Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-08-05

Mr.. Karnes' little girl was buried at
40 p. m yesterday.
Head winds and fog attended the tip
OF the Dakota up the coast
The Roman Catholics are planning
and preparing for a church at Snoho-
mish city.
Steamer Willie has gone down to
Whatcom, to enter up~n the SaInish
and Nooksack river trades
The funeral Of T. d. Hisckley's in
valid daughter, who died yesterday, viii
take place ct p. M today.
The First Baptist Church Of Whatcom
vas organized last week, and the Rey.
J. Wichssr made it, pastor
The hull Of the blown up steamer
Josephine has been hauled out on the
Hammond ways for rebuilding.
The Spokane Falls correspondence in
yesterdays daily should have been cred
tied to the Sfatesmas and not the Union.
The rain softened up the ground and
made shovsling IN clayey soil some
what sticky. So say the street contract
ora
OF the go extra boxes soon to be
placed IN the Seattle postofhce, over one
half of them have already been en-
gagged.
1t is whispered about that one of Seat
ties most respected young men is soon
to we'd one of Port Blakely's fairest
daughters.
The steamer w. X. Merwin has been
engaged by the Snohomish Base Ball
Club for an excursion to Port Townsend
next Sunday.
Bags and baecloth have been heavily
imported of late, only to be exported
again q month or two hence-inclosing
grain and hops.
The Dakota brought "a passengers to
Victoria, IL to Port Townsend, IS for
Seattle, 80 for Tacoma and 16 for Olym-
pia-36 altogether.
DR.. d. w. Starkey has changed his
residence and Office to the house for
merly occupied by Mr.. Guye, Third
street, between Spring and University.
The Ledger has recently added 30O,-
city Of the ship Dashing Wave. That
paper deserves a leather mccall from
the Tacoma Mill Company.
F. V. Anthoney, the bookbinder, is
getting considerable work from abroad;
but he can do great deal more for the
town people if they will only take it to
him-and do it cheap and in fine style,
too.
A large quantity of new hay has late
ly found its market here. The bulk of
it coming by steamer from White river.
but one considerable lot, beautifully
baled, came ON the schooner Reporter
from California.
Several absrtive attempts at burglary
have been made by certain parties
lately. Last Monday morning the store
Of Mrs. Burroughs WAS found broken
into. The parties had better beware, as
they are not wholly unknown.
John Shea, stevedore engaged in
loading the ship Gilchrist with lumber
at Tacoma, dropped dead last Wednss-
day. The verdict of the coroner's jury
was that he died from heart disease in
duoed by hard drinking.
Three more elegant and substantial
brick buildinRs-one on the Yesler resi-.
dence corner, one on the City Drug store
corner, and one ON the east side of the
Posr building, would give Seattle a
business center which in appearance
would surpass anything elsewhere to be
found north of San Francisco.
The steamer w. X. Merwin has been
regularly entered upon the Snohomish
route. It is said she will reduce the
passage and freight rates from s. to 81.
A little competition and lower rates will
make Snohomish city boom the remain
der of the year after the manner of
Whatcom, Tacoma and Seattle.