Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-10-06
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The Daily Astoriam has entered upon
it, eighteenth volume.
Surveyor General McMicken Is spend
ing q day or two in the city.
Harry Vanassslt returned last even
IN from his trip 70 Walia Wslla-
1hs L. s. revenue cutter Oliver VOL
colt lay here at anchor all. day ysster-
day.
Tho Wall. Walla Daily Reenfs has
given place TO the Daily Warrington
Democrat.
A machine shop will soon Be built on
the north side Of Mill street, near the
Yesier sawmill.
The number Of new school houses
erected in Oregon during the year end
Ing March, 1882, Was 62.
Tho Oregon improvement Company
earned last July 81. l32. and during
the FIRST seven months of 1882, u, 49,
345.
Port Townsend vas without any re-
IiQiou. service whatever last SUNDAY.
though there are four churches In the
town.
A. H. Eddy, Republican nominee Tor
School Superintendent In bnohomisn
oovnty, made us pleasant call last
evening.
The Couoregationalists will have 90
cable tonight, at the residence Of Mrs.
Gillette, ON second street, 70 Which tho
public u invited.
Willard has offered To endow ths Ore
oon IIniyers,ty with $4,000 II the State
will increase Its annual lSegisiativo a.
lowancs from $2jlU 70 $lUD.
Orrin Kincaid, member OF the last
IDp,si.ture from Whatcom and noni
nee for the next, leaves TINS morning for
his homo ON the Skagit this morning.
John Thompson, who put in the M
tures Of sine oAn Francisco store. nas
opened a shop on Front street, az the
foot Of Marion, opposits sns hsinix
building.
The Baker City. Oregon, Tr'bsse OF
the 3a)sh says: bishop Morris WAS quite
III during hrs visit 70 that city. Confir-
nation services wore rendered by HIN
st his bedside.
Tho steamer Cello. having in TOW
barge loaded with 1000 fest OF lumber,
from the Stetson d Post sawmili, Went
u Tacoma yesterday mo- mug. Tho
lumber IL for car building In the shops
Of the Northern Pscliic Company.
From the Sllverton, Or, APPEAL Va
learn Mr.. Is. Phelps sold MS hop crop Ut
A,UU pounds, 70 Phil. Neis d Co., OF
San trancisco, for 5z11 csnts per pound.
He will reallzo tie naiidss,,De sum vi
$3.50, tho product Ut ssven aud 0ns-
LAif acres.
NIddlsmiss 4 Boole, Of San Franciso,
Ale said tOconteinpiAie the purchase or
the new Port lOW usend saW mil. They
have a man looking ut Is for them. We
bviieve q . c.tizsns Ut Port TOWNSEND
cnnpot do better than own and run s..s
mill themselves.
An iucline, reaching from the upper
6OOr Ut sho iesier sswmili 70 Mill ssrcet
was bnilt yesterday. IL II Intended !"
make cary tho handling of doors 49,
other iinlsned Work vi tho upper NJ -
m we'll M 70 furnish ingrcss aud cgrcss
~ th.Ae there engaged.
No portion Ut seattle 10 growing more
rapidly thxn tho northern part. NO lssa
than ten or fttsSn nov residencss can
b. counted xi0nv Front street, In course
of construction, aud NJ less than TWEEN
ty-iivs between Pike street and Lake
Union can be seen from any prominent
point In the town.
The Welcome took . big crowd down
the east side yesterday, and the Wash
ingtOn will take another big crowd TO-
day. Trade down that way never was
20 great a. at this time. And great ~ IN
the travel, il N NO greater than she
freight, for every boat going carries all
she comfortably can. The steamboat
business on the east side has grown
enormously Of latS years, and now
amounts to considerably more than shat
on the west side.
Gen. T. p. Rosser, formerly Chief En-
eineer Of the Northern Pacific, and more
recently Of the Canadian Pacific. has
undertaken to make tho surveys Of the
projected line from Winnipeg. Manito-
ba, 70 HudsOn's Bay. General kosssr
Expresses himself c0nfipent in the be-
lief that no VIII build ami operate the
road IN question aud that 1t will b. n
grand pocuniary success. he says that
Abram 3. Hewitt and other New York
capitalists are backing him.
The Hope had a pleasant trip 70 VIC
s0ria, aud Capt. Lott In quite snoour-
aged by tho results. le had ten passen-
gers over and twelve back. lie says =
considerable freight traffic must grow
up. and hS believes the Hope will prove
entirely tOO small boat Gro the year ~
out. On this her first trip, the Hope NJ.
yived ~ Victoria At O'Clock lusallay
evening; lefs ut 2o'clock WEDNESDAY y
aud arrived here early Thurs-
A- ,QornnR. she will leave here on
next ON her second trip to the
cMps9S eVur Provincial nsiRhbofs.
A mechanical device for catching fsh
bar been patented by Mr.. Thomas Hea-
ton, Of Vancouver. w. +. The devices
eonsists Of An endless cham passing
over two skeleton wheels, the shaft oi
one OF she wheels being lOurnaled in
suitable supports placed on swo CON
neoted boats. she other wheel being sub-
merged ia the water AID suspended
from the boats by suitable devices. The
endless chain shat passes over Shs
wheels IL provided with suitable nets for
catching sac fish. Tue device may also
DO used for gathering oysters. CLAIMS,
etc.
Never within the recollection Of the
writer, which covers An indefinite psr,,d
back, hAs feslsr's wharf b~su ~ taxed
with busincss ~ during the past week
or Two. Yesterday. for Instance, il wAs
covered with miscellaneous merchandise
- newer before, eight warehouses being
full and great quantity be,ng spread
out over the dock besides. This mer-
chandlse, with dozen trucks and draya,
. half-doSen light wagons, An occasional
carriage. and three or four hotel wagons.
made Il almost im,NssAbis for pedos-
tstAus; while tho activity. she business.
the people coming and going, In 10 be
sosu at no time on any other wharf th n
this north Of CAl,fornis, except the
wharf Ut the q. X. 4 N. Co. at Portland.
Our nsiehhors Of tho eastern counties
are apt " think that IN lhc western half
OF the Territory nothing grows bus um-
Der. and while they may acosis that We
can beat the world in this dirvct,ou thew
certainly think they can beat IA several
soons IN sns matter OF grAiu raising aud
general farming. What them will tAuy
think when they read the f,lluwiuc.
Srosn tho Port lovnss.nd Argms.
- An proof OF the fact that ID nceuees
farmers have raised splendid crops this
year. wc may cise AN instance. Mr.. Alex.
henderson had fourteen aurca ia wheat.
he has Juss threshed aud measured a,S