Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-09-30
DAILY poSf-IIfELLIGEEOgR
LOCA L.

Burritt wants two men in his shinRle
factory. See advertisement.
DIR. Kollock has rstaken possession OF
hie old once in the P0sT building.
The wires being down south Of Port
Land, last night, prevented the feceipt
BY rs Of our usual late ana IuA seie'
graphic news report.
Korn's Philadelphia Saloon in Mar
shall's block. Commercial and WashinR
ton streets, will be opened this morning.
fine lunch tonight.
The grand event Of tonight will be
the opening of the White House on
Front Street, by Seamen d Young, which
everybody is expected to attend and en-
joy. /
ST. Coombs is out as an independent |
candidate for Justice of the Peace. |
Snuire Coombs has married two TO one |
more couples than any other Justice IN
the county, and if those he has thus
served stand by him his ELECTION is sure.
The ill-feeling at the shabby treat
mept of Judge Jacobs by his colleagues
in the Vancouver Convention IL far
from ended, and the expression IL a
common one that the people would elect
him ANYHOW if he would only take the
field.
An enteru:sing Front street dealer,
vhoae Mace of business ia good deal
smaller than his stock, has for several
davs past spread his goods on boxes out
aide. and has done on the sidewalk
rushing business with Indians return
ING flushed with money from the hop
yards.
Now that we are TO have regular and
direct steamer communication Win
New Westminster, will 1t not pay our
enterprising jobbers TO go over there,
establish pleasant relations Win our
neighbors OF the Royal City" and en-
ter upon their supply with the products
of this section!
The new ship John Currier, about 200
tons burthen, was launched at Newbury-
port ON September l4th. She Ia intend
I'd for the California trade, and Will bs'
under the management OF Ihayer q
Lincoln, of Boston. Captain j. c. Bic
then, a we'll known shipmaster, who IL
part owner, will command her.
w. w. Goodrich, the architect and
sanitary engineer, has begun course OF
lectures 70 the students of the Territori
al University, the first Of which he de.
livered Yesterday morning to full and
attentive GLASS. II will be followed by
Others at intervals Of q fortnight each.
His subject is Architecture" which he
will consider historically. theoretically
and practically. Mr.. Goodrich gives the
University the benefit Of this course OF
lectures free OF expense to 1t.
Shingles are shingles nowadays, and
are as hard to get AZ bricks. They have
gone up from $225 to $3.50 q thousand.
aud even at the latter figure 1t is impos-
sibls to get them as fas. or in quantity
A wanted. In fact SO great il the de-
maud and 90 insufficient il the supply
that the Railroad Company has ordered
from San Francisco 25O,CoO for their
own use. This importation is tho first
from California within the knowledge
Ut the writer, covering period OF twen-
ty-four years.
A young girl of Chico, CAL, recently
refused the attentions Of one young
man for those of another. The young
man whom she thus released from all
social obligations to her soon found
another young girl who suited him Just
~ we'll. and who was kindly disposed to
his addresses. He took her to play in
young girl who rejected him seeing this,
used. She loft the house in which she
was living and wandered all night with |
out bonnet, but the next day she re-
covered, and assuming a SAVOY manner,
declared that she didn't care.
A SAD SuIcrDE.-Almost two months |
ago Captain George II. White. Of New
Tacoma, lost little daughter four years |
old. The death of this child 20 preyed |
upon the mother that a melancholy |
mania ensusd. which resulted in posi-
tive insanity. Her husband brought her
to Seattle recently, and placed her in
tho hospital FOR treatment, from which |
place she twice escaped and attempted |
suicide by drowning near the shore ut |
the Seattle Commercial Company's |
wharf, but was rescued, as was stated |
In our columns at the time. Failing of |
any benefit here, the Captain conveyed |
his wife 70 New Westminster, b. c., |
where he hoped the companionship of |
hef mother and married sister might |
AdOrd relief. The malady, however, re- |
sisted all treatment, and IL was found |
necessary to convey her TO the Stella
Doom Asylum. For this purpose the |
Captain took passage for himself and |
wife and her sister, Mrs. John McDon- |
aid, Of New Westminster, on the steamer |
EvanRel for Steilaooom ON Wednesday |
last. An entire state room was placed |
at her disposal, and the windows were
securely nailed up by q brother of her
husband, who also retained the key of |
the door, and was unceasing in his |
watch, care and attention. At half past |
Pun, when about two miles from the |
light ship, and while the passengers
we're at supper. the Captain having five
minutes before taken her meal In to her,
shs being perfectly quiet at the time,
ne stepped in again to remove the dishes,
when be found the window open and
the room empty. Instantly he shouted.
Ny wife has jumped overheard" and
the alarm was sounded, and as the boat
was hanging clear at the davits, within
two minutes it was in the water, with
tho distracted husband aud a hardy
crew, pulling back in the wake of the
steamer. which with reversed engines
covered her track. while all aboard were
peefing with aching hearts in the dark
vaters. Search was continued until the
nosoand again boarded the steamer. and
al possible hope Of saviug the unfor-
tunate lady was goae. The Evanoel
then returned to the light ship, and
placed the heart. broken husband and
distractsd sister on board, from whence
they would be- returned TO New West.
minister the following morning. Exam
ination OF the room showed that the
long nails which had secured the win
dow had been broken OF BY some in
serument the poor mother must have
obtained, and With one wild lean the
mothers moaning for her child WA
ended-thsy had met in tho spirit
world, and the loved ones Of earth were
lett deselate. She leaves 4 husband
Well known on the Sound, and ons littlc
eon eight years old, Mn. White Was 4
wife and mother Of singular dsvotion
and anectiQn. lady OF culture and re-
nnement, and has often sailed by the
eade Of her husband over the dark vaves
which arc now holding her BODY until
tae morning OF the resurrection. Cant
white has In this cad aflliction the svna-
Wshy Of all Who know him.
Too MUCH SoR THE MoNxy.--A gentle
man In pOuaArnv w n v,rcxa a., . - |