Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-10-19

Ladies, read Clayton Bros new adj
vertisement.
Steamer Dakota arrived from San
Francisco Just as We go to press
The W. G. T. U. will meet this after
noon at 3 O'Clock, at the N. T. Church.
One drunk and disorderly- faced
stern Justice at the Police Court yesser-
day.
l. Z. Sampson was appointed post
master of New Tacoma, By the PresI-
dent on the 18th inst.
have their code returned. and they
want the taker Of it 70 return it at
once.
Seats should be procured at once for
| the Moss Minsfrels. who will give thelr
final performance in this city tomorrow
night.
Social tea party at Bangs hotel. Bell
town, tonight (Friday.) Refreshments
By the house. Proceeds for a circuiat-
ing library.
DIR. Minor has removed his place Of
business from the Marshall building on
Commercial street, TO the Stone build
ing on Front street.
Gen. Hanrt and party returned from
Victoria yesterday, and after short
stop in this city. proceeded on TO Ia
coma. en- route for st. Paul.
An extraordinarily large quantity of
mail matter has been coming In on the
Hayward lately. For the past three or
four DAYS the amount received has been
enormous
Steamer Eliza Anderson will 90 up
Sound today. and will return on Satur-
day, and go on to Victoria. All the ar
rangements for placing her on a route
are not yet perfected, but probably will
be within week.
Mr.. Anthony, the bookbinder, has all
the work he can do, and more than he
can do quickly enough TO suit customers
Between ruling and binding, he is the
busiest man in town. And the work be
does is all good work, too.
The Indian woman, who was said 10
have been killed by Indian Tom on
Sunday, is not dead, and is said to be
recovering. In the meantime Tom il
being tried on the charge of assault with
intent to commit murder.
Mr.. F. V. Snyder is uncertain what be
will do hereafter, but he will not re-
enter the business of brewing beer. His
| insurance was for 5000. Besides this
he has two blocks of land at the scene
of the fire. After paying up debts. be
will enter another line of trade.
Matthew Morrison, who was arrested
last week charged with the murder oil
George Hill, has been released. the evil
dence not being sufficient to hold him
| Il will HOW probably remain a ms stery
as to how Hill came to his death, al
though, if murder has been commit
| ted every effort should be made to ferret
out the guilty parties.
The solid men of Montesano, w. T..
are moving in the matter of having a
city government. And 80 it goes One
season, an almost unbroken wilderness
the next. settlement, then a village,
then city, then rings" then "jobs,
and 'ins." and "outs," and contracts
and mayors, and all sorts of shenani-
gun, and demand for reform" and
the game goes on.-AstOrian.
The attention of che Street Commits
siOner and the Street Committee ID
called to the awning in trent of the
new butcher shop on the corner of Pike
Il
and Front streets. The supports are
placed on the sidewalk an average OF
more than foot inside the outer edge
and to that extent they cut down the
width of the walk. besides being imped
iments likely to do pedestrians perso
nal injury at night. The corner post
under the awning is at the junction OF
the two street CROSSINGS, a most unhap
py location, and where it should not be
allowed to stand another day.
The steamer Hope is now regularly
entered in the straits of Fuca trade. She
makes this city her starting point, and
leaves every Monday and Thursday
afternoons at o'clock, arriving a,
Port townsend in the night, and leav-
ing there next morning for Port
Discovery and Dungeness. She has al
ready gone out twice, and both times
was well freighted with household ef-
fects, furniture and general merchan-
disc. The up freights, of farm produce
| principally, are also heavy. If the
Hope will only run with regularity, &c
that the people can depend upon her
she will quickly work into a fine trade
on her new route.