Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-11-03


This 10 the last day Of grace on gas
/ bills.
A letter for Nv. B. F. is at this
Office
One drunk at the police court yesser-
dag.
The public schools of Salem, Oregon.
nov have nearly 80 pupils enrolled
Snohomish City postofice has so far
issued l6o money orders and . postal
notes.
Snonomish City Is about 10 incorpor-
ate and be czty Ii government as wei
as ID name.
The Oregon Improvement Company
are closing out their business as Day
/ ton, w. L.
A section of one OF the drivewass to
/ the mes dock Ia being cit do~a 10 -ne
[ level of the old dock
Louis Day. Of the Snoqualnie. mas
| raised . punpkia which weighs seventy
nine and q half pounds
Schooner W. l. Beebe Will repair at
Port Blakely, after which she Will load
/ lumber there for Santa Barbara
| Yesterday Vas one of the cold, damp.
chilling days Of the season, happily
none too common In this country
/ The Tacoma Wears says: p. Z. Gauls
/ takes the position of bookkseper IN
Hanson s. Co.'S office IN San Francisco.
| Edmund LIE Boucher, of walla waIla,
". T., the well known liquor merchant,
has been removed 10 the insane asylum
at Steglacoom.
| Contractor Lewis, having the Tacoma
Land Company's hotel 10 build, viii
bring ~, 0O brick over from Portland
| fof Use IN she work.
| Holding the City Council meeting IN
daylight proved a failure IN its ineep-
ton, the members failing 10 come to-
gesher yesterday at the time appointed
The Catholic church Is left, by the
cutting down of Fourth street, IN posi-
ton entirely too lofty for the good OF
the building or the comfort of the par
ishioLers.
lurabia gateway, has been sold TO Mar
TIN Foard, of Astoria, for so. she 1:
broken In fourparts and but little car
10 saved.
Steamer Eliza Anderson will again Il
over to New Westminster, leaving hers
at one O'Clock Sunday afternoon. Ship
pers and those wanting passage VII
take notice.
On the last trip to New Westminstel
party of twelve persons went ovel
from Port townsend, including Col
lector Bash and wife and number Of
other prominent persons
i Inc adoption of the new charter fol
Walla waila, w. T., adds three-quar
tiers of mile south. oae-half a IniI.
east, one quarter of mile north ant
one-haIf mIIe on the west.
The old Puget Sound steamer Mar,
Taylor, rerigged as schooner, has beer
purchased by Victoria pilots for the pur
poses of their business, and she I'd.
been pat under the British flag.
Steamships Mexico and George w
Elder will hereafter be the only passa
ger carriers on the northern coast route
As frsiehters they will be supplementes
by the steam colllers of the Oregon Inn
provement Company.
The wires of the Puget Sound lin
from this city to Port townsend hav
been down every day during the pas
week. The route of tine Puget Souns
line Is a hard one upon which to keel
up unbroken telegraphic comnunica
, ton, and no railroad building will eye
help it.
There has been an almost entire ces
] sation of mail arrivals from Easter
, Washington during the past week unit
last night, not paper coming to TIN
Office oat of thirty due, including tire,
daily exchanges. The same may b
said of Astoria mails. We believe tn.
shortcOnin2 is In the Portland post
office, and that the matter is piled q,
there for days at time without Al
effort made TO work it of. Let til
postal agents investigate. and see if thi
superstition Is not correct