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Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-06-29

A remarkable story of fraud il report
ed by the Pail Mall Ga-ette from Ply
mouth, England. For some years past
a Mrs. Down has been conducting a
boarding house at Devonshire Villas,
and up to six months since there lodged
with her an old lady, Mrs. Beaten liz
ard. Shortly after Mrs. lizard left her
house a scheme appears to have entered
the mind of Mrs. Down, the ultimate
exposure of which has led to the pres
ent prOceedinas9being taken. The wom-
an has succeeded in obtaining SUMS of
money from DIR. Gale during some fic-
tltious negotiations for the sale of Buck
fastleigh Abbey, which. by course of
most ingenious receptions, she succeed
ed for time in carrying on. When the
transaction for.the purchase of the alb
hey had reached a certain stage, Mrs.
Down began to make oyertures for
loans, and not suspecting bona Gdes DR..
Gale advanced her certain sums. Soon
after request was made for loan of
$50, and when DR.. Gale declined to
entertain the suggestion she brought
him a note, purporting to be written BY
Mrs. lizard (fOr whom she alleged she
was buying the Abbey, undertaking to
furnish additional security if he requir-
cd il. ThereupOn DR.. Gale insisted on
being brought face to face with Mrs.
lizard and upon being accompanied by
his secretary. Mrs. Down consented to
his visiting Mrs. lizard alone. but We
tOed the presence of his amanuensis.
On those conditions DR.. Gale accom-
panied Mrs. Down to her house and was
led into room, and Mrs. Down left him
alone. Presently an apparently infirm
fOOtStep entered the room and DR.. Gale
was addressed in an aged. quaverino
voice by the soi-disant Mrs. lizard, So
complete was the deception that DR..
Gale had no idea he was being imposed
upon, and he left thoroughly satisfied of
the genuine character of the business.
subsequently he had another interview
under similar conditions. A few DAYS
later iumor reached him that Mrs.
Down had been victimizing prominent
inhabitants of the town. and sub
sequently Mrs. Down was found at the
neighboring railway station preparing
to leave the town with several pieces Of
luggage. When confronted with DR..
Gale she feigned insanity and raved and
laughed to herself for half an hour.
Becoming at length convinced tina, this
new cheat would not avail her, she con-
fessed that it was herself who had per-
sonated Mrs. lizard. Down has been
made a bs n .r.pt, and the whole case is
undergoing thorough investigation.
Frauds upon MANY other people In Ply
mouth are also stat ID to have been COM
mitted by Mrs. Down.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-06-29
TIE corxrRr EDITOR.

II Is when he comes 10 w.its pane
syric on the stock of groceries owned
and for sale BIZ one OF his advertising
patrons that the country editor throws
his soul into his work; that he unshacs-
les his fancy and devaStales the whole
English language. He handles his lofty
theme with graceful ease from the mo-
mett that he introduces the merchant
prince on the scene until. with Cicero
man eloquence and in rounded periods.
he describes the last bottle of imported
pickles on the shelves OF the mammoth
establishment OF our worthy and honor
able townsman" The chief recreation
OF the country editor is in correcting
and punctuating, with blue pencil and
q pair Of shears, voluntary commnnice
tons On Temperance" Tho Gees and
Abuses fthe Potato Bue,D = nsilage a.
. Means Of Gfaee," ETC., eto. When he
has controversy going ON in his col
umna between two rival thsoloRians it is
quite holiday time for him, and gives
him leisure to pay off the arrears of cuss-
ing that he feels he owes the adyertis-
ing agents who try to seduce him into in
ssrtiag . fve-inch display advertisement,
top OF column next 10 reading matter,
one year, for 81 80, payable in wooden
type and! patent can-oPeners. The
country editor is usually good fellow,
and, in the spirit Of progress and all
that pertains to modern civilization, he
is generally far ahead Of his surround
IngS.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-06-29
SUNSET cox.


