Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-05-23
RwEvarIEs.


The steamer BIB Irving is nov ply
Ing on the upper SkaRit-
The work of piring for Foundation
for the washinktOd sheet Sewer Was
commenced yesterday by the con-
tractor.
Col. Schissler, Chief Clerk of the Reg
istsr's Office at Oly mpia, has been spend
ing day or SO In &c title. He goes 10
EIctori, today.
The Lake Union Steam Laundry nov
employs twenty-five meu and two
Wagons to carry on the work of that
establishment.
the outgoing aexieo for California to-
da,, v here be u called TO visit the bed
AIDE of his Invalid wife.
The remains of the late Samuel Pet
tinQill. Who was found drown. d Ia Lake
Union. Wednesday. were sent TO Pit
Gamble yesterday for interment.
The musical entertainment at the
! University next Tuesday evening prom
| ises the rarest treat of the season. lie
very best talent OF tile city will assist
the University students IL their COM
rnendable effort to give FIRST class Ell
| tertainment.
The SIC Gamer Evangel fired ~ yester-
day and tCok a spiu around the bay.
/ SHE developed a speed of about eleven
! IA lies an hour, or enough to make the
/ little propeller sharp competitor IN
todsy's race with the big sidewheelers
{ to Victoria.
( lie new steamer Santa Rosa last
vesk made the run from Port Hartford
! 10 san Francisco at the rate of l414
knots all hour. The best previous run
was that of The Queen OF tie Pacific,
! l5t, kuot-. TIE Santa Ros will have
to Try again.
Wednesday afternoon, a young man
working in the " esteru mill, at Port
Bakelg, had one of his fingers badly
LIBERATED by coming IN contact with 2
revolving circular saw. He WAS brought
TO town, ard DR.. Smith Rmput ited tne
injured member.
Four or five Seattle hor-eS have been
taken to Victoria to engage IN the racoH
At Beacon Hill on t~e 2lth. These
horses are from Ciansy's able. and A
duty of $40 per head was pad upoa
thep. Among the number are Long
John and LnmBox, both well known
trutters.
The spectacle of four steamers leav-
ing this port at the same hour for VIC
tori will be seen this morning for the
first time. The four will be the \ Irtn
Pacific. Geo. Il Starr. Ella Andersen
and Ev4ngeI. l. ,ter in the day the
Mexico will also depart for the same
place.
Wednesday afternoon a young man
named Anderson came over from Port
NJ dis III on the III ali boat, with frlc
ture Of the leg. near the knee joint
which he sustained b being struck BY
large timber. He WAS taken to the
hospital. where DIR. smith set the frao
tured limb.
The ship City of BROOKLYN, steamship
Mexico aud steamboats, North Pacific
Geo. +. Starr, Eliza Anderson, Wash
ington, w. X. Merwin, Lily, Josephine
EvAugel and others at the w6aryes yes
terday afternoon gave the front an up
pearance of life and business quite
pleasurable to behold.
fhe stone foundation for the Seattle
, Safe Deposit building is about com
pleted, and Mr.. X tuke states that the
work will practically have to be stop
| ptu ullth Hohc fargo
from San Francisco arrive. When com
pleted this will be ons of the most ha nd
some brick buildings in Seattle.
The present dry spell is one of uau
sual length. More or Lass rain is OK
pected during May and June, and >
good deal generally comes in April. sc
} far We have had less than half the ordi
nary supply. the ground is qaite dry
and tender vegetation Is suffering
Fires made for the clearing of land
burn freely, and, where the opportunit,
is given them, run over extensive tracts
causing more smoke in the atmospher,
than is agreeable to tourists and sigh
seers. A few showers wo,Id be quit
> acceptable at this time.
During the recent fire in Schwabache
Bros. * Co.'S warehouse, Capt. Hatfield
with tue aid of one of the CIimlx fir
|. extIngulshers, did some good worl
which is worthy of mention. The fir
had reached the second story of tn
warehouse. and was burning Among
: stack of brOoms and other material
: when the Captain, with his loaded ma
, chine, appeared upon the scene, and i
few minutes had extinguished all th
flames in the loft. The same wor
could have been done by a stream iron
. one of the steam fire engines, but
; much greater volume of water woul,
: have been required, and gre .ter damag
necessarily resulted.