Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-02-04
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hank ia to be established at Waits
burg.
MIG. Struye will leave for San
Francisco tomorrow morning, 70 DC gone
seversl weeks.
Fred Drew has taken a responsible
position in the employ OF the iacoms
Mill Company.
The first session of the new Board OF
Comfy Commissioners will convene ~
ths nff3ce Of Auditor Harris tomorrow
Parker. late Of the Se1ttio iron
wc,ks IL now employed al Milton, put
t;no CAPTAIN MarshalI's mill IN Readiness
for business.
During the ice gorge on inc 3 Gs,ss
river at Riparia, the steamer oon Ia d,v
was picked up and landed hiRi a~
on the beach. .uo.a
We ara requested to state that mere
sill be a sociable in the basefnentoi '.o
CatboIie Church, ON Monday evening" 10
which all are invited.
E.A. Turner has 30 far isco'e.a
f,om q two months illness as 70 Do aoie
g. 1,st ont. though he Is yet Tar ifoih
being strong and well.
Scarlet fever is quite prevalent Ia
Jscksonvilie, Oregon. and II Is pfoo,oia
ths authorities will be obliged TO Close
the school On account OF II.
drove Of cattle we're bought serera,
months ago, cast of the mountains, M
driven to Montana and. slausa'e'o1
clearing $AoO0 for the owner.
During the past five years there nave ave
baen forty eight men enlisted ID anu
discharged from the bard al sahcoase,
barracks. The 2lst is the hness Daiiu
ON the coast.
The Crescent City Road at last reached ,!se
.o,nnIstion. 1t has cost at least *ZV,oV,
ard w;lI ne of much advantage 10
Gns Gnu Oregon. Traffic will begin
about April LIST.
Again are the people put TO trouble
md Inconvenience on account ofscaIiIy
~atar suuply. Many buildings are en-,
t;rsIv nnproyided with this useful and
necessary liquid.
saw mill at Coos Bay recently iurnea
its wears business over, with the iol-
lowing result: 1857 logs and 10, III 20,
feat OF lumber. and 2,S32,0Oo iaths anu
228.OOO broom handles.
The work of building the piers Tor
the railroad bridge across Stake fiysr'
AZ Aipswo-th, is pro2resslpg Slowly
About three hundred men are employed,
and one pier il just above dead 10"
water.
Yesterday was another blooming day,
The sun shining glorionsly, niakinR
everybody feel bright and smart. ins
morning. though, from to I. was biI-
!. ipoly cold. the temperature being Gown
to 8 degrees.
The ssze-up OF the mud, with three
davs' driving over the hard ground, has
made yery fine roadways through town.
INIT those into the country, with ali tneif
hard ineunaiijes, are pnything Dut
pleasant to horses and drivers.
We have received for publication
three pages of an interesting report Oh
a school exhibition ut HouSntoh' on
Lake Washington, but unfortunately
one page Of the report never came 20
hand. We have pages l, . and I, put
no 2, and without 2, J.. ana arc
yalueless. Send along page z.
The committee Of the German Sing
Verein have been careful III the sending
ont of invitations to their masquerade
ball. and will take care that only those
receiving invitations will be admitted
40 that the most fastidious need have
no fear of meeting objectionable char
actors at their masquerade ball.
In going down the Sound, the other
day. the steamer City of Quincy sus-
tained break in her machinery, which
compelled her TO put back. The Daisy
took her place on the route, but vas FAR
from able to make the speed OF the
Quincy, and consequently dropped be-
hind many hours on the run t. Lacon-
noS.
In the city of Portland are $50 gas.
Tampa on the streets, which cost W
apiecc per month. There are also 240
oil lamps, the cost of which is perhaps
q a month each. And now they are
putting in the electric light everywhere,
riyinQ the business portion an appear
auce in the evening as bright almost as
day.
The real estate boom has fairly OPEN
cd, and no better time to buy than the
presopt will ever come round. That
Seattle Is 10 be the great city OF tho
Northwest there il no longer any doubt,
and those who fail to get u foothold
while property is at low figure will
only have themselves to blame in the
future for being poor.
T. Gard. for several years steward in
the company's co0khouBe at Port Blake
II, but who for the past month has been
10 charge Of the Coal Company's cook
houss at Newcastle, has been recalled to
his old place at Port Blakely, and today
re-enters upon his duties there. The
Mill Company knew Mr.. Gard, and they
would not have called him back had ho
not been q way-up man for the place.
Several new gas lamps are being put
ON the streets. One will be on Front, Mt
the foot of Seneca, Int the bridge, u place
whoro a lamp Is most needed. Another
lamp il 70 DO put on Marion street, and
one at the corner Of Front and Pike. We
have nome too many gas lamps on the
streets yet, but We venture the assertion
that no other town Of Seattle's popuia-
ton has more, or Is put to larger ex-
pense for this class Of illumination.
Philomnth. Benton County, Ogn., was
incorporated ~ act Of the LEGISLATURE.
u has two dry goods stores, one drug
store, two blacksmith shops, two wagon
shops, one barber shor, etc. Philomath
College IL in prosperous condition,
With nearly ono hundred students in
attendance. There is no better institu-
ton in the country. The college had
the misfortune 10 break its large and
costly bell few days ago, while tolling
on the death Of a stranger from Alsea
named Wilcox.
Il IL wsll for our people to be on the
lookout for smallpox. That disease.
whom prevalent in the country, usually
makes its attack here. this being center
Of travel Smallpox 10 known to exist
In Walia Walla, and sn very GOOD au-
thority is reported in North Idaho and
IN Eastern Oregon. A rumor now comes
By way Of Hnohomish City Of the disease
at Tulalip. Whether this rumor il true
Or not, Il viii be wiss and we'll for our
people to be On their guard, aud use
every possible prevention.
APLEAsANT PARrr.-Mrs. Ja.~ss Nc
NauRht gave a very pleasant dancing