Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-10-27

This weather makes dealers in um-
brellas and 'rubbers decidedly happy.
Steamer Hope went ON the beach
last night and put ON new propeller.
There were 80 United States cases be-
fore the District Court this term IN Be-
attic.
Steel rails are now selling In the East
NJ $50 Der ton for small lots, and ~
and GAG per ton for large lots.
Two fellows arrested at Gamble on .
charge of larceny were sent up IRON
that place yesterday 70 soJeofn In tne
King county Jail.
In the divorce case Of Geo. Sim ".
Louisa Sim, a default Was entered ye,
terday. and the case was referred 10 D.
Arthur Wainwright. d.
The steamer Walla Walla loads coal
this trip for Portland. This Is the hrst
large cargo to be dumped into the new
works recently completed there.
A least n dozen fine brick buildings
Ara in contemplation here next year.
2 mex makers. as well al brick and stone
m asons. will be taxed with work "a
n eyer before.
Yesterday was marked by the most
usrsiateut and regular drizzie OF the
season. Outdoor work Vas uncom-
Portable and in many cases entirely sus-
p ended.
The boat stolen by three escapadea
from the U. 3. pepitentiary on Mcneil
Island fortnight since. was brought
over from Victoria by the steamer Hope
on her last trip.
The schooner Teaser, loaded for Quill
leute and Ouineault, which has been at
anchor in Nsah bay for the past three
weeks ON account Of bad weather, con-
Gnued on her voyage last Monday.
The steamer Idaho WAS two hours late
last night in her arrival from the upper
SOpnd. This delay WAS caused by the
heavy freight she took up in the morn
ing, for Hteilacoom and Olympia princi-
pally.
A new suit in San Francisco Is that of
w. N. Horton against Duncan b. Fincn
for alleged wrongful conversion OF stock
of the American Pipe Company. The
parties to this suit are well-known ex-
residents Of Olympia.
Work on the Sixth street schoolhouse
seems TO be suspended. What's the
matter? II appears 10 US the contrac-
tors are rendering themselves liable TO
a heavy penalty by their failure to CON-
plete the work in the specified time.
The wires being down last night we
are without dispatches later than those
OF the 18th. These breaks in telegraph
10 communication Eust continue dlsa-
Qreeably frequent until the building OF
the railroad Is completed to this point.
The barber shop building next door to
the Arcade on Front street, has beeIl
torn down. The Arcade will be moved
over on to its site, and the space then
vacated by the Arcade will be used part
" in the construction Of the Leary- fes-
ler brick block, and partly for an alley
This season H. Z. Levy, Of this city
will ship two hundred barrels of Puge'
Sound salmon 70 London, and also O
email lot Of Puget Sound hops. Both
these shipments will be made as expert
meuts, and IL they prove successful, Z
permanent trade will probably DO bull
up.
A wholesale butcher states, ~ an evi
denoe Of the growth and increase o.
population ON tho Sound, that two year.
ago tho hrm, Of which he was member
killed on an average ninety head OF cat
tic Der month. Now the average is Ovel
800 head Of cattle and GOO head Ol
sheap Per month.
The thief who went through the Wis
consin house on Wednesday night and
stole 375 and several watches, il sup
posed to have jumped the tOwn. 1t be
h0oves our citizens to be on tho alerI
for such vagab0nds, and give them Z
dose Of cold lead, whenever the oppOr
tunity presents itself.
The hrst blanks for tho new National
Bank came on the Dakota, aud all thai
il needed to set up the new institution
Ia the notes, which will be along weei
or two hence. The Bank will DO in tn,
POSr Building until tho completion oil
the new Leary block on Front and Mil
streets, when it will DO moved in there
Treasurer Lowman il sending around
TO property owners on the recently grad
ed streets postal card notices Of the
amounts Of their several Indebtedness
- to the city for the work Of improve
ment, with tho added information thu
il not paid by certain tune heay,
penalty for the delinquency will b.
tackled on.
A force Of mon are now at work un
der direction Of ]. J. Shepperd, con
verting the Opera House into a hotel
Alarge addition will BIZ built on to thu
rear Of the building, and it will DO gen
orally ovsfhauled. 1t has been rented
60 parties who will furnish Il in first
class style. The rooms will be lightel
by an open court, with IN immense sky
light in the root.
Mr.. @. 7. Hobart has resigned his Do
sition ~ Superintendent Of the DakOsl
Division Of the Northern Pacific. 70 be
como Managing Director of the Yellow
stole National Park Association. Ii,
will also have charge Of the Nationa
Park Branch Of tho Northern Pacific
when built. Mr.. ]. I. Odell il appoint
cd Superintendent Of the Dakota Divis
ion in place Of @. I. Hobart, resigned.
Judge Hall II q pretty solid man will
the people, and he deserves to be. II,
his faithfully discharged the duties o
his office during the term now abou
closing, and those thus brought in cOn
tact with him know il. He 10 easy il
his intercourse with his fellow men. i
j0vlai, u . good lawyer, and doe
his duty right up to the handle. His 70
nomination came without opposition
and his reelection will come in practi
oally the Same manner.
The steamer Emma Hayward did no
arrive from Port Townsend until afte
dark last evening, when she should hav
arrived before O'Clock. The troubl
seems to be in the fact that II is still
necessary 10 use salt water in her boiler
However, she will DO laid up at Tacom,
today. for the purpose Of receiving fresl
water tanks, and when sho again enter
the service, IL will be on the Olympi
route. irf command Of Captain rhoma
Grant. Tho Otter cama down last even
ing and viii 10 20 Port Townsend thi
morning. Next Monday the starr vii
70 on her usual route again.
A TRAvKLrso BILx.-Portland Ssaad
ard: Johann volkman, late Of Seattle
vas arrested on tho Oregon yestsrda,
morning ON complaint Of debtors a
Seattle, charging him with being Al
AbecOndinQ debtor. It Was suppose,
that he had considerable sum o
money with him, but only &iaO wa
found on his person. volkmAn, Who j
brick maker. claims that there vas n
work at Seattle for him. and that b
could ind mono At Tacoma or here, an,
that he he rd that cxteusiye brick mak