, 1883-04-05
From ,n urdny.a Daily.

PRAISE service at the NJ. L. church to-
morrow evening.
BARK Emerald, Capt. Cater, arrived
last night from Honolulu.
GEORGIA will elect a successor to the
late Gov. Stevens on the oath of April,
The ship Oriental, lumber laden from
Tacoma for Australia sailed yesterday.
FORTY ships, of 64,393 tons measure
ment, were disengaged at San Francisco
last week.
AT the school election today the vote
was largely in favor OF Especial tax, only
five ballots being cast against it.
The name of tie brig j. b. Ford is to
be changed to the Dora, and she will
hereafter fly the Haw iian flag.
A LARGE, handsome sign is being
painted for the IVhutc0m Leader, by
Mr.. Geo. Barthrop.
Mr.. G. H. hodge, of the firm of Hodge,
Davis & Co., druggists, Portland, Ogn,,
died yesterday. Deceased was widely
known in business circles.
HAY has advanced in the retail trade,
in some instances to SIS per ton. l. it
any wonder that COWS refuse Che green
grass for such an expensive luxury?
GARNET makers now have a stupen-
dous job on their hands selecting a sue
cessor for the position occupied by the
late Post Master General Howe.
ONE Of tie results of the establish
ment of the First National bank of Yak
ina has been to reduce the interest on
money from 20 and "A per cent. to Il per
cent per annum.
A BAND OF beef cattle, JAG in number,
was recently sold at Yakima by David
Murry to A. A. Johnson for $4,000.
Beef is not to be sneezed at this year-do
you mind?
PUGET Mill Co.'S steam tug Cyrus
Walker has been placed on the ways at
Seattle. She will be thoroughly over
hauled and receive new boilers which
are now being built at Port Gamble.
Mr.. Carl Seidel was a passenger on the
Elder this week, on his way to San Fran
cisco to purchase the furniture outfit for
the new hotel soon to be opened by him
near the saw mill.
CAPT McAllep is moving into the resi-
dence owned by Lieut. Morrissey. His
headquarters and residence will be at
Port Townsend, it would seem, and not
at New Tacoma, as stated by the Seattle
Chronicle.
For the past week the new steamer
w. X. Merwin has been at Tacoma, re-
ceiying her machinery and boilers, which
we're built for her in Portland. She was
lowed to this city yesterday by the Mes
sanger. Her boiler is in place, and her
machinery all on board. BY the first OF
May she will be in shape to make her
trial trip.--Seattle P-I.
For THE UPPER SKAaIT. Newton
FL rtman s new steamer Planter is now
nearly completed, and he expects to have
her running in two weeks. Her hullw
formerly the schooner Planter, but was
thoroughly overhauled and rebuilt. The
Plant is designed for the upper Skagit
trade, to run in connection with the
City of Quincy, She isa stern wheeler,
65 feet long, II feet beam, and 4 feet
depth of hold.
Mrs. Duniway is certainly familiar
with all the details of the woman suf-
frage movement, and can use her argu
ments with telling effect. She had a
large and appreciative audience last
evening, to whom she discoursed for
about an hour, and was listened to with
marked attention. 1t has long been
common for opponents Of woman sur
irage to ridicule its supporters in every
possible way; but their weapons were
most effectually turned upon them by
the lady who spoke last night. Her life
has been devoted tor the most part to
this cause, and the newspaper she has
built up in Portland is credit to the
intelligence OF the northwest coast. OF
course every one will turn out to her
lecture tonight to hear 1.-The Reason
Why
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