Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-09-11

Nothing has yet been heard from
the Portland basehalIists-
Governor Squire. who has been 10 Sc
attic for week or 80. will go 10 the
Cariial City today.
Steamer ). L. Mastick. newly painted
and clean a. a pm, came up from the
lower Sound yesterday.
J. +. Howe and wife. of the Standard
1heater, go over 90 Portland tonight. TO
be gone a week or more.
j. G.. H4ines and party, whs have
been on On 4 cruise in the yacht Lotus,
may be expected home today or tomor
rev.
The proceedings of the WaIla Walis
Convention, by telegraph TO the Posi-
lSrELIIGESCER, will be found in another
column.
Officer Bangs has been assigned to the
North Seattle beat, and Officer Murphy,
nov of Lake Union, will be assigned 70
Bangs beat.
Mrs. Matte A. Bridge leclured in
Newcastle last Sunday evening on "Hu
nan Freedom She will speak next II
Port Townsend.
ID. L. MCGOWAN has been appointed
guard at the UaIted States Prison On
Mcneil Island, vice W. Il. Thompson.
sho bias or viii resign.
Miss Dimmick. of Portland, who has
been visiting friends IN Seattle for some
vseks past, left bg the steamer North
Pacific tor home yesterday.
The rain came down yesterday in con-
siderable quantity, muddylng the
streets, and bringing ont the umbrellas,
| rubber coats and gum boots.
Schooner Dakota, now on her way
here with merchandise in tbs Wells
| line, will take cargo of lumber from
Puget Sound TO Fiji Islands.
The Skagit Yelcs has suffered an en-
| Iareement, and nov contains more mat
| ter prepared exclusively for its columns
than two thirds our country exchanges.
lt's AZ excellent paper IN every respect.
The new cable was yesterday success
fully laid scroos Hoods Canal. and
direct teiegraphic communication With
Port Townsend, which h4s been inter
rupted for some weeks, ID now restored.
| DR.. Lanoix is the latest addition TO
the professional gentry of this city. He
Is from Quincy, Illinois, Is an allopath
Ist. and has had many years successful
practice. His Office is on Cherry street,
IN one of DIR. Bagley's buildings.
The WEEKLY PosT-1STELLIGESCER,
containing full report of the late ier-
ritoriaI Convention, will be issued from
| the press this morning, and can be OBJ
| tanned at the Office of publication or at
the news stands at 10 cents copy.
Governor Squire received dispatch
from his wife yesterday. stating that
she bad 50 far recovered fron her re-
cent accident as to be able to be about
again. The accident will, however,
| postpone her trip west some two months.
Arthur Perry, head guard at the
United States Penitentiary on Mcneil
Island, who has been confined to PRAY
idence Hospital for some weeks past by
severe spell of sickness, is slowly i'm
| growing, and is now considered out of
| danger.
Mrs. N. Marsh, manager for Mrs. s.
| l.. Burroughs, announces that, owing to
the continued illness of Mrs. Burroughs,
| IL has been decided to close up the mil
linsry establishment at 1905 Front
street, and to that end all goods will be
sold at cost prices. See ad.
Judging from the present outlook, tie
women of King county will take an act
i've part IN the approaching election.
| Every woman who owns town lot or a
sewing machine is taxed for it, and why
should she not have a voice il saying
who shall administer the laws of the
county and Territory?
Steamer Pearl took little spin about
| the bay yesterday afternoon, the first
| by the power of her own steam. The
| rudder did not work altogether right,
| and she went about for a few minutes
| az though afflicted With the blind stag
| gers, collidIng with various things IN
her way. She will do better next time.
The September number of the West
Shore has been received. 1t is princi-
pally devoted to British Columbia, and
Is the best and most complete adver-
| tisement that magnificent Province has
ever had. The $1,000 copies subscribed
for by the people there will be an ex-
penditure they will never have cause 10
| regret.
The men who engaged in the boy
ting of this paper two months ago
have one by Que repented. and are
| now rapidly enrolling themselves among
| our trmest friends. As they did not
bart the paper a particle, bat rather
| helped il, we feel no grudee against
them ON account of their misguided ac-
ton ut that time.
The late Territorial Republican Con-
ventlon held in this city was reported
more folly ten to Que than any conven-
ton that preceded il in the Territory.
The Posi- lSTELLIGENcKg alone em-
ployed three reporters, who furnished
| Its readers twenty columns of matter.
| and II was the lack of space ouly that
prevented as giving as much more.
Ship southern Chief, which was sunk
| in Royal Roads two years ago and after
| wards raised, but left for long time
past at Esquimalt, has besn broaght
| over to Port Blakely, where she will be
retitted and loaded. A new and large
iifeboat, which has been awaiting her
here for a month past, was yesterday
towed over to Port Biakely by the Sue
| cess for the ship.
Our city circulation continues TO gain
at the rate of fifteen or twenty week.
Three weeks ago last Sunday we sold in
Seattle alone 500 papers two weeks ago
last Sunday, S34 one week ago last
Sunday, S45; last Sunday, $50. We av-
era9ed in this city alone last week a
daily circulation of $50 copies, on each
of three days of the week the number
exceeding 800 copies. This il by far the
best report any paper in the city can
make or ever could make.