Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-12-15
DAILY POST IHfELLIGEHCER.
non,. Fail 10 attend the Picnic Party

Don't fail to attend the Picnic Party
At Yesler's Hall this evening.
Gen. Sprague is said to have donated
a bell TO the Cheney Academy.
The Willamette, coal laden. sailed for
San Francisco early yesterday morning.
The cigar store of L. X. G. Smith d
Co. has been refitted and presents quite
q neat appearance.
The OREGON Improvement Company
offers Seattle coal in Dayton, ". T., At
31266 per ton, by the carload.
Yesterday was one Of the days our
merchants are delighted 70 see Just be
fore Christmas, being clear, sunny, warm
and delightful.
Camp Willard, temporary military
station In Montana, has been aoanooneo
BY the military. Its location was IN tue
Grow and Piegan country.
Thomas Keagh, the prince OF drum
mars. Ia again in Seattle. de Is repre-
santinQ some wholesale furniture sstab-
liahment in San Francisco.
The Argus is wrothy at Sam Bowles,
for his wretched description OF Port
Townsend, in the Springfield Republican,
and VS. don't blame 1t bit.
The Puget Sound Telegraph Compa-
nv il tired Of having its wires disturbed,
and it offers reward of fifty dollars for
the arrest and conviction OF any one
caught breaking them.
The Seattle Bazaar (of Messrs. Levy
kCo.) Is to be enlarged by the addition
of a room of 40 by AZ feet, in the rear.
The immense store will then be ITO feet
long, and will probably be too small at
that a year hence.
All the steamboats, Of the y. X. a. N.
Co., ON tho Columbia, are having their
furnaces fitted TO burn coal; the VIDE
West now being operated upon WILD
that object in view. This Will greatly
increase the demand for Seattle coal.
The City of Quincy will take down the
Snohomich mails, passengers ana
freiptts today. These will be placed on
board the Daisy at Mukiiteo, which VIII
continue them to their journeys end,
while the Quincy goes to Laconner.
The crew for the ship Harvester came
from the notorious Jim Turk OF Port
land. The men wanted $500 each for
the VOYAGE and $50 advance, but the
captain would not pay that amount.
The men tried to gel away but were
held fast.
Last year DR.. Minor put three Chinese
pheasants on Protection Island, IL
Puget Sound. There are now over Il
hundred of these beautiful birds on the
island as a result. The birds are said
TO be AZ large a. grouse, with gorgeous
plumaRe.
Goss d Sawyer launched at Bath,
Maine, on the 9Th inst, ship Charles +.
Moody. of 1000 tons. She is owned by
Captain j. Kelly, Charles +. Moody, }.
q. Potter and Henry II. Otis OF Bath.
The last named will command her. She
will load at New York for San Francisco.
The City and County Treasurers are
In daily receipt Of large sums OF money
from taxpayers. The ordinary city
taxes are unusually light, but street i'm
pT0vements make some OF the payers
Rrunt. County taxes, though, are high,
too high, higher than in almost any
other county in the Territory.
The Olympia Standard man takes de-
oi1ed umbrage at the Idaho Statesman
for saying that "a newspaper like the
Oregoniam, published ut Seattle, ana an
other at Walla Walla, is all Washington
Territory needs, or the people are able
TO support" and in clear manner de-
monstrates the Sfatesman's error. There
are unquestionably too many papers i'll
the Territory, but We believe 1t far bet
tor 20 have too many papers than too
few.
The editor Of this paper, on the night
Of the recent election, received two tel
egrams, ono from Portland and one
from LacOnner, asking returns and es-
Inmates a. 70 the election. He replied
ct once that he estimated the total vote
Of the Territory at 10000; that Brents
was certain to have u majority of 1000,
and that probably he would have 5000.
The official count showed up vote of
19,498, and majority for MIR. Is. of
SOTO.
NV. Walsh has bought the material
formerly used in the publication of she
Democratic Press, of Port Townsend,
and will take il to Montesano, and there
enter upon the publication of the first
paper in Chehaiis county. MIR. Walsh
has had newspaper experience here and
in Dakota, and has pretty clear idea,
We think. of the task he has in hand. II
the Chehslis country develops in the
next year or two, as it is expected to do.
Mr.. Walsh must print good paper and
make money. He has the best wishes
OF the observation-disclosures in his under
taking.
Tho idea of planking our streets is
simply idiotic. and could originate with
no one who has the pt manent good of
the place at heart. A best plank would
be bat a temporary expedient, that
would cost quite az much o. something
hundred per cent. better. In the mud
and under the heavy traffic of our down
town streets three inch plank would be
good for only about two years, and
would not DO good then without con-
slant. expensive cleaning. Our down
streets already have a good solid foun-
oati0n, and all they need at present is
drainage and few inches of gravel, to
b followed later by Belgian blocks or
something Of like character. A ski inch
covering OF gravel will do the W ork well
enough though for several years to
come.
They had terrific rains ut and near
Portland during the first three days of
this week. The Willamette rose eight
fees IN tWeuty-fcur hours. The streets
were flooded, cellars filled, sewers bro
aOSe eSsh&A9Roo O0AGA0o 0WHys obL66tS CUT
mp. sidewalks and fences DESTROYED, and
general damage done. II was the worst
rain storm seen there for years, and had
. most disagreeable effect upon bust.
nees. upon comfort and upon feelings of
local pride. During the three days l0sI
inches Of water fell. The storm ex-
tended to Salem, aud beyond that grad
ually lessened till it entirely ended.
Railroad communication was suspended
ON every line leading out of Portland.
tho roads were covered with mud, and
Washouts occurred in many places. Sew
enty-iive passengers who started up the
Columbia river road were stuck at Rus
tor Rock, and had to stay there all night,
and until taken OF by the steamer
6enita.
Boar S0R THE SKAorr.-Capt. William
Gsrwin, late Of the steamer Josephine,
will seon commence the construction of
. large and powerful steamer designed
Tor the SkaRit river trade. The boa,
viii probably be built in Lakes ward.
and the captain started for Portland
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