Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-02-14

sRxyrruEs.
The Mexico u at the coal 3ck.
The Wslla walla vent to - yester-
day.
The Willamette arrived last evening
with IS tons Of miscellaneous freight
One twenty fourth Of the bark Lizzie
Marshall has been sold to D. ]. Titjen
for $1,000.
The Italian bark Andrea. 1883 tons,
has been rechartered to load lumber
from Puget Sound for Sydney.
The California tug Favorite will soon
proceed to Yaquina Bay. having been
sold to persons there for towing pur-
poses.
Lake Union was frozen over 50 that
several daring skaters crossed to the
Portage on the ice Yesterday, although
il was con sidered risky business.
A travelling Waila WaIlan writes a.
follows to the Journal Of his town ::
- Seattle is the best town have seen on
the Sound, and Wallis Walla is good
second 10 it,
On January 18th the iron ship Reli-
ance vas launched at Liverpool. She
il enc Of the largest vessels aflOat, being
200 tons net register. She will load for
San Francisco.
Elder +. d. Holman will leave the city
on Friday for an indefinite period, and
will therefore preach to the people
(this) Thursday evening at the Chris
| tian Church on Seneca street.
The temperature is reported to have
been lower at StanwOOd than at any
other point to the north Of Us. The
thermometer there registered degrees
below zero on Monday morning last.
C.P. Stone is one of the unfertunates
with goods On the Unatilla. He had
l13 packages merchandise on board,
! valued Al s 1000, and no insurance. His
name and loss were Internationally
| omitted from our list yesterday morn
| ing.
T. A. Wakely, from Jacksonville. ILL.,.
| connection of the Eplers from the
same place, arrived in Seattle few
days ago. and will probably locate. He
will send his views Vt the city and Ooan
try back to the Daily Courier for publ
| ton.
Mr.. Nulk.rn, Who on Monday last
bought a block in Maypard's Lake
| Washington addition from G.. G. Pbin-
new, TO-DAY sold II for $3.50, thus clearing
profit of $40. Fifty per cent. in
three days is quick and profitable spec
ulasion. Mr.. Mulkern Ii from Port
land.
| The County Commissioners adjourn
ed their February term yesterday. Hav-
ing more money at command than at
previous sessions, they were properly
generous to needy road districts and
they granted every petition, giving full
amounts asked, that was regularly pre-
sented to them.
Several hundred persons visited Lake
Union yesterday to enjoy q skate over
the smooth frozen surface OF that body
Of water. The fun WAS kept up from
early morning till late at night, and
Notwithstanding the large crowd on the
ice at ono time no serious accident hap
pened to mar the pleasure OF the partio-
ipants in the sport.
Negotiations between the Belknap I'M
provsment Company and the Northern
Pacific Railroad Company at AissOula,
Montana, have resulted in q contract
BY which Belknap 10 made the princi-
pal point of debarkation for the CBur
d Alene minea. A wagon road 10 nov
completed II miles, and will be pushed
ON ~ the mines, distance of % miles,
and line of stages put on at once.
Is is hardly probable the wrecker
Whitelaw will be allowed to 20 over to
Esquimalt to work on the sunken Una
tilla, and the mere il the pity, for there
are NO appliances over there for raising
or wrecklnR vessels to be compared with
those she possesses. Il does seem,
though, as If there is well-nieh work
enough ON and about the Sound to keep
the Whitelaw constantly employed, and
it will not be very surprising il abe il
kept, or another vessel like her put here
in her place.
"AarIcLE 47."-A good house greeted
the Nellie Boyd Dramatic Company al
Yeller's Hall last evening. the strong
emotional drama from the French, on.
titled Article A." was placed upon
tbs boards AZ httingly ~ possible under
the disadvantages which attend all com.
panies here, owing to limited stage 40.
commodatiOn and scenic facilities. The
play is too we'll known to require anal.
ysis. II is replete with representation
of the strongest emotions which agitste
the human heart. love, jealousy and rs-
morse. Miss Boyd in the role Of Cora
a loving, revengeful, f0reivinR and re-
morseful creature Of passion and cir
cunstances, was fully equal TO the char
actor aud elected the rapt attention OF
her audience. Theodore Roberts, a,
George Duhamel, WAS strong and faith
fol in impersOnation Frank Hatch, az
P0tain, gave an effective characterize
zion Of the young roysterer who alter.
mates between the smiles of women, th<
wine cup and the card table. Charles
Norris. a. Victor Maxillier, was correct
and effective. The remaining members
Of the COMPANY were accurate in the
parts assigned. The company 20 henos
TO Port Townsend and Victoria. reap
pearing here ON Saturday, the I'D, Snd
Monday evenings. the 18th insts. They
Are assured OF good houses on their 70
turn.
A SUGGESTED STREET lMPRovxMKNT-
That Of Sixth street, from Mill TO D.
pot. At present only one street (Front)