Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-07-02

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Il n aaid that 900 people will come
here tomorrow on the Idaho from Ia
coma.
Thsre will b no service in the Protes-
ta1t Methodist Church today. SUNDAY
school ct 1910.
There viii b no preaching in the Con-
sroaatioual church today. SUNDAY
oehocl - usual.
Tho Barnum RestaufaQs, oPpoeSs 3.
Hex4ee z Co.'S store on Front Street, 10
noV open for business.
r. eeeamsr Chshalis has been char
...sd "a ~ pa the 6amish on the Fourth.
issvine hsrs on Sunday at 10 O'CLOCK.
The contrast for building the new
Pieroe county courthouse was ~ 70 W.
II. Iorriil, Tor e6650. It 10 TO Be nm
iahed BY November LIST.
Steamer Willamette. Capt. Meyer. ar
rived last night from San Francisco
and viIl at once take her place along
side the wharf for cargo OF coal.
Tha aaseesed valuation Of the real
asfafa and personal property OF fAercs
countv is II ,690, 763, which represents
sbouf one-third OF the actual value.
z. Myer, the Front street batter, Is
q prospering. Being dss!rous OF msxlng
hsts q specially, he offers his GENE
farnishine goods at cost. ees MS ao-
yeytioomout.
The bark Great Western, known 80
ali 70 our trade, and which was burned
ias1 veok ALONGSIDE the Oakland dock,
I'M = half-paRe illustration in Hdrpers
Xogosine for July.
The Warrington Furniture Company
makse IL snnounoemsme today: IniS
oomnanv euoooeds 0essTs. Clarke, An
darson / Co., and will continue the
buainoes, only ON more offensive scale.
Professor A. J. Anderson will lecture
this afternoon at I o'clock as the I. N.
O. A. Hall TO young men and young peo-
ule in general. A cordial invitation Is
extended 10 all 10 attend but TO young
msn especially.
Oivmuia ID 10 have still another brick
huiidine erected this year; l.. Bettman
infendinQ TO put up two-story house
ooyoriuQ Is by loo fest Of ground. Tins
Win Be the fourth this year, ana the
seventh in the town.
To the surprise Of most people the
New Tacomans showed no interest," IN
the speciaI school tax elsction, TO raise
0606 for nsw building. Only % votes
were cast; and, 46 being against tho TAI,
The project was defeated.
". r. Crosby. a. the agent Of Christie
4 Wiee, Of San Francisco. has bought
Ill the WOOL in Pierce county, amou ntlng
10 6O.O0O pounds, which is a good crop
Mr.. Crosby has bought the wool crops
Of that county for three years past.
Ths schedule on the mail route to La
eonner and Sehoms has been changed
baok 70 the old time Monday morn
inc. 70 leave Seattle, instead OF 10 Mon
DAY night, and. will 20 into effect on
Monday, July 10. This il sensible
change.
Undar direction OF Mayor Smith.
Nsrshal Woolory has notified business
mn and others to remove from the
eidevalks, all boxes, barrels and other
ohatructions on or before the I'd of
July. This IL done in order that our
city may present q respectable appear
aneo en tks Fourth.
L, Nsumau, Geattle's practical gun
and locksmith. will mako an annuonce-
20 the people of the Sound in few days
through The columns of the P0sT-lHTEI-
IIoxHCn. In tho meantime persons
wishing work done in his line will do
we'll BY calling at bis shop on CONNER
oial street., ne0r the opera house.
They assess property pretty steeply at
Walla Walla for street Improvements.
Second street. il to be improved. There
aso eighty property owners within the
district, and their property is rated by
The ASSESSOR a. worth in the aggregate
ol2,606. Tho tax for tho improvement
amounts 70 32584.62, or nearly 70 cents
O every dollar tho property il valued at.
Il u said that the proposed Lake
Union and Lake Washington canal will
lower the water l6 feet. II that is the
ease, not very much &ill be left Of Lake
Union. while thousands of acres will be
taken from the surface ofLake Washing
ton and converted into the finest of
farm landS. Most Of the jewellers
around the axes would by far rather
- them reduced sixteen feet than
Iaised . single foot.
We Choug has Just received from
China . beautiful hand-worked flag of
yellow and green silk, with a large
eeldsn dragon and other representa-
61ono worked thereon In Kencbington.
He has also put . star ON top Of his
store, and on the Fourth will ny this
expensive banner under tho stars and
stripes. Wa Chong says he "heap
nbby" Fourth Of July, and will burn
mere hrseraoksrs ON that day than any
~0elioon" man on Puget Sound.