Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-12-23

The Suooess used her Ail on the tEip
over 60 Blakely lAst evening.
One drunk at the Police Court yesteR-
day morning paid 81 and departed.
The Zspher brought down an unus-
ually large number OF passengers yes
terday.
SNOW fell at Olympia yesterday. until
the ground was covered with Mccoy
mantle.
The steamship Gypsy has been taking
on a load Of 5000 sacks OF oats from
Utsalady for Portland.
SteaBer Washington will leave the
Yesler wharf for Whatcom at 3 o'clock
toubrrow morning.
The rumor of the arrest of Stone was
probably a canard as nothing is known
of il at the Sheriff's Office.
The Christmas number of the Neu
Northeast was illustrated, and was
paper of much attraction to the general
reader.
No eastern mail was received at the
Post Office last evening, connection hav-
ing been missed at some point on the
route.
The turning point has been reached,
and daylight will len9then over two
minutes in every twenty-fo hours dur
ing the next six months.
The firm of Anderson & Kelley. civil
engineers, has been dissolved: Mr.. kel-
lev retiring therefrom and Mr.. Ander
son hereafter conducting the business
alone.
A very large percentage of the money
in the country Is Just now going into
taxes and Christmas presents, the effect
of which is plainly felt In the channels
of ordinary trade.
The new advertisement of c. Il. Brew
ster il Co, calls for notice, not III this
column We mean, but from all grocery
buyers in Seattle who look to their own
interest in purchasing family supplies.
P.D. Moore, of Olympia, will lecture
before the Liberal League on Sunday
evening at Yesler's Hall, Dec. 23d. The
subject will be Temperance and Chris
tian Temperance. The lecture to COM
mence at 7:30; all ara invited.
In the shape of poetry and under the
heading christmas Greeting" Il. Mer-
chant & Co. preach a. pretty good ser
mon on the evils of the present candy
| war. the participants in which can
heed to their own pecuniary advantage.
At4 o'clock this afternoon the w. C.
I. U. of Seattle will hold decennial
| anniversary service at Yesler's Hall, to
| which the public are invited. The OK
ercises will consist of short song ser
| vice, addresses from members of the
Union, scripture reading, etc.
The members of the w. G. T. U. and
Y. w. C. L. U. intend to receive New
Years calls at the hou SOS Of members of
the Union in behalf of the w. G. L. U.
| All members of these Unions who will
receive are requested to send their
names before Tuesday night to Miss
Matte L. Hausee.
The Port Townsend Argus calls for a
settlement with its delinquent subsCrib-
ers, on or before Jan. LIST. 1t would be
a good thing for our neiehbor to Join
itself to movement on the part of all
Puget Sound journals to adopt the cash
system in its dealings with patrons.
The PosT-INTELLIGENCHR would be glad
to join such a movement.
Voters Temperance League-The Tenn
perance people will meet at the Cengre-
Ratienal Church next Friday evening to
discuss the immediate issues of the
temperance question. Addresses by
Rev. j. N. Denis0n and others. This
movement is made simply to inform
voters on the issues at stake and pre-
pare for them. The music of the even
ing will be arranged to make it q pleas
ant part of the entertainment.
The double sheet edition Of the Her.
aid, issued last evening, was the best
paper yet sent out of that Office, and
does ample credit to tho publishers and
all concerned in its getting up. The
matter presented involved a vast deal OF
labor, both editorial and mechanical
and We are pleased to assert that, in the
main, it was we'll done. The large edi-
ton printed, spread AZ it will be all owe,
the country, will be Of much good to the
city and Territory.