, 1883-01-06

| Frp-s :se psi'y .f Safni6aE
Twenty thousand dollar. Of the Seattle city
tsxe. have hem paid in tie last seven months.
Me.srS Olsen & Knujsen prepared the tine
supper t.r the Ali Club Ball gi,ea on Friday
! night.
Eleven men viii be connected sith the bus
iness and editorisl departments "f the new
Portlanid,ily.
Graveyard Charley" wa, for being drunk
and raising disturbance ia from; Of the St
Louis Hotel =, FIVE o'clock his morning. ar
rested and jailed
A iar-seeing man Is he whs, before going To
An all night pSriy, posts on his door the lesend:
VIII lie back in a few minutes" The notice
answers for the whole Of the next morpiAs.
Another Improvement in til. overland mai
servi. e to this point. The mail fram keltan Is
now transferred u the cars At Pendleson and
brought here via Uma,ila \ saving Of eight
hours il .hus Effected.
Ths look comm:ltea Of the Library Assoc;a-
ton respectfully invite each Of the religious
aud other societies of the city t. place IN the IL
brary journal OF other rpubliesti'nrepxsen'a
Tive of their organization.
Peter Dessarai. the Young carpenter oi Rock
ford. ". T., who, Is reported in yesterdays
SrArrsMAS, fatally shot his wife and himself
Tuesday, formerly resided in this city AMI MAS
known 10 many here.
M-ssrs. c. W. Wheeler. W. p. Bruce and A
L. kinnear. nf Waitsbury. are in the city.
Nc. Wheeler. Ia evening, attended the de-
bate Of the Atheni N C,uh, was seiZad mon 10
a:t a. critic, ami in that position acqaitted
himself 10 the satisfaction of all present.
More reuew4k and new subscribers have
come u the STATESMAN orics on this. the las.
business day of theoli year, than have in any
previous day siace the present proprietor as
saned control The bsanrr i it Ii that no; 4
aayie ~ -, r.Esr has ordered his pa y
stopDsS.
Col George Hunter is vi~itin; the city. Hs
repnrts everything quiet on the "akxnnon; tn,
ST ,tiun ani iepo. at Alts is nearly completed
and looks well At i,iparia coal bunkers ART
being erected by the o. l. / y Co. and will
soon be finished.
Tha. our trade il capabl. of great extension
is evident from the 'act that localities hitherto
consi lered tooreno;e for nybody now send To
this city for gods. Horse Plains Is in Monta-
na, yet Charley EichIer On Friday received an
order for very decent little bill for that
place and shipped the goods the next morning.
An important real estate transaction was
yesterday in the purchase by
Thomas Lee fro,n ID. Nj Jesse, of the latters
farm of I2o acres adjoining the city III tie
west. The consideration was SlS,0o0 The
property includes about 80 acres in apple,
plum. peach. pear. apricot and cherry trees and
SINAI. ..rlit vegetation of various kinds-,AThe
p'iee Is considered moderate
From ms DriIy Of nonasy.
Comet stiIl vi-ible. Very faint. Suggest
i've of politiciaus promise after election.
Two weeks from, yesterday the new bell of
st. Patricks church Will be eonseerated Ly
Bishop Jung-r, with imposing ceremonies
Our Old frirni, John Stahl, places the
STATESMAN under obligations by presenting us
with half dozen of Arpad, Haraszthy & Co.'S
extra dry. Here's to you, John,
\ last gold watch was advertised in the
STATESMAN, and thereupon promptly
turned to its owner by the finder, lad named
PeIky, employed n DGsenbery Bros estab-
lishment God boy.
There is every pr ,spect of grand time
this evening at the Opera House, where the
Tiger Engine Company hold their New Years
ball. Great preparations for .ae event have
Don't mis- it.
At the rrsiiunce Of Mrs &. NJ. Patterson,
or Saturday. Mrs. DIR. I.athrop, Mrs. s. c.
Wingard, Mrs j. T. Byyer Mrs Sewall Tru-
az, Mrs b. L. Sharpstein. Mrs. DIR. Kellogg.
Mrs Robert Boyd and Ms. Alex. Reed were
entertained at luncheon.
Ne,srs Simonds & Young, Of No. 10 Third
street, have just received fun and magnif-
cent stock Of new wall paper, daloes, and cell
ing decorations, all of 1858 patterns, and 30
handsome in design as To delight the yisi5n Of
every beholder The ladies' should see them
even if not calculating upon Immediate invest
ment in thi. line.
Messrs. Reed & P.lsnd are receiving" 20
day in their elegant new quarters in the Paine
building, which are .hronged with callers
The rooms are as handsome ss fine furniture
and wall decorations can make them, and
elici. the admiration Of every visitor. A stock
of liquors not excelied on the Pacific Coast OF,
indeed, IN the country, Is not the least OF the
attractions Of the resort