof'oe'A
coast.
There in NO necessity for anybod Ges.
TING excited over politics this heat. Inc
candidates are taking things easy: WY
shouid not we and the rest OF the c''n
munity!
Tho storee of Seattle are more al
..ant;ve this fall than ever before. Sew
sraI Of them would do credit 70 ban
Frsrcisco. while Portland can no more
than equal them.
Tho storm seems to have abatsd, and
a We write the moon, now IN Ter sniIo
onarter. shines from a cloudless sky;
Perhaps, after all, We will get a Rood
square look at the comet.
The Nellie Boyd dramatic company
are playing at Butte City. They onet
novelty in the shape Of "season tickets,
GOOD for aeyeu performances, including
1anssvvad seata for ~. 20.
Il will he blessing indeed when the
nov Leary building is 90 fai along .na'
q sidewalk can he LAID sionesioe ~
This tramping through the Inua ia 'n''
vicinity is anything but pleasant.
Mr.. Eddy, the telegraph operator n s''
rsfurned. The Seattle Office cannot 90
vithout him. and, while on the train en-
rnnte 70 Portland, he was intercepted
by dispatch instructinR him 70 return
to this city.
A fev carloads Of gravel spread
along lower Front street would 10 ap
nreoiated in these days OF mud. %
Tonid a system Of drainage that woulo
aarrv OF the water. Let's nave 'ne
gravel tried at once.
Il is only few years ago tnAI .ne
gas company laid new mains On I'm I'm
and Mill streets, and now they arc ny
ing mains in place Of those iaid tnen
But those Of year ago were oi VIZ ~
pipe, while those now are OF Itou' anu Wv
IRON il better, and the company u oo
sermined to have the best.
The p. s. Z. Co.'S barge, loaded Win
ooai. which sunk near Milton. q week OK
so 400. was successfully raised yester. !.
dav. nv A crow of men dndsr charge OF
q M Perciyal, who was delegated by
Cantain Parke- 70 superintend the WORK:
The coal Was sacked. AMI the barge VIII
be brought 70 Seattle for repairs.
f.. Naret. of Umatilla county, drove
through from Oregon TO Colorado, one
lot of 5000 sheep, all wethers. FIVE
fhooaand Of thess we're shipped TO Chi-
oao0. The originel cost was " head,
and the clip of wool paid for the sheep.
The freight was $l.D head, and the
prioe obtained averaged $3.50 piece.
r. N. Hoskinson Of Eagle Harbor,
opposite this city, writes AZ I0iiows'
''Our fruit trees, now hve years oio' ARG
loaded with fruit; We have all the APP
Piles, plums. prunes and cherries We can
use, and quite lot OF nice pears Out
strawberry crop was three hundred anu
thirty-twO gallons, sold for *i'o, all IN
hard money. Last year our one nun
dr6d hens nstted rs *lss; this year they
are doing equally as WELL"
The steamer Welcome, since the 30
cent fares were put on, comes and goes
crowded with passengers. She brings
or takes 80, 10 and 10 each time sho ar
rives or departs. 1t is just the thing
wanted on her route, for there IL CON
siderable immigration in there, and
much general activity. The travel down
that way during the last three months
has probably been in excess OF the
travel Of any previous twelve months.
A little sensation has been Cotton up
Ia regard TO tho barkentine Katie Flick
inQer. II is stated in some OF our con.
tempOrAries that she went to Rea I'M
properly loaded, and one account states
that he has probably met an Escambia
fate and capsized. The writer's are evil
IDENTIFY not posted ON our ooasting craft.
The vessel was loaded in good shape
and went to sea in good style, and no
fears whatever are felt by her owners
for her safety.-S. F.Attd.
The November number OF the West
Shore WILL % 00vOt0u 70 TuKot counO.
Il will contain handsome views Of Fort
Townsend, Port Townsend, Bartlett's
stone store. Laconner, Coupeville, u
salady, Port Gamble, Port Blakely, the
Renton coal lnine, w. p. Smiths resi-
dence and garden, Chas. Eisenbeis's
residence, etc. Tho work will be Of the
high order usual TO that publication,
and the number must DO pleasing to all
patrons hereabout Of that excellent
magazine.
San Francisco streets arc Of various
widths. Dolores is I'D feet; number
Of streets are 821&; Drumm aud Mason
68K; King 70, Herman 6sa<, MontRor,e-
~ 62j( and 10, Kearney Is and 70, Du-
pont q, 81 lokton and Powell G6s<, Cali
3oenia g, Market 10. and Van Ness
Avenue LIS. Tho people there have been
pat to enormous expense 70 widen
streets and tho work il yet only about
half done. Some time, when 10000 peo-
pie dwell In this town, street widening
In Seattle will be matter Of great pub
lilo yexNtiOu and cost.