The little girl cannot PLAY With her
doll. SAYS s. S. Cox IN his speech in tie
House OF Representatives, nor the boy
whiz his top, noe the mother wash her
offspring with soap, except at an expense
OF from one-shird to oae-half of their
cost for the domestic privilege. Laugh
ter If the mother gives her children
castor oil, she po1rs down us psr cent.
I'd vaioTeTn. Laughtsr,l If the child
don nike the dose, there is p per cent.
bowl as the recipient Of the contsats OF
Its tender stomach. And though she
''waah II with nitre and take TO it much
soap, yet the iniQuity is marked before
me, saith the Lord, for the soap IL tax
ed 20 percentum. God help the child.
Nj. Townsend Of Illinois-How about
Cox II New Yoek-I am coming 70
that IN moment my honey. l0Fsat
laughter.l
II she wraps the little dear in plain.
blsached white cotton niRht-shirt, il has
q nightmare of Of cents per square yard
specific daughter; when the child
awakes in the morning, fretful, she
combs its little head at 35 cents ed val
orem tlaughter); il she would amuse it,
she rolls it over Brussels carpet at 80
cents per square yard, or gives it con-
fectionery made Of refined sugar at 4
cents per pound tax and % per cent. ad
valorem; if it tears its little panties, the
gentleman from Pennsylvania tMf. Kel-
ley sews thsm up with spool thread tax
ed at three-quarterso of its value. laugh
ter Why. II ahe use the shingle TO
bring III, little, 'toddling wee to its SEN
ses," as the honorable gentleman can re-
call, the cost would be enhanced at the
nate Of II per cent. taxation.
The younRster has a patriotic inclina-
ton on the Fourth of July: his fire-crack-
ers are taxed as a patriotic luxury at 81
extra a box, and the bunting which fur
nishes the flag, though but % cents a
pound, costs l2l per cent. extra, while
the band plays on instruments taxed at
30 cents. She takes him to the menag-
erie to study natural history. There is
the zebra, symbolic of mixed ad valor-
en- and specific 0aughter), and the
stately giraffe, high protection (laugh- |
ter the royal tiger, and unicorn of Ho- |
~ Writ, ct 70 per cent, and the process
sion OF elephants, every one at % per
cent. True, Jumbo" for purposes not |
before mentioned, is excluded by the Aft |
davit of a consistent pr0tectiOnist! But |
the log chain that holds his huge legs, |
biLds the monster in protective chains |
Laughter.)
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-06-29
The yemphis Appear relates a humor.

The Memphis Appeal relates humor-
ous incident Of the food: "a certain
boat coming up the Mississippi the other
day lost her way and bumped up against
frame house. She hadn't more than
touched it before an old dai key rsmmed
his bead up through a hole IN the roof
where the chimney once came out and
yelled at the captain ON the roof: War
10 yer gwins wid dat boat? Can't you
Sc muffin? Fust thing yer knows yer
avine to turn dis house ober. spill de old
woman an de chil'en out in de flood an
drown 'em. Wat yer dom out here in
de country wid yer boat anyhow! Go on
back yander froo Dc cen Alds and get
back into de rfbber where yer b'lon9s.
Amt got no business sewn miles out in
de country foolin' roun' peoples houses,
nohow.' She backed out"
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-06-29
I,ono Alter the Reformation, p,

Long after the Reformation, Pro
testant indulcences were granted in En-
gland. On the fiy leaf of the first vol
ume of the register Of Piympsou h wit.
ten: Whereas certainly know that thu
wife of Edmund Parker Of Bovinaton,
IN parish OF Pympton, Il under such q
distsmpsf Of bodie that she il not fits t.
eat any salt 6esh or fish whatever; there
fore think fitt. as minister Of said par.
iah, TO license her to all desh during thu
time Of her aickneas according TO the
lAwea and statutes Of the refine in that
behalf. Given under my hand 0aEck
1. 1900. 6imoa d. c. Another sntfy
dated two years later, and signed BY
another clergyman, gives similar In
duloonee to John Staining.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-06-29
It is strange for the physiocnomist

1t is strange for the physiognomist
to contemplate in Prince Napoleon the
features of the great hero of the race.
Fate had destined him to live the life of
an Obscure domestic tyrant. He is sep
arated from his gentle wife. He con-
hnes himself entirely to small apart
ment of three or four rooms in the vast
palace of the Palais Royal, and there he
potters on, scolding the servants, crit
cising the republic, Withdrawn from all
society, and endeavoring to attuns the
mind OF his eldest son to the everlasting
theme Of the glory of the race. Our
great misfortune" answers the boy, SIS
not that We have SO few friends, but that
We have no enemies" And the boy,
fresh from his college studies, is in the
right.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-06-29

Hereafter fine lunches will be served
to order at the Boca Beer Hall. Try
our Swiss cheese sandwiches. They
can't be beaten.
FUNK l. DIcKMAN, Proprietors.
je-tf Mill street, Seattle.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-06-29
HAVE yOU SEEN THEM :.

