Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-08-20
II Observation-Disclosures.
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John Leach, of Coupsviile, is visiting
this city on business.
The steamer j. Il. Libby will be
hanled ont on Mitcheil's ways on Tues
day or wednesday to be thoroughly re-
paired.
The steamer Eliza Anderson vii. be
launched on Monday. She has hao net
bottom thoroughly repaired and VIII ee
made over into tug, Intended 70 90
service for some years TO come
Nov that the vet season Is coming on
cmr readers will want rubbers. and that
chew NAV be supplied We refer dealers
IN the ad OF the celebrated Goodyear
Rubber Company elsewhere appearing.
Last week two young hunters. Eddy
BARLOW and Frank Nelson, each about
i. years of ace, went to the fats at the
mouth OF the Puyallup River. and after
three hours' continuous shooting. went
home with 600 sand snipe.
An intoxicated man by the name OF
Thos. Flynn fell from Yeslers wharf
and came near drowning night before
last. He WAS fished ont, and after
much difficulty restored to conscious
ness BY the men ON the steamer North
Pacific.
The old bark Windward. which has
laid in the mud in front OF the town
aver since the winter of 1915, is at last
disappearing from view. J. A. Cole
rnan. in constructing large wharf back
of his row of stores ON Front street.
completely covering her up.
George Hill has taken charge Of the
steamer Cello, and hereafter will act III
the capacity Of Captain. He will do a
general towing business on the Sound,
towing booms Of logs, etc. George has
worked up from the deck. and il we'll
known and we'll liked. Success crown
his efforts, say We.
Yesler's wharf In to he ornamented
with another saloon, new building for
which ID now in course Of construction
near the 81 Of the torn down ''Co'tags
by tho Sea-" The saloon business
thriyss moro on Yesier's wharf than In
any other part Of town. not excepting
Washington street.
According to a Council repari. the
debt Of Walla WalIa City il about 81
GAO. The money on hand-si's3 -*il
reduce this to $2y,931. Or the debt
$3.50 boar twelve per cent. interest and
$i2yO63 tsn par cent. per annuni. ihai
debt rather beats us. but u doesn't Deal
the debt Seattle struggled under three
years ago, which has since been subesan'
tally ali wiped out.
The Chuckanut stone quarry or Bol-
bingham Bay is enjoying little boom
of its own In consequence OF the ex'
traOrdinary demand upon 1t for Its pro
duct. Between new houses and cenie'
terry wsrk, it is pressed as never bsfore'
and is taxed quite beyond Its capacity
20 supply. A hee. of steamers ana
Och0Oners are engaged Ia the transpof'
tation from this mine.
On Wednesday last Mr.. Hartness,
millwriQht mt rulaiip,appeared before the
y. 3. Commissioner at Ludlow with
fellow who was caught trying to dispose
of liquor to Indians on tho Tulalip res
ervatiOn. Mr.. Ludlow committed him
to Jail to await his trial a. the October
term Of Court at this place. He Was
turned over 70 Marshal Hopkins, who
took him to Mcneil Island.
A gentleman from Snoqualmie in
forms NJ that there are tive logging
camps running on that stream this year,
putting in, on an average, 6O.OO0 feet OF
logs per day. These camps ara. run
principally by settlers who arc not able
to work full crews. The water is 80 low
at present that logs cannot DO run down
the river till raise comes. Haying Ii
over. A big yield was had, but the crop
was somswh, 1t damaged by the rams.
The Brisooo- Hall Coombs party OF
campers-out, who left here several DAYS
ago for the upper Sound, have since
spent three days and nights at Allfi and
Bean Points, bat yesterday moved ON
south. On "Wednesday they will he
joined by Mrs. j. G. Lipsky, Miss Estel
Thorndike, s. T. Coombs aud w. Il. Bal
lard, from this city, and by Mr.. and
Mrs. H. A. Bigelow from Tacoma. AZ
ter visiting Mcneil Island and other
points on the way, they will land ut
Stcilaooom. go out 10 the Asylum, and
stay a day or two on the prairie, and
then come home.
Tho barkentine r. X Ham, Capt.
Cove, arrived:here about two weeks ago
and discharged freight. after which she
proceeded to Port Blakeiy to load lum-
Dor. Owing to the great number Of veg-
sells in port at that place, and the oonse-
quent pressure on the mill, shs returned
last evening for hoid-fnll of coal. after
which she will return to Port Blakely
and take deok-load of lumber and pro-
coed to San Francisco. The bark Mar.
tina It1ide0ut, another vessel, was sent
from Port Blakely 10 Tacoma to load.
The mill is saving away at the rate Of
nearly HOOOOO feet of lumber n dav and
yet there are from eight TO twelve ves-
sells In port all of the time, waiting for
cargo.