Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-03-26
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lho MuldOOn whistler wrestling
match in San Francisco ended in a
draw.
Ship Astoria will come here from Ia
coma and take cargo OF coal to San
Francisco.
John T.. Burns, one of the Council
men OF Tacoma, spent yesterday in the
Queen City.
Tho Oregon improvement Company
earned in January, 1884. xaa, 1872; III
January. 1888. S23s.5Oj.
ID. Mackay, the architect, has pre-
pared plans for a $4,000 residence for
4. 5. Smith, at Tacoma.
John Malcolm, ID. L. DHrie, n. J..
Rogers and the Moran Brothers are
owners of the steamer Josephine.
Ship Annie II. Smith has been char
tered to take her next cargo of coal
from Seattle. Sac will carry about 200
tons.
II. +. Levy of this CITY has gone over
to Victoria 10 500 about the erection of
two due cottages on Chatham street. i'll
that city.
Murray, the assassin Of his brother
in-law, Alfred Yeuke, in Portland, has
been sentenced to death, and will be
hanged on the 9th Of May.
Bark T.. l.. Pettingill, of S42 tons. has
been chartered to take cargo of lum
Der from Puget Sound to Valparaiso, at
the rate Of e lOs per thousand feet.
Girls for families are in great de-
mand, and applications for them are
mads daily at this Office. Several can
learn of excellent places by making ap-
plication Immediately.
Schooner Corona arrived from San
Francisco yesterday morning with
freight for our merchants, list of TIE
same having been published in these
columns prior to arrival.
Victoria has q police force of eleven
men. including superintendent and ser
geant. and 1t Is proposed to reduce the
number to nine. Tacoma has i've DO,
| licemen aud Seattle nine.
The Tacoma Mill Com sany has been
recently Incorporated al San Francisco
by Chas. Hanson, Vim. Ii. Hanson. Geo
w. Watson, Prince A. Doane and Chas.
A. Barker. all of California.
q. l.. Manning. w. Ii. Hughes and
DR.. q. II. Merrick were elected Saturday
evening to represent Seattle Lodge No.
7, 1. .. y. F., at the Grand Lodge to be
held III Walla Walla i'll May.
The case against Van Wyckoff for
aGsault and battery committed on F. w.
Wustnoh, which WAS to have been tried
last evening. has been amicably ar
ranged by the parties concerned.
Hayper's Monthly for April has an
illustrated article ON the country Of the
lower Sound and British Columbia,
which will secure for this magnificent
publication u general reading through
cut this section.
NJ. s. Booth d Co.. the real estate
dealers. have eight lots to offer in the
Kai!osk addition at the low rate Of $500
Is lot. There should be no trouble in
working OF property like this. that is
low-prioed aud at the SAINT time de-
sirable.
Tue announcement of Mrs. s. l.. Bur
fouRhs, the fashionable milliner, will be
read with interest by our lady friends
today. Mrs. Il. has fine line of new
and stylish goods and wants every body
10 know 1t, hence her announcement in
the POsT -lNTKLLI0xNCER.
All talk Of the electric light has ceased,
and the scheme looking to its introduc-
lion here appears to have gone COM
p.etely dead. Ii is ono Of those things.
thongh, that will come up again. and
when J: does come We shall probably
lind We have gained by waiting. The
light is yet far from perfect.
The land sales Of tho Union Pacific
Railroad Company for February were
l73.596 acres for $41S, 657, an average of
$2.4l per acre. In the corresponding
month last year the sales were 42,6lU
scres for Sl37 ,9O2. an average Of 1913
per acre. The rate asked per acre is
less than one-half the average rate of
the more RraspinG Northern Pacific.
The SkaRit river trade is now divided
among three boats-the City Of Quinoy,
the Bob Irving and the Glide. The Bob
irving leaves here Sunday and Wednss-
day OF each week, the Quincy Mondav
aud Thursday and the Glide is expected
81 60 Tuesday and Fridar. Under this
arrangement steamer will leave Be-
Attic for Skaoit river points every day
III the week except Saturday.