Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-10-21

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| Bon shess for the Min performances
viii Be open e Lo1mAn's bookstore af
10 O'Clock this morning.
/ The little steamer Hornet sunk Safur-
day evening while lying as the foot Of
Columbia street, and vas raised on Sun
day
l The steamer San Pablo made her last
run fro0 San Francisco 20 Yokohama in
l671 days. the shortest tiuae on record
besween the sws ports-
The Terminus Hotel Of whatcom was
s0id lass week for $ll00. p. 4. No
Mackin. the former owner, was succeed-
ed as owner BY Mr.. Eaton.
| Miss Ella white, Who arrived iass
week from Boston. ~ at the CoiumsiA
House. She u hers 10 advance of her
people, looking at the country, with .
view to their following later.
The ladies Of the Relief Society aux
iliary 70 Stevens Post, q. A. T., will
hold fair for the benefit Of their relief
fund ut Yes:er's Hall. on Wednesday
and Thursday October 18th and 3Oth)
afternoons and eyenings-
The call Of b. r. Briggs, trustee, on
Subscribers 10 she Cedar River Railway
fund, should be heeded. The second
payment will be due on the Iss Of No.
vembsr, and Subscribers should be ready
70 put up promptiy.
Major Armstrong is advertised to
speak at Winiock October 2lst at 2
y. M; at Chehalis az 7:30 the same
evening; at CeatExlia on the I'D at in
the afternoon; at A0ntesano ON the I'D
at 1:3U. and Vancouver on October 25sh
as 7:;o.
The Union Pacific Company con-
tsnues iss enormous sales OF lands,
having disposed this year of 4,0e9, $50
acres to October lst. 1t selis its lands
at about $l-50 an acre, the nine months
sales reaiizlng $6,25l, 80. This price is
IN marked contrast with the Northern
Pacific's.
The Hawaiian bark Augusta, which
went ashore down the Sound two
Aonths ago and was subsequently, got
of and sold by Marshal George, has
been sold again 10 A. r. Lofentzen Of
San Francisco, her former owner. Capt.
/. J.. Foster will hereafter command
her, and will take her 20 SAN Francisco
f,r repairs.
A black cod, brought frow Victoria
by j. w. Edwards, was shown rs yes
terday. IL II fine looking fish, with a
black skin. and y portion Of tae inside
nsat coated with black. 1t was ono of
- fish caught on a line of 60 hooks near
the Queen Charlotte Islanas, 1t depth
of 25u fathoms.
Tomorrow morning We shall publish
the record of Nr. Voorhees, on the rail-
road question, showing by unanswer-
able proofs that Mr.. voorhees, has one
Of the cIearest aud NEST consistent
records upon the right side of this great
question of any man in Washington
Territory. Want of space prevents It's
publication this morning.
The steamer Eliza Anderson Ia taking
passengers to Victoria this trip, and
back. for $3.50 apiece. she lett az 8
O'Clock last evening, taking large
number Of persons anxious to avail
themselves Of the low rate of fare. A.
sham naval battle IL made the occasion
OF this reduction of rates and special
trip. She will return on Wednesday
next. leaving Victoria at 2 in the
morning.
The members of the Arion Singing
Sociuty, assisted by a number of young
lady vocaiists, are at present engaged III
learning the opera Pirates OF Pen
zAnce," under the direction of Professor
Hepburn, and expect to give an ehter-
tainment sosne time this fall, for the
benefit of charitable institution. and
show what can be dene by amateurs in
Seattle in the way of opera singing.
Miss Parkinson, a young lady of rare
mu ,ical talent and a sweet voice, recent
ly from Nevada, has consented to take
one of the most difficult parts IN the
opera, and the success OF the undertak-
ing is now vell-nieh assured.