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Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-06-01

YESTERDAY morning the body OF =
man named william Hill was found
floating in the bag near the city front,
which had the appearance Of having
been in the water for some considerable
time. The remains were taken TO the
undertaker's, where coroner's inquest
was held. Hill was laborer, and the
last seen of him vas on the evening OF
May 18th, when be boarded the ship
City OF Brooklyn, apparently in quest
of work. The next morning his roll of
blankets and hat we're found on Har-
ripRton d Smiths wharf, but no trace
of his Whereabouts were found until
yesterday, as stated above.
The cOroner's Jury, after thoroughly
| investigating the case from the facts
before il, rendered the following ver-
dict: as.
| SEATTLE, May 81, 1884.
We, tie Jurors, In the case OF the
body found floating IN the bay, at the
| foot OF Washington street, md that DTS
name is William Hill. supposed to be
native Of Scotland; about feet IN
ches IN hight, and 81 or 10 years OF age
light complicated; sandy hair, with mus
tache and chin whiskers- From sur
rounding circumstances the jury arrive
at the following: That he came TO his
death by suicide or accidental drown
ing. Property fosnd on the body was
One New Testament and a letter Of rec
oInmendation from Alexander MELON
aid, Of the Boomerang Hotel, Vistorial
b. C., and the following will:
IL hereby appoint and authorize my
brother, Alexander Hill, TO obtain, pos
sess and occupy ali that shall leave Al
nv decease. WILLIAM HILL.
Victoria, b. c., 1884.
W. w. Barker, Foreman: Frank IL
Winslow, X. II. Turnbull, q. q. kich
ard, 1. 4. Beadle, ID. l.. MCGOWAN.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-06-01

THIEF ARRESTED Some time since
We mentioned the fact that a man
named j. NJ. Jones, formerly guard at
the United States penitentiary on Nc
Neil's Island, had stolen boat belong
ing to that institution and skipped out
with it. Neil Henley, one of the pres
ent guards at that institution at once
set out in search of the thief, and after
a weeks travelling finally found him. II
seems that after stealing the boat Jones
proceeded with it to Scow Bay, near Port
Townsend, where he wen. to work fer a
farmer. A subscriber of the Posr-IN-
rELLIGENCER, who resides there, read
the item in regard to the theft aud at
once recognized the boat by the desorip-
ton, and notified Mr.. Henley, who was
in Port Townsend, of its whereabouts
Jones was arrested, and he and the
stolen boat were brought to this city
yesterday evening. Jones pleads guilty
to the theft, and when asked why he
stole the boat, replied: - wanted to
get away from Steilacoom, and walking
wasn't very good" He will be taken to
Tacoma today, to await his trial on a
charge Of grand larceny.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-06-01

When the National monument at
Washington Ia finished, it will be the
loftiest structure In the world, by about
- feet. The towers of the cathedral at
Cologne, Just finished, have hight of
52t feet and ii inches; tower of ST
Nicholas. Hamburg. 473 feet inch: Gu
pola Of st. Peters, Rome, 400 feet
inches; cathedral spire at Strasburg, 465
feet Ii inches; pyramid of Cheops, 449
feet inches; tower of st. Stephens, vi
emma, 443 feet 10 inches: tower of st.
Martins, Landahut, 434 feet inches;
cathedral spire at Frieburg, 40 feet l
inch; cathedral of Antwerp. 404 feet 10
inches; cathedral of Florence. $50 feet
10 inches; st. Paul's, London. 365 feet
inch; cathedral tower at Madgeburg,
$50 feet IL inches; tower of the new We
tive church at Vienna, 3l4 feet II inch
es; tower of the Rathhaus at Berlin. 2Ss
feet 3 inches; tower Of Notre Dame,
Paris, 232 feet IL inches. or American
structures, the Washington monument
Baltimore, is 2i0 feet; Bunker Hill mon
ument, 22l feet, Trinity Church, New
York, "a feet; st. Patrick's Cathedral,
New York, TO be $50 feet.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-06-01
CeamsNstME>r wGsK AT rak
tslyGR.IIN.

