Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-08-16
nln,Y Observation-Disclosures.
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A youne gentleman advertises today
FOR q suite OF rooms in private family.
f. Wilson was fined $2.5O and costs
by Judge Cam for drunken and oisof-
derby conduct yesterday.
The marriage of Willie Bonney, OF
Tacoma. and Miss Eva Bi2eiow, OF
Olympia, is announced to take pace
today.
The list of the Geo. W. Elder coming
nm allowed Is passengers for Fort Iowo.
sand, for Olympia, $for Tacoma, and
Seattle.
Satisfactory terms having been effected
the Star Base Ball Club, OF Portland,
will 90 up TO Walla Wslla, on Friday, 70
play the boss club of that town.
Ouite q number of camping parties
are now ont and going out. August Is
the month of the year most persons &C.
lect for this pleasant purpose.
John Donovan, representing A.. Il.
Bancroft d Co., is here again, this time
20 distribute the splendid volume Just
Issued by that house, entitled COm-
merce and Industries OF the PACING
Coast. The edition comprised 5O,Uoo
copies, which is not one too many for So
good work.
Having residence in Oakland seems
to be the correct thing with up coast
millionaires on moving to California.
r. X. Thompson and Capt. j. c. Aims
worth long ago settled in that beauti-
full city; j. w. Ackerson has also Sc
cured an elegant place there, and Capt
L. n. Starr is about to include himself
and family among the number. In DO
tober Capt. Geo. j. Ainsworth will also
locate in Oakland.
At the meeting Of Trustees OF the
Hospital for the Insane, at Fort Steii
accom- yesterday, the bids for supplies
for the ensuing quarter were opened
and contracts awarded. To B. Coulter
Of this city, was given the contract fol
meats, and to Schwabacher Bros d Co
for dyygoods and groceries; 10 an Olym
pian. whose name We did not learn, was
awarded the 81 sply Of drugs, and to
Tumwater concern Of Hour.
A Stanwood citizen assures IA that
the oat crop of his neighborhood vii
rom M to 4O,Go0 bushels this year. The
crop looks fine, and tho yield will aver
age up to GO bushels per acre. This
Rtdlu II 2IOWu III tEc NiCiuity Va tus
town. on the diked lands. Hay is the
principal crop further up. The circum
stances have all been favorable for the
farmers " that locality, who can now
panty see much profit in their opera.
lions the current year.
Our readers must have noticed the
large and continued increase Of reading
matter in the DAILY PosT-INTELLIGEs-
GER. Last September, VIXEN the Post
and the ISteitigencer were separate pa
pcrs, the composition bills Of both were,
IN printers pnrlance. about 49,
600 ems each per week. At the cOnsoli.
dalton, In October, the quantity was in
creased TO 10000, and from that time
TO this there has heen a gradual raise;
the bill reaching by easy stages 220.000
10000, 10000, go, coo. and now 3CJ 900
per week. In other words the consoli-
dated paper is now Running more read.
ing matter every day than the two papers
were running separately n year ago.
And not only this but the matter il
more solidly set, in small type, and
quite after the style 0f the approved
city newspaper. A year hence we hope
the business Of the Posr-I NTELLrGENcER
will have 30 grown as to warrant the
further addition to 100000 ems per
week, which will bs equivalent to six
teen columns day of reading matter,
our advertising being cut down to the
like space.