Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-12-27
DAILY pOsr- INrELLIasSGSR,

DAILY POST INfELLIasNGEa.
Seyenty-four passengers came here
on the Dakota in the Storage.
Harry Strive will ship on the Orien
tai for long'voyage, under Capt. I. j.
Burns.
Twenty thousand dollars of our CITY
debt has been paid in the last seven
months.
J.R. McComb, rurser Of the Empire,
has again placed rs. under obligations
for fsvors.
Charles Abraham. formerly OF TINS
city, ia now clerk Of the CAKES nouse
In Cheney, W. I.
W.N. Horton will set mp bis pnmp
log machinery at Seatco, and uss con
vict labor in future.
Judge Greene will hold the January
term uf the Lewis county Court, curing
Judge Hoyt's absence.
Eleven men will be connected with
the business and editorial departments
of the new Portland daiiy.
Schooner Maria Z Smith, loaded with
merchandise, WAS passed by the steam
or Empire, bound for this city.
Mr.. Martin. the Bell Telephone man,
Ill Waila Walla, mai in2 Arrangements
for the formation of an exchange.
Schooner Excelsior and barkentine
R.K. Ham arrived at Port 1ownsena
on Sunday last, from San Francisco.
JIM. Snow, the surveyor, has come
from Eastern Washington 10 spend d
few weeks with friends ON the Sound.
The Mississippi and willamette are
both in port tax ing cargoes. he WI
mington will follow them at the shuiea
Since the machinery began WORKING
a few weeks ago, the shingle mill hi
Whatcom has sent here 400 OCO shingles.
James L. Hunter, for several years
first offieer of the steamer Empire, I'M
der Capt. Butler, has rejoined her this
voyage.
The definition of Chinook" given
by US the other day, had its origin Win
Gov. Ferry, insfead.of with Gov. New
oil, HIS reported.
The schooner Excelsior is in port,
discharging goods tor our mefchanls
day about noon.
Whatcom county is now free from
debt, and the people arc four Thousand
dollars happier than they were yea
ago in consequence.
DFor collection Of humorous blottini
pads We are indebted To Carey d. WOOD
ruff, Of the Western Fire and Slarin'
Insurance Company.
Humphrey d. Lowman, agents for tn
Union Fire and Marine Insurance. Com
pany of California, were distributing
calendars for 1883 yesterday.
The tug Politkofsky is undergoing
her regular annual repairing at For
Blakeiy at present. she always COM
mences the new year in good shape.
A writer ia the Orego.ian asserts tina
''rslatives OF the late j. w Ackerson ar
contestiug his will, which will result IL
impoverisning the widow and enrica
ing nobody
We suppose it is unnecessary to tel
patron, Of this paper that no Daily WA
issued from this office yesterday morn
ing. The day before being Christina
il the only clue to the lost issue W
have been ablo TO obtain.
The musical people of North Seattl
are takiag steps To for,p CHORAL 90
ciety tor instruction and improyeioe.
in iuusIc and singing. A meeting i
called for Inursday evening, the 18th
to talk the matter over. oompeton
teacher and lender has been secured
and it il hoped Odd Fellows Hall VII
be we'll tiled, and society organizes
at once.
D. II. Judkins, the travelling photo
Qrapher, il hers with his family (,
spend u month or two. During tho las
wear no has been in British Coiunbia
taking pictures Oh the Fraser, at Nanai
mo, ..nu other places. de took u groaI
many views, and did tlne BUSINESS
his gallery will be at Nanai,no tho reel
of the winter. Next summer and fai
he wall operate Ill the Province, prob
ably at Victoria.
Mr.. L. +. Compton will lecture TO the
members If Seattle Lodge, at their hall
next s .turday evening. tie wall speaA
Of nis personal experience as a soldier
in Mexico, aud give SOME interesting
facts in regard To the discovery of gol,i
in California. We hope Mr.. Compton
can DO induced to deliver his lecture Ia
o. N my historical facts, which SHOULD
~ more generally known.
The rush at the pos, Office on Monday
was something extraordinary. Owing
to the day being Christmas, tho Office
was open only short time, aud, hun.
dreds knowing this, We're there for their
mail, keeping in line reaching out ia
the sidewalk, reminding one Of old
times twenty and thirty years ago,
when mails came loss frequently than
of late, and on each arrival tnere was
an excitement little short Of that of IL
hanging.
National banks are all the fashion
nov. For long time they did not
take atall. Finally. one was established
in Walla Waila, followed by another In
Dayton. Then came the third in Seat
tle, while charters have been obtained
TOR threc more-one ut New Tacoma,
ono NJ Spokane Falls, and one at Yaki.
ma. The seventh national bank ia the
Territory will probably To the Second.
In ths city Of seattle. and the eighth
will probably b. located in Olympia,
talk concvrniag which We already
hear.
Turkeys were Femarkably scarce last
week, and will probably be 80 ,rce this.
The price went up from 81 for small
bird, $3.50 for an ordinary one, and 81
for a large one, TO $3.50 81 aud $3.50
respectively. 1t Is reported that even
higher prices than these were offered
toward the close, and that as much as
$l6 were offered Cor particularly fine
turkey, wanted for very particular
purpo Q. As many turkeys were raised
this year "a in any previous year, and
prob IDLY more, but there were more
people 10 est them, and people who in
other years considered themselves doing
well enough 10 try chicken. were able
this year to invest in turkey. Hence
the demand and advance.
HoMr AaAIN.-The familiar face of
Dexter Horton is again seen ON our
streets, and at the banking house with
which he is connected. Mr.. Horton, ac-
companied by his wife, arrived home by
the Dakota.