Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-08-24

A nsv moon made It's sppsarsnes Last
night.
Rev. d. J. Pierce viii prsash in Is
coma today.
Hay 10 coming forward freely. and
selling ss ! Il per ton, saled, and on the
wharf.
Mr.. Kaufman of Seattle and Miss
Mollie Kiter of Portland will be mar
ned in this city today.
The steamship Willamette arrived
from San Francisco las evening. bring
ing . small amount Of freight
II the whatcom Rcreflle would say
less of Seattle and King county affairs IL
would display much less malice or IL
norance.
A local real estate dealer has sold
x35ys0 worth of property in the LAST
fortnight, OF which $4,000 was located
In Eastern Oregon.
q q. Strive, ex- Mayor, returned from
San Francisco on the Mexico. While
below be placed his daughter In SHELLS
Academy, at Oakland.
Several tons OF earth which had fallen
upon the sidewalk at the Squire lots on
Front street we're removed yesterday
and neg boards placed there.
The Island yslcs, of Coupeville, has
improved greatly since It's first issue.
three months ago. IL 10 nov one of the
most valued Of our Territorial ex-
| changes
The picnic given by Engine Company
No. 2, was very enjoyable al Air, and
was attended by about $50 people. A
brass band furnished most excellent
music.
The Snohomish Eye of August 18th
came TO hand yesterday. just one week
after its publieation- Yesterdays Eye
may be along by next Saturday, and II
may not.
The track of the street railroad il nov
| laid 70 point on Front street midway
between Pike and Pine. From there on
the work 10 straight and plain. and will
be more rapid
People Who were too late TO secure re-
served seats yesterday for Col. Inger-
soils lecture viii be glad to learn that
| 100 extra chairs have been secured and
will be ON sale tomorrow at Lowman's
book store.
Miss Minnie A. widger, formerly of
| the Brown Block, has taken charge of
the house next to the Grand Central,
over MacCulsky's -four and feed store,
where she intends to supply nicely fur
| nished rooms.
The city nail driver was around yes
terday, and did some long needed work
on Front street among the ten thousand
nails protruding half inch above the
sidewalks, which were made to quickly
disappear under his vigorous blows
w. b. Thompson, one of tbs guards
st the United States penitehtisry,
brought down three men yesterday,
charged with smuggling, two white men
and one Chinaman. These persons will
be taken to Port Townsend from here
by the United States Marshal for trial.
j. Haywood, of Victoria, has offered
the corporation of that city SITS, 600 fol
It's water works The water works cost
the town $4,000, aud it now owes fol
them $4,000. II Haywood's offer ID
accepted. the debt will be Immediately
paid, and the city will have $4,000 in
Its treasury.
Reports from Yakima are to the effect
that the forfeiture men are carrying the
day in all parts of that county. In
Yakima City a contest arose with the
the railroad element, in which the lat
ter we're beaten, whereupon bolt wa
made and sorehead monopoly conven
ton held in another place. Both Dem
ocrats and Republicans in Yakima have
nov loudly demanded forfeiture of tht
unearned land grant.