Those elegant new ranges just received
by Waddell Il Miles direct from the
manufactories-the Brighton and Ber-
wick. They are the finest, most eoonom
ical, and altogether desirable range
on the Pacific Coast. Cali and see
them. even if you don't buv. diff
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-06-29
now TO SECURE HEALTH.

Il Is strange any one will suffer from
arrangements brought on by impure
blood, when Scovilrs Sarsaparilla and
Stillingia, OF BLOOD and LIVER
SYRUP will restore health to the phys
ioal organization. It is strengthening
syrup, pleasant to take, and the best
BLOOD PURIFIER ever discovered
curing Scrofula, Syphlilitic disorders,
Weakness of the Kidneys, Erysipelas,
malaria: Nervous disorders, Debility,
Bilious complaints and diseases of the
Blood, Liver, Kidneys, Stomach, Skin,
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-06-29

SUMNER GARDEN.-Mr. James Vergon
has rented the old stand of L. Reinig,
on Mill street, and converted it into a
summer Garden. Fresh cool beer and
a good lunch there await the weary or
thirsty passerby. jl-tf
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-06-29

The finest assortment of Colgate's
soaps. toilet waters and perfume ever
brought to this market, we're opened by
Kellogg Il Anderson yesterday.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-06-29

A WOMB 70 rHE Wmx.-Piper's Gale
brated MIA Bread has moee nutsiment
In oue pound than oommoa hakers
bsoadH vhioh y blown ~ 70 look ~
- = two. 49,
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-06-29

The STUDEBAKEK is the standard
wagon of the world. For sale by Valid
4 Campbell.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-06-29
Pastoral Verific.tion.

II. H. WARNER 4 Co.: Siys-I have
used your Safe Kidney and Liver Cure
and tind it all it is represented.
Rev. C. L. FISHER, d. D..
Pastor Baptist Church.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-06-29

For first-class dentistry call on B. F.
Stoll, Front aud Marion streets. il
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-06-29

DR.. Warmers health corset, $1.45 at
Clayton Bros.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-06-29

okS. A. 8 81. B. BAGLEY.
III oxQeAIFIsrs. SEATTLE W. T.
s.,D a. 3. Bagley. late Professor Of
Ech;pses and Practice Of Surgery In the
~ m central Medical. College. will
.Uperauve Surgery and Surgical
s@ any pit q The Sound. nvS
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-06-29
DENTISTRY.

T HAVE LOCATED AT SEATTLE
| for the purpose of practicing dentistry
Al work shau be satisfactory and charges
reasonable. ONCE In Opera House, opp0-
~ New England House.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-06-29

j. r. LEWIS
AN4NKY AT LAW. OFFICE
~. o9uers building. room I and s
~. essfees Opposit0 Occidental Hotel
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-06-29

Wool Good No. I. cean. Tn.. Dasc
second and tnircs, lScGiSc
Wheat good Clean milling SM lAclrI3c
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-06-29
ROGERS.

T0HN 8. STEPHENS. RIGGER-REs-
b idence, Bainbridge hotel. Port Blakeiy.
n n uZy-u
Daily Republican., 1882-08-02

CXYANTED-APARTNEa WITH SOME
w capital, to take charge oi Job office
and publish ng department Of CONFERENCE
WORKER. A man with some experience de.
sired. For particulars apply to or address
U. H. SEN1M AN, 5O7 Shlpley street a2t9t
Daily Republican., 1882-08-02
FOURTHEDITION
Health GuarOians.

