Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-09-09

Joseph Nounan. contractor on the
Puget sound Shore Line. was in Seattle
yesterday.
Ship Guardian, of 1912 tons measure
msnt, will take load of lumber from
Barnard Inlet TO South America
It ia the intention of all the principal
business houses to close their doors dur
ing the day of the Willard reception
The Oregon Improvement Company
viii soon establish depot IN this city
for the sale of anthracite and Cumber-
land coal.
The City Council will meet again on
Tuesday evening next, at which time
business of importance will come be-
fore that body.
Schooner Teaser, Capt. Quinn, will
20 out this morning with load of Gov
eminent goods for the Indian reserva-
ton at Neah Bry.
j. L. Howard spent yesterday at the
Newcastle mine, looking after business
affairs there. He viii remain in and
about Seattle for ten days
Two DRINKS became excited and re-
sorted to blows in the Maison Dore last
evening. Special Officer Kelly soon
marched the offenders to the lookup.
Mr.. Howard states that it is expected
that their new wharf in this city, and
the warehouses thereon, will be COM
pleted within the next thirty days.
Oshorne's Oddities are the next thing
in the way of public entertainments here,
and their enjoyment will be afforded our
people tomorrow night and the night
| after.
The same persons who have been al
| most praying for rain since the frst of
May were the first to growl at the mud
yesterday. These mortals are hard to
please, anyhow.
Mrs. Chas. Mcdonald and her dangh-
ter Ida went to San Francisco on the
Dakota, the mother to be gone two
weeks, and the daughter to enter
school in Oakland.
1t seems that the driving of the gold
en- spike in drove the plug out, for
about the time of the announcement of
the former. the rain commenced to fall
and continued all day.
Schooner American Girl. in the Wells
line of sail packets, left San Francisco
on the It'll, loaded with freight for this
city. Bark Henry Buck, in the same
line, will sail next Sunday.
The going down of the wires last
evening prevented the receipt of our
special report from the last spike party,
as we'll also of much other telegraphic
matter of general news character.
EIwood Evans. son Of Capt. g. w.
Evans, of the 2lst infantry. has Just
passed a successful examination and
been admitted as cadet to the United
States Military Academy at West Point.
A. Z. McCulsky d Co., of the San Juan
Archipelago Lime Company, will sell
their Langdon brand of superior lime to
the trade of this city and vicinity
through the house of W. D. Scott d Co.
Decorations of private and public
buildings should commence at once.
With -ome few exceptions but little fas
| 80 far been done, but we are assured
that decorations will be quite universal.
On the announcement of the driving
| Of the last spike yesterday, the event
| was celebrated in Seattle by the roaring
of cannon, the ringing of bells, blowing
| of steam whistles and general rejoicing.
The Budlong Brothers have had a
Whitehall boat stolen from them, foz
the return of which they will pay $25.
They will also give like sum for the
capture of the young rascals who took
the boat.
An ordinance was passed by the Coun-
| Gil Friday evening requiring drivers to
hitch their teams hereafter when letting
them stand in the streets. This is a wise
measure, as runaways were becoming
altogether too frequent.
The boarding of city prisoners is to
| be let by contract. The impression
seems to prevail that offenders have
been faring too well. Il is safe to say
that this complaint will be done away
with under the contract system.
Bids for building Grace Hospital were
opened the other day, but the figures
| run much higher than the board antici
pated, and it has not yet been settled
| whether the contract will be let at once,
or the building postponed till spring.
The thick coating of gravel recently
placed ON the streets is productive of
much good. For a time it will make
the streets heavy, but at the same time
| will prevent the mud from rendering
those thoroughfares almost impossible.
The moving of the ]. w. Hunt resi-
dence down Front and up Cherry street
has been going en- for two DAYS past.
BY tomorrow night or Tuesday at the
farthest it should be at its future abid-
ing place, the corner of Third and Mill
| streets.
Ed IL. Terry, oOmmissary of j. g.
Scurry's surveying party, operating in
Snoqualmie Pass, surprised his Seattle
friends yesterday with visit. He came
| on horseback across the mountains, and
on Monday proceeds to Portland on i'm
portant business.
After trying at il two days, the "a In
| succeeded in coming down Yesterday "a
some purpose, in quantities sufficient to
| make mud, to extinguish every running
| lire, and to cause the displacement OF
the cloud Of smoke overhanging the
| whole country for two months past.
At the annual meeting of the Y. n. G.
| A., held last Wednesday evening. the
following officers were elected for the
ensuing year: President. g. n. Johnson
Corresponding Secretary, ID. b. Ward
Recording Secretary, A. w. Young, Lii
brarian and Treasurer, John Webster.
No time will be lost by Mr.. Frye in
the commencement Of construction of
his new opera house. He is having the
lots made ready by removing the small
buildings thereon, and has already con-
tracted for the brick, to b delivered a
soon as the workmen are ready for
them.
The appropriations Of the City Coun-
Gil on the night OF the It'll instant we're
the greatest in their aggregate amount
of any single session in local history
The total Of the appropriations was t3l.
542.9, all paid for ordinary expenses Of
the city, street improvements, survey
ing, eto. 1t is doubtful If Portland even
ever reached % large a figure for such
purposes at any single meeting Of it,
council.
Battery street is to be improved from
the bay TO the city limits. Battery ID
the street that begins between the Hall
and briggs re. licences, going past the
new Bell hotel, the new public school
house aud on to the old cemetery. II
will be the first street running from the
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