Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-03-03
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90 = s .I,st visit his heart, has onlIttel
Gr4p ~ biu that noble sheet Of wate
frol' -. - preside. San Francisco, know
assiw s.s,ssherwoman's Bay, which lie
o he hidden bases of the SAM
sr nnfurroEed by tue keels OF com
niis u sar wsnt Of few hundred thou
psa aIlsrs 70 unite il with tne ocezn
ssnu M. Page never thought Of re
spa 70 .'our great highways or com
hr This Is a glaring instance OF
nsIs. If dqtv.' Page d Co. were sen
n 49, because of being wiser tina,
men. They we're supposed tC
e'as. chat was good for those vino sen
snvs Il is their duty to reduce th'
sasn ,,as IN tie Treasury, and the short
mp 10 do this is TO appropriate mil
far Washerwoman' Bay, Wessa
h.s ,n Greek. Cold Branch. Sleeps R1I
" Ise.,ass G1lch, aad they must dc
3, .. d. e. too.
sick Governor.
..xrA. March 2.-Governor Ste.
a. !. seriously i'll, and cannot retain
ssod. Tho doctors are anxious abou
= .ond;tion, and it is said there is dan
NJ Of bis dying
For Flood sufferers.
c,-,o March 1.-The citizens o.
60 sisad 81 900 for sufferers by fiooI
o'S cSaunse,own. The river continue,
= sa.Ilpe rapidly. The danger i:
thought past.
Brutal Fight.
pn.pE1pH1A, March AT day,igh.
20, ths klch,aond coal wharves, tive
a Me-. both very young. had prizs
~. of twenty rounds, Mitchell out
~ ssS.,ng Mcdonald. The father OF
IsIlorald was second, and aithongi
- sor coald scarcely keep his feet aftei
t,s l0.h round, the old man kept hini Ii
tn rlne until he could battle no longer
ss.sr me fieht the principals and Me
nanald's father were arrested.
The Portland Hotel.
Carcaeo, March 2.-The Northern
pan,6c Rallro I'D Company has arranged
10 baild depot at Portland. Ogn.. anc
! ho,s! to DO known as the Portland
All Absut SIR. Ciln,er.
BALTIMORE, March 2.-Gilmer has long
bseu notable figure and his long Illness
arouses deep public interest. te Was
l,orn Jan. u, 1885. his father had :
Diplomatic post with Rlves. Minisse,
q Stain, under President Monroe
Harry Gllmer was edTcated at H.
fathers country seat by a private tutol
from Harvard University, and learned
the trade Of a machinist. He remained
in this pursuit for abont seven years; b
.sn went TO Wisconsin and afierward
% Nebraska and engaged in farming
About 1853 he returned 20 Mary aud aao
became farmer. He won his Inilitar
tile, besides renown, as q cavalry Office.
IN tie Gauss OF the Consederacy. IL
vent soaih in August, 1851. Re Wa,
made Sergeant Major OF q reg.
ment attached to Stonewall Jackson
brigade, and he also organized "A com
paDy Of his own. September l2th II,
vas arrested as a spy and spent fiT,
ulntss at Fort hcrIenry, Foiir-s
Monroe and other places. lie WAS dis
charged III February, 1868. In MAJ
49,, he Was i'll command As Major an
Gganlzsd regiment of cavalry. ii
vas the first Confederate To enter Win
CHESTER after Its evacuation by the FED
eal forces. His command was ut la.
battle Of Gettysburg and in Johnson
bgigade when 1t passed through treder
Eksbarg, ana marched toward Baiti-
Dofs in July with "a few picked men
Hstook possession of Cockeyesyille an,
burned tue first bridge over the Gun
pFder. In 1860 he was taken prisonel
N Virginia and sent 10 Boston. wher,
b remained until after tho war
hioughout the war Giimer displayet
rut personal courage. He had nnm
hsa times been badly wounded. IL,
san officer for sSirDishing and re
cosnoitering on account of his ever pres
chi dash and valor. lie was brevetea
Colonel, by which rank he is general,
knoEn Col. Gilmer spent three year.
t1ier the war in the south of Europe
When abroad he was entertained IN mi
aary and literary cIrcles. he was pres.
u. at the military review of the staff OF
te Duke of Cambridge. During til,
/ srly, 1871. riots GIlmer displayed grea,
,eurage and military tact. he Is u,
resent Commander of all the MaryIanc
.lyaIry. "a member OF the Committee OF
Hchange OF Confederatas. tue societie-
a knights of Pythias, Masons, etc. Ii,
sas highly connected by birth and mar
age.
Norris Will be Bounced.
WASHINGTON, March l.-Gouverneuf
lorrls. Collector of Customs at Sitka
Nm the city. Morris has been notified
mat his place is wanted. and he has
zen given two months in which L.
lose has accounts and step ont. Sena
Or Miller has recommended the ap
o'uimtnt OF ex-Collector Shannon. vi
oan francisco. in Morris place.
Sad Condition or Affairs.
EVANSVILLE, Ind, March Fired II
riness, OF Springfield, Illinois, sent by
uossinor Hamilton TO investigate ano
.sport on the state of affairs at Shaw
essown. arrived here from there TO-DAY
ma ielegraphed the Governor that hell
Tue distressed IL imperatiyely de
snactu, and that TO be effective i
sHuulo be immediate. He says the sit
Won there is terrible and beyond the
eesra OF pen 10 describe. There are be
Meen 5V and COO houses in the town
nne'y one OF which Is under water. Oni,
sIe habitable, aud those Only in tn
per stories. More than one hunSre,
fuses have iioated from their founda
VS. Five hundred people ars reosiv
* relief. One-half to two-thirds O
uauatln county is flooded. Fences ar,
-, corn destroyed, stock browne,
people are driven from their homes
Jentery, pneumonia and fevers ar,
ssalent, and are increasing. The riv
IA Sdawneetown. up TO midnight las
xut had fallen three feet III four days
Is now falling hslf an inch AN hour
- feliei boat Isabella arrived at Es
wife today, after supplying tn,
sos Of sufferers above.
Latest From End Of Track.
q: PAUL, March 2.-Advices from
lonf, Oh the line of the Northern
s1lnc show that the end of the trace
iow within ten miles of Bozeman
~ ~ eld Of the track coming east is q
mouth Of the Nissouia river, leaving
we OF about 80 "a lies to be laid. al
Which Is in Montana Territory
va Il progressing al both ends. there
SMne been 10 cessation of labor dur
eae entire winter. TIE grading al
~ so Is nearly completed. swogk OF
s,ssuunels Is being pushed at the raj,
~ leet per day. that is, SIX feet fron
ma ma END OF each iuanel-.hs BozemaI
fsae Mulien. The latter viii b,
a,shed by July. pt which Tina tha tv,
-aS viii be joined.
Star Route Testimony.
nasHisGroS, Msrch 2.-fhe Govern
~ called Chas. IL. Hooper 10 til,
r. "a tue star route trial this morn
~ Witness was bookkeeper for Don