The public exercises for commence
nsent week will DO as follows:
Sunday. June LIST, 4 o. m -Baees.
laureate sermon, by Rev. J. h. Thomp.
son. of Olympia.
Monday, June I'd. : ID. m.-AnnuaI
address before the literary societies al
the University, by J. b. MetcAis. ESQ,
OF Seattle.
Tuesday. June ID, p. M Elecutiou.
airy contest by students of the Univer.
sits and awarding of prizes.
Wednesday, June &th, 4 d. m.-Exer-
cisca OF the Alumni. consisting OF an
naAi address. essay, poem and annsls,
oy members Of the Aiumni Association 1.
Thursday. june 5sh. .. m.-Com-
menceDens exercises consisting Of the
addresses OF the graduates. commence
Hent day poem and the anpul address.
delivered by Hon. II. @. strive. Presa.
dent OF the Board Of Regents.
All the above exercisss will be held In
the - +. Church. COMMONLY known al
the Brown Church, corner Of Madison
and nceond ssrcets, exceps those of ths
Alumni for wednesday evening, which
will b eeld In the Univsrsisv.
The public are cordially invited % All
sLe&e exnru3moa
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-06-01


SPRrso HILL wArKa CoMPASr. Yes.
tcrday, at .. m. the 6rst water was
pumped from Lake Washington into
the reservoirs Of the company in this
city. The pumping was done through
l2-inch pipes 10 an elevation of Sl5 feet
at the rkte of 10000 gallons an hour.
About 1900 feet of piping was tested.
and sustained the great pressure with
out a break or leak. Great credit is
due % MIR. ii. II. Mcwilliams, the su-
perinfendent of construction. everything
connected With the works having proved
his ability as a competent engineer.
Tue pumping was witnessed by the
president and secretary, Messrs. Cat
xert and Leary. Who are also the pyinci-
pal stockholders in the COMPANY, who
we're greatly pleased at having succeed.
ed IN their enterprise. Our property
owners and citixe,.s generally are graf
ined at having an abundance of pure
water 30 last, and fee that great re-
duetioa will be made in rates Of insnr-
anoe when q sufficient number of fire
pings are provided for the use of th.
CITY. The cost Of the works has been
very great already. and considerable
additional amount must be expended i'm
order 10 extend the pipes more gener-
ally through the city. Ii ia the inten-
ton OF the company to Law pipss so the
highest posnts IN tne city, thus furnish.
ine an ample supply Of the best water
for all purposes.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-06-01

Real estate owners in Portland are
complaining bitterly of the extent to
which street improvements are being
carried on. Many unnecessary improve
ments are being made, compelling prop
erty holders Of limited means to mort
gage their property in order to procure
funds to paw street assessments. One
gentleman, a large real estate owner
intimated 10 one of the Portland papers
that combination had been formed by
contractors to force unnecessary street
work upon property owners, and that
in more than one instance parties had,
after circulating circumstances which
had received the signatures of a major
ity Of property holders, sold out TO con-
tractors on promise of having their
own property improved free Of cost.
The paper from which we CLEAN the
foregoing suggests that In the present
strfngency Of the money market il will
be well for the City Council TO 90 slow
In this matter and only do such work in
improving streets at present as the
needs OF che city absolutely require.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-06-01

IL 10 said that Indian youth al the vari,
oas schools established for their educa.
ton develop first-clAss talent for drawing
and sxcsi at masheDatic< Many a dis
siple Of Izaak Walton, forced to an his
empty creel BY purchase from hia more
successful copper colored brother, can
sorrowfnlly testify TO this native ma.
thematicai talent Of the aboriuine.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-06-01

