Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-06-11
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toolI Icoioonoe @1 suAS S''S
day.
Rev. J.F. Damon will preach at the
Brown Church this morning at the usual
hour.
Il il said that the overflow Of White
Yiver will cause much loss TO potato
growers.
Jaek PuQh, Of Port Discovery, Is dan
arecuelv dck, and his friends fear hs
cannot rally.
Prof. ]. L. Henderson, Of Olympia,
yin urc.eh today in the Methodist Epis-
copal Church /
Cant. B. B. futile. Of the q. 3. Postal
Service, after q compile OF days here, VIII
start for Portland this afternoon.
Preaching morning and evening IN
the Free Methodist church, on Second
strest above the Congregational cnurcn-
Seats free.
The Odd Fellows in the city are
called upou TO meet at 10 this morning.
20 attend the funeral Of Mr.. Boteil, OF
Olympia, who died yesterday morning.
The n. z. Church in New Tacoma,
vhioh has been closed for repairs, Will
be- re-Opened today. Rev. W. ,. mar
rinQton will preach the morning ser
mon.
Rev. Vim. Carpes will lead the ser
Woes ut the new hall Of the Y. ID. Z. A.,
on Front street, this afternoon at
O'Clock, All are cordially invited 70 al
tend.
&. Baxter l. Co. have sailed down fif-
teeu barrels Of choice seal skins, which
thew will ship to New York by the next
steamer leaving the Sound Tor IA q
Francisco.
Thsrs will be a strawberry and ice
Dream festival under the auspices OF Tie
ladies of the Presbyterian Church, al
Yesier's Hall, on Friday evening next.
All will be welcome.
The people Of New Tacoma will vote
mon a special school tax of xJUOO on
the 18th inst. They will vote It, TOO,
and the town will keep along IN the GOOD
way with it, neighbors.
They have one Chinese washhouse IN
Vancouver. Another tried to set up q
week or two ago, bat II conidnt gel
room. and was crowded out. That II
the way 70 serve the "Heathcn Chinee.
N. Toklas, head of the firm Of Ioklas
4 SinQsrman, has been on the Souno
for the past fortnight, looking after the
interests of tho Olympia and Seatti.
establishments, in which he Is 30 heavny
interested.
Collector Bash, who has been on
business trip TO the eastern portion OF
the Territory, accompanied by his wife,
returned to Port Townsend on FRIDAY.
he expresses himself rs much pleased
With that portion of the country through
which he travelled during his absence.
A gentleman from Port Townsend
informs us that the people OF that place
are greatly elated over the prospects oil
lively times at Irondaie. The Difficult
tisa there have all bsen settled. ano
persons now have hold of the property
Who will expend large sums OF money
In developing the iron interest at that
point.
Louis F. Cockroft is here representing
and advertising the Chicago, Burlington
and Quincy Railroad. one OF the besi
concerns in the country and perhaps the
finest equipped in the world. The Z.
B. d Q. il enterprising, and We hope
some of these days to welcome Its trains
over its own road into this little city oi
Seattle.
The Bay View sawmill at the mouth
Of Duwamish river has started up again
and will run continuously from this on
during the entire season. Mr.. Smith
intends soon TO increase the power and
capacity of the mill, aud TO that end
recently made a trip to San Francisco
to zee about getting the necessary addi-
sionsl machinery.
The Nellie Boyd Company, by public
invitation, will appear IN the Opera
House again on wednesday evening
next. This company is one Of the most
pleasing that has visited these parts for
. long time, and We trust, and fully be-
lisve, they will receive benefit on the
creditable to the town.
The steamship Umatilla, IS hours
from San Francisco, arrived.hers ycster-
DAY forenoon. She came up In water
ballast, AZ usual, in addition to which
she brought q few tons of FIRE ght for
the Coal Company. Capt. Worth re-
ports delightful weather the entire voy-
ago. She will get quick dispatch III
abe il the only coal vessel in port.
Mr.. H. N. Hunt, whose wife died
abort time ago and left four helpless
children, has found good homes for
three of them. The other is bright
looking little boy, five years of age,
named Eddie. Mr.. Hunt is an invalid
and county charge and is anxious to
and homo in some family where the
little fellow Y, uld be we'll treated.
The track ON the Un,atilla- Baker City
railroad has bean laid to q point 81
miles east of Umatilla, where another
bridge over the UmatillA river has to
be built. Laying track mp the Umatilla
river 10 now slow work, "a all rails, ties
and material have TO be carried TO the
front from tho cars, the roadbsd being
inaccessible for wagons and teams.
The Sheriff Of Spokane county imi-
tatss the Texas plan Of farming out pris-
ensrs. He has one prisoner in charge
Who is serving out years sentence for
clerk in Q hotel at Cheney. The county
receives t35 month for the services OF
the man Who locks himself in Jail every
night. The prisoner expresses fears
lest someone break into the jail and
carry him OF.
The following is told by the Pierce
County Nsms: In the snow storm of
two years ago the roofs of many houses,
barns, etc., were broken down, among
others the roof of tue barn of u. A.
Nesly, ON White river. The portion Of
the roof over the place where the pigs
sought shelter remained undisturbed
until few days ago. when q clean up
took plAcs, and 40 Jaw bones of hogs
were found, showing that that number
Lost their lives ct that time. Mr.. N.
has % many hogs that be did not miss
the largo number mentioned.
The Steamship Mississippi Is now w.
ING in idlenesD at San Francisco. All
her officers have been discharged with
one or two EXCEPTIONS. IL Is rulnored
that abe il 70 be tilted up a. a freight
andpAsssn0se boat, and b placed ON the
route to the Sound. Had the Oregon
Improvement Company succscded in
securing the mail contrSct TO Alaska,
they would have placed the Niaaassippa
on that route. Should they yet succeed
In getting the said contract they will
doubtless carry out their original intsn-
ton. II not, the Mississippi will be re-
built and put on the route to the Sound
in conjunction with the Dakota and
Geo. W. Elder.
One of tho fine sights to be seen at the
falls Of the Spokane is An almost per-