Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-04-19
Hk II.

Chptain ~. r.. tldncy, fupet SOUND
agent of the o. X. d n. Co., spent yes
terday in Seattle.
Mrs. George A.. Edes, of Salem, Ogn.,
| rs at present i'll Seattle, looking after
| important business interests here.
The published report that the steamer
Mexico was to SAIL yesterday afternoon
was errOnsous. She will sail tomorrow
instead.
j. q. Swan, of Port Townsend, is
making flying visit TO this city, com
ing up on the Olympian yesterday and
going back today.
The temperance people are making
great preparations for u series of raj
lies to be held in this city before a
great while.
Mrs. DIR. Weed returned to her home
IN this city Thursday morning, after a
| fortnight spent among friends III the
Oregon metropolis.
The property along the ridge in South
Seattle IL rapidly being Invested of its
timber, preparatory to the erection of a
| rumber OF fine Residences.
The A. p. Hotaling Company of Pu
| get Sound commenced moving into It's
new brick quarters Oh the west side of
Commercial street yesterday.
| Tickets, with reserved seats, for the
| Kendall Combination first perform
anoe, The Bonanza King" will be for
| sale at Low mans store at 10 o'clock to-
day.
The Puget Sound Furniture Com
pany has recently enlarged Its facilities
for the manufacture of furniture by an
addition TO the factory at the foot of
Pike street.
Rev. G. Eells has Just sent S2lOO for
the endowment fund of Whitman Col
| lege. This makes over 5000 collected
IN the East by that gentleman for the
endowment fund of the college.
The dancing party at Yesler's Hall
last evening, gwen by the Court House
Club. proved grand success. The
music was furnished by the Bijou band
Of dozen pieces, and was nrst class III
every particular.
1t is supposed that McManimee, the
would-be murderer of Burlington. has
fled for Eastern Washington. Officers
| III that section have teen notified 10 be
on the lookout for him. He has two
brothers IN business at Portland, Ore
Ron.
| A gentleman from Olympia states
that the foundation of j. T.. Horr's new
| oriek building Ii land and work on the
structure is progressing rapidly. Chas.
Ialoott also contempiates the erection
of another brick building at the CAPT
tai city during tue present season.
Thomas Higgins, a ranoher in Whit.
i lal hr
some unknown person few days ago
and the body buried short distance
from the house. Louis Knott, on
strong circumstantial evidence, has
since been arrested for the crime, and
talk of lynching him was freely iudulg
ed in.
The bark Alden BESSIE will be com
manded hereafter by James OBrien.
late first officer of the steamer Umatiiia,
who Is most favorably known on the
Pacific Coas.. Captain y Brlen's pred
ecessor on the Alden BESSIE Is Captain
Alien Noyes. an old salt of n half Cen
turys experience, who has been master
Of different vessels for ~ years.
A new form of poetry, differing alike
| from the sonnet and the French devices
now so favorite with the younger poets,
Is introduced by a new poet, William
Sharp, IN a series Of poems, of which
the FIRST will appear iii the May Hdr-
per's. The poems are called Iran
scripts from Nature" and are clean cut
little gems. bits of pictures of scenes or
tones of nature, each ia eight lines. a
sextette of three rhy mes followed by a
rhymed coupiet. They will be accom-
panied 10y u series of landscapes by
Alfred Parsons.
Don't forget the meeting of citizens
at fesier's Hall this evening. The
Northern Pacific Railroad Company is
attempting To steal flu. oO,OO0 worth of
Ming County lands for the building of
Its Puyaliup coal road. and the people
must rise In their migat and sit down
on this attempted robbery. Good
speakers will be present, ana rouslnv
speeches will be made. This is "A mat
| Ter that interests every citizen of the
county, and ali should Join IN a protest
against this fragrant attempt 10 steal
$4,000 acres of hing Co nty lands by
the Northern Pacific Railroad Com
pany.