Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-07-13
BREsrTIH.

The box sheet for the Janauscnek
and Grover performances will open at
Humphrey x Lovman's on Saturday
morning.
The steamer Katie yaazandt. after
being launched, was toved up TO the
u achine shop, where sae Is receiving
her boilers and engines
Hodsson d Carr, engaged In number
ing the streets, have now got down on
Commercial, having f.ished up Front
as IA. as business extends.
Fer the information of the divers and
s1udry applicants for favors of the new
City Council ve will state that their
first meeting will be held on the eysa-
ing of Aug. Sd.
I. W. Lake is finishing very large
Sow in his shipyard for j. s. McCallis-
ter, who viii use il IN the transportation
OF brick from his yard at the head Of
Seattle Bay to this city.
Geo. Stetson says that the persons
Who were negotiating for the purchase
Of the Stetson d Post block. on Second
street, failed 70 come to time with the
coin, and that the trade has been de-
clared of.
In speaking of the Copper King and
Walla WAllA Copper Mining Compa-
mics, We Inadvertently omitted the name
Of Mr.. Latimer, of this city, who was
one of the stockholders IN the Copper
King Company.
The castings for the iron front of the
new Schwabachsr building arrived on
the last steamer from San Francisco.
Thew are handsome. heavy and sub
stantial, bat it Is too bad they were not
made by orr own mechanic
The old or present City Council hold
a meeting on Monday evening and also
ono on Wednesday evening, at which
the vote of the recent election will be
canvassed, after which they will hold
one raore regular meeting before laying
down the reins of government.
The Misses Lizzie and Nellie Mar
shall, daughters of Capt. and Mrs. Z. l..
Marshall of this city, who have been
attending the Sisters school in Victoria,
are spending their vacation with their
parents, but will return to the convent
IN about six weeks.
The level of the new wharf building
for the railroad company Is three fest
higher than the level of the wharf built
last year, and TO this extent is marked
improvement on the old wharf. The
new wharf is about the same hight as
Commercial street. The other wharf
will, We suppose, be raised.
Mr.. Boone, the architect, calls for
bids for the construction of Wa Chonp'
new building ON South Third street,
bids to be all in by Wednesday next.
The building VIII be 40by 46 feet, have
| stone basement, and three upper
stories of brick. The front will be of
glass.
Dan. Castello's circus, vending its
way westward through Minnesota, Da-
kota and Montana, was at Butte the
first week in July. They started for
Oregon and Washington, and we have
little doubt that month hence they
| will be in the towns of Eastern Wash
ington. This will be the first of the
! great shows to cross the continent by
| the northern route.
A private letter received from Chas.
| PlymptOn, of this city, who is visiting
| his relatives in New England, states
that he has about finished his visit, and
will start in few days for his home in
the far north est. 1t will be- remem-
bered that Charley went East with the
Colman family some four months ago,
| and remained with them until they
started for Scotland, where they are
now sojourning.
The Michigan Mill Company's new
steam saw mill. a hundred yards
south of the barrel factory, is about
ready to commence cutting lumber. The
boilers and q considerable portion OF
the machinery are in place, and active
operations will commence il side of two
weeks. This company has secured
SEINE large bodies of fine timber land
and expects to cut lumber on an exten.
sive scale when they once get to work.