Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-07-31
BREHIIIEs.

The sale of seats for The Mascot"
will commence At Lownan's book store
on Saturday.
Captain Willard X. Merwin and bride
left by the Oiympian yesterday morn
ing for Victoria, where they will spend
their honeymoon.
The new Gordon building has already
gone into use, It's basement being occu
pied with a number OF wagon loads of
bar iron, nails, etc.
The old City Council will hold its last
meeting tomorrow night, and the new
Council its first meeting as soon there
after as may suit the convenience of its
members.
The EvanQel. while crossing the straits
Tuesday evening, encountered quite a
severe storm, ard was compelled to jet
tisou quantity of lime. No further
damage was sustained.
Michael b. Goldstein, business man
ager of the fivoli Opera Company.
passed through Seattle yesterday, on
his return To Portland, after business
visit to Victoria and Sound ports.
On the mp trip Of the Queen Of the
Pacific one of the lady Passengers gave
birth to a bouncing boy, whom she
named " Alexander" in honor OF the
popular master of that SHIP, Captain
Alexander.
Pickering Il Co, of the Washington
Territory Employment Bureau deal in
| about everything one wants or is likely
TO want. They sell houses and lots,
safes, railroad tickets, places of business,
brick. labor, etc.
Judges Jacobs and Lewis are arrang-
ing for their regular annual camping,
hunting and fishing expedition, and
will get away early III the month of Au-
gust. They will organize party of
eight or ten, and take along cook To
do the drudgery.
The steamst ip Queen of the Pacific
| arrived from San Francisco at an early
hour yesterday morning. bringing pas
sengers, freight and express matter.
Her passenger lists included 81 for VIC
toriA, u for Port Townsend, ~ for So.
attic aud 81 for Tacoma.
Lawrence 5. Booth and Ed. s. Bris-
ooe have just returned from a two
weeks trout fishing expedition through
the interior Vt the county. They visited
the SRoqualmie Falls, the big hop ranch
and other points of interest, and cap
tured countless plumbers Of trout.
The Seattle Hop Growers Association
expects 10 employ between 100 and 800
Indians In the big yard at Snoqualmie
Prairie during the hop picking season.
Fearing scarcity of plckers on this
side they have written over 10 Yakima
for a lot Of Indians from the eastern
side of the mountains.
Arrangements have been perfected for
the match game of base bali between
the Seattle Reds and the Snohomish
team At she driving park grounds on
Saturday, August Oh. The two tea s
are very evenly matched, and consider.
able interest Is being manifested over
the suit. Mr.. Booth, q member of the
Snohomish team, Was in Seattle yester
day, arranging the details for the com
ing match. He saws the Snohomish
rs lively as possible for the Seattle team.
L. w. Bicknell, President Of the Ma.
nonM Educational Association, and
| editor and publisher of the leading edu-
cational periodical of New England,
spent yesterday in this city. He has
Just come from the greatest and grand
est gathering of teachers ever seen in
the United States, held at Madison,
wisconsin, aud he, with half hundred
teliow-members Of the convention, Ia
now on his way To Alaska. Upon the
completion OF this trip. Mr.. Blcknell
Will have been In every state and Terri
tory IN the Union, aud in some Of them
many times over. The whole party will
make longer stay IN Seattle upon their
return from the narth.