Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-12-15

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dock.
Il il said that jacob Hoover will here
after locate in Spokane Falls.
The Edith r. brought thirteen tons OF
hay down from White river yesterday.
About sevsuty-fve passengers arrived
by the Welcome last evening, from MP
Sound.
The city Jail vas without guests yes
terday, for the first time in quite
while.
| A. b. Covalt, the insurance agent,
will make his home in Waila Walla
hereafter.
D. Sackman, of Port Blskely, Is
a gain able TO be about ard attend to
| business.
| DIR. T.. l.. Smith has given up his
iJrmer residence on Marion street and
| IA ken rooms at the Brunswick.
A large number of Cinnamon have
| ,ateiy been brought over from Portland
70 work on the Cedar River Railroad.
| In the Northern Pacific Hotel at Ia
| coma 10000 brick have been put that
| we're made in and brought from Port
land.
We would remind the book agents
| that are canvassing in this city without
Incense, that they are liable to a fine
of 800.
Judge Wingard has sentenced Elfus,
| the Walla Walla murder, to be banged
ON the 18th of January. He killed
man named HaRRerty.
The inside work on the new buildings
on Washington street, between Com
| merclal aud Second, is nearing COM
pietion. The plastering was finished
yesterday.
| The route for the proposed Port
| Moody and NeV Westminster Railroad
will be twelve and half miles long.
| The work of construction will begin
early in 1884.
The steamer w. f. Monroe left here
Yesterday morning for Whatcom, hav
! ing full freight and large list of pas
| sengers. She has all she can possibly do
ON that route already.
The Union reports that q. b. Bagley
and family, Of Olympia, have engaged
the Brents house in Walla Walla and
| will occupy II as residence during the
remainder Of the winter.
Mr.. George L. Ford has opened va
riety store in the northern part Of town,
on Front street, opposite the Bell resi-
dence. He has very nice stock and
will, We trust, do a good business.
Piper, the first candy maker Of Puget
Sound, il determined not to be OutdOne
BY his new competitors, aud is now IN
| the business bigger than ever. See
what he SAYS for himself in another
column.
The late clear weather has had q fav-
orabie effect ON the mud, and the streets
With the exception Of Washington, are
uOw in paasabie condition. The roads
outside the city are said to be in good
condition.
Another glowing sunset was that of
last night, the brilliancy OF whici was
beautiful to behold, though by no means
these things are getting to be almost
too common to notice.
Harry Hofke, the mats Of the w. +.
Monroe, who had his leg 10 severely in
jursd ut Port George, was brought to
this city yesterday aud placed in the
hospital. His Icy il said to b ia a ter
ribls condition, and the poor fellow suf
fers intensely.
| The British Columbian complains
loudly of the wholesale manner in
which the lands Of the province are
being seized. II says that at this time
there are applications on file TO pur-
chase 10000 acres, by men wanting in
each case ever 16O acres. A single indi-
vidual wants $1,000 acres.
Harry Blalnford, an old whisky bloat
and nuisance, was locked M by officer
Manning last night, for the dozenth
time. IL would be y blessing, indeed, to
get rid of this old eOdRer, who is 4 bur
den to himself and the community, with
no redseining quality whatever.
Quite a rumpus was kicked up on
Mill street yesterday evening between
two drunken fellows, who, after quar-.
relinQ and calling each other hard
names, commenced fighting. Que of
the prOprietOrs blew police whistle
very Justify. and Officer Lind arrived
in time to capture one of the belligerent
individuals, whom he led OF TO this
cooler. Justice Cam will attend to his
case today.
Messrs. rreen X Raymond. the Front
street boot and shoe dealers, have inst
received and opened the largest and
finest stock Of goods in their line ever
brought to Puget Sound. They came
via the Northern Pacific Railroad, at
contract rates, aud can be sold rs cheap
as equally first class goods anywhere on
1.-The Pacific Coast, not excepting San
Francisco. An inspection of their
stock will convince any one that the
statements herein contained are true in
every particular.
! This Office IL indebted to the Trav-
elers' Insurance Company, through their
agents. w. II. Taylor 4 Co., for lithO-
graph representing nine leading Ameri
can authors and their respective homes.
The authors are John Whittier. Ralph
Waldo Emerson, John LOthrop Motley,
Nathaniel Hawthorne, Henry w. Long
fellow, Oliver Wendell Holmes, A. Bron-
son Alcott, James Russell Lowell and
Louis Agassiz. Ii il sort of companion
picture 10 the editorial group issued BY
the same company last year. and il =
picture that would honor the walls Of
any house in the land.
Two actresses aud score of we'll
dressed men were captured by the New
York police recently In an opium den in
that dty. The greater number, with
guilelass innocence, declared that they
were ON \ visit 10 the place to So how .
joint looked. Al No one would 40
knowledge ownership of the only lay
out f0und. and ~ the detectives Who
raided the place caught no one smoking,
the Police Judge WAS forced 10 dis
charge the gang With \ reprimand on
their bad taste in venturinR into 70
squalid and disreputable place. II
this thing continues, perhaps the East
ern people will begin 10 question the
propriety Of welcoming tue ooolie and
the laundryu.An.
ABour NEWSPAPER CIRCULATION
From time TO time it is learned at. this
Office that one or the other, or both, our
sontemporaries-the Herald and the
Chrv.icls claim through their solicitors
that the papers they represent have cir
culation greater than that Of the Posi-
INTKLl1okxcx1, and upon the strength
of their assertions They eudeavor 10 in
iure IN with advertisers aud correspond
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