Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-10-01

John Sullivan has an Office room 70
rent. See advertisement.
Mr.. Nicklin, Of Whatcom, xbO has
been on trip over the Northern Paciic.
was in Seattle Yesterday.
The weather these days alternates
almost every u hours. one day being
elo1dy and vet, and the next sunny
and dry.
The boat captured from the would be
iron steaIer Monday evening has been
claimed by Harmon & Tsurlow. as their
property.
The teamsters are not at all back
ward in expressing their satisfaction at
the laying Of the new plank on lower
Mill street.
&C. Ferguson, of Snohomish, is con-
fined 10 his bed by an attack of ty
phoid fever, which will keep him there
fortnight at least
The Zephyr is undergoing repairs and
will not make her usual trip this morn
ing. She will not be ready for business
again before next week.
X Partridge, bookkeeper for the Sc
attic Coal and Transportation Com
pany, is ct present in Seattle on bust
ness connected with that corporation.
Lecture this evening at the Y. NJ. G. A.
Hall. by DIR. SuRdberg, on The value
Of health and the prevention of dis
ease Admission free. All are invited.
The Harrington Times was made the
victim of an acrostic last week. Ii pub
lishea a poem, the first letters of which
read The editor of the Times is an
ass"
Two or three days more of clear
weather will enable Commissioner Man
mag and his aids to finish the plankIng
of Mill street as far as the intersection
of James street.
The regular session of the District
Court, Chief Justice Greene presiding,
will convene at the court house Monday
next. There are about 40 civil cases
on the docket for trial.
Certain parties felt sufficiently conf
dent that there was something crooked
in regard to L. X. Brush's failure, to
cause the arrest of that person yester-
day. He furnished sufficient bonds and
was released.
The Volkamania Dancing Club, com
posed of Seattle young men, is now fully
organized, and the club will give its first
party at Pixies Hall, corner of Fifth
and Pike streets, on Friday evening,
October 9th.
Wages are pretty low down at Spokane
Falls. public meeting was held there
the other day to induce or compel con
| tractors to raise the rate of laborers'
wages from $3.50 to 81. Two dollars is
the common rate on Puget Sound.
Geo. c. Blakely. representing Fred
erlck Stearns Il Co., manufacturing
pharmacists, of Detroit, Mich, and Nj.
y. Demorest, representing the famous
house of II. E. Bucklen il Co., of Chi
cago. are stopping at the Arlington.
The operations of the Oregon Short
Line Railroad for the year ended June
30. 1884, show: Gross earnings, 1909,
l57; operating expenses and taxes,
1907 ,459; net, $l4l,69S interest on
bonds, $607 $50 deficit for year, $466,
22l.
A prominent Northw stern railroad
man told Missouia, M. T., reporter
that the Cascade branch of the North
ern Pacific Railroad would not be COM
pleted until 1888 or 1890. and that Seat
tie would eventually become the west
ern terminus.
The London Tea Sore, recently open.
ed on the corner of Second and Cherry
streets, ~ new departure in its way,
being the first store yet opened devoted
exclusively to these articles. The store
is an attractive one, and is deserving of
generous patronage.
Schooners Otter. Alexander and San
Diego have arrived at Victoria from the
ArNtfn xpharo than have Hna,x Ill
mer in search of seals. 1t is stated
that the vessels did quite well and their
cruise proved a profitable one. The
able, which enabled them to capture
seals with but little difficulty.
The sewing branch of the Women's
Guild of Trinity Church, will reorgan-
| lie for the winters work today WED
nesday) at the kectory, corner of Third
and Jefferson streets, at | p. III. An
election of chief work directress, an
assistant secretary and a treasurer will
be in order. Any lady attending the
Episcopal Church is eligible as mem
Der of the sewing branch. No fees.
All workers invited.
Councilman Northup is Just now caus-
ing Chief Woolery peck of trouble.
Mr.. Northup makes grave charges
against the chief, which it stands that
officer IN hand to clear himself of. One
or two papers which are championiug
the cause of Chief Woolery, take de-
light in publishing all the hard things
that are said about him. Mr.. Noolery,
like some others that we know of, can
Justly exclaIm, Save me from my
friends ~