LAoossKa MArIr SzxrrNxxr-I IA
makes no diiference Who viii \. an.
successful candidate for the Pre<idsncv
90 tar as Washington Territory 4 80
cerned. What this Northwess countyx
needs 10 Congress that will consid~r 4
q portion OF the Urion. AID tnake sorns
provision 10 pfotect tt from the exior-
ton Of railway corporations.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-06-01

Picnic IonAs.--A picnic will be bald
AZ the seattle Driving Park Associa,ion's
grounds today. There will be harse
races. dancing, foot races and other
sports Trains leave Al 10 a. IN, and
every hour thereafter daring the day.
The picnic ~ 10 be under the msnaoe-
,nent OF James w. smith and Tommy
Clancy, and general good time ia as
surcd.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-06-01

Liberal LEAaUE.-The Young Peo-
pies Progressive Lyceum meets at Yes
Ier's Hall Sunday, at 1890 a. m. The
U. M. l.. Club meets in the evening at
3 o'clock, at the residence of Mr.. Chas.
Clark, corner of Front and Pike streets.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-06-01

Fos Rxsr. OHEAr.--A two-ssory. hard
hnished houee. Back, front and side
yards. On Fourth street. Spring and
Seneca. Splendid view Of bay. seven
rooms, one large pantry. one large gar
ret, CELLAR, patent waser-closcf and
water In sink. Inquire OF n. II. peass,
corner Eighth and bpring. msi-im
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-06-01

GONG EAST. 6. Scurry, Of this
city, will leave for the Eastern States
this afternoon, to visit his old home in
Virginia. after an absence of seventeen
years. He will go by the Northern Pa.
cific aud be gone about two months.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-06-01

AkSIvkp.-fhe steamship Willamette.
Captain Holmes. arrived here al noon
yesterday, With small consignment OF
freight. She will load coal as usual for
San Francisco.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-06-01

New BLOOD, New LIFE.-This is OBJ
tanned by using Plumbers Oregon Blood
Purifier. For sale everywhere. 81 per
BEETLE, six for IS. ap6dw6m
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-06-01

The magical cnre of colds and coughs
by Ayers Caerry PICTORIAL, is undisputa
BILE.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-06-01

vi q Z Y M A k X K r.
Corrected daily by the
MERCHANTS NATIONAL BANK
OF SEATTLE.

CHAS. NAhER, LEADING WATCH.
" maker and jeweler, in the Yesler.
Leary block, deals in Diamonds, Watches,
Jewelry, Silverware. Weber Pianos, Estey
Organs and other Musical instruments.
Notarial Seal at So. Watches and Jew.
elry reuatred and warranted.
Sick headache, habitual costiveness,
pains in back and limbs, loss of appetite,
bad breath and taste In the mouth, etc.,
eniirr ly cured by the use OF
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-06-01

EXPLANATION. THAT LITTLE
Ia nag over the barn near the foot Of
battery street, ID placed there ~ . guide
to DR. MEkRICAS office. which 10 on
W ater IT,, third house from The corner Of
BATTERY. just il front of The dAg. mxa8
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-06-01
Office for Rent.

nFFlCE IN THE YEsIER-LEARY
~ heck for rent. snd of11ce furniture
for sale. Apply room u. Yeslar-IeAsy
DOCK my3S
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-06-01

EslSR OFFICES IN THE CLAYTON
- block ! single oe q suit myii
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-06-01
TO LETT.

oUsE WITH MINK RO0M1 w.
IL rsspecs able family. InQuk
CHAa NAHER's Jswslry stare
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-01-10
Brushing the Teeth.

