Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-12-12
DAlbY POSI- INfELLIGEECEg.

Tadav. Dec, 10Th, Hon. VIM. 4. Glad
atone will complete fifty years IN the
British Parliament.
Massrs Cove q; Wilson succeeded IN
charterine the bark Henry Buck. which
vessel they will load at Ctsalady with
oats for San Francisco.
Miss Eugenie McConaha went below
on the steamship Dakota to remain
three or four months in sCallfornla i0f
the benefit of her health.
The Ore1onian says that James n.
Keene, one of the. kings of Wall street,
has placed $4,000 in the hands OF q
banker there for investment IN FORT
lane. real estate.
The Dakota took hene 1877 packages
barrel material, 200, O00slaths, la bales
hons. 1000 sacks oats. $50 green hides,
48 drv hides, s bundles skins, y cans
taliow, and 40 tons general nerchan-
disc.
Dunsmuir, Diggle d Co., of Yelling
ton. b. c., are building steamer on
the TYNE. England. that is expected TO
be launched about the 2sth of this
month. She will carry zoo tons OF
coal.
Lieutenant Commander Geo. I. Da-
Wis, United States Lighthouse Inspector,
arrived last evening, and Will today
board the steamer Shubrick, and go on
a tour Of inspection. visiting the various
lighthouses on Puget Sound.
The Northern Pacific has declared a
dividend of Ill per cent. on preferred
stock, payable January 18th, IN obliga-
tions OF the company bearing q per
cent. interest and having five years to
run. Transfer books close December
9th.
Schooner Mary Parker is under en-
Ragement to carry three loads OF stone
from the Chuckanaut quarry. One
load is for G.. Eisenbeis at Port Town
send, one for the +. 5. Iron Co. at Iron
dale, and the third for John keenan, OF
this city.
Fred Bories has issued a very neat
price list of his harness, saddles, bri
dies, whips. collars, spurs, etc. lie has
n good stock of these articles on hand,
and manufactures to- order everything
in his line. A circular will be mailed
to any address free.
Mr.. Robt. Abrams is working up =
scheme to lease the property known CT
the Duwamish race track, for the pur-
pose of converting it into q driving
park. Several of our business men
have signified q Willingness to take
stock in the scheme.
Chas. Jorgenson, father of the young
man who was accidentally killed here
last week, has writ Gu TO Mcdonald d
Reitze for the fullest particulars Of the
casualty, making minute inquiry as u
the disposition OF his sons body, etc.
all of which have been furnished by tbs
gentlemen named. As before stated th'
parents of the unfortunate carpenter re
side in oakland, California.
It is said that the reason the Marquis
and the Princess did not come this wal
was because of the receipt of "a ietteI
warning them not to, and threatening
them with blowing up while passing
over the Northern Pacific road if they
did. II will be remembered that q sim
liar threat was made while the distin
guishsd couple were In San Francisco
IL being said that the Comus would b.
blown out of the water on attempting
to leave the bay. 10 prevent so terri
Bile catastrophe the entrance TO TIN
harbor was carefully examined, ever,
floating article being looked at, and {
u. s. vessel Immediately preceding th,
Comus. We do not believe that IL
either case anything was intended more
than to create alarm, but, as American
citizens, we cannot too strongly dcpre
cate such wretched acts on the part o.
any one living within our borders.