Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-01-01
EAsTERN NEWS.
.,,rpn PRESS DrspATcnEs.
s.nday PostOffiee WORK.

N ne United States Senate OF
ton " az from the citizens OF Califor
L psmol,., .,a abolition of labor on Sunday
- y, Io,,eoItoffices e of the country has not
, ne snv great hopes among clerks OF
6nIeo "" Vo,t office. About one third
= T. sss clerks are employed in writing.
Z c. w. nroportion of the carriers, who
ins. ~ collectors, report for duty on
n.S = The business Of the office
srllSas,a "a assc,arcely be disposed OF without
1I York. When an ocean mall
enna, arrives at this port Sunday
nno the force of men who are liza
nahs hs called at any time are set to
~ in order that the mall may DC ois-
- ~ of before another steamer arrives.
'.ssrs deposited at the postofhce nave
d;strIbuted the day on which they
~ onss;vsd. or there will be confusion.
ess,sr Pearson smiled yesterday
~ The uroject of the California mem,
80 80 a. vas mentioned to him. He said
~s.sodv ~ had scruples on the subject
n.d MT call for his letters, hut there
- ned of interfering with those
~ found it necessary to have their
- an that day. The amount OF
~ aoue on Sunday is about one-third
~. ~. sans INA an other days. Heavy news
~. .. . nails and foreign mails furnish a
~ psrt Of the regular work.
Capital News.
u..uroroy. Dec. 30.-The patent
- received over one million dollars
~ hysar.
~ Comptroller extended the cOrpo-
=. - sristsnce of the First National
B1pk Of Omaha.
Congregational.
HOUSE.
n, motion Of Kasson, the Senate bill
: h,sform the Civil Service Reform leave
- Granted the Committee to report
~ st any time.
n motion Of Marshall the Senate
M nassed extending the time fOr fill
= Claims for horses and equipments
= ~ officers or enlisted men in the
sryics of the United States, with an
smspdment limiting the extension to
Dunn, of Arkansas, offered a resolu-
son amending the rules of the House
= = 70 provide for standing Commit
"a On Rivers and Harbors, to consist OF
1fiaau members, to which shall be re-
i1rYed all matters pertaining to i'm
movsments of rivers and harbors, and
vhjch shall have the privilege Of re-
pxsing bills appropriating money, now
secorded the Committee of Appropria-
ions Referred to Committee on
Rples.
A Senatorial Vacancy.
OxlaA, Dec. 3O.-Alvin Saunders has
mturned to Nebraska to labor for re-
SIectiun. Balloting commences Janu-
~ 18th. The other Republican candi-
dates are j. II. Nillard, Generals An
1Rson and Cowen, and Ex-Governor
Batter, and o. II. Mason.
vindicatisn Of the Passion i'lay.
Nrw YogK, Deo. 3O.-Morse, ON being
Interviewed, said: II think that the
nnse Of my misfortune was the fact
hat presented the play for approval to
Catholics instead Of to PrOtestants.
You remember Archbishop Alemany Of
San Francisco revised and endorsed the
work. Here" taking up printed copy
Of the play, with corrections in ink on
the margin, "are the revisions of the
Archbishop. He considered the play
most sublime, and you know that Cath
elscs have made no opposition. ! am
Of the opinion that bad | submitted it
t0a Protestant dienitary instead of a
Catholic, would not have been opposed
p this way, and called a blasphemer.
Unjust be jealousy on the part of Prot
etants. When Ingersoll was in San
Francisco, | challenged him to discuss
ne subject upon which he leotured at
ne thenter. When he appeared he de-
alned to meet me. Does that indicate
that ! am a blasphemer?'
Act Of uOOdlunas.
CHICAGO, Dsc. 30.-The house occu-
rsd BY James Griffin, who was dis.
narged yesterday by the coroner fol
nnhg Mangins, was set ON fire this
morning and burned to the ground. II
believed that Mangin's hoodlum
trends did the deed.
4 Very Sane Woman.
MroRIA, kas., Dec. 90.-Mary Isabel
Martin was tried IN the District
voort OF this county in November for
ee murder Of Mrs. Susan Kager, and
sno has been feigning insanity since
= verdict OF guilty was rendered
SAnst her, has been pronounced sane
competent board of physicians,
g vas yesterday sentenced by Judge
uoses TO 10 hanged according to the
- Of Kansas, after one years con-
enent at hard labor in the peniteuti-
q Tue tests of the physicians who
uuncted the examination we're such
sn leave no possible doubt of her
my, and it was apparent to all who
y" ~ The court room that she could
msintain the pretence to any sue
1ui degree. The crime was com
.aed 1t will be remembered, for the
pose OF obtaining 5000 insurance
~ tne life of the deceased woman, a
having been taken out a few
As previous to her death, and made
4aoie to son of Mrs. Martin, who il
"a Jail, aud will be tried az nm 40
nplioe in February.
Heavy Loss.
special from Burlington, Coffe,
aty, says the mills of that place
saed BY VIM. Martindale, were de-
~ s'ed g. BY fire yesterday. Loss, abou,
Wintry.
1cHNoNp, Dec. 3O.--It has beeu snow.
hero for eighteen hours. The SNOW
seeht inches deep.
white lnsrader~.
HlsurNoroN, Dec. 3O.-The Indiar
oau learns that whites are erecsinI
laings and fencing of pastures il
Cherokee country. Indian Territory
missioner Price today Orderes
nt Tufts, Of Muscogee, to order th,
ates to remove their stock from th,
ration withen twenty days. After
military force will be invoked.
Ordered 10 Cali.
taA usual order for army and nav,
en TO call upon the President New
day was issued this morning.
Died.
Josephine G. Meeker, dauChtel
~ late N. c. Meeker, Who was tor
and killed by the Ute Indians il
nassecre Of 1879, died here thi
OF pneumonia. Miss Meeke
= Serk in the Office of the Secretar,
nterior, and was held in high e.
~ Tor personal qualities. Sh
mother were prisoners Of tn
9f some time after the massacr
Gable Construction.
- 200, Dec. 3l.-Before the middl
1ei.s month the entire cable system
a1~saased originally by the Chicagt
G company will be completed
tnp~ cars running ON three lines
M ans only to Thirty fourth stree,
~ ~ y; Probably be extended shortl