Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-08-18
niu,Y Observation-Disclosures

niILY PoSf-ufELLIGEE0BB.
Loo A L.
xvaiter will find situation by ap-
,dyin1 at Wrights Restraint.
Watson Allen, formerly of Falls City.
IA nov living at Aibina, Muitnoinan
comfy. Oregon.
The Snoaualmis camping party ieave
ON the train this morning. Ihsy WIZ oe
ahosnt week or ten days.
D.mest Bros. d Co. have the contract
20 deliver $1,000 pounds o. hour AT Io"
Mana Walia. Fries S3.72 per barrel.
Thu tax lew OF waIla Walla county
q, 1924 q Ii mills on the dollar. That
a vhsre Ne beat them again, for the
Kiro county levy 10 II mills ON .tns
dollar.
Thu next sail vessel to come VIII be
fso bark Ssrra Nevada, abe sailing Az
"a 22d, in the line Of Chas. h-s".1ls.
mere IL chance TO &c. frsiRhs up ~
th3 lowest fa$eo.
The steamer Fanny Lake IL undergo
ino THOROUGH oyerhauiing. Her boiler
IL noino repaired, and in few days the
steannsr viii be hauled out on the ways
and pat in good condition Tor service
again.
Read Chas. Makers I'D. His 5eweiry
store Is kow located on Yeslers wharf
three doors ives. OF the postofiice. Oid
customers and friends, I'D well rs ssraa
gers. are invited to cali and examine
goods and prices.
The Union tells this: We Questioned
ono Of the medical fraternity, Tor news
the other dav, and he responded. not
an item. No ono is sick. ms - tne
healthiest City in the world. Caid-
birth is the principal complaint
The Posi- IsrELLIoEScER 10 ont IN Ia
!. vor of Hon. q. Jacobs for Prosecuting
Attorney in this district. II has splen-
did LEGAL abilities can he secured IN that
capacity the Third Judicial Dlstrict
vii 10 indeed fortunate.-Argus. Ihes
can be.
A correspondent Of the Arq,s wants
Governments dry dock built at Port
Townsend, and that paper thinks u
''may be doubted il another point can
b found that will equal this bay "a To
Ill the conditions necessary for safety
of harbor, convenience Ut location
oheapneea Of construction and durabilit,
Of work"
To August LIST this year 5,473 miles o.
new ra,lrvsd were built in tue United
States. against 1924 miles repO ted al
the corresponding time in 1881. 20
miiea in 1890. l,iS7 miles in 1879. Jtl
miles in 1873, $50 miles in 1877, l,Of
miles in 1876, 63i miles iii 1875, 9l3 miles
in 1874. 1866 miles in 1873, and 3,31.
miles in l772.
According TO Mr.. Wizards report the
bridge over the Snake at AinswOrth VIII
cost S35O,OOO. Tho road over ths Gas
owde Mountains To Puget Sound will bs
225 miles long and coat xl0,0OOO0. The
road from Portland To kalama Will be
a miles long aud cost $3S 600 per mile
exclusive OF the bridge at Kalaina,
which il estimated ut 81 10000.
Forty bushels AN acre IL q common
claim for the wheat yield OF Eastern
Washington; the valleys Of the higher
claims seldom getting az low as thirty
Ave bushels, and quite az often getting
up 10 forty-fivs. Take the whole cOun-
try through, though, and thirty bushels
will be found faliy up 10 the average Or
beyond.
Gen. +. Il. Tannatt has draughtsmen
engaged in making n plat OF tue new
town of Plainfield. three miles east of
C0lfax. On the tract recently purchased
there by the Oregon improvement Com
pany, there IL 4 beautiful grove Of about
fiftoen acres, which will be laid OIL In u
city park. On all the towns being laid
out BY him, provisions are being made
for schools, parks and public buildings.
The Kaufman store has been moved
into C0iman Row, OH Front street, and
tho vac sted building will be started to-
day on the way 10 another location.
The Pioneer Drug Store will be the next
to 90. In that case the building will be
torn down, tho stock Of goods being
moved into the room between Wusthoif .
and piper's. A corner will then 10 In
ken Of the Waddeli d Miles building,
aud Cosper's store will 10 taken across
Front street aud placed next to Mrs.
BurrOughs's millinery store.
A Especial notice to shippers" by
Welch, kithet d Co., agents in Victo-
ria, informs that shipments from San
Francisco per Pacific Coast Steamship
C0mpany's steamer George w. Elder.
sailing on the 30th inst. will be taken AT
= reduction Of 10 per cent. on the CON-
pAny's present tariff rates. Whether
this reduction applies TO Victoria alone,
or whether the reduction Gitl include
Sound ports, We have no definite knowl-
edge. We suppose, though. that it is
IN consequence Of the opposition Of the
little Sard0nyx, now running, between
Ban Francisco and Victoria.
Now that the Government IL going to
extend the telegraph line 70 Cape Fiat
tory, our British Columbia neighbors
ought 70 b glad of the chance 70 have
their teloRraphic lines connected with
the Puget Sound lines Mt or near Port
Angeles. The Dominion Government
b ~ heretofore refused to permit this to
~ done, for some reason. It would
ooom that the same advantages accruing
20 Puget 60nnd by reason of this extern
sion would apply with more or less force
70 British Columbia. Maybe the peo-
pie over there want to continue sending
tuR boats on exploring expeditions To
the mouth Of the Straits in connection
with their shipping ~ heretofore. but
~ Will venture guess that they would
appreciate the connection asked for
Argus.
2r. A. A. Denny Ia about to build a
business block Of no mean character. II
will have front a Of 10 feet, depth of
81 and 30 three stories high, the location
being on tho west aide Of Front street.
betWeen the Baxter d Brooks building
and the Stewart Il Ebersold printing Of
ace. Tho lower floor will be below tho
street. and will probably be divided into
rooms 70 be let In connection with the
rooms Immediately above. Tn tho mid
die door will BE- i've rooms intended for
storee. The purposes for which tho up
pr no0s will Be used are not definitely
determined, but il will probably be ar.
ranged for families. These buildings
viii b. put mp in the strongest manner,
and will have front appearance that
will reflect credit upon the owner and
The town.
BACK A0AiN.--J. s. Conner, Of I.acon
ner. returned on the Geo. w. Elder, 40
eompanied by ono Of his soma. Since
he left here, last November, Mr.. Conner
has sttled his family in Oakland. and
has himself been East. 70 Missouri,