A stated meeting of the Board
OF Health was held last even
ing, President Bush in the chair and all
the members present. A number Of
nuisances were reported abated AID
others in course of abatement.
Messrs. Draper and Springer, to whom
was referred the condition Of Spring
Alley, the Oldest street in the city, but
owned by private individuals reported
1t in terrible condition and nuisance
OF the worst kind. On motion the
Executive officers were instructed
to notify the owners by serving no.
tice upon them to abate the nuisance
within 30 days
Evans Pennington, agent, was order
ed TO abate nuisance in the rear of 6O4
Madison street within three days or be
brought before the Mayor.
A special committee visited Pleasant
street and reported the grade of the
street out of shape with no pavement
or curb thus making nuisance on the
street which could not be avoided
the residents, who we're unable to
abate the same until the city establish
ed the grade and laid the curb. The
matter was referred to City Council.
An alley on Walnut street, between
Fourth and Fifth streets, was declared
a nuisance, and the executive officer
was ordered to serve a notice oa the
owners to abate the same within 20
days.
During the evening the following
orders were directed to be drawn !:
Geo. G. Ward, $1,000; NJ, German, So /;
James Stewart, 50.
Daily Republican., 1882-08-02
A Raid ON TramPH.

In conse quence of 80 many complaints
heing received at the Mayors office
about the depredations of Tramps in
and around the west yard Of the T. W.
81 B. Railroad Company, Chief Haw'
kins, accompanied by Sergeant McCon'
nell and Officers Moore, Heal and NC
Cullough, visited the place about II
O'Clock last night, and, after being
Joined by Special Officer Wingate,
started in search Of the gentry, whom
they found secreted in cars and other
places about the yard. They captured
nine, whom they marched to the hall,
and this morning they were given
hearing before the Mayor. Officer Win
gate testified to the annoyance caused
by tramps to the railroad company and
persons living in the vicinity. He said
that they frequently broke open cars,
and in some instances robbed Them.
j lust as the Mayor was about to commit
them, two of the men said that they
came down on the boat from Philadel-
phia and were going to Work atTasker's
in New Castle, and another one said
that he had merely cCme on the boat,
and got along with these men for the
night. He showed a return ticket on
the steamer Wilmington. These three
will probably be discharged, and the
others sent to New Castle Jail for 30
days each.
Daily Republican., 1882-08-02
une Eleventh street Bride Q.

For some time past the Eleventh
street bridge across the Brandywine
was rendered almost impossible on ac-
count of the dirt that had been allowed
to accumulate on the bridge and lay
nearly foot deep on the approaches to
the bridge. These approa ches are still
in an unfinished state, ''e bank beius
so narrow that even turl uAn meetin
vehicle had great diff 5u!ty in passing.
The rain this morning suddenly con.
verted the dust into mud and to-day
the bridge cannot be crossed or reached
without wadiDg ankle deep In mud to
get to 1t and ankle deep in mud to get
across it when i, is reached. There are
hundreds of working people who have
to cross this bridge to aud from the
works, on either side, but this morning
sooner than risk sticking in the mud
they ran the risk of their lives oy Cross
ing the railroad bridget or did not GO to
work.
They question is. why have these ap.
proaches to the bridge not been finished
and put in travelling order? There
is but one answer. 1t is clearly the
fault of the Levy Court;it is to meet to-
morrow and it should Immediately give
orders to have the embankments and
approaches TO the Eleventh street
bridge filled up, curbed and paved, that
people crossing need not be in danger
Of losing themselves either in clouds of
dust or in seas of mud.
Daily Republican., 1882-08-02
Action ON tho Veto.

WASHINGTON, August Ia meeting
of the House Committee on commerce
was held Tonight, at which the mes.
sage Of the President vetoing the River
and Harbor bill was discussed
Members are very reticsnt as to the re.
suit of the meeting, but enough has
been gathered to warrant the statement
that the sentiment of the members pre-.
sent was decidedly In favor of RECON-
mending the passage of the vetoed bill
Notwithstanding the disapproval of the
Executive.
A member of Congress who Is thor.
oughly familiar with the prOceediD
OF the meeting goes so far as to say that
there will be no attempt made to draft
another bill, and that unless the origin
al bill be passed by two thirds vote in
both Houses, no appropriations will be
made for rivers and harbors during The
present session.
From another equally reliable source
it is ascertained that the committee
has practically and unanimously
agreed TO report resolution to the
House tomorrow recommending the
passage of this bill over the veto. An
other meeting of the committee has
been called for tomorrow morning,
when members say the subject will
be further considered, and a definite
plan of action formally determined up
on.
Daily Republican., 1882-08-02
THIRD EDITION.
Mer,I.xnI..t Dauw hter.

