Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-03-05
BREvrTIEs.

Another batch Of Cinnamon started
for Portland yesterday.
The schooner Leo will Aii for Sitka
about Thursday or Friday.
There are At present IA prisoners con-
fined in the King county jail.
Officer Kelly was some better yester-
day, and the chances for his recovery
ar now said to be good
J. F. McNaueht will star for tie
Eastern States in few days. TO join bis
wife Who is at present visiting her pa
rents
The next session Of the Grand Lodge
of the knights Of Pythias will be held In
Walla Walla, On the third Tuesday OF
May, 1875.
Regular meeting Of the Nevada Soci-
ety last evening. The aemi-annual cleo
tion Of officers will occur on Tuesday
evening. the 18th inst.
j. Stratman, Who keeps the Mill street
news stand. saws he il better pleased
With Seattle than ever since his recent
visit TO the 50 Official terminus.
Governor Ferry, who has been 80.
burning ia California. for the benefit OF
his health, il expected 70 return 10 his
home in Seattle within . week or ten
days.
Pavmaster Thielsen il still here pay
ing Cd the railroad banda. During his
visit here he has disbursed $1,000,
$4,000 Ut which vent 10 white en-
pIoyees and &4a.0 900 70 Cinnamon.
Sheriff MoGraw vas busy yesterday
sellino the stock Of boots and shoes be-
longing 70 the Sullivan creditors. The
remainder of the stock will be disposed
Of at Sheriff's sale on Saturday nsxt.
The contractors on the Jackson street
grade have about completed their work
on that thorsughfare, and expect TO
have it ready to be received bv the city
AZ completed by next Friday evening.
Steamship Wilmington, Capt. Black
burn, arrived last night from Departure
Bay, with a cargo of coal on board, and
tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock she will
leave the Yesler wharf for San Francisco.
But two names on the police docket
yesterday, those Of George Axe, charged
With carrying n concealed weapon, and
| Charles Ward, charged with petty lar
ceny. Both we're arrested BY Omcer
Lind.
Mrs Captain Hatfield arrived in San
Francisco in about the same physical
condition she left here, and at last &C
couuts Vas still there, too weak 10 go
ON TO her destination, in Southern Cal
| ifOFnia.
Edward b. Downing 4 Co., the bank
ers aud brokers, have taken room ! Of
the Post Building. and fitted themselves
therein in the most comfortable manner,
where they will be prepared 70 attend to
all business Offering in their line.
The course Of the Cherry street sewer
was changed yesterday BY the street
Commissioners, 10 az to NO longer inter
fsre with the foundation work Of the
Gordon Hardware Company's nov brick
building, for which Ranke d Lohse have
the contract.
l.. Penny, the boiler maker, seems to
| be doing q rushing bushes. He turns
out good work, and a. BE II sober, in
| dustrious mechanic, these who have
work to be done employ him ia prefer
enCe to drunken, unreliable, self-styled
boiler makers.
| N. Alexander has taken contract
| to finish the grading of Mr.. Stacy's -four
lots on Third street, known as the Cen
tI6l 6O0OOl ptOp0tty. hcoo lotS " li D0
all leveled even with the street, and put
in good shape for the Improvements to
DO placed upon them at an early date.
Several thousand dollars worth of build
ing sand has already been hauled from
this property and much more remains
10 be removed.
Melville 4. Stone, edis0r of the Chi
osgo Daily Ne,cs, writes Us as follows
will you kindly advise me whether
in your present Judgment, Senator La
gan il likely ~ be the first choice FOL
the Presidential nomination Of any Of
the Washington Territory delegates =,
the Chicago Convention ? Also il be
likely ~ be the second choice of any OF
them An early reply will oblige." Il
Ia really impossible to tell Who will be
the choice, az there il but little feelin,
in the Territory in favor or against any
Of the Presidential candidates, and the
delegates are not vet selected. We fee
confident, however, that the delegates
will 90 uninstrocted, and We believe
John A. Logan has ~ much chance fs
getting their votes as any m an living.