Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-11-21
sREvITYEs.

One drunk at the Police Court yes
terday morning.
A competent young woman advertises
today for situation as nurse.
Migrants and Others of that ilk are
keeping wonderfully quiet inst at pres
ent.
The Yerein Arion will give grand
ball on Thanksgiving night in the Yes
Ter Hall.
Barkentine Mary Winkleman will
bring cargo of merchandise here from
san Francisco.
The American ship Corsica will come
load of lumber.
In the City Dock warehouse is stored
for shipment a large quantity of hops
and barreied salmon.
Bark Osceola il chartered to carry a
cargo of lumber from one of the Puget
Sound mills to Australia.
A stray horse wandered around on
Commercial street yesterday afternoon
until taken IN charge by Chief Woolery.
J. ID. McDermott is erecting a new
frame building In the rear of Denny's
block. IL will be used as lodging
house.
A chance to canvass the city and sur
rounding country, and make money at
it, il offered by a gentleman at the
Grand Central.
The fence around the approaches to
the Ocean Dock Is a decided improve
ment upon the usual dangerous condi-
ton of such structures.
Steamship Wilmington will sail for
San Francisco today, leaving the Yesler
wharf at noon. For passage apply to
Geo. IL. Foster at once.
The walnut finish is being given to
the wood work of the new hotel Ia Bell
town, and the interior begins to assume
a really elegant appearance.
The Presbytery of Paget Sound will
be III session IN the Presbyterian Church
today. ZONE member of the clergy will
preach this evening at O'Clock.
The WEEKLY Posr IsTELLIoENoER for
the present week Is to be bad at the office
of publication and at Stratman's news
stand today, at 10 cents a copy.
The first steamship to unload at the
new Ocean Dock, and to subsequently
receive her cargo therefrom, will be the
Mexico, during the coming week.
A camp of Indians have settled them
selves quite comfortably upon Ballast
Island, IN the Ocean Dock. and give
picturesque appearance to that struc-
ture.
Steamer w. X. Merwin is expected to
go on the SnohomIsh route again next
Monday, relieving tine Daisy the City
of Quincy taking the place of the Mer-
win on the Skagit route.
Alexander, Cole d. Co, of Mt. Vernon,
are erecting a substantial building for
store room at that place, all the lumber
and wood work for which Is being fur
nishad by the Commercial Mill.
Bark Henry Buck is on her way up
the coast with freight consigned to
Cove IL Wilson. The Henry Buck is
under charter to this firm for a wear.
They sent her from UtsaIady last trip
with 1900 bushels of oats. What her
next cargo will be We are unapprised.
Something new in the way of enter
tainments ID offered our people next Sat
urday evening. called The Duan, The
Duan," or 1.-The Condo Carsena," for
further particulars of which see hand
bills and advertisement.
One of the pile drivers is at work on
the front of the city dock putting in
piles under the warehouse where-piles
had been eaten off by the teredo. Ii is
strange proceeding this driving piles
without hammer by downward pres
sure.
q. w. Lawt0n, of the Seattle Nur-
sery, Is the busiest man in town, being
now in the midst of his annual tree
sales. He is sending out trees by the
thousand daily to all parts of western
Washington. Lawton Is a safe man to
buy trees from.
Steamer City of Quincy has gone over
to Port Blakely to 90 ON the gridiron
for cleaning up. IL is a little strange
that there is no gridiron here, though
there have been q number in the past.
The old gridirons were in the way of
the growing town, and their former
sites have long since bsen covered with
houses. Who will build new one?
The Indian camp on the beach at the
foot of Spring street was broken up
early Monday morning. and the half
hundred natives who have had their
abiding place there for two months past
have gone elsewhere for the remainder
OF the winter. II reminded the pho
neers of old times to see these people
there in camp, though tho Indian of to
day Is quite a differeHt creature from
him OF thirty years ago.