Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-03-27

+ excel her III the rican4ss OF their cr.s-
.i.Ioes n display IF diamonds will
( Os SIMPLY dazzling. S1ecisi dances
nave ilae1i prsf5sTsd: reaearS4Is have
( haa1 RsfnT Osl for week. The orshez-
frA VIII 10 concealed IN p GROVE of or
auas tEees ~ full bloom. The Grand "a
5 cefgs-Jo Iofal viii bs the qrgat han
7glies . httea ~ after tie st.Is OF a
castle OF several centarses ago. Great
+ woefIers logs @ili ogsckie aud b,azs on
T TIE hearth. and portraits Of the family
! ancestors VIII look do-a on the visitors.
he asHsine lsil vili be the graz. Ching
loom, = feet long By % feet vide. Sup-
/ per aili be on the scale of regal splan-
T dor, and the costumes TO be worn have
/ been II preparation for months. Fifty
! policemen will be on hand to see thai
iha earriages OF distinguished ruaats ar
1--WE and GepaEt in regular order.
P0-tsnasfeFs Stirred IN.
I WssaISeToE, March .-Postn=sters
throughout the country are manifest
ina come uneasiness ato1t the results
Of The readiustuent Of their sal RES on
the basis Of two cant postage. In order
I that their income MIGHT rot be on.
down IN proportion TO the reduction of
/ ICstaea. Congress last winter enacted a
nov ss:heGnle Of postmaesers' salaries.
TIE new and old schedule cannot be
exactly compared because there are
osstere1ces ii the graduation of offices
~ zach class. and because the present
schedule lnelusies boz rents as varia-
Bic siemeI,, and limits the conpensa-
/ ton FROM box rsnts tn one sum, if the
postmaster furnishes the boxes, and TO
;'rother II 10 does not. But making
/ tbs comparison IA closely as possib lie,
, between maximum coDpensatioas un-
Ger the present schedule and the fixed
compensation unG0g the new schedule,
+: II appears that the latter may be some
. .ilvslca la salaries among first-class
Offices where the gross receipts are
$1,000. The present maximum cam
psaFstign IS $1,000, and after the new
saaedulo c0usas into effect the fixed
salary wiil be 5000. Where the
gross receipts arc $4,000 the new
/ schedule viii pay from 1900 maximum
! 70 $500; vghera receipts are Sl0e,0o0
paw wal he adya1ced from 1920 to
.s8Fl; 81 feesI} u are 2,lJ3,VD TIE new
salary VII 5a 500; iAou2h the present
uaEimun @i0oJi, the salary viii I've
500. and pre- sEt ag1imuln 5000;
wilese 70 ssipts are between $4,000 AID
! 9Bj1,afD tue U9g sslsry wall be 5000.
the present nlsSiDug ranges from
s 1865 to $f5Qt;. Under the new schedule
the maxfaam ssisyy of $1,000 viii DO
! paid where receipts are. $stU, 900: under
! the present schedule the maximum sal
| AIRY. whees receipts ara $4,000. would
! be- Ssgi. she same where receipts are
| 81, $50 ,00J, byt ghere reecipia are 81 &c.,
I COO the sslary Woald be SiI0o. Ine rea-
som FOR tie inequality ia that part OF the
! salary consists IL tue diminishing COM
/ nIiss:oii OF receipts and two-teu.hs of
ono psr cent of 81 10000 is more than
one-ten,Aof Gre per cent. OF .l,25o,0Oo.
/ he rev schedule specifies salaries and
I obviates al, these alterations. On sec
| oad AID thisd-eiass Offices comparisons
gro more difficult for 2 large part of the
preseut compensation ~ calculated on
revenues Qf the cifica not to exceed a
maximum of $3.50, which ~ in addition
u tho revenue from boxes rented and
commissions where receipts exceed
| et09J. Under the new schedule second
I q IS oaa3as are those whose receipts
RANGE. from SSDJ 10 s 900, and saia-
RES from 5000 70 $500. Third class
| offices are thoss whose receipts are
I 1850 10 5000. and salaries range from
| $1,000 to $500. III Off ses of the fourth
( per cent. of toe first enc hundred H.
/ lars per quarter Of revenue, and nifty per
| cent. on revenues exceeding that and
not exceeding Ss;}0. rhe row schedule
alloss tie whole of the first fifty dollars
nf rsyoEue per quarter. and Sixty per
cent, os tbe next 500.
To Tee .seprieved.
/ pE4TsmRa, March 2a.--s;x years ago
y Mrs. MoGetdy disappe 4rad. About
four years later S.las Gray was arrested
| Ga ihs testimony of an eS-convict.
/ Ilgoa sai. md tia fact that q woman's
! stuil was found in the river, be was con-
vieled of numbering her. Governor
Paitssaa eigued trs death warrant ON
| Wednesday, fixing May 2ish for the ex-
] eeGsion. Yesterday reporter found n
wpad chopper living at the foot of
south Mountain, near Shippe1sburg.
/ who makes affidavit that Il man named
/ JAgk Pettis confessed To him that he
1 had silied the woman. Pettis WAS
/ couvics in the pen,tentiary, and CON-
mitted suleiie soon after making the
confession. The Governor will raprieve
Gray.
fiss idenstiy.
| Bosrog. March 26-Malor Howard,
who WAS found dead az Young's hotel,
was stationed at the Preside in San
Francisco in 1851, and afterwards in Ar
iona.
GA iecondt or Jealousy.
! Sr. LOUIS. March 26.-ln Marion coun-
/ ~. Henry Williams killed Geo. Ken
Haay today. Both we're old farmers.
Je4Iousy WIS tbs cause.
Secretary Iiaroia Travelling.
WASHINGTON, March 26'-Secretary
| Lincoln will leave Washington tomor
row m0raing for Green Bay, Wisconsin,
~ attend The funeral OF the late Post
| master General Howe. parigg his alb
senee, Gen. sherman will perform the
duties OF the Secretary of War.
sisar siaiers an strike.
MtLwAuKEE, March pa secret
! meeting OF tile cigar makers was held
! list night, aud tao committees reported
that the manufacturers would not ac-
cads 10 the advance of q per thou
sand, and tho men are determined to
no on Il strike the LIST of May. Letters
were read from Nav York, Chicago and
Philadelphia stating that strikes woald
Undoubtedly follow there.
4 easily FALL.
CINCINNATI. March 2i.--An excellent
painting of tSt Paul in Chains" by
Mufliio. which WAS placed in st. Paul's
Cathedral il this city many years ago
az a cost OF $4,000. has been ruined.
The sexton. IN trying to place screen
over it saturday, Slipped from the scat
/ fold which, he had erected and fell
through the picture 10 the floor, fifteen
| feet below. The accident was kept a
secret natn last night in thu hope that
the horrible rent c9uld in some way be
patched mp. That hope is still held by
Bishop Es,ler, but 40 admits that he
I has serious doubts rs to whether it can
ha done Iha painting was covered
/ by screen today, and thousands who
attended the different services on Easter
day were not aware that IL had been
ruined.
says she'll Die Game.
RosroS, March PA special from
/ Windsor, Vermont, states that Mrs.
MeaAer. who is 10 30 banged ON Friday.
realizes tho certainty Of her doom. ste
/ kaits and sews al the time. and is
guarded by a. officer. but keeps her
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