Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-01-01
rAsTHRN NEWS.
.nmAfED rHE0 DagPA1C1D.

~ fev minutes OF bunnee Prices %
s.ed x 10 IN per cent, the latter i
49,, rSasoontinental, which rose
VI Orecon Navigation sold up TO
1iN. "a 92k Northern Pacific u +
TJriou Pacific q TO IAN, and othe
;vs shares from 70 4. Before th
~ csIi. however, Northern Pacif
s~,red broke from 2 Per cont. 70 sc
.cn Transcontinentsl ~ TO ~
IA the general list to ~. Towar'
.;dday . stsadier feeling prevailed, bu
setsrvards the market bocAme veal
"a demoralized. Union Pacif'
s.s.~,ed az to 20; Northern Pacific 81,
eeeE: Western Uaion TO 73A. III
S.sl;ns vas brought about by rumor,
~ Gould vas seriously i'll, and tina
II. Union Pacific annual report wouls
80 4 poor showing, but the decline
~ materially assisted by continued
ssr;dafiou for the account of man,
e..rs mich will dissolve at the close Of
- .esr. The number of these change.
GREATER today than ever before
-. beayy decline in prices weakened
aarcins, and a great many small hold
- yere forced TO sell, which also hac
! dsuressing influence. Late this at
s.,rnon speculation assumed a steadiel
sos,s and there was a rally, of tolL
q Union Pacific. Lake Shore was
rs-ssey. exceptionally weak, and de-
ss;,sd nom 361z to 94A. Oregon
ST.srscoutipenta was also weak. and
..sstsd from 3l1z to 30. The marke,
ns.ssd irregular. but in the main weak.
~ eomu6red to Saturdays closing
1900 ase Y to ~ per cent. lower, ex-
a. Oregon Irancontinentai, Ore
oo - Navigation and Kansas il Texas,
9hich arc " to 3 higher.
a.aasfng the Lotteries 10 Time.
W.saryeroS, Dec. A.-The Post
mss1er General is preparing a bill to
~ introduced in Congress to exclude
newsuepsrs publishing lottery adver-
assments from the pound rate.
4 strange Story.
RrpuxYoRD, Me-, Dec. 31.-Soveral
nooIg Of blood on the snow Sunday
1oeuinQ led to the belief that muir
- had beeu committed during tho
nrsvious night. In this connection DR..
6satton saws he was called Saturday
sieht by two mon who wanted him to
Is With them. They refused to give their
Souses. When they reached Franklin
otpuet they bandaRed his eyes. After
1rsyersing several streets they entered a
ho1se. The Doctor was led into csr-
Rod bedroom whore we was locked in,
- men leaving him there. He found
Young woman with Q deep cash ex-
1andipQ from tho right ear down 10 the
throat. She was extremely low from
- Of blood, but said, Doctor, for
Gods sake save my life." He feared
lAet she would die while there, and docs
81 think she could have lived 1--WE
minutes longer.
Failures In 1889.
NEW YORK, Dec. 3l.-Business fail
ms In the United States during 1888 ns
Ipported by Dunn d Co. number 9l84.
lesinst 6733 in 1882; An increase of
rs. Liabilities for 1883 are 4i72, Co.,.
%, against $l0l, 600, 900 for 1882. The
silares last year were greater than
hose OF any previous year since 1873,
Vheu they reached e234y V00, 900. A Gloss
nalysis Of the tables presented in the
iseular show that ont Of every 81 per-
ons engaged in business in 1883 one
ess0n failed, while in 1873, ono person
hiled out Of every Ga traders. In Cam
d the proportion Of failures during
be year Was ons failure 70 every -
rsders.
Csart house DasneA.
New ORLEANS, Doc. 3l.-The Brook
laven, Miss, court house was destroyed
, an incendiary last night. All the
DCofds were destroyed except some
ooks and papers Of the Circuit Court.
The FIFE Johu PsTser nil.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3l.-A meeting Of
be House Committee on Military AZ
aiEs was held this moruing. General
aocum authorized the statement that Il
III report to the House fAv0rably on
b Fitz John Porter bill which passed
b 6enate at the laas session.
The Pablie Debt.
WARRINGTON, Dec. Sit IL estimated
hat the reduction in the pnblic debt
q December will be about $l2, O00, 600.
Bark Oatleek Ter Readllng.
RxADmo, Pa, Dec. 31.--The Phila-
Dlphia and Reading Coal and Iron
|ompany rail mill closed today, proba-
q permanently, throwing 800 hands
4 d work. The reason given il that
eo1ss S37 to make . rail, while in 9TH
I paxts ct the county Il oan be manu-
ue1ured for S3s.
lllardss Cenalilon-We VIII Realgu.
Nsw YoRx, Deo. 3l.-viliard IL sons-
|hat better, but still suffering from
ogvous proatrntion. HE resignation
! President Of the Northern Pacifc
lailway will be presented ut the annual
looeinR Of directors Of January 4th.
- probable SUCCESSOR OF Willard IL
M freely discussed on the street. Il
thought that Frederick BILLINGS, of
leEmOus, vii be pushed by the New
nGlAnd stockholders, and A. J. Cassatt
Pennsylvania, by tho Other parties In
y interest. NOTHING positive cau be
strained from tho officials OF the
!eEehsrn Pacific, OF from members Of
~ bond syndicate regarding the snadh
MD OF change. Alth nigh develop
lo1te are expected shortly.
wire Factory Darnea.
JoGxrr, Ills., Dec. 3l.-ToniRht the
~ mannfactory Of the LsMbert, 4
Aop Wire Fence Company, in the
agheln part Of the city. burned down.
- origin Of the 6re 10 unknown.
~ uuaslnxtsa Cerrespendenee.
WAsGiNoroN, Dec. 3l.-The published
e!!eepondeues bstween Huntiueton
- Cotton has disappointed many Il
= has not disclosed more specific