Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-12-12
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The front Of the San Franoisoo store
il being extensively altered.
The Ocean Dock warehouse is crowd
ed With freight for the Elder.
A fence il seine constructed along the
north approach to the City Dock.
| A house of six rooms is Of cred to let
| ky advertisement IN another column
| Read the announcement OF Charles
! Nsher in another colurnn. II speaks
| for itself
| man Who claims To be No. work
| 81 in wood, either IN making iumher or
I using il, advertises this morning for a
! job.
! Miss Barbara Grease, daughter Of
+ Judge Crease Of Victoria, died IN San
! Francisco last week, and her body was
brought mp on the steamer Mexico.
| We are glad TO state that Mr.. Henry
/ Tibbals, son Of the agent Of the Sound
steamers, IL reported by his medical
attendant, DR.. Minor, az ont of danger.
A survevinp party. all equipped, went
up into the country yesterday 10 spy out
| a roate for the proposed new standard
puace railroad from Newcastle To near
Renton.
The Olympia S,anda,d says there
seems TO exist grave doubts az 10 the
cons,itutionality of the act OF the late
Assembly taxing the gross earnings OF
the railroads"
The dry weather Of the last few days
has had An excellent effect on the
arrests and country roads, drying up
the water and reducing the mud III
many places to the minimum.
The Executive Committees OF the
three Christian Temperance Unions
will meet this evening at o'clock at the
residence Of Miss Leila Shorey. I'm
portaut business. All should attend.
The schooner Charles Hansen sailed
from San Francisco Decsanber 9Th for
Seattle loaded with merchandise, and
the schooner Queen will sail, similarly
freipbted. on the 18th. both vessels he
Tag in the Wells line.
Ia the Police Court yesterday morn
ing one individual who, To the Offenss
of being drunk and disorderiy, added
that Of fighting, Was fined ga, and ;
man named j. W. johnson WAS tines
1926 for insulting ladies on the street
Uaiucky pedestrians every day get
caught in the soft and miry places II
the streets. They discover their erro
after sinking six inches or foot mt
the mud, when their efforts to get on
, arc ludicrOus ia the extreme to bystand
ers.
Tho Chinaman who stole plug OF to
bsooo from MontgOmery's store OF
! Commercial street WAS fined $50 b.
4 Judge Cam Yesterday. Not having tn
, requisite wealth, he went to jail, and hi
fellow Cinnamon are attempting to rails
money enough to secure his release.
The WEEKLY Posi- lNTELLIGENCEk,
4 double sheet paper, will come from tn
4 press this norniLg, and can be- obtain
=. ed at the news stands aud at the publ
y cation Office at 10 cents q copy. 1t IL
d good paper to send To people III tn
!. Last who are inquiring abont thl
-. coast.
u, The Knights of Pythias are abont I
u institute Grand Lodge in this Terri
= tory. Six subordinate Lodges have &C
@ auiesced in the movement, and the tw
g, new ones at Colfax and Whatcom wi
Join as soon AS their organizations al
perfected. There are eleven Lodges i
& the Territory. aud the order ID CROWN
/. quite rapidly.
1t does appear to the average ind
vidual exactly the thing 70 I'LL up II
u Gently made cuts in improved stree,
:, with earth from the lots adjoining
f Yet that is what il too frequently dOn'
One man on Washington street ha
dumped at least thirty or forty Gal
= loads of spare earth from his lot int
G tho street, and no isn't done yet. Thi
4, sort of thing may be all right, but
y certainly doesn't look so.
y BY special arrangement with the put
y fishers, Rev. NJ. Eells prepared 70 ful
o nish his book, History of Indian Mil
II sions ON the Pacific Coast" to clergy
men of every denomination, for the
u own use, at half price and ten cents ~
r, ditIonal for postage. Those desiring
y avail themselves of this offer will obtai
!, tn" book by sending ~ cents and I'll
u po.iaSs 10 him at SkOkOmish, Maso
u county. This book is one of the moi
/, desirable yst written in the Territor,
n and should have ready sale.
ii The Hsrsid issued but half a she,
last evening. The cause of this We
>, somewhat as follows: The man VII
y wheels the forms from composing
l
his road. and instead of waiting ii,
minutes for two or three boards to
J. removed, or instead Of going around,
l. asked for the horses to be removed. III
=, horses became frightened, and whe
70 moved few steps they did not stO
,. but walked right along, thereby puSl
4 ing the man and the first page of Il
=. Herald into the bay. The form b.
' been recovered and but little damas
70 sustained.
These are the days when the enthus
astic sportsman hires a boat, ARA,
y himself in waterproof garments, LOAF
"a himself down with ammunition. al
,. with his trusty dog betakes himself I
u the Duwamish. He seeketh ducks.
l. the sun Rlides behind the hills and Il
h shadows of evening steal across the b.
he hieth himself homeward. The ski
l. full Siwash. whom he had Intervene
d jin0les the shining silver just receiv,
II frem thee successful Cd hunter, Al
!. Rrunts impassively. The ardent sport
10 man returns we'll laden with triumph
3 of his skill. He counts his feather,
a victims. Thirtecn-a good days spOl
a He braggeth. Ills belt shows that b.
three cartridges are missing. Awl
I'd ward, isn't il