Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-08-19

A camp meeting vas held at Avon, On
Skagis river. duriag the past week
Captain Gilnore's attention is called
10 personal. under head of new ad-
vertiseuents.
An entire change of program il an
no1rced az the Maison Dore Garden for
the coming week
TIE steamer W. &. Mervin will re-
sumo her Snohomish route Monday
morning at 10 O'Clock.
The wires have been down near Yreka,
California, for two days past, cutting
OF the north Pacific coast from teller
graphic communication
The c. s. hahthooss tender Shubrick,
Captain Gregory, has been IN our bar
Dor the past tW0dayA taking on board
coal, doing little repairing. elsanina
up, ETC.
Aboat two thousAnd tons Of Beilina-
ham Bay stoos are bstns taken over to
Port ToWn1sod By stsAmerz, % b used
IN bo1ldinG Q breakvater on the city
front.
Ths steamer Zephyr looks fne since
hsr recent overhxuiina. and she is
much improved IN speed as well. She
took . run up TO Tacoma and back yes
serday, and on Monday morning viii re-
sumo her route bstwssn Seattle and
Olympia
Persons desiroos Of attending the
conservation services at tbs Memorial
Church, New Tacoma, on Wednesday,
the Find inst, are requested 70 hand in
shsir names to the Rev. Mr.. Watson, a.
soon - possible. In case Q number
wish to 20, Q stsams1 viii b chartered
for ths day.
Report has II that the steamer Lar
line Il to b brought around % the
sound and pst % the route from this
city to Whstoon, though by what com
pany 10 not stated. The Luriine 10 Q
boat aboat like the Washington In aize
and speed.
The fourth story above the basement
now bsing pat upon the new Occidental
Hotel, Will add much to the appearance
Of that imposing edidoe. making Il by
considerable the most lofty business
house on Puget Sound. As Q hotel
building it will decidedly top over any
thing heretofore on the coast north Of
San Franeisoo.
The rain Of Friday morning seems to
have been heavier in town than outside.
In the country We are told the dust has
not even been laid, while up the Sound
il was only little more than q sprinkle.
II appeared TO rain more down town
even than in the outskirts, for down
tsWn it was In quantity sufficient to
make mud, while back little way the
dust only was laid.
Quite sensation was kicked up last
evening, on Mill street, BY French vo-
man following . retreatina man ut
breakneek speed, and yelling stop
thief" The fellow ran 70 the Yesler
mill, where be hid in the sawdust, but
was captured by the police. The woman
Gays he robbed her Of 3 80 and some
jewelry. Vhe case will probably be In
vestiRatsd Monday.
The British steamship Madras having
taken on board 900 tons Newcastle coal,
sailed yesterday afternoon for Victoria,
ian Francisco. Honolulu and Hong
kong. She also took from here 100 bar
rels salmon, shipped BY II. e. Levy to
q. Brewer d Co., u Honolulu. This is
the second visit of the Madras to Pacific
ports, bat her third coming seems i'm
probable In view Of the extraordinary
delays and costs to which she has been
put on the previous occasions.
The item published In the Whatcom
and Tacoma papers that the steamer
Gypsy was largely employed In carrying
Bellingham stone to Tacoma for ship
ment TO Portland. was An error. The
stone referred to has been coming here,
for foundations, walls and cemetery
work. The Gypsy 10 admirably adapted
to the werk assigned her, taking in and
disoharaina full cargo In the course of
few hours, or several times faster
than the ordinary steamboat or schoon-
Or. She has brought here about 1000
tons Of this dne stone.
TheDinnie- Mcmillan wrestling match
at Portland 10 generally supposed to
have been q fraud. Instead Of McMii-
Ian being unknown" be IL now de-
clared to have beep u friend and COM
panion Of Dinnie's. the two coming
from Han FrAncisoo on the same steam
or. The terms Of the agreement were
broken In this, that the unknown" was
10 have been Q resident Of Oregon at the
time Of the challenge; Dinnie's COM
plant OF sea Sickness two weeks after
his arrival In Portland, was also q very
thin story.