Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-10-22
DAILY Observation-Disclosures,

Mr.. Stacy returned last evening, after
one Of his extended trips into Eastern
Washington.
The semi-annual examination OF
teachers will be held in this city Wed
nesday, November LIST.
The fine weather we are having Is very
delightful, but for all that q good Aoak-
inc rain would be an advantage TO the
new grass.
We call special attention to tue bill on
fare at WriRht's Restaurant TO-DAY. iurn
TO our advertising columns, ana learn
where TO 90 for dinner.
Some very fine sport in the way OF
fishing ia being had. by permission OF
SUPERINTENDENT Grob, from the ~harI
of tho Mattuiath Barrel factory.
A big hotel. to contain 100 sieepinR
rooms. % bathrooms, ETC., Is SAID 10 oe
in contemplation at Olympia, cons.fuc-
ton to begin early in the ensuing spfine'
Rut very few reminders of the big
non harvest OF 1892 are to be seen IN tho
ehape of northern Indians. They have
ali zone home. They left much money
here.
Dexter. Horton d Co.'S bank building
Ia receiving coat Of stuccO, and IL De
inc painted of in blocks. The process
will result in decided improvement ID
its outward appearance.
OF. Cosper had an accident iDsur
ancs policy of $4,000. This will ensitie
him to a weekly stipend Of &15 during
the time he is laid up, which, however,
y. hone will not cover q period exceed
ING the half of q simple week.
Didn't you think the close OF the
aermon va finer asked DorOthea OF
Angelina. swell, really, now" replied
Angelina, II was 30 taken with the
clothes OF Kate Lorimer that didn't
notice the close Of the sermon at all.
The Thielsen House in Colfax Is
about completed. The structure y oi
brick, thYee stories i'll hight. with
frontage Of seventy feet and depsh oi
ninety feet. W. II. Mastin IL the pro,
prietOr, and he proposes to tit up and
conduct the hotel in manner second
to none in the upper country.
II il said the right of way for a rail
road from Olympia to Gray's Harbor
has been secured. ties cut, and that the
work of construction will begin next
eprinQ. II this is true Our neighbors OF
the CAPITAL have worked with more than
usual secretiveness. For their own sake,
We trust tho report il tue.
The stone wall in front of the new
Ieary building il being laid IN and
around the gas pipes in q manner Oh
tirely unknown in past building opera
tions here about. 1t involves cOnsidera-
BILE more work, and it also involves per
n,anency in the work, Tor changing 1t
will DO impossible. without deal Of ex
penso and trouble.
The Idaho, Captain Orr. Is rushing
things in the matter OF bringing grain
from Whatcom. Whether pushing Il
boat for all she is worth in the freight
ing business, or doing the agreeable on
q passenger packet, Captain Orr IL the
right man in the right place, and never
allows himself to get left, do you Cap
tain? Let us know whom you start for
tho island again.
The startling report comes OF The
death of John w. Aokers0n. at San
Francisco. Mr.. Ackerson il known ali
Ov Puget Sound al mill and ship
owner, capitalist, etc. He, M mem
Der Of the firm Of Hanson, Ackerson Il
Co., located tho Tacoma saw mill, and
lnauRurated the enterprise. He was
resident partner, and in charge Of the
business at this end for eleven or twelve
years, or until tho dissolution Of the
arm in 1881. Last January no formed a
new partnership, under the firm name
Of Ackerson, Morse d Co., and took
charge of the Port Discovery mill,
which has been we'll nigh doubled in
capacity since. Ono of the finest farms
in the Puyallup valley belonged to him,
~ also some property here, q fine home
In Oakland. etc. Altogether, Mr.. Ack-
oroon's wealth must have been in the
neighborhood Of a quarter of n million
dollars. He Was about 80 years old,
l~.-.. a s~;fo and Axro daunhfaYa