Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-04-15

The military company will driii on
Wednesday evening.
The Ladies' Relief Society meets at |
Mrs. Gatzert's residence today.
The steamship Walla Walla, coal
laden. sailed for San Francisco Sunday
morning.
Chief Justice Grseue's charge to the
Grand Jury will be found elsewhere IN
this issue. Ii Is full OF interest, ana
should be read by all.
NJ. J. Carkeek and wife, who have
been visiting friends in England for the
past half year or more, are expected
home in few days.
The people are to be afforded cheap
| Transportation on the Sound. as will be
seen by the Eliza Anderson's advertise
ment in another column.
The Wharf street dude of Victoria
came over on the Olympian yesterday,
| and was the object Of general adrnlra-
ton by those who visited the City Dock.
The steamer Nellie. on her last trip to
Snohomish, proceeded up the river into
the SnoQnaimIe, and distributed nfty
tons of freight among the logging
camps along that stream.
The services IN the Episcopal Churches
in this city on Easter Sunday were ap-
propriate, impressive and nu me rously
| attended, betokening An interest that
must have been gratifying to the cier-
gymen in charge.
. The Crawford place on Union street
between Sixth and Seventh streets, is
for rent Mr.. Hussey, the lessee, vii
receive applications at the place up to
- Il
7 for.somebody to secure a comfortable
q home In this city at very moderate
i, | rental.
The delinquent tax list of Pierce
county contains no charge aR alnst thu
0 Northern Pacific Railroad. Does thi
q mean that the company, which has pail
nowhere else, has paid there! Or d.
the officials of Pierce county intend +
;. release the company from Its obliga
- tons as taxpayer:
81 A correspondent of the OLYMPIC
q Courier at Tenino writes of a cedar To-
h cut near that place which measured 8
feet and inches in length, and fee
and inches in diameter at the sma
8 end. 1t contained 1000 feet of lumbel
> This is supposed to be the largest ceda
log ever cut in The Territory, If not Ii
the United States.
The bark Annie Johnson, familiar
., known to tue coal trade of TINS por
70 ON the Sd Of April, while bound fror
N Liverpool for Sydney, ran down an
sank the German bark Lucia. bOun
from Gloucester to Memel with salt
~ Six OF the lattsr's crew were drowne
d and four others, including the captain
mate and two seamen, were saved an
taken aboard the Annie Johnson.
Reports from the Coeur 'Alene mine
!" are very discouraging. The snow
y very deep, and, strange to relate, tn
IF deeper the cOngealod element, the richie
10 the lode it covers. There are alread
thousands in tine district waiting fC
er spring to open and work to commence
ID The papers advise ali newcomers
n bring plenty Of lAeney with them, anG
=. Judging from the prices ranging. it
the one thing needful."
u Clayton Brothers are making grea
40 clean up of their stock in order to &,
K into the new building on the LIST of NJ a
=. with as little of their old goods as Pc
~ sible. To get rid of these, great sacr
Oh foes will be made, aud the new stOl
De opened with new furniture. a new stool
etc. Their new stand will be one of tn
best In the city, and they are dete
mined the goods to DO kept at it will d
it ample credit.
In commenting upon the Bfents bill
>" the Walla Walla Statesman says: els
"i where We publish the latest move r
h. garding the forfeiture of the Northel
In Pacific land grant. However, it is on
e. a committe report, and is liable to /
tabled or pigeon holed without ev'
seeing the light. 1t is merely a sc
a. thrown to the people to quiet them, al
IN We predict that no portion of the graz
d. will be forfeited until the Cincinna
a method is adopted by the nation q
large towards Congress"