Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-11-15
DAILY PoSf-IHfELILGEECER
The Port Townsend savmill cut its
a. 1870 last Monday

DAILY Observation-Disclosures.
The Port Townsend savmil cuf It's
fixst lumber last Monday.
A woke of work oxen are wanted by L.
Sohus. See ad. in another column.
Joseph Borren starts for San Fran
cisco today to lay in large stock OF
goods iu his line.
Jacob Hoover, Democratic nominee
for Repeesentative in Whitman County,
Vas slsctsd BY $50 majority.
d. W. Smith. of Port.Tovnsend, for the
Invention of new style of buckle.
The tax levy in Spokane county Tor
the coming wear is 1914 mills. In Maiia
Walls county the tai levy il "a mii's-
California wild oat hay and damages
IAoonnor oats are offered fof saie " W.
ID. Scott d Co.. in new 40. tnis n'o'n-
ing.
The courthouse tax was voted down
in Whitman county. Colfax went Tor II
atrono. but outside precincts were gen
orally opposed
Mt Cation was elected Joint Coun-
c;iman from Walla Walla, Columbia.
GsrfeId and Whitman Counties BY
handsome majority.
The Portland Standard says: Good
iudQes figure that the city OF Seattle nas
Almost, II not quite, doubled her wealth
within the past year. =.
The telegraph line has nov reached
Creeent Bay, twenty miles below Dun
oeneas. and it, completion TO seah Bay
Is assured at an early day.
The First N itional Bank OF Seattle
will begin business today, IN xns Icss
building ON Mill street. Geo. ". naIris
II President of the new Bank, ana W. l.
Wadlsiah Cashier.
We are told that sidewalks from this
on viii 90 ON higher grade, and thai
the necessary order went lp0 enec'
Yesterday. This IL sensible. Inc low
ored walks were no more nor less tnan
sdiotic.
The three leading towns in SPOKANE
county are Spague, Cheney and Spo-
Lane Falls. but which Is the biggest IL
hard 70 tell. At tho election last week
Spokane Falls and Sprague each cast
3S3 votes, while 334 were cast IN Che-
pey
Some papers put their columns IN
mourning on the death of persons con
nected With them, and some papers do
not. The S. r. Alta, which lost Its prin-
oipal owner a fortnight since, went INTO
,nourninp for whole week, its columns
looking grave enough during that
period.
Several of the Whitman county pre-
cincts gave Judge Burke handsome ma
iorities. Among them were hock creek
10 70 &. Penawawa Is to B, Texas Ferry
"a n .. Uniontown 81 to 46, Wawawal 70
10 10. and Pullman 30 20 63. Pleasant
Valley and Almota were tied between
Burke and Brsnts.
The operator of the Western Union
telegraph Office at Dayton has posted
this notice over his desk: For Christ
ale. Iet everybody come and look over
nv shoulder and read all the private
mcecaoea." People are bashful, you
know. and never do anything like that
without an invitation.
The Lewiston Teller has reports OF
1918 votes cast in Neg Perce and Idaho
counties. Of this number Singiser,
Republican and annexation candidate,
received 1877, and the other " we're cast
for Ainslie, Democrat and anti annexa-
ZIONIST. II also states that Mr.. Singiser
received small majority IN kootenai
county. Il Is evident that the people Of
North Idaho want TO DO annexed 10
Warrington.
There was launched at Hull, on Oct.
"a. 4 ateAmor named the Anglers, for
Nessas. Anglers Bros. Of London. She
n intended for the Australian and San
Francisco trade and il $50 feet over oil,
10 feet beam and ~ feet inches depth
of hold. Her water ballast tank will
held 500 tons, and her engines will have
an Indicated power Of l46O horse. Her
engines are compound ~ and 72-inch
cylinders and 48-inch stroke.
Henry Van Asselt left this morning
for Walla Walla, where he Ii summoned
By his two daughters, who are quite
Qiok. These young ladies were sent to
Eastern Washington few months ago
BY their parents, in the hope that a
change Of climate would DO beneficial
10 their health, but, unfortunately, this
has not proved the case, and the latest
news from that section announced that
both the young ladies were bedfast.
The Northern Pacific company evil
IDENTIFY does not control the vote along 3
line quite ~ positively AZ some folks
had an idea. Its town of Ainsw0rth.
for instance, gave Judge Burke l45
votes TO g for Mr.. Brents, and its
town Of Sprague gave Burke 30S to l2S
for BrentG. These two are more essen
TALLY railroad towns than any other in
Eastern Washington, their whole popu-
lation being supported by the works Of
the company. The company AZ . CON-
pany did nothing for Mr.. Brents, We
suppose, but its leading men threw all
their influence in his favor.