Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-11-19

DR.. Mary Brown has her Office in Rel

DR. Mary Brown has her office In Rel
MICS Block, room NO. z.
The steamer Emma Hayward VIII
evrive from Tacoma early this after
noon and will 90 ON the routeto Oiym-
uis tomorrow morning.
The time for receiving bids Tor the
construotion of Phinneye cottage nss
heen extepded till II o'clock noon Oh
Saturday, the 18th inst.
Thu total number of votes cast IN sno-
homish County Of the eene.I;. @ss 20
IA 1880 was 4O7. This election u "1s wv
aloain Of SO in two years.
Alex, Abernethy, of New Iaooma, ~.
oerisnced q stroke of paralysis yesssI
dav. ~. Abernetby il one OF the pionss'
oifizens Of the Territory, an sA-AsSi'4"
TOR, DC. ,s
Ch.a Jackson il building railroad
80 and one-half miles long. at his log
80 camn on the Skagit. A locomotive
Iii hs ned on the road. Charley mas
M. into the water sinoeApril LIST 4, oO,Oo
feet of logs.-Eys.
Thu uropristors Of the Portland hotels
ara tafkiao of running "second-ciass
hotels. This will be gratifying 70 the
trsvslino public. Portland has too long
hesn oompelled to do with third and
Snnrth olass houses, and an advance 70
the second class is we'll worth recording.
Al will be seen by correspondence
nubiished elsewhere III tins Issue, Tug
reaidents of the east shore Oh Aaho
Washington make very feasoaso'o
demand, coached In courteous anu At
the same time very Determined IAN
QuaQe. We hope there WILL Do no occa-
sion TO repeat the demand.
A heretofore announced there Will be
M sarvios At Trinity Church this morn
inc. The chapel Of the Good Shspnerd
IN the northern part Of the city WILL DC
onened for divine service after extern
s3rs repairs. Rev. Geo. II. Watson, Fec.
tor of trinity Church, will preach and
Administer the Holy Communion. Scr
vice at Trinity Church in the evening as
usual.
Tho steamer Gazelle. Captain Cove,
vh,oh quite recently made the hazar-
dons trio. the season of the year being
taken into consideration, from the Col
umbia river around Cape Flastery into
Puoet Sound, arrived at Seattle yester-
dav morning from her initial business
trim. which was up White river. She
brought l4o bales Of hops. Her next
trim vill be 70 this Nootsack, for which
river freight and passengers are Offering
libsrally.
Mr.. Nolop, Who went over the m oun
taius with his son this month, has lqst
returnod via the Snoqualmie fass. lie
reports the snow about five feet deep ia
the pass, and showing flakes ABOUT the
sizs Of three point blanket. ne says
that he Ia not much used W measuring
snov fakes with his eye, but they Ioi.
like vet blankets when they dropped
down on him. The ground was not
frozen hard enough 10 hold up his
horues: the snow was soft and he mad a
foarful time getting through. he says
that Darties who went through the la
coma pass about the same time, report
about eight feet Of snow IN that pass
This ID the same old story every winter,
Which IL conclusive that there II loss
snow fall in the SnoQu
In any other pass thro
range in this Territory.
Seemingly fabulous tales of tho What
com country are floating around: A
young gentleman who We do not think
would willinglg mako misrepresenta-
ton on any subject, assured US yester-
dav that the red clover had been cut
three times this year on . farm in that
county with following results: First cut
tins. 4 tons to the acre; second outing, 4
Cons 70 the acre, and the third cutting,
q tons 70 the acre; Total IL tons in one
year. In the same vicinity he says that
100 bushels Of potatoes per acre was not
considered an extraordinary yield. 10
olinnh these statements our informant
Who stands over six fest high IN his
boots--said he saw one stool OF red
clover sprinQing from . seed, chance
sovn. which reached nearly to his chin.
The fertility of the lands OF the Puget
Sound basin, we have always considered
somethinQ extraordinary but these state
ments. while they do not staRRer our own
credniity. ne assure our readers would
mot have been made public II We did not
consider the source from which they
come, entitled to credence.
Mr.. Forrest, of the firm OF Hall q
Paulson, Gays that the account OF the
electrical disturbances noted IN our tel
eQraphio dispatches in yesterdays Issue
Of the POST -lNTkLLIokNCkh, EoHiuus
him vividly Of similar experiences when
be Vas telegraph operator in the East
aeyeral years ago. He says that while
BE- al at the instrument there would be
an interval Of complete disoonnsction'
not 4 siQn Of electricity on the wires.
After 8 while there would be indications
Of 8 restoration Of connection. For q
fev momonts the wire would work ~ It
ought 70 in civilized community; then
the odic force, or whatever 1t was, would
gather and grow stronger, and make II
uncomfortable for the operator. biue
flames fifteen or twenty inches high
would shoot up through the keshole OF
The instrument and make him think
1hat IS was in Auerbach's cellar and
that the d. We mean Mephistophilss
vas drawing the wine. We think q
rood deal OF our friend Forrest, and
having read Goethe's splendid poem, do
not hesitate 10 recognize the accuracy
OF his description and the appositeness
Of his metaphors, but really, Ne prefer
our tipple without any such sulphurous
ACCOMPLISHMENTS. We are glad We are
not . telegraph operator.
Foa SRArrLx.-Dr. Bolton and family