Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-03-28

| BREvErIEs.
The wires worked badly last night.
hence our small report.
The steamship Walia Walla will finish
loading and go 70 sea today.
1.-THE Sailors Return this evening Of
Yesier's Hall. LIE: IL be recorded.
Some snow fell In the lower Sound
yesterday, but not cake here.
i Frank Meyer Offers two lots and .
houas for sale In Southeast Seattle.
Sc his ad.
| The Mississippi, after taking 1000 tons
Of coal at Tacoma, sailed for Portland
Sunday evening.
Chas II. Grafton was last week ap-
pointed postmaster of Rockford, Spo-
kane county, w. T.
Mr.. Chas. Robinson Offers a choice
corner lot on Second and Pine streets
for sale. See his ad.
That Lake Washington sswmili Is an
assured fact, the orders for machinery
having gone already.
The steamship Umatiila 10 expected
TO arrive here Friday. She will load
coal for San Francisco.
A man to do a few days work In
garden can learn Of the opportunity ON
application at this Office.
On her present trip the Elder will take
five hundred tons of South Prairie coal
70 San Francisco az freight
The name of MeIrose postofiice, in
King county, has been ordered changed
by the Department to Redmond.
The Kentucky Jubilee Singers will
play IN Port Townsend tonight, and
here tomorrow and next nights.
The change in the weather has had
the effect of cooling of the real estate
fever that ragged 30 violently last week.
The American bark Elsinore will
| take cargo of lumber from one of the
Columbia river mills 70 Honolulu.
j. l.. Howard, manager Of the Oregon
Improvements Company, came up to
Portland on the last steamer from San
Francisco.
The Oregonias reports that the steam
ship Umatiiia will be fitted up with ac-
| commodattons for passengers, the same
| as is being done With the Willamette.
The ship Helicon, now in the SQUAD,
Will take cargo OF lumber to New Gal
edonia, from Fort Biakeiy, getting 20
per thousand feet Tor the transpofta-
| ton.
| Among passengers on the outgoing
Geo. w. Elder will be Mrs. J. j. Post
| and her Sons, who go for six months or
more to her old home IN Jefferson, Wis
cons.n.
A Gale prevailed in the ou.er Sound
last night, which fact, taken in connec
ton With falling glass, prevented the
Geo. z. STAIRS going for lime to San
Juan Island.
| Wenas valley, Washington Territory,
produced in 1882 over 1000 tons of hay
and 10000 bushels Of grain. IL now has
two saw mills and a pIaner, with plenty
of good timber to operate upon.
The steamer Emma HAYWARD exneri-
enced an unusual detention at OLYMPIA
| Yesterday. and did not Get back here
until II last night. The Welcome was
awaited OF for the purpose of bringing
mail aud passengers from Tacoma.
The Commercial Herald Is the name
given new paper in Portland. one OF
the neatest yet issued from the press OF
the coast. It starts we'll, and gives
promise of being an able adjunct in the
building up of the city It calls its home.
Success TO it, say We.
When the dry weather oomes aoain
the Directors Of this School District
should have the roof OF the new school
building covered with a coat of fire
proof paint, TO preserve the shingles as
we'll as to protect it from fire. to a Ger
tain extent.
The mail that came across the conn.,
| try YESTERDAY was ono of tho haaviast
ever known. Mail AGENT Cole. IN the
| railroad, had fifty-tvo baos al nansrs
alone TO distribute, besides ie,tara While
Agent Hughes. COMING hara. had nina
bags of papers.
| G;ne. tha x.;,, NH, $500.
| ora - Tns,d " - I'LL $3.50. s.':o., isosn ooc-
| account OF the sidevnlks be'n~ torn M mn
and not replaced. 10 reach the Cont
House, Auditor. Sheriff or Traasnrer's
office, one must wade throuoh stickv
clay ankle deep.
A..,,e
- 81 ~ .s aassn ~ LaAe onIon u oAc1-
.' - s.nssoaxu sao neoium OF our
= I'LL. s sn.s morning.. Rood cnance
susIo vroleo Iof man 10 make
0L LIVING TINS year; boying
s ses ~. 2 p'aou. .nouxn' - Rooo oeai Dot
Tss ,:.s. -,
10 ao a,sus 1a.i =. ram tnat ocean q
o,ooA monoay nlRnt increased
x .na unln J. osoame quite heavy
s . forenoon u tne Gay Following. The
auss was Iuick'y iia, me SIDEWALKS
.asuou, sno grass .oitosncds ana mud
al auou " TWO oeep formed on the
ss.ce's' ~ was = welcome ram, though.
From thej San Francisco Rmliefis !:
Another large American wooden ship
has been taken for the Seattle GOAL
trade. making four this week, as fol-
lows; U. 4. Sargent, 1764 tons; Com
mooole, i9cu tons; Fannie Tucker, 1896
| IONS; spartan, 1910 tons. Il - evident
tnat tne owners OF these ships think a
naif ioaf - better than none.
Easter, falling on thu 25th of March,
came this year unusually carly. two
weeks, In fact, soonar than last wear.
In the average il can only come SO esrIy
onc0 in about 10 years, occasionally akin
ping whole century. aud then arriyinc
again several times during the hundred
years. The last time II fell this early
4 ,~m. a. prAn n. ,cxso 1rcA --r -,