Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-08-05
nlILY ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
LOCAL.

Zee palner's card elsewhere.
The hop crop Of Yakima county viii |
be above the average thus year.
Schooner Excelsior arrived at Seabeck
from Hilo, II. l., Aug. LIST, after u pass
age Of y days.
Adam Orth has Just placed in his store
. varv handsorne showcase, in which 70
natter display his stock OF boots ana
shoes. Tie case cost $40 IN san FRAN
ciaoo. and il an elegant piece OF inrhi'
ture.
Rouoh lumber sells at go psr thou.
sand IN YAKIMA City, and dressed at
02l. e27 and S32, according to quslty.
frices over there will take q fall on tnS
compIetiou Of ths railroad froro the
Sound.
The lot on the corner OF Commercial
s.reet opposite the New England Hotel,
is being cleared by Mr.. Frank Mhtsniss'
the owner thereof, who will soon com-
mence the construction OK tW"-atolJ
wooden building thereon.
Tho Star Baseball Club Of Portland
have concluded not to accept the Waila
Walla challenge. The W. VS. were
entirely too close in their offer, TO accept
which would have put the Pcrtiandsrs
ont two days tune and 1t least xlW III
money.
q. @. Phinnsy and Thad Hartford
have taken possession OF q forty-acte
lOw.tide island at the head OF Duwam
ish Bay, near the mouth OF tho risof,
and will atteinp. to hold the sane
Whether they will succeed or not re-
mains TO be seen.
The real estate market IL rather dull,
although prices are steadily advancing.
The man who fails 10 secure himself
anitabie site for a home in the future,
while property il within his reach, VIII
regret his negligence and short-sigh.ed-
ness a few years to come, when prices
have gone away up above bis reach.
This has been the experience OF thoas-
ands in other places with far less en-
oouraging prospects than Seattle now
possesses.
The Californian for August is An at
tyac.ive number. One OF It'd mos: pleas
ING articles j, ia the shape of ietssr,
descriptive Of the National Capital dor
ing the Presidency OF jefferson. written
BY New York Senator of that time.
Il has but single illustrated article,
concerning decorative art In California,
american Officers i'll the Peruvian
Navy is the subject OF another we'll
written sketch, while the usual poem
and stories will not be found wanting.
Address The California Publ sfing Com
pany. 4OS California street, Ban Fran
cisco.
Fears have for some time past been
entertained for the safety OF the steam
whaler Lucretia, which lett New Bed
ford Decor nber H. 1881, for tho North
Pacific, and to touch at Honolulu. A
cable dispatch has teen received at New
Bedford, 10th ult., announcing her safe
arrival ut the port of Albany, New Hol.
land. Tho theory is that the vessel Was
known to be very foul and she WAS an
able to get around Cape Horn. and Cap
tain Mellsn squared away for some east
ern port and reached Albany rs above.
in safety. She will leave there next
November.
An unusual number Of appeals have
been made of late upon our people.
These have come in the shape of bsI-
Qars, swindlers and dealers in articles OF
supposed but no real value. They have
gone from house to house, have occu-
pied evenings the middle Of the most
public street in town, and have endeav-
0red in every possible way to impose
upon our people and get their money.
There has been too much of it, and IN
end should be put to it sharply and de
cisively. Every man who gets living
from tho public should work for il,
or do something for it that will legiti
mately entitle him TO that living. The
clans We refer to live OH their wits, and
give nothing, or nearly nothing, for what
they receive. They came here because
-~-.y - ria~tv and thay hama Ia PLUCK
our innocent citizens. Let Us 500 thai
this plucking is not done.