The Phil adelphia Times to day tells
n pathetic story of deceived heart is
involved n suit at-law entered by
James MCCaull, against a Mrs. Will
liams, OF Philadelphia. Mr.. McCaull,
who lives in a village in the interior OF
Pennsylvania, had a pretty daughter,
Nellie.
She came to Philadelphia about two
wears ago AID wrote her father that she
was engaged at service as child's
nurse and was well ard happy. She
wrote him quite regularly for a time;
then her letters fell off. For nearly a
year past he did not hear from her at all.
He grew anxious and worried. He
engaged a lawyer here to endeavor to
find some trace Of his child. The at
torney employed o detective and in q
few weeks the father received letter
to come to Philadelphia, that his
daughter had been found.
When he arrived he was tod he must
not expect to find his child as she was.
A meeting was arranged and the
daughter brought. When the old IA
ther saw her he could not contain him
self. He thew his arms around her
neck and wept like child. :,
The girl, weeping, said that she had
been taken sick in the street and de-
Coyed to the residence OF the woman
Williams and was not allowed 10 go
again on her own accord. The
father took his daughter home ard
entered suit against the woman who
bad harbor ID her,
Daily Republican., 1882-08-02
Rain Drops.
A glorious rain to-day.

A glorious rain to-day.
Only few persons patti onized the
steamboats, to-day.
The Clerk of the market should be
designated by badge.
The patent pavement around the new
station was finished yesterday.
The police are making it warm FOR the
tramp as he passes through the town.
The new jetty at the mouth OF the
Christiana is approaching completion.
Buyers were scarce in King street
market this morning owing to the
rain.
On Thursday, August 10th, the White
Rose Assembly will picnic at Rosen'
dale Park.
The farmers are again happy on &C
count of the rain to-day, which Will
send vegetation booming again.
The new time table on the Whining
ton & Northern Railroad goes into ef'
feet to-day.
The excursion of the Washington
Fire Company to Atlantic City to'mor-
row promises to be big affair.
The old depot is gradually fading
away and ere another week the last
vestlge of the old structure will be
gone.
Daily Republican., 1882-08-02
EnElana ARd RuAsIa.

LONDON, Aug. 1.-Sir Charles Dixie,
Under Foreign Secretary, STATED in the
House of Commons to-day that NJ.
Onou, the Russian delegate, has bsen
ordered to rejoiu the Conference Of the
Powers. Al the great Powers, he
added, have agreed In asking the Porte
that Arab PaCha should be proclaimed
a rebel. Sir Charles Dixie said that his
information concerning M. Onou was
from st Petersburg. He had heard
nothing regarding him from Lord Duff.
erin, :he British A AMBASSADOR in Turkey.
A dispatch to The Times from Con
stantinople in regard to the withdrawal
of NJ. Onou says; According to intelli.
gance received from diplomatic sources,
Tie ar,I'', 'f Rus Ia is due to the
personal /, iii4'ive ut the Gar Alexan.
der, who is dissatisfied with the in
dependent attitude of England, and
with Mr.. Gladstone's repeated de-
clarations that England, under certain
circumstances, would undertake the
task of restoring order in Egypt"
A dispatch from Berlin says: ''The
refusal of Italy to cooperate " ith Eng
land in putting down Arab Pasha may
be taken as representing the attitude Of
Germany and Austria. High authori'
ties at Berlin assert that Russia is
about to quit her passive attitude in
favor of one directly hostile to British
pretensions in Egypt"
A Constantinople dispatch says: "The
conference will meet on Wednesday or
to receive M. OnOu's COM
explaining Russia's mon
tives in abstaiming from the delibera-
tions of the conference.
Daily Republican., 1882-08-02
Hood Poison.

Bernville, Berks County Pa, is excited
over a case of blood-poison. Harrison
Haag, the victim, first scratched his
arm with Canada thistle. Afterwards
he helped to skin a COW which had died
sudG emily and in this way he contracted
blood-pOison, the poisonous matter ente'
ring his blood through the wound on his
arm. His arm swelled terribly and was
full of black spots. These festered and
lockjaw set in. The most intense pain
was endured until death put an end
to his misery. Dec eased was 30 years
old and had been carriage manufac-
turer for number of years. 1t is also
reported that two sons of Emanuel
Haag, WAC assisted in skinning and
holding the post uortem of the dead
COW have similar symptoms Of blood
poisoning and that large black spots
have formed on their hands and arms