Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-02-27
EREyfTIEs.

The Willamette sailed for Dan ran
cisco last evening. coal laden.
The Ufnafilla is at present IN Port
land. discharging general cargo.
The Emma Hayward was several
hours behind time last night IN arrival
from the upper Sound.
Rabbits are very numerous and sell at
. cents apiece IL the Wails Waila mar
ket.
Steamboat men will learn of cheap
fuel for their boats By reference to our
advertising columns.
In the Insane Asylum of British Co
lumbia are now forty-nine patients,
against forty eight there year ago.
Comegys d Vestsl of Kslarna, intend
to close out their mercantile business In
that place. 10 60 east Of the Mountains
The Dirigo restaurant is now run By
Mrs. Crater, Con. Crater having dis
posed Of his interest IN II and gone 10
Port Gamble.
VIM. Owens, formerly an engineer on
the tug Mastick, died at the marine
hosuitaI al Port Townsend saturday.
He was a native of Liverpool, and was
about 10 years OF age.
Harley. son Of John Barker, Esq, OF
Salem. fell heir TO the estate of an IN
cIe. who died recently in Memphis, Mo-,
Amounting TO about $4,000. Harley
vas named after and was a fayorite
wlth the deceased relative who SO gen
erOusly remembered him.
In another five years the magnificent
valleys of Oregon and Washington Ter
ritory will be filled with thrifty, happy
homes, where children will grow up
with such reverence and pride for their
native lands as cln never be awakened
in the oyer-crowded cities of the East.
Rev. Geo. II. Bird will preach in the
Presbyterian church at New Tacoma
next Sunday and then depart by way OF
Portland for California. lie has ac-
cepted an invitation lately received to
take charge of newly organized PreS-
byterian church In San Francisco.
The Western Iron Works, of San
Francisco, IL spoken OF IN the highest
terms bv the Ddtig Report of that city OF
Feb. 10Th, anu in connection Mr.. y. H.
Bigelow ~ named with especial credit.
Mr. Bi2elow is the gentleman who mar
RED Miss Runne.iS of this city last fall
A special election for sheriff of Wah-
| kiakum { w. IT, county, was held on
the nth Of January. 5. f. Alberts, OF
| Cathlamet, was the successful candi-
| date. The election was rendered nee
essay Oh account of Captain Kelly,
who was elected at the general election,
failing to qualify.
A dispatch was received last evening
announcing that u. w. Jasper had beef
appointed freight and ticket agent Oh
| tue Columbia and Puget Sound Rall
road. Mr.. Jasper Is a competent youna
man, thoroughly posted IN railroad
work, and will assume the duties OF his
position 1t once.
j. NJ. Snow and Ed. l.. Terry leave
this morning for Mason county. Mr.
Snow has been employed by the Colds
borough Creek railroad company to sur
vey and locate the first section of theil
road, and Mr.. Terry will assist IN the
work. They expect to be absent ten
days or two weeks.
A sawmill on Lake Washington is as
good as assured, and that at an early
day. A portable mill will soon be erect.
cd, the machinery for which will arriv,
from Portland next week, to be follow
eli later by machinery for stationary
mill. The mill is intended to cut 1900
fset and upwards day. q. g. Phinne,
is the moving spirit in the new enter
prise.
Henry Willard and his associates il
New York control 1862 miles of the rail
roads of Washington and Oeegon, VIZ
The Northern Pacific company, 4S7: tn
! a. II -fl 4 Va
357; the Oregon d California railroa1
company, $40; the Oreg2nian railwa.
company, las; the Oregon Improvement
company, II. The 4S7 miles of tn
Northern Pacific company are all ii
4 this Territory as arc also the II miles o
the Oregon improvement company, tn,
latter being the coal road between So
attic and Newcastle.