Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-08-20
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4 ..,,e Letter from the either End
.he snoqaaimie Wagon Road.
e-,,oa Posi-. .IsTELLIGEScER:
T.s reqister at the Valley hotel shows
1 .,lmost daily arrival from the Queen
=, The Snoqualmie road must be
IA. a thorouQbfare Dowadays. for
'so,, all the arrivals from the Sound
.oue over the Pass.
I,doe Lewis was here for few days
,,,;,o the past week. Rumor has il.
-. ubile here he made arrangements
!, .be removal of the First National
p.,b of which he is the President, from
,s;s nlaos 10 Yakima City, to be consol-
a,ted With the First National Bank
,hsss. Mr.. Engle, who is the cashier
.s,e will hold the sime position at Yak
Ina City.
| RH. Denny, George Rice and Butler
Rogers remained here one day on their
,,y 10 the Big Bend country. The sun
a. already left iis impression on the
Mescsed complexion OF Mr.. Denny.
"a <. Jenner, ID. @. Brawley. II. j. ia
obs and ]. G. Nolop, with blankets and
sorsss. tore into town ons day last week.
Iron. think. was the magnet for the
Q,sftette.
mo visit and have gone TO parts un-
knoFn to ne.
ed. Phelps, at one time a member
N the frm Of Phelps Il Wadleigh, of
SsaltIe, but now of san Francisco, ar
rived here last Saturday. Mr.. Phelps is
snneral expert, and is here in the in
arrest of-plagusd if know who-but
u Is dissecting everything in the shape
Of ore. This country is in need of just
sch man, and II is to he hoped that
pns good results will flow from the visit
oi Mr. Phelps.
Mr.. Shannon still holds the fort as
neeiver in the case of s. 4. Strickland
w Smith Bros. q Co., W. A. Bull aud
Benjamin +. Snipes.
Prof. w. w. Pepper, another clam
digger, is here taking q prolonged sun
hth.
The County Commissioners of kitti-
hs are now in session. One of their
irt acts was ia connection With the Sc
lttIe and Walla Walia wagon road, and
ihe following rates of toll have been
f1ed by that august body: Hogs and
shtep, 10 cents per head; horses and
mttle, 3d. cents per head; pack horses,
neents per head; horsemen, 81 each;
ons-horse vehicle, 81; two-horse vehicle,
s; and four-horse vehicles, "a cash.
Yesterday the Democratic County Con-
wntion was held and four delegates
elected to the Territorial Convention at
Walla Walla. The c0unty delegates
we're instructed to stand by rhos. Burke
m long as he has q ghost of show for
nomination as Delegate TO Congress.
Eliensburg can justly boast OF well
trained dog, the property of a good dog
trainer. This woe -begone member OF
The canine family can be found march
Ing out on his semi occasional rounds.
apparently with supreme indifference to-
The world and the balance of mankind.
bis strut is more dead than alive, with
bis vagging machine banging down Az
though he had no idea why it WAS ever
given him. 10 a person not acquainted
With him and his business qualifications
be 10 1t subject for an eternal vaca
ton. have not learned the name of
our hero. but for convenience will call
him Jack. Well, "a / have said, Jack
starts out once in a while to take in the
burg. Ii was on one of these occasions,
ZONE time ago, that he walked into the
store Of w. A. Bull aud had got about
half way through the building when one
Of the clerks, who had no particular
love for dogs at best, yelled Get on. OF
ihisF' Jack did just rs he was told, bat,
instead of going ont through the door
way, he hoisted his tail and, with the
agility OF a Cat, made one leap, and in
me middle Of the leap was seen passing g
through 26x3S pane of glass in the
shov window. Had il not been for
iriend Cooper's (the clerk early train
ING, somevery emphatic language would
hase been heard on Pearl street. Bot
With store full of customers is no tune
% fret over small affairs, asd in short
hme be was again at his post with hs
usual happy smile.
scarcely had matters returned to the
oia routine when Jack walked into an
oiher door, this time on the dry goods
VIDE, where he encountered no better
,Hsnd IN the person Of Mr.. Miller. Poor
saek was quick to discover that he was
nes wanted in that part of the store any
more than IN the other. and without any
cefemony. save that of lifting his tail
oal goes Jack and another 26x3o pane
" glass goes TO smithereens. IL was
MOI aniil three of these glasses were SO
removed that Jack made himself very
sesrce.
ihe last exit made by the faithful
asuse Afforded lots Of fun for the boys
Isct. everybody seemed to have fur
Y W. Miller and Cooper. Ii was through
sne main door that Jack made his ap
peatance this time. He did not appear
cSeAious 10 see any one in particular, bul
0oper apparently filled the bill very
W.. Tor, when the two pairs of kind
so.t eyes met, the story of the Prodigal
son 81 once suggested itself. Jack nevel
sla IKE familiarity. and he saw no rea
IN whyh he should deviste from the rule
!. snis oocasion; so, when he saw Coop
night hand moving toward mai
saaisr IN very mysterious manner, be
vi tne third time hoisted his tail, ane
through glass No. 3 goes Jack. and th,
49, seen OF him was going down Pear
ssfset at Maud s. gate.
AZ lnis stage Of the game friend Coop
seemed 10 have forgotten bis eHrl,
aaining. He had TO rause 10 take !
ufeatb ouea IN, "a xrh;l.. 20 .x.s sh..,. ft,a
aiiier would come 10 the assistance a
~ W brother clerk. The most remarka
s's feature In the whole affair WAS tbs
sontrast between the faces of the clerks
ma those of the boys.
20 you see nothing remarkable abou
sse1 Perhaps there is mot; but hi
s.ner, . Rlazier, would not part Will
ulm Tor ANYTHING.
IA am told that he (the glaxief) is
= scoaloer-striker; perhaps the best wa,