Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-03-02

Among the passengers on the steamer
coming to Portland are Gov w. A. New
ell. DR.. T. I. Minor, II. Mattulath and
j. Leary.
Rev. d. j. Pierce has resigned his
pastorate in Walla WalIa, and formally
accepted that of the First Baptist
Church of Seattle.
Factories, shops, and stores of vari-
o1s kinds are springing up rapidly near
the corner of Front and Battery streets.
Belit'wn Is growing.
Tie 6rrn Of Ferry, White j. RioRan,
Of Portland, has been dissolved by mo
tual consent, By the withdrawal OF c. z.
Ferry from the firm.
As far as weather is concerned March
made good start. the first day of the
month being like day in May, warm,
springlike and delightful.
A part Of the machinery in the mill
of the Seattle Commercial and Lumber
ing Company is run both day and night.
so grea. is the demand upon it.
The ship Majestic. 80 long overdue
and So anxiously looked for, arrived At
San Francisco from Sydney last week,
With her cargo of 100 tons coal.
Tickets for Esmeralda sold yesterday
rapidly, 60 going of the first hour, and
a hundred during the day. Quite
number Of tickets were also sold for
the second performance.
The suit of Jim Turk against the Ore
gonian, for libel, ended in disaster to
Tnrk and victory to the paper, the jury
giving it favorable verdict few min
utes after their retirement.
A private dispatch from Astoria an
nonnced that the steamship Umatiila
crossed out over the bar, bound for Sc
attic, yesterday morning at 8 O'Clock.
She should arrive here this forenoon.
Rev. MIR. Fortin, of Winnipeg, said in
a recent sermon, on Sabbath observance,
Better ride to heaven on Red river
OK cart than 60 to hell on a palace sleep
err" The occ aston of this remark was
the action of the Canadian Pacific road
in running cars on Sunday.
1t is not generally known that there
are in this city four gentlemen OF mora
than ordinary musical ability, VINO have
formed a quartette of brass instru-
ments, and play only first class music.
We hope they may be induced to favor
the public with some of their selections.
The State of California brought up a
large crowd for Astoria. Every steamer
now that touches here has passengers
in plenty. From San Francisco, Port
land, and the Sound, Astoria Is the
present Mecca. There will be $500
men on the river this season, and near-
ly 300 Chinese In the canneries.-4sto-
rida.
The Terry residence property, on the
corner of laird and James streets, is to
be supported by a stone wall where the
cut is greatest. Had not trench been
dug in which to place the sidewalk, this
expense might have been saved, rs also
a like expense to owners of property in
many other parts of the city. And all
for no good whatever.
A fellow named Henry Arlington,
alias "Patsey," who went over to Victo
ria last week, was caught by the police
with a mask on at night, prowling
around i'll suspicious locality; sand
bag was found by him, though not on
him. At last accounts he had not been
sentenced, but he was likely to get all
the law would give him.
The contract for building the Kenyon
block was let yesterday to Mcdonald Il
Reitze, for $4225. 1t will have 60 feet
front, 80 feet depth, and have one floor
below the street and two floors above.
1t will be divided into three store rooms
on the middle floor, offices above and
shops below. Its location will be on
Front street, corner of Madison.
The March number of Ha,per's Nag
dsine is a beautiful end entertaining
number. The frcntispiece engraving is
4 ~ Rnnnktnoss
"rhe Burgomaster's Daughter" Will
entitled ACROSS Arizona" which is
attractively illustrated, George Ii.
Boughton continues his Holland papers
with fresh and quaint description of
Friesland, illustrated by his own draw
inqs and those of 4. A. Abbey. Colonel
Higginson's fifth paper ON his American
History series is entitled The French
Voyageurs," aud treats of the early at
tempts made by the French to establish
colonies in this country. The paper is
effectively llustrated-Howard Pyle
contributing several important pictures.
Miss Frances T.. Willard. President of
the Woman's National Christian Tenn
perance Union, will visit Oregon and
Washington Territory Cd. W sometime
in March or April. Miss Willard Is a
woman of rare natural endowments, su-
periOr mental culture, and an eloquent
lecturer. She was formerly Success
full educator, exerting an influence in
literary circles excelled by few. She
subsequently spent three years in for
eign lands, visiting nearly every Euro
pean capital, and travelling extensively
in Egypt, Greece. ana Asia Minor. Miss
Willard has been in the temperance
field since the Woman's Crusade of
1874, and here stands pre- eminent
among the gifted women of our land.
We bespeak for her hearty 90 opera
ton, not only Of temperance organiza-
tions, but of the ministers and Christi
an people of Oregon and Washington.
Miss Anna Gordon, Miss Wiliard's
private secretary, also \ lady of culture,
accompanies her, and holds very At
tractive meetings for the Young.