Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-02-17
EASTERN NEWS.
,socrATEp PRESS DISPATCHES.


,.ss.d from this "Vaile", of Tears.
20 Io1rs. Feb. 16.-The Post Dispatch
= d. that Mrs. H. NJ. Vale, wife of the
learns o,ter. has shielded ut Independ-
ence, Missouri.
uow 10 Prevent Floods.
Nvv York, Feb. 16.-Murat Halstead.
,;,nr of the COmnserctn Gazette, of
ece!nI.;nnati, telegraphs to William Henry
IMnrlbnt. editor of the Worn, that the
n. .ant Of the food has been measured,
eth s that the waters are bound to sub
al sa from now on, unless unusually
siuu and general rain sets IN. DE calls
n D..an,ion to the remarkable similarity
s ss the food in The Ohio river. and
&c. ye." recent floods il the Rhine and
DaGnonsral Mcclellan, in an interview,
.ovs GAS preventive against Hoods
syo.;on must enact laws similar to
tne l n in Errope, compelling the re-
nut of trees as fast as cut of"
Interior Notes.
CIR LAKE. Feb. 16.-It is reported
% call for troops has been made to
1 1iesnd the Jacka Reservation against
uoncers-on following the railroad oon-
halig .;on On the Montana Pacific. 1t is
Sod a company from Fort Missoula
so; ha dispatched to the reservation in
a few days.
Tho bullion receipts of this city for
A. week ending today were S16S, 900.
The Mormon delegation sent by the
rhnrch to lobby for the admission OF TIE
Tsrritory. at Washington, returned to
dsv They bring fattering accounts OF
THAR reception, aud say their petition
iii receive recognition at the next $685.
sion.
The Legislative Btli.
w,OuxGroS. Feb. 16.-The House
Cornm;ttee went on the Legislative APP
u,"nriation bill, the Ways and Means
Enpmittee agreeing not to press the
.ar;4T hill until 3 p. m, unless the legls-
lstiye bill passes earlier.
still No Result.
LANSING. Feb. 16.-The Senatorial
vote was $50 as you please" Ferry re-
csiyed IL; Newton Dem.,) IA. Nobody
else above IL.
ppov,DEscE. Feb. 16.-A fire this
morning damaged the mill OF the Provi-
dence Worsted Company, $75,0OO; in
surance $4,000.
Business Failures.
Nvw York. Feb. 16.-Business failures
aur;no the last seven days number ga.
oS.,;nst OH for last week. New England
States. 10: Western, 80; Southern, "a;
Middle, IS; Pacific States and Terrific
ries, 8; Canada, u.
Wholesale Slaughter.
Cu,cAGo, Feb. 16.-A special today to
the Da;ly Ne,es from Joliet says that a
mine at Braidwood, mining town 20
miles south of that point, caved i'll and
imprisoned seventy-fiye men. A subse-
nnent dispatch to the same paper says
that forty-five Of the men are dead.
Demoralized Wires.
Western Union officers here say that
the Generalization of the wires is com
nIsts II extends from Buffalo to Oma-
Ia and from st. Paul to Cairo. The
poles themselves are washed away In
some localities, and the prevalence of
foo causes such rapid escape of the
electric fluid that when the wires are
intact. business can with difficulty be
done. Speedy relief is expected, how
ever. The atmospheric conditions are
improving in the West. The tempera-
trre is lowering, being zero at Cheyenne,
and only nine degrees above at Omaha.
There has seldom been so long and con-
tinuous a prostration as during the
past two or three weeks.
A Crop Report.
LANcNa, Mich, Feb, 16.-January
official returns indicate that all kinds OF
cattle are in fine condition in the State.
Most correspondents express the fear
that wheat has been injured more or less
by freezing and thawing. or been smoth-
cred by late SHOWS; 7,759,0CO bushels
were marketed from August to January.
A Temperance Move.
DIES MONIES, Feb. 16.-The Attorney
General has been consulting with the
Governor for a day or two past, and II
il creditably reported that he will soon
prepare a petition to the Supreme Court
Tor re-hearing of the prohibition
amendment validity case ut the Coun-
Gil Bluffs term of March Goth. One or
two lawyers have tried to file motions
for re-hearing, but the clerk refused
to docket their motions under the rules
Of the court.
Mubbell Denies.
NEW YORK, Feb. 16.-Jay Hubbell, in |
an snterview, denies positively the state |
ment that he had offered, or caused to |
be offered, money amounting to thOus- |
ands to beat Ferry. He had tried to |
get control of Grand Rapids paper, to |
use II to beat Ferry. but failed. he had |
to pay Church one thousand dollars for |
creating anti-Terry sentiment, but
specified no way in which Church was |
to act; in fact, Church was against Fer
ryanyway.
Starving Cattle.
OMAHA, Feb. 16.-Large quantities of |
hay have been skipped over the Union |
Pacific for feeding cattle herds on
Platte Valley ranges and those in west
en Wyoming, where grass is showed |
under. Trains on the Denver Short |
Line are compelled to run slow, as cat
Tie take to the track ON their way to |
water, and cannot be driven into the |
mow banks.
The Oregon short Line.
CHICAGO, Feb. 16.-Mr. J. M. Morse,
General Passenger Agent Of the Union |
Pacific Railroad, in this city, will open
me oregon Short Line to Shoshone, |
wAAASh 10 suc JuhCtiohs WAeA eho |
wood River branch March 1st, the dis |
nnce being 32l miles from the junction |
o. the short line with the main line at |
gfanRer, Wyoming. The stage lines |
IN the Southern Idaho mining regions. |
which now run from Kelton, Utah, and
backfOot. Idaho, will then run to Sho- |
snone. Work will be rushed westward |
tsom Sheshone toward Boise and Baker |
n expected. however, that the Union
racine will stop short some fifty miles
Mn side of Baker City, at Snake river,
Gwhich point connection will be made
s xsn the Oregon system roads. Some
~ are at work on the Wood River
Ttanch, rnnning sixty miles from Sho-
s0one to HALEY.
The Way They DO IL I'm Texas.
GALVESTON, Tex, Feb. 16.-In a fight
ioung over the management of
sSoool, the teacher was killed, and
&tee Others were wounded.
FOR EIGN.
smith In Trouble.
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