Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-08-08
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DAILY Observation-Disclosures.
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The ad. of the City Of Quincy viii be
found elsewhere.
Mira. Ballard, of this city, has been
.nsndine \ few days with friends IN
Mn. r. C, Crawford and Miss Nellie
have gone to Tumwater, 70 pe
absent one month.
Ex-Gov. Ferry and wife have neen
.nsnd;no a few days with Capt. Hill
and wife at Anacortes. Il
90 e. r. Brush's for ycor new ana
secopd. hand furniture. Goods soIoo"
Commission. Cherry street, Seattle.
John Collins, Esq, proprietor Of the
Occidental Hotel, started TOR pan fran
cisco yesterday morning, via Porsiano-
A hoom. containing 10000 fest OF
sawlogs, was towed from salmon gay 70
Port Madison by the Addie last oa'uf-
day.
Caut, Geo. D. Hill and family and
Governor and Mn. Ferry arrived nome
from their rusticating tous among INC
Islands, last Saturday.
The steamer Chehalis has gone into
the towing business, and u now cn2a9e1
in pulling logs for the Yeslsr mill ano
manufacturing company.
The steamer Josephine will hereafter
leave Seattle for her second trip up the
Skaoit on Thursday instead OF Fnday
morning, an heretofore.
The contract for grading for the new
school house was let yesterday 70 Jas.
Dolan, and the stone work to Carkeek
Bros. Work il 70 commence today.
The Laconner postofiico issued LIS
money orders during the month OF July
and Maid Il orders. The orders Issued
aggregated $4041, and the orders paid
$417.
H.A. March, of Fidalgo Island. has
tventy-one stands of bees, which ne
values at Sl2 stand. He has also
chicken business which pays him about
$500 per annum.
Mr.. Thomas Hood, living near Lake
Union, has sold his stock in the saw,nlii
there TO the company, and, instead Oh
personally engaging In that enterpfise'
will &c 70 logging.
Colfax after the fire was the dirtiess
town ever seen in the Territory. II u
dusty at all times but when the n 'hes OF
the burned buildings was included II
was almost intOlerable.
James A Gilliland, Of Laconner, has
formally announced his Withdrawn
from the Democratic party, and his in
teution to affiliate politically in future
with the Republicans only.
The steamer Josephine has made =
change in her latter end of the week
trip. She will hereafter leave on Thurs
day morning, instead of Friday, At !
o'clock though ~ heretofore.
Announcement OF the decisionsarrived
ut by the Supreme Court has been post
ponsd until the latter part OF the month,
until which time clients and attorneys
can only guess at tho conclusions that
will be reached.
Elsewhere will be found the dissOlu
ton notice of Portman, Padden IL Mil
Ter. Hereafter the business will be con
Quoted by Messrs Mccullough d Port
man, who will pay all outstanding bills
and receipt for moneys due the late
firm.
The crops look well hereabout, and it
Ia evident now there will be good yield.
II prices keep up and the harvest sea-
son il favorable our farmers will realize
handsOmely-al except those who were
flooded by the recent freshet.-LacOn-
uer Mail.
Mr.. q. p. Anderson has retired from
the arm of Kellogg q Anderson, drug
gista, and gone into the sawmill bust
ness. He is stOckholder and book
keeper of the Lake Union Mill Company,
a very promising enterprise. He visited
Lac0nner this week to close out his in
terest in tho Laconner, branch drug
st0re.-Laconner Mail.
Tho picnic at Alki Point, given under
the auspices Of the Seattle Cornet Band
on Sunday last was slimly attended, and
the boys are out Of pocket in cOnsa-
quence. The day was delightful, aud
those who went seem to have enjoyed
themselves. The steamer City of Quin-
cy made regular trips back aud forth to
and from the grounds during the day.
Travels in Oregon, Washington and
Northern Idaho, is the title given the
work Of Newton II, Chittenden, just is
sued from the press. II IL of 30 pages,
and full of matter Of interest and value.
The statistics elsewhere appearing Of
counties In Washington In taken from
its pages. Mr.. Chittenden will add to
this work later. and with q view to do
ing this has gone down ON the Laconner
and Seh0me route this week.
A resident of the Salmon BAY region
called In our Office yesterday, and was
loud in his praise of that favored section.
Tho soil there isgood for almost any de-
Ecripti0n Of crop-grain, fruit, ve0eta-
blos, hops, hay, stock, or anything else
that can be grown anywhere ON the
Sound. Not only this, bat il In noxt the
water, and Is accessibly be water and
land, by road or boat. What this i'm
plies 10 known TO him who has only the
one means Of communication. The dis
tanoe these Salmon Bay farmers have to
travel In reaching market il only three
70 hve miles. Their products ara chiefly
fruits and vegetables, eggs and poultry,
and milk and butter, and for what they
raise they have no trouble in finding q
ready market.
IxsrAxrLY KrLLxp.-John Gustafson,
a6wede, aged 81 years, a sawyer in the
employ Of Miller 4 Scott, in their camp
on the Skaait river, was instantly killed