Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-11-02

No police business yesterday morning.
A new land dealing firm il Hefner q
Dishon, at 20eJ< Commercial street.
Ship Aichard Ill came into port last
evening and il anchored IN the bay.
Tbs Elder was lying at the new dock
last night. She is freighted with
coal.
Steamer Umatilla is in the berth at
San Francisco for freight for Seattle, to
sail November 5.
The Grisner Dramatic Company will
play here on Friday and Saturday even
ings of next week.
The opening of the \ L store last
evening was the entire success the pro-
prietor anticipated.
Ship Challenger arrived In port
Wednesday evening, and is anchored
about half mile down the bay.
Yesterday was one of the windy days
of the season. stiff breeze little short
of gale prevailing all day long.
Henry Van ASSET and wife came
over from Oregon q day or two ago, 70
see a daughter who was sick abed here.
Steamer Victoria, steamer Willamette
and ship City of brooklyn are all on the
| way up the coast loaded with merchan-
| disc.
Harry Stafford. the job printer, was
married last Saturday; MS wife being
stepdaughter of the late Captain Sauls-
bury.
Edward Hanian, the king of oars
men, daring his visit to this coast will
| make short stops at Portland, Victoria
and Seattle.
Messrs. j. ID. Lowman, A. A. Smith
l and George w. Harris will leave on the
Emma Hayward this morning en- route
for San Francisco.
Geo. II. Chick has sold his shingle
mill to Merriwet..e r, and will hereafter
devote bis time and attention to another
line of business.
The United Workmen of the city will
hold meeting in Odd Fellows Hail
on tuesday evening next, for the trans
action of business of Importance.
Peter Valentine, while fishing in the
bay Yesterday morning, CAUGHT an ugly
looking devil fish. The piscat0rial mon
strosity was exhibited on Front street,
and attracted much attention.
Pete KalIren is out with challenge
to run any one In the city race Ut
three miles. VINO Ii there with WIND
enough to run that distances; VINO wall
dare attempt to win Pete's money!
| II. Herschberg d Co., the Front street
olOthlers, are out with an announce
ment of offers and prices that will carry
surprise to all readers, and that musl
take their dealers q great increase Ut
trade.
| Under some new arrangement of the
Treasury Department, the custom f0rc<
at Portland will comprise twenty men
receiving $4,000 per amman, and thai
at Port townsend the same number Of
men, receiving $2l,2O.
The new north school house scanda
has blown over. A good effect of 1t
however, was to cause u cure of the evil
complained of, with the result that {
building very much better and safe
will be erected than would have other
wise.
II All the committees of the w. G. T. q
! will meet this friday afternoon a
, 2:3O O'Clock, at the Methodist Episoopa
Churh. The regular meeting of the w
let. U. will be az 3 o'clock as usual
, and interesting literary exercises vii
form AN important feature of this af
terno0n meeting. All members of tn
> union are requested to attend.
An alarm of fire at the Stetson 4 Pos
, saw-mill yesterday morning called on
an immense crowd in moment, VIII
reached the location of the suppose
danger only to discover that the fire di
not amount to much, and tho mill en-
ployees, having acted promptly and dis
> creetly, had succeeded in destroying th
t danger.
Q FL. Miller, of the Portland firm Q
a Miller Brothers, died in Oakland, Cal
. October both, Of pnsQWQAlf an sxcs9a!
, ingly active business in Seattle thre
' years ago bringing here large stock O
goods, opening them out to the publ,
4 advertising them far and wide, an
0 then making hasty sale of them. He wa
3 a very clever business man.
Mr.. AL. c. Carter and Miss Nelli
) Richards were married by Rev. John
> Damon last evening at tho residence O
the parents Of the bride. Mr.. Carter i
!. the pressman of the PosT-INTELLIaKs
cKR, and one of the best young fellow
: that ever worked in a printing ofiic,
Mrs. Carter is said to be one of th
most charming of all the best q
!, l7,240 charming young ladies our prou
city can boast. May they never be les
happy than now.