Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-10-24
nAILY Observation-Disclosures,
Mrs. ]. C. Haines is a passenger o.
tsa.,ah;, Oueen of the Pacific.

M,a &c. Haines is a PASSENGER Oh
the steamship Queen of the Pacinc.
MFR. and Mrs. McCracken, OF for'-
,.nd wiIl hereafter make San Francisco
their home.
Mrs Hey. Geo. II. Watson Is among
.ha ns :, by the incoming Dakota.
She will be warmly welcomed py ne'
host of friends.
Onits q number of Port Blakeiyans
started over to attend the concert on
Saturday night, but were beialee'
Better luck next time.
Schooner Mary Parker. Captain ho
arms. three cays from NanaiIno, a,rise1
yesterday with 40 tons Of coal on Dos'is
for the Seattle Gas Company.
Shin Theobald arrived at Poii DIR
To- rasterdav. II DAYS from San raiicis-
60 She will load lumber ioI oiia an, .,
China Her arrival brings tue meet ~
Port Blakely up to nine ves'si7 ~
Der. L.,
u,na steamship Geo. W. Elder, on hei
go from San Francisco, VIA
I.~;,o freight to Victoria at one-fouF'ini
a. ps,,al rate. If the like favor VII
/. b6 eXtenUcu W 'HS
would appreciate 1t.
Col. Wolcott. Chief Engineer oil tns q.
Oregon Short Line, tod the ci1iHe,ia 20
Raker CITY last week that the COMPANY
would pay no attention to Tue w. -. =
n. Co, but push their ROAD 'ino'@i'
without delay.-Dnto".
We learn from Mr.. John DE LleIIe
that a boiler exploded at Port biaheIy
Miiis a few DAYS ago. filling the room
.,,;.h ashes. steam etc, but, strange u
co., iniurinp no one. Repairs Were
coon effected and everything goes on III
usual.
70 pee.on. a young man of - years,
~. VIII the firm of Turner, Bee
t",, g. 20. of Victoria, committed SUI
ode last Sunday by shooting himself
6rst through the body and then through
u ns ,aa,, No cause is assigned for the
rash deed.
m. stoop Commodore, from san juan
leland last week took into Victoria qhi's
a c,roo Of farm produce, consulting oil
m hogs. 3 dozen chickens, dozen
nnails' boxes apples, and 4o di'ze',
a,na Two of the hogs weighed about
$40 pounds each.
The little SIoop REYNOLDS. plying bo
tween here and Blakely, IL doihg I
nretty good business these hne days
She is under the able management %
Mr.. Tom Bell, an experienced poatthal'
and who knows his business thoron2hiy
He ia also carving the L. ;. malls anti
some other arrangements are maze
about the contract.
The Sayt;raf Gazeffe says: An era OF
or,;,l;orv scr.w steamers, built of wood
10 dawninp upon US, and Maine Will be
favored with large orders for Tonnage
10 suuply this new demand. what l.
needed To make this vessel perfec'
success is a compact, safe and economl
cal style of boiler, and one in which
steam can be raised quickly.
The Harlan d. IolliDgwoIth Compan,
of Wilmington has made CONTRACT
with the Northern Pacific Railroad
Company, to build n gigantic transfer
ferryboat, that will convey whole tran
of cars across the Columbia river. The
boat will be built with paddle wheels
and independent engines. 1t Will prop
aLly be brought to its destination II
sections, and put together after arrival
The Skapit country has done well thu
wear. n Dhil Oh W.
country last June in the lamm'ng..oi th'
river and, the overflow of the low lands
An immense amount of damage WA
done, but il has since been Offset III thu
country generally, by the demand ant
high prices for logs, by the good GA
crop, hops, fruit, etc. The people, as
body. are far ahead in the possession O
this worlds goods and comforts of thei
condition ono year ago.
The lands Of the lower Skagit over
flowed last June are said to be covered
with luxuriant growth of green. Th.
oats destroyed there made second start
and have since grown to about tho high
and appearance usually seen in July
II by any chance we could nave month
: of hot weather, "a crop would be OBJ
tanned from these fields, but rs that Ii
impossible an effort has been made b.
some to cut il for hay, while Others have
made no effort at saving whatever.