Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-05-25

Benz. Stretch, Sheriff of Snohomish
county, 10 in the metropolis
The 1883 assessment Of Clarke county
amounted 70 $l.5Ot, $50, the 1884 ass So
msnt to 81 .65t. y.
The rain If yesterday, light though It
WAS. was quite refreshing To tue parcned
earth ana dropping vegetation
Miss Cad lie Hopkins, d ,u2hter Of the
Uplt-d States Marshal. has been sp.nd
| ny few days at the home of AIRS. DR..
Weed.
The elegant household gods Of Mr
,n. Mrs y. ". JA-p-r viii be sold ~
&C i"n II their RESIDENCES on Inursd y.
tue Z9ta insIaI
Nov that the steamer Washington l.
| repaired, there seems To he no Immdlsie
u,e for her. 1h- w. K. Mervin, though,
ls very ( ir N stltut@ tor her.
The Iad>psr.dens will do the printing
| Il Clarke CuaHIy during tie next wear
free OF change luis Ii carrying op-
| yo-i ion TO the we're of fuiLation.
The fnme Of the Oregon Improvement:
| Company At Dayton. wiIcn has long laid
| die, has hem le4ss q to- Warren A Bel
;ber, " ho Will put IL into immediate u-e.
| G. =. Clarke. one of the Po.T-I TELL
sEScEk's con pastors, TeIurn.d on tie
. Ieen of the PtcIfic, rcsor pan I'd bS a
unuy young wife. secured ny Lim
EhIle III the city.
A large number Of maps of Minnesota.
.owa, iscUn-ip, ID n Is. Dskota and
Nebraska. sent out b, tue CuIc4gt, Mi
Eauk-e il 81. Paul Com Iany, We're re-
ceived Lere yesterday anu distributed.
| The picnic at Laurel Shade tod ~
promises To be largely attended. Me-
pains will he ared to make 1t pleasant
| Admission TO the grounds free. A god
orchestra has been engaged for the dty
O. w. Jasper. storrkeeper for the Co
lumbia i Puget Sound Railroad Cotn-
any in this city, has resigned his p >
,itinn and will leave for California IN =
NV days, where there Is a good position
awaiting him.
Miss Ida Lemon ard Miss L1cy Nun
+nn, of Olympia, VINO were among ,he
| 4Xeursionlsts to- VIctoris, returned e
seattle by the North Pacific yestet day
and will remain here with their friend
until the Anderson returns to Olympic
Several excursionists returned from
Victoria by the North Pacific yesterday
They state that the town was so crowd
d il was impossible TO get accomnoda
ions for any consideration, and prefer
'ng comfort at houe to dIscDmfor
,brna1. they took the first cpl ortanit,
to retnrn.
The return OF the Evangel. Eliza An
ierson and Geo. +. Starr from Victori'
oday. with four or tivs hundred eXonr
.Ionists, will tend to eniiv II the streets
his afternoon, as will also the drlgini
ut over the dust-Iaid thoroughtares o
very pleasure vehic.e aud animal in tn
'lty.
The matter of assessments and tn
irregnl trlty of their taking in the diff
ferent counties, rs shown 10 the Posi-
lNTEILIaENCER during the past tire
Wrecks. has created general remarl
J throughout the Territory, and the re
alt cannot be other than that aimee
at--a reformation of the evil com
planned of.
The examination of Pat Hogan wa
co u,uel ced in Justice Cams court YES
terd,y. Mr.. Rasin has been employe,
10 defend the m n tier. and Mr.. 10
nald IL conducting the prose cutlon ol
behalf of the Territory. the evIdenc
80 far as taken showed that the wit
uesses had been run off. and the injure,
nan sw, Re that he had been offered s.
To leave town. On motion of Mr.. hd
nald the case was continued till Monday
Miss Leila J. Robinson. from Boston
has now been here one week, the gues
Of Mrs. eei, To HON she came wit
letter OF introduction from Mrs Rot
a e. A a.
Northern Pacific Railroad Compan,
She il tavoFsbly impressed with th
s,,wn, and viii prob ,piy make IL he.
nome. ende vuring To SECURE l,viu
| from one n both of her profes-iuuS-
law and j ,jrnalism. Sh, il bright, Ia
80 lack of courage, aud 10 doubt wi
, do we'll.
o The Courttous block continues {
Il sturb a few interested individual.
vno are striving TO -fores upon tn
| county a piece If property of NJ vau
for the purp 80 intended at Il price I
above its actual worth. The geneva
impression, though. IS that the pro- JOS
ton will he Il ,tly rejected on the reas
Sembly of the BDhrJ, and that auothe
call will be mad for teudefs, to be sud
n United at the August term. The count
- quite certain to lose nothing by wait
my, while the pro5ab .lity Is strong tn ,
/ will gain largely.
, The vexs que.tion of operation o
the railroad still remains unsettled
There has been deal of cor espond
enoe, by mail and telegraph, concernin.
tue matter, but 81 far without tiual re
! suit. Oar people do MT want a hum
bng oprr alton of the road, as has beel
PROPOSED To them. but they wan
through trains, run at suitable hours. il
4 manner evidently designed to pleas
! the traffic. IL they unnot gel this the
/. will very speedily learn the reason why
md will take proper steps to protec