Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-05-31
BREvITIEs.

Laconner il TO celebrate the Fourth
Of July this year.
A. C. Campbell, of PuyaIlup. paid
Seattle flying visit yesterday, the first
in several years
Prosecuting Attorney Bradshaw de-
cides that notes and mortgages of non
residents are not taxable here.
The Street Com missioner should make
IL a point 10 clean of the dirt on the
Mill street. plank more frequently.
The chief and only notice taken of
Memorial Day here was the raising of
flags on the steamers lying in the har-
Dor.
Stone & Adams are to begin at an
early day the publication of a weekly
paper at Ellensburgh, TO be called the
Ratitas Localtzer.
Ripe strawberries, large and luscious,
are now IN market. Fifty cents a box
carry them off, and even at that stiff
price they go with tolerable CELEBRITY.
Capt. L. M. Starr came over from
Victoria yesterday, spent last night in
this city, and today will go on TO Port
land, en- route 10 his home IN Oakland.
Lewis Kidd, son of Mrs. A. Kidd of
this city, arrived from San Francisco
last evening. He met his mother acci,
dentally in New Tacoma and she did
not know him.
The Jew steamer Planter is nov ready
for service. She il trim. neat little
craft, runs well and will do good ser
vice. She looks quite unlike the scow
schooner Planter of former days.
just at time when the street sprink-
Ter Is most needed it is nowhere 70 be
found. Some provision for sprinklIng
the streets should at once be made, az
the dust Is becoming very disagreeable.
According to the Mail, Iaconner is
not laid out in the most generous man
ner. Its business lots have but 20 feet
front, and its residence lots 80, while
its streets have the niggardly width of
40 feet.
While out driving q few days ago
prominent Commercial street merchant
was insulted by couple of blackguards.
As soon as he could arrange matters
he returned with his whip and gave
both the fellows q sound thrashing-
Just what they deserved.
The Charles Hotel has been opened
m Port Townsend by Mr.. Seidell. II is
a good house, and the proprietor says
be will keep II good. he opened it with
a grand ball the other night, which was
attended BY the major portion Of the
dancing population of the port of entry.
The steamer w. X. Merwin met with
an accident In the SkaQit by which her
rudders were broken, and hence she did
not arrive here as expected to conduct
the excursionists to Tacoms, but for
tunateiy tho Washington was in port
aud accepted a charter for the day.
A. NJ. Simpson has commenced build |
ing the second lumber steamship at |
Coos Bay. She 10 to be of extraordina- |
rily large proportions. will run IL knots |
an hour and carry 10000 feet of luru-
Der. Ii Is not yet decided whether she |
VIII run from Astoria, Hampton or /
Gray's Harbor.-Astorsas
George Werner, business manager of
the Raymond Holmes Comedy CON-
pany, called on Us last evening. The
particulars We will advertise tomorrow,
only saying that Mr.. Werner represents |
a first-ciass troupe. all our California
and Oregon exchanges speaking very
highly OF them. They play here Tues
day and Wednesday, June 5th and 9Th.
]. q. Swan. the Port Townsend nat
uralist and agent for the Smithsonian
institution, has been commissioned by /
tie government at Washington to 90 20 |
the Queen Charlotte Islands, British
Columbia, 10 make explorations and
procure specimens for the Bureau OF
Ethnolsgy. He will &c: Oh about the
middle OF June, aud will be gone
nearly all summer.
There is now little hopes Of O'yeirs
recovery, Surgeons have not been asle
10 locate the ball shot into him BY OH
car Brunn. and his death is now cen.
sidered only question Of little time.
Let this prove an awful warning to
Ihose characters who. a. soon a. they
yet little whiskey into them, attempts
~ run the town. The taking Of ha-
man life Is q terrible thing. bat Law and
order must be maintained ut any cost.
Whatcom county. according to the
sensus Just taken, has population Of
'6H souls. This number cannot be re-
sarded with much local favor when il Il
borne IN mind that the Territorial can.
as Of the spring Of $50 gave the num-
yer then as 2so<, and the q. 8. census
Il the summer following 3l37, and il il
urther considered that the growth there
Y the past three years has been % great
hat the people have been claiming il 20
- equal 70 100 per cent. These census
eports. though, are invariably the cause
4 much distress.