Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-05-17

Nessrs. Prescott Il Dolpli. VITO rsrs
here on railroad Business, have returned
to Portland.
The prospec. for fruis. hay, vecese.
biss. hops and grain IL fine Ia all parts
Of tie Sound country.
Two citizens we're made IN the district
co1rt yesterday a. follows: 1hoa II.
Forbes and John p. Means.
i sidewalk vas laid Yesterday in front
of tue Kenyon block. which viii be
ready for its first tenants next week.
Mayor McAgiiff has been head of the
municipality OF Walia WsIls for Twelve
ars past. His record IN Office j. as
good as could be.
Dan. Holton. OF Portland, came np
toe Sound yesterday, and wall 90 home
today or tomorros after russicatinz the
better part of a week IN Victoria.
On the arrival f John L. Howard, a
meeting of the ship captains nov IL
port, whose vessels are waiting for coal.
will be held, and some definite arrange
Inents made.
Steamer Gypsy Ia expected today with
one hundred tons Of stone from Beiiine
ham Bay, being the first shipment re-
ceiyed for the Foundation of the new
brick bailding Of G. L. Stone Il Co.
Strangers are every day impressed
with the idea that the day they happen
70 be ia town il day Of unusual bust
Ness and excitement, Judging By the
,hrones OF people crowding the down
town streets.
The 2ist birthday OF Ed. l.. Terry. of
this city, will be celsbrated ON Friday
| evening. May 18th, by = party given at
the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. j. q. Scurry.
! invitations are out, aud the y srty prom
ICES TO be a highly enjoyable affair.
The Coiosist says that great many
| Yic;origns will avail themselves of the
opportunity to witness the horse face /;
| Of the Seattle Driving Association 6
first week Ia JAY. They will be- made
| welcome.
Ihe Portland .Ne,rs says: Hops In
| the Willamette valley are looking very
| bad. The fros.s of last winter and sub
/ sequsnt unpropitious We ttGer have been
| working serious damage, especially to
| the older hops. The present favorable
| weather may, however, have the effect
Of reviging the general condition OF
| things"
The American ship Gettysburg,
one of the four vessels wrecked ut VIC
toria a few days ago, and subsequently
| con iemi Cd aud sold, has been rescued
from her perilous position aud towed TO
safe anchorage. She WAS purchased as
= wreck for fl2,o coo. and ~ now consid-
cred 10 be worth 5000.
The Cassandra Adams and Hecla lefi
| New York yes esday for San Francisco.
Both had good despatch, especially the
| former. which only arrived at Now York
on the 18Th Of April with cargo from
this port In a passage OF ninety seven
days. An effort will be made to bring
This Puget Sound bark back to this
BORT i'll 100 days or thereabouts.-Balie-
tin.
The work OF rebuilding the coal
wharf il progressing rapidly. The mill
runs night and day getting out the nee
essary material, and double crews of
men are employed in working ON the
structure. At least dozen bents have
already been placed in position. and the
rails ara being laid as fast as the bents
are put up. Coal can DO io,ded from at
least one shutc within week from this
time.
Tho Washington took out last night
twelve bsgs of mail matter for the
Whatcom route. Her average per week
is fully double that number. Were the
service increased to six times a week the
mail matter would jump within three
months to thirty six bags week, and
to forty eight within year. Fifteen
| thousand people In King, Snohomish,
Whatcom, San Juan and Island eoun-
ties would be greatly benefited by a
daily mail from this city to Whatcom.
Tho auxiliary steamer George s. Ho-
| mar, now making her first voyage from
New York to Portland, is ITO days ont,
and her arrival Is daily expected. The
time she makes on this trip will 10 an
important factor in solving the problem
Of binding ships with auxiliary steam
power. Clipper ships have beaten her
time 30 far, but il ia more than probable
that she has so far placed really no de-
pendenco upon her auxiliary steam
power.
The Weekly Posr INrgLLrdascER is
now ready for buyers. Its contents in
| clude some matters Of special interest
this week, as the King county assess.
| rnsnt and tho Seattle city assessment,
with comparisons with previous years.
These articles alone make the paper
we'll worth buying for sending abroad.
Full accounts OF the burning of the
steamship Mississippi and of the coal
wharf are also included among its con-
tents, as well rs lengthy real estate
article, correspondence from various
parts Of the Territory. etc. Ten cents "a
copy. 10 DO obtained at the publication
Office only.
The Seattle Base Ball Club received
yesterday challenge from the Victoria
Base Ball Club, to play a match game
In that city on the coming 2tth of May
A meeting was held las. evening. and it
was resolved TO accept. The boys will
90 into practice at once, aud keep it up
until the sd, when they will go over on
tho Geo. 4. Starr. Oar base ball play
ers have good record, and they have
no present intention of allowing it to be
sarnished by a defeat. They will need
little pecuniary help in this undertak
Ing, and il Is expected citizens will not
be slow IN extending 1t to them.
Really nothing is doing elsewhere to-
| wards celebration of the Fourth OF
July. and it therefore becomes incum-
bent on our people to hold back no long
er. There should DO celebration here
every year, Just az in Victoria they ev-
ery year celebrate the Queens Birthday.
Me have rii.emen, running and tro;ting
horses. boats, bail players, etc, ani at
least SIX Thousand people who cannot
leave town no matter how favorable the
| circumstances or how enticing the in-
| ducements held ont by neighboring
towns. by all means let IA celebrate at
horne, though In doing so We can easily
spare thousand people or more TO 4
neighboring town.
Among the posters in circulation at
the East IL one in bright colors, one
side of which reads as follows.
The wise
Man
Goeth
| to
British Columbia
| via the