Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-02-16
PACIFIC COAST.
An Old Hotel.

1 An Old H0fel.
! SAN Francisco. Feb. 15.-The proper
I " known as the Brooklyn hotel has beef
leased to c. 5. Bash. formerly OF Bash {
O'Donnell OF Walla. and Chris Schnlid.
| for fifteen years head clerk of the Rus
! House. will be opened by them as a frs,
class hotel. The interior has been en-.
tirely Quilted. A forcs OF meg is en-.
gagged in reRovating and refurnishinc
the house throughout. II is expected
everything will be in readiness to open
about the LIST of March.
shipping lnselIiGenee.
PoRr MADISON. Feb. 14.-Arrived, bk.
Northwest. from San Francisco.
PoRr TOWNSEND, Feb. l4.-Arrived.
bark Modoc.
PoRr TOWNSEND. Feb. 15.-Arrived,
bark Compeer. from San Diego.
Sailed-barkensins Montana.
shooting At a Legislator.
SACRAMENTO, Feb. 15.-Early this
morning party of legislators were
playing cards at the Golden Eagle.
among whom were Senator Cronin. of
the 18th dirtrict. and James Farrelly,
sergeant-at-arms of the Assembly. A
dispute over the game eliminated in
Cronin drawing pistol on Farrelly.
just as member of the party knocked
his hand to one side he fired. The bull
let passed within few inches of Far
relly's head. The party dirpersed. No
arrests have been made. 1t is said the
trouble will not rest here.
Fanny Baldwin III.
San Francisco, Feb. 15.-Fanny Yer
roma Baldwin. who was to have been
arranged in the Superior Court this
forenoon on charge of attempting to
murder +. j. Baldwin, vas too ill to be
present, and the case was continued at
request of her attorney. 1t is under
stood from private sources that she is
suffering a great deal from mental pros
tratiOn. and quiet is enjoined by her
physician.
Delayed steamer Toxic Arrived.
The steamship City of Toxic arrived
in port this afternoon, with her jigger
topmast gone. She reports the cause OF
her delay was battling head winds a
great portion of the time.
Bunker I'm Trouble.
San Francisco, Jan. 15.-Examina-
ton of the charges against Bunker, the
Commissioner of Emigration, was re-
sumed this morning by his attorney,
Charles B. Darwin. All the prelimina
ry facts relative to Bunker's appoint
ment. filing of bonds. and entrance
upon the duties, etc., were at once dis
cussed. The gross amount collected
was forty three thousand dollars, to-
gether with farther admission that the
money was placed in the hands of an
other party. and subsequently returned
to him. The correspondence between
the Comptroller of the State and the ac-
cused, relative to over funds, was read.
showing demand of Bunker and his
refusal to deliver over tho monies col
looted by him in his official capacity
until the determination of suit against
the Pacific Mail Company for addition
al fees. Upon this admission both par
ties rested, Bunker finally being held
to answer all charges. His bail was
fixed at $4,000.
Old Pioneer Dead.
SAN Francisco, Feb. 15.-Charles
Brown, one of the most widely known
pioneers on this coast, died this fore
noon from pneumonia at his residence
in Mission Dolores. where he has resid-
ed upwards of a quarter of century.
He. was native of New York. and
landed at Yerba Buena, then a little
village rudely constructed of huts, as
far back as 1929, and remained here
until the close of his life, about 81
years. He was twice married. his first
wife being Sonora Garcia, of San Jose,
and his widow, Donna Dosalia DeHaro,
of a widely spread family of that name.
He leaves many grandchildren. His
in important land cases was
in fully hundred cases,
and he accumulated large fortune,
nearly all of which he lost many years
ago.
Astronomical observatory.
Arrangements were entered into to-
day for the construction of an astrO-
observatory, costing $4,000.
Pending the completion of the Lick OBJ
servatory, this Is the largest on the
coast.
Death or Banker.
Drewey John Tallant, one of the old
est and best known local bankers, died
here last evening. The deceased was a
coast in 40. The hank which bore his
name passed through the financial cri-
ses successfully.
A strangers Wife Dead.
A private letter received here today
states that the wife of Geo. j. Wheeler,
the stranger, twice convicted of the
murder of his ssister- in-law, Della Till
son, died at her home in Massachusetts
last mouth.
The British national debt averages an
annual reduction of $15, O00, 0O0, and has
for twenty five years past. Its present
amount is $685., 100000. At the pres
ent rate of reduction, therefore, two