Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-02-25

Frelghss to Portland are not very act
i've. still the Carrie Nins.ow is doina
fairly.
The St. L1cie is making slow progress.
at Philadelphia. There Is no ship iJI
berth. The Houce has not yet arrived
At Boston fair degree of aesivity ex-
lists. schooner with some $50 tons o.
cargo has sailed for this port to com
plete the cargo of the Storm King. The
bark NesuvIus arrived early in the weak
and will be sent TO this port to load.
Railroad freights ~ Boston are fairly
active. The shipments during tee past
week include 100 boxes OF herring, pa
packages of mackerel. Y cases of sugar
of lemon, 100 kegs Of nails. etc.
Arrangements for tina movement of
freight via New Orleans and Galveston.
via the Southern Pacific Railroad. are
about completed, and tie first freigh.
will be sent by steamer to New Orleans
Wednesday next.
The opening OF the route has been the
cause of considerable excitement among
sugars, as it is understood they will be
lower By all rail routes, and will evsntu-
ally end the war and uprising of rates
bstween this. point aud the Missouri
river. 1t is intimated that Jay Gould is
looking to the purchase of the Cromwell
line of steamers to New Orleans, 10 run
In connection with the Texas Pacific
roads. What position the Pacific Mail
Company will take is not definitely
determined, but the purchase of the
Morgan steamers. including the line to
Vera Cruz, means that as soon as the
railroad across Mexico to Manzanillo is
completed, a line of steamers to Japan.
China and the East Indies will be pnt
in competition with the Pacific Mail
Company.
Colorado Infested with smallpox.
DENVER, Feb. MISUNDERSTANDING
the strenuous efforts to throttle 1t small
pox appears to be getting the upper
hand of the authorities. Leadville's
public schools are closed. A new pest
house is being built, and the alarm is
becoming general. Ii also reaches ont
into the surrounding towns, some of
them establishing quarantine. Denver
authorities are using every precaution
to prevent its appearance here.
sianford's Precious.
NEW YORK. Feb. 2i-'rhe Sportsman
announces that Stanford's filey. Pre-
cious, will be brought this summer for
larly for mile race at Sheepshead BAY
The Ex-Governor is quietly developing
his Young stock on the road, working
out theory by which he hopes to
leave all the famous nags behind some
day.
Theatrical Notes,
NEw YORK, Feb. H.-Touight DAILY
produces new piece, ~ 20-s, or Cast
ing the Boomerang" in which Lewis
Drew, Steven Iceberg, Mrs. Gilbert,
Mrs. Rehon, and Miss Dreherer APP
pear.
John Mccall gives matinee benefit
for toe relief of the sufferers from the
Western floods, at the Bijou Opera
House. March 1st.
The same day Rudolph & Mccall will
give joint benefit at the Casino for
the same object.
Ben Magnify is playing Square Man"
at Jersey City Academy of Music. He
will support Boucicault during the lat
ter's engagement here.
Billie Reeves has been engaged by
the Madison Square Theater Company
to play Esmeraldo.
Madeline Luerette has been engaged
with McCaul's Opera Company to go to
San Francisco to sing III Queens Lace
Handkerchief" at the end of the run of
..Silver KIM" Mt Wallack's. The ORR
ginal company go direct to San Fran
cisco to play four weeks.
Frank Mayo appears in the revival of
''Streets of New York" at the Grand
Opera Monday.
The opera of Countess Dubairy."
having met with success ut the Fifth
Avenue last week, the ITALIA Opera
Co. will appear IN il at Wallack's dur
ing the new season.
Little Emily follows in Monte Christie
at Booths.
Helen Bancroft plays "CaMilie"
Wednesday afternoon at the nav Ca
sine.
Madame Soheice, danseuse, appears at
Booths next week in Hungarian
Dance"
Jeffries, Lewis and Co. viii! play 'La
Belle Ruse" over the California circuit,
beginning at Denver next summer.
They will play four weeks in CalIfor-
MIA.
"Philtes," an American society dra-
ma, written by Frederick B. Miller, will
be produced early next season. 1t IS
in four acts, the scenes being laid III
Florida, Palataka, and New York.
Harry Miner has brought action for
$4,000 against Leavitt for bre' ch of
contract, in depriving his company OF
nine weeks engagement, after signing
papers agreeing 90 IN California cir
cults.
A Ficndish Negro.
GREENSBORO, N. c., Feb. 24.-Jerome,
n negro, became enamored of the beauty
of Mrs. VIM. Terrill, a we'll known citi-
zen. When Mr.. and Mrs. Terrill were
asleep the negro got into the house,
crept into bed with them, vita a knife
and revolver in his hands. de awoke
Mrs. Terrill and told her he wodsd kill
her husband il she walked him, and
made base proposal to her. She awoke
her husband, whereupon fearful strug-
Gle ensued. He succeeded in disarming
the negro, who in the course of the
melee fatally wounded Terrill's son, 10
wears of age. The negro was finally
overpowered and locked up. /. is be-
lieved he will be lynched.
A Dig at the Central Pacific.
New York, Feb. PA Wall street
paper of bare proclivities says good
many people think Central Pacific stock
paving 6 per cent. Is pretty low at ~
cents. We doubt if this be the case
| On the contrary, it is more than likely
to go great deal lower. The Central
Pacific people in building the Southern
Pacific have invested, so We are told
Mt least SioO,oOo,0o0. and the property
| is practically dead. The only chaneS
of saving il Is in building up the coun-
try by inducing immigration, and this
they are about to do by carrying pass
enoers from New York via New Or
leans for so. OF course, the Contra
| Pacific and the Union Pacific will go te
the dogs. but the only hope of getting
| SlcO GO COO out of the Southern Pa
citic is in the new scheme of populatinS
the Pacific Slope. We are told that thu
Central Pacific people are resolved upol
this scheme. and will let the govern
nent take back its property for TIN
amount of the mortgage. and that tn
pro rata would not have been made will
the Union Pacific last winter were
not that the Central Pacific peopl
wanted a little more time to get out o
their stock. Under these circumstance
we would not advise the purchase
Pacific stock. The Stakeholder says
the Union Pacific: The street genei
ally is not favorahlv impressed with To
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