Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-11-01

The first brick were iaId on the Erye
Opera House yesterday.
Steamer Goliah was here yesterday
for the official inspection OF her boilers,
Mr.. James Crawford is confined TO his
bed by a severe attack of his old Illness
Col. Prosser and family win probably
spend the winter east of the Cascades.
A strong fence ia being built on each
side of the driveways leading to the new
dock.
The schooner w. L. Beebe arrived
from San Francisco yesterday after
noon.
JIM. Colman and family are expected
to return to their home in this city IN a
few days.
MI. Carkeek, the stone mason, Is
about TO make a trip to "old England,
his mother country.
The new Schwabacher building is
substantially finished, has been stocked
up, and is about ready for trade.
The Lake Washington sawmill has
been leased by g. G. PhinneJ to Z.
Clark, who will run it personally.
The first regular day meeting of the
City Council will be held in the Cham
| Der of that body at 10 a. m. today.
II is understood that the telegraph
company will soon reduce Its rates Tor
private messages on the Pacific coast.
Steamer Evangel seems to be building
no good business, coming and going
well freighted and passengered each
trip.
The Katie Flickinger was towed out of
/ the harbor yesterday afternoon. She
goes to Blakeiy to load lumber for the
Fijis.
The local markets never were better
supplied with fish, venisOn, ducks, geese
and other game, that at the present
time.
An old break in the guard of the
steamer Washington was repaired yes
terday while that vessel was lying at
the wharf in this city.
Advertisements for our double sheet
| Sunday issue should be- sent In as early
as possible, to insure their getting into
type in proper shape.
There is talk of general registration
Law for the Territory. This is better,
all will admit, than special laws for the
two or three principal towns.
Collection day has again rolled
around, and, in small way, in the
neighborhood of hundred thousand
dollars will change hands today.
Steamship Geo. w. Elder coaled here
yesterd ~, and tomorrow will leave for
San Francisco, sailing from the COM
pany's wharf at in the afternoon.
In the Portland Court proceedings of
last Saturday we find the following
entry: "Hacbeny Il Ben0 vs.. Yesler u
Leary; jury discharged without YER
/ dict"
Mr.. AL. Smith, of the firm of L. p.
Smith d Son, will start for San Fran
cisco tomorrow, for the purpose of OBJ.
tanning new goods for the approaching
holiday trade.
Miss Nettie Horton, daughter of Mr.
d. Horton of this city, will return next
June from Massachusetts,, where she
has been in boarding school during
the past two years.
At the foot of Spring street several
hundred carloads of earth are being
dumped down the bank, the effect OF
which will be to partially open that
street down to the bay.
The Hayward brought down no mai
last night, having in some manner
missed it at Tacoma. Il however came
down on the North Pacific, and will be
distributed this morning.
The Jay Rial Company will be thu
next to visit this CITY. They have jus,
come across the Northern Pacific route
ton. bound Tor the coast towns.
| A lot of several hundred murdered
wild ducks, and about as many very live
barnyard fowls came to this market OF
the steamer Washington from down the
Whatcom way yesterday morning.
| Mrs. A. b. Morrill, is on her return
from the Sandwich Islands, She wenl
on the bark Hope, Capt. PenhalIow and
was ~ days making the run down. She
is coming home on the same vessel.
The first stuff put in the new ware
house on the new steamship wharf was
a lot of canned salmon from the can.
merry. opposite this city; being several
hundred cases for shipment to Sar
Francisco.
A new safe of the McNeal q Urban
pattern, both fire and burglar proof was
received by POSTMASTER Carr yesterday
and p At in the postOffice for the protec
ton Of Uncle SANS stamps and regis
tered mail matter.
AL Saints Day THURSDAY Divine
service at Trinity Church at 10 a. m.
Divine service at the Chapel Of the
Good Shepherd, North Seattle, at Z pm
A general meeting of the congregation
and members immediately after service.
The Oregoniaa mentions the arrival Of
shrimps at Portland from Puget Sound,
and wants regular trade established
in them. The shrimps are here, but no
ono seems to know anything about how
70 oatch them, or no one cares to under
take their catching.
One day last week single meat mar
ket in-this city received from the slauoh-
yer house twenty carcaGeee of beef and
eighty OF mutton, or abolt 10000 pounds
OF meat. II was not all for the CITY
trade, though. nor il il the only meat
market in the city BY nine.
The continued non-arrivsl Of the
schooner w. L. Beebs and the scircula-
ton Of reports that her cargo Vas dam
aged caused personal commotion
among the consignees. General aver
age" Will b called upon TO paw the DAM
ages. The w. l.. Beebe gets q bad
name this trip.
The San Francisco store never vas 10
crowded with customers az during the
past week, and an addition Of several
clerks will have to be made should the
pressure continue. We need not sev
that to advertisinRit due large. share
OF the increased trade referred 20, but
the people will belieye it il 90, ali the
same.
Teamsters have made SLIGHT advance
IN charge for hauling coal, which, ADDED
TO the Company's advance on the price.
makes total advance TO the consumer
OF about 10 per cent. In other words
z0OO pounds Of coal before cost delivered
- II shoveled ont, and Is 80 II carried:
nov the rates are IS ana Is 90 fer 22a0
| pounds.
ALLEaxD CRuKLrr.-A letter signed
"Chas. w. Bates, Seaman, Port Town.
send" dated October 18th, and received
yesterday, lays before us an alleged
case OF sshanghaiing" and cruelty in
which q poor old man vas the victim
and the ship the Alice Miner. Afsee
hnding himself on board the ship the
old man 10 said 20 have jumped over
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