Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-10-28
DAILY 4posf-mfELLIaEICER.

DAILY 9POSf-mfELLlGEICER.
The Dakota sails for San Francisco ct
1p.m. sharp, tomorrow.
A McKinnie, the Pacific Mutual lust
rance Manager, goes back to Portland
TO day.
New crossings have been laid between
q Q sidewalks at the intersection Of Pike
and Front streets.
Hops are nov selling as 62, 81 and -
cents . pound, according to quality and
other circumstances.
Reeds Opera House and hotel, IN Sa-
lem, were burned 70 the extent Of xio,-
O0O BY IRE Last ThurSday.
John Corbitt, an old resident Of Port
BlakeIy. = nov confined at Providence
Hospital, with sprsined back.
George Wright Post g. A. T., OF Port,
land, has been exchanging fraternai
visits with Lincoln Post OF the same
city.
Mr.. Joseph Holiday, of Portland, .
we'll known old N0rthwssternss, w,l
leave for an extended visit 70 the East
about the 10th prox,mo.
6.A, Beatty, Of Olympia, contributes
q akstch, describing an Indian wedding
on tho Chehalis Preservation. 70 the NO
vombsr humber Of the Orertdnd Month
W.
Jos. L. Kelly, who was drowned near
Lac0nner Last Monday, was member
of the Order Of Free and Accepted Ma
sons and OF the Order Of UAitsd Work
men.
Yesterday furnished an agreeable
change from the day before in the shape
Of fair weather. The street contractors
and gas and water pipe folks made the
meot Of 1t.
There 10 considerable complaint over
the establishment. of q CHINA wash
no 1se ON Secoud street, in the rear OF
sue Arlington Hotel, by the residents IN
that VICINITY.
3. Stubbs, the shoemaker, who kept
shop ON Mill street III 1875 and 1916, but
VINO for four years past has been q sosi.
dont of Victoria, has. returned, and Viii
S.uin rake his home IN Seattle.
On the Columbia coming 70 Portland.
ia the biggest lot Of religioniss yet ssen
ON any vessel OH the rOute. included III
the company are no less than fifteen
olergymsn and sixteen Sisters Of
Cnxrlty.
At Ban Francisco, last week, e. Alex
ander, Captain Of the Queen Of the Pa
citic, was arrested and charged with call
ing q. n. Barnes, runner for the Brook
lyn Hotel, improper names and threat
ening to mash has head.
Two steamers a week will hereafter
arrive at Portland FROM 6an Francisco,
and two will depart each week for San
francisco. The Oregon, Columbia. State
Ut California and tue Queen Of the Pa
cifc are expected to perform this SER
vice.
The Umatilla Indians expect 70 pot
under cultivation next year l6,OOO acres
Of their reservation. They hayo saw
and -four mill, threshers, headers. and
In fact everything they need. The
more industrious Ut the Tribe are get
ting wealthy.
The scarlet fever 10 very prevalent In
puyailup Valley. A correspondent re-
ports twenty eight cases in sumner pre-
have boon closed In consequence Of this
Osb0nnOp nAAo 0AAOuDsASOu" ssAAA sAs"sASoO sse~
quite general.
We noticed quite u number Of black
bass in ono Of our 6sh markets day
or two ago. The ancient mariner who
presidSs over the institution says they
will 10 very plentiful AZ soon a. the cold
weather ssts in. A. q pan Hsh they are
equal to the best.
In tho railway mail service Of Oreg0n
and Washington are now twenty-ene
messengers. A year kenoe Seattle will
be Ihe headquarters and starting point
of o good many Of these route agents,
AZ from here to Portland. from here to
Victoria, from here TO Whatoom, and
two years hence from here to Yakima
and Walla Walla.
w. j. Stephens, who died at Victoria,
the other day, was we'll known on the
Sound. He took, In 1871, the schooner
Rose with cargo Of merchandise mp to
Alaska, and later was an owner in the
steamboat Cassiar built here, as also the
steamer Gem built at Victoria. Tue
Rose has since been made SCHOONER,
the CasSiar was lost ON Fraser river, and
the Gem lost on the Stickeen.
w. p. Herdic, patsntse Of the cele-
brated Herdio coach, Ia In the city to-
day, u guest Of Hon. Philip Ritz. Mr..
Herdio 10 direct from London and Paris,
TO which places he returns In day or
two. He is completing arrangements
with Mr.. Ritz, not only for putting the
coaches on our streets, but to manufac-
ture the major portion of tho vehicles
here In Walla WAlla.--Statesn,aa.
The French bark Avenir, previously
reported ut Valparaiso leaking. On ar
rival the master insisted ON survey DO
lnQ made, when Il was proved that the
vessOl WAS leaking, and not In q condi.
ton 10 make tho voyage. The leak
could not b discovered, and the sur
vsy0rs recommended the discharge OF
. greater portion Of the cargo, and the
veasel has since bean doCked for repairs.
The expense will amount TO about
t25,0OO.
There has boon q question between
the recently imported tug Pioneer, ut
che Columbia Gateway" and the old
tuRs of Captain FlAvsl, which people
have been anxious 10 have settled by q
fair trial Of the boats. The trial came q
few days ago, the question Was answered
In favor Of the old boat. Two loaded
ships-the wilma and the Htarbuck -
were simultaneously taken hold Of ont
side By the tugs Pioneer aud Columbia.
Tho latter with the 6tA1buck h said %
have led from the beginning, and 20
have increased the distance between her
and the Pioneer considerably from the
bar 70 the anchorage 10 the hnrboR. This
t0 . pleasant victory 70 record over
those who imagine NO first class steamer
can be built ON the Pacific coast, and
who. whom they want anything In that