Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-09-22
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Fine weather this Tor the equinocsial
period
| Mr.. A. A. Denny has returned from
his railroad ride 90 ST. Paul.
A second lodge of knights of Pythias
is about 20 be organized In this city.
Mrs. HYDE and Mrs Chick viii proba-
bly, go east with the Oregon pioneers
An insane man came up from Snoho-
uaish yesterday, on his way to Stella
COON.
Mr. and Mrs. Slorah contemplate a
trip east over the Northern Pacific next
mouth.
JOS. A. Stewart and wife are tack
from CaIifornia and are TO be found at
the Columbia House.
Mr.. Edwin Eells was last week reap
pointed TO the charge of certain Indian
agency work on the sound
Schooner Teaser, Capt Quinn. arrived
yesterday from Neak Bay, With full
load of weol. skins and oil for 5. Baxter
& Co.
Chas. I. Leballister and wife, of this
city, have started east via the Northern
Pacific Railroad, to make a visit of sew
eral months.
J.F. Grant, young student just ont
of Lafayette College, has arrived In
this city from GAINESVILLE, Ohio, and will
probably remain.
A class in free hand drawing was or
ganized at the University yesterday. Ii
Is composed OF 81 members, or pupils.
Miss Katherine Alimund is Instruotor.
Raising the frame for the new ware
house on the new wharf of the railroad
company began yesterday. 1t will he a
great structure, but noue too big, We
may say.
The bark Nanaimo was sold last week
to w. e.. Ward, of the Bank of British
Columbia. at NanaImo, for $1,000.
She IL new vessel, and probably cost
neatly or quite $4,000.
James Vergon is wharfng out back of
his water lot, near Pike street, building
pier there 20 feet wide and 20 feet
long. lie will also put up three small
houses ON his lot.
Seattle coal was advanced in price at
San Francisco last week, and now sells
at Is per ton. And still the mine,
Though turning out nearly a thousand
tons a day, Is unequal to the demand
upon it.
The connection of S. l.. Mastick d Co.
and Ackerson, Moore * Co. with the
Port Discovery sawmill has ended, AID
they have been succeeded by Moore d
Smith, with San Francisco office at Pier
10, Steuart street.
1t will be an excellent idea for prop
erty owners on Second. Third, Pike,
Pine, Seneca, Spring and Eighth streets,
to follow mp their grading and improve
ment with double lines of shade trees,
to be planted month or six weeks
hence.
Inspector Myers, of Port Townsend,
has got leave of of absence, and is now
on his way back to the Eastern States.
Inspector Winslow will today go to
Port Townsend and Inspector Price
will come here. these changes will
continue probably two months.
Commencing Monday, Sept. oath. the
train bringing the mail from Newcastle
and Renton will arrive in Seattle at /
o'clock each afternoon instead of 7:3J
as heretofore. Mail for Renton and
Newcastle will continue to leave at p.
IN. as always.
James Vergon is getting ready to move
back TO his farm in Pierce county, on
one of the lakes in the prairie near old
Fort Nisqually. He will fish, hunt and
farm it there IN quantity to suit, having
n generally easy aud agreeable time, en-
deavoring to get little more flesh on
his attenuated form.
The gravel recently placed upon lower
Mill street, Front, Commercial, Main
and Second streets. is evidently going to
give them a good top for the winter.
There will be mud, no doubt, and plenty
of 1t, but it will not be deep, and will be
caused principally by the lack Of drain
age, it being IMPOSSIBLE for the water
on down town streets to run off.
The Rev. DIR. Dillon has returned
from the East. He was gose four
monts, and IN that time visited New
York, OHIO and other States in which he
felt chief interest, going by the South
ern Pacific country and returning by
tue Nsrthsrn Pacific. He is more than
ever impressed with the idea that the
United States is great country, and
declares his conviction that no part of
1t il any better than that part between
Lake Superior and Puget Sound.
The excavation for the Frye opera
house has come 10 a halt until the two
buildings yet ON the lots can 10 re-
moved. That occupied by the Rostein
dry goods store will DO taken up Front
street, and placed alongside of the
Stackpool, jackson d Co. store. What
will be done with the lunch, fruit and
candy stand Is not known. The first lot
OF sewer pipe for tho new building was
placed on the ground yesterday. The
contract for the stone foundation has
been let, and 100000 brick for the up
per structure purchased.
| IL will be remembered that about a
year ago the English steamer Escam-
bla upset while going out of San Fran
cisso harbor, and sunk. The English
Consul called together beard, consist
ing Of English ship captains, who ex-
onoratsd the officers. and declared the
loss of the vessel due to the perils of the
sea, and ON this finding the insurance
companies we're made to pay about $4O,-
0O0, for the loss Of the steamer. The
courts OF England took the matter up
and have reversed the findines of the
improvised court, aud compelled the
owners of the Escalnbia TO pay the
money back to the insurance companies.
| sNOnONlsm GOURT.