l. The best time for brushing the
teeth is at night just before retiring.
If at this time they are thoroughly
cleansed, one brushing a day will suf-
flee.
2. A medium sized brush with the
bristles serrated or notehed is best. 1t
should not be too stiff or too pliable.
3. The motion of the brush should
not be horizontal, but seml-rotary, so
the brstles will enter all the interstices
of the teeth and remove whatever has
accumulated there. There is a brush
especially designed to cleanse the inside
of the teeth and keep them free from
tartar.
4. A little hand glass, such as dem
lists use, should form part of every
ones toilet. With this and n hand
mirror one can know just what condi-
ton her teeth are in, if she is careful in
her examination.
5. 1t will be of comparatively little
use to pay money to the dentist, if be-
tween intervals of attention from him
the mouth is neglected and unkempt
6. A set of dirty teeth is as rarely
found in true lady or true gentle
man as pair of dirty hands or dirty
feet.
Z. 1t is well to have ones teeth ex-
amined by dentist every six or twelve
months.
). Two ounces of prepared chalk,
half an ounce of pulverized orris root
and quarter of an ounce of cassia pow
der, mixed together, make very good
tooth powder. Pulverized charcoal is
condemned as a dentifrce by all wis
know what is good for the teeth.-Neu
! York Tribune.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-01-10
A MOUNTAIN CAYMAN.
The Hugh Highland Alligator That Was More Than
Match for Three Dogs.

William Blackhearn, who has lust re-
turned from six months soiourn in
Arizona, has brought to the Comstock
the skin OF what he, for want of bet
ter name. calls a ella monster, but
which IS evidently that of a saurian of a
different species. The skin now meas
ures seven feet from tip to tip and it
has evidently shrunk some inches in
drying. Though about the color of an
ordinary ella monster, the reptile is
evidently a kind of inland crocodile. or
more properly cayman, as it had not
the webbed feet of the crocodile. The
strange saurian was found in small
valley in the Wheatstone Mountains
When alive il stood two feet high. and
its body, just back Of lis forelegs, was
over three feet in circumference. The
creature was as savage as bulldog.
and as full of fight as viper. 1t was
found by the dogs of Mr. Blackhearn
and partner. When the men arrived
at the haunt of the reptile-to which
they were attracted by the fierce and
peculiar barking of their dogs, three in
number they found that one dog had
already been killed and the others were
badly cut up and covered with blood
The creature displayed such activity
and was so diabolically vicious that the
two piospectors feared to 90 near 1t,
being armed with nothing better than a
prospecting pick and shovel with a
short handle. Finally the thing got
one of the dogs by the fore leg, and
finding that it held ON like a terrier,
with no sign of loosing its hold, Mr.
Blackhearn ran forward and struck his
pick into his head. Even then the rep
tile held on, and it was not till it had
been struck Several blows with the
poll OF the pick that it jaws relaxed and
it died. When the dog was released it
was found that his fore leg had been
broken. - Virginia (Ne1.) Enterprise.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-01-10
She Sun Setting Officially.

AT Governors Island, New York, the
sun is not only made to 60 down with
big bang at the nation expense, but
the operation is preceded by an aston
ishing amount of red tape. BY a regu-
lation of the war department the man
agement of the affair must be carried
out by the corporals of the guard. One
corporal of the guard, as noon draws
near, fixes his eve upon the Western
Union time ball, over in New York,
which can be discerned with the unas-
sisted eye from the guard house. When
the ball falls the corporal says as much
to another corporal, who instantly sets
the guard house clock. The second
corporal then tells third corporal to set
all the clocks on the island. While the
third corporal is setting all the clocks
the second corporal hunts up the hour
provided for sunset in the almanac and
writes it down on a slip of paper. A
fourth corporal carries this slip to
fifth corporal at Castle William. The
fifth corporal waits until his clock, as
corrected by the third corporal, marks
the hour designated on the slip of paper
furnished by the second corporal, and
then gives signal to Il sixth corporal,
whereupon bugle is blown, the gun
discharged. and the sun has gone ofiici-
allY.- BuffnIO ErDTeSS
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-01-10
Browns Ledge.

Some eighteen years ago, just after
the close of the rebellion, a negro hun
ter known as Niger Brown brought
three or four pounds of very rich ore to
the drug store of Judge c. II. Meyer, in
this city. Mr.. Gutenberg, who was
then in Tucson, assayed, aud found it
went Sl2 to the pound. The ore was
soft and black and cut like plumbago.
Brown explained that he found the
ledge sticking above the ground in the
hillside of the canon in the MILESTONE
Mountains. 1t was time when Indians
were extremely bad and prospectors
We're not over venturesome. He mark
ed the spot by cutting down mesquite
tree about six inches in diameter and
leaving the stump. The News of
Brown 5 find made an intense excite
mcnt, a spark of which yet fingers in
the imagination of some who would
like to discover the lost ledge. Brown
was known as man of the strictest in
tegrity and uprightness, and no one
ever knew any reason TO doubt his
word. Afterward Judge Never ac-
companied by friend, with Brown for
a guide started to explore the canon.
Shortly after leaving the Milestone
Station they saw fresh Indian tracks,
and the $4,000 ledge lost all charms.
Brown died soon afterward of small
pox and with him died the secret of the
location of that mesquite stump and
the rich ore ledge. Prospectors have
searched in vain. Numerous locations
have been made. and in some instances
mines have been well developed in this
canon, but Browns ledge refuses to
disclose its whereabouts. Judge Meyer
thinks it will yet be found. Tucson
Citizen.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-01-10
Characteristics Of Eyes.

The eye shows character The ewes
of great warriors have almost always
been gray, their brows lowering like
laundering clouds. Inventors have
large eyes, very full. Philosophers, the
most illustrious, have had large and
deep-set eyes. The poets have large,
deep-set eyes; musicians eyes are large
and lustrous. Button considers that the
most beautiful eyes are the black and
blue. We think that we have seen black
and blue eyes that were far from beau
tiful Byron says the gazelle will weep
at the sound of music. The gazelle's
eyes have been called the most beautiful
in the world. and the greatest compli-
ment an Arab can pay his mistress is to
compare her eyes to the gazelle's. Gle
opatra had black eyes. Mary, Queen of
Scots, had liquid gray eyes. Dark eyes
show power, light eyes gentleness and
gray eyes sweetness. There is great
magnetic power in the eyes of several of
the lower animals. The lions, the IT,
gers and the serpent's eyes are all mag
netic. 1t is well known the serpent
will charm birds that are flying above
it, until in great circles they will sweep
down to the destruction that awaits
them. A friend of the writer, a doctor,
was one day walking in the field, when
he saw an adder lying on rock. He
drew near to examine it, and presently
looked at its eyes He was attracted by
their great beauty, and Involuntary
stepped forward two or three steps.
Beautiful light flowed from them and
seemed to battle the very coils of the
serpent Gradually he drew closer, I'M
Til, just as he was almost within the rep
tiles reach, he fell, feeling, as be said
afterward, as though he had been struck
with stone. When he became con-
scious, his head was in a friend's lap.
His first words were: "Who struck
me?n mo one struck you, doctor;
saw you were charmed by the snake,
and | struck it with stone.n He had
struck the snake &nd the doctor had felt
the blow
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-01-10
Peasant Life i'm China.

The condition of the rural masses in
China is indeed pitiful, and it is no
wonder that the people of that country
eagerly seek opportunities for lettering
their circumstances in foreign countries.
correspondent of the London Times
cites the following ms an average speci-
men OF the welfare of the peasant
clasS:-''A family of eight persons owns
an acre and half of land. The land
was bought by the grandfather of the
present head of the family and has
never been Subdivided since nor added
to- He grows about seventy bushels of
rice and thirty-tive Of wheat and some
vegetables aud cotton besides. worth
altogether in money about $50. He has
two nephews who work outside and
bring home something to help, and in
this way get along, but they are very
poor. He and all his neighbors wear
native blue cloth, spun aud woven in
the family by the women from cotton
grown by themselves. He never wore
foreign cotton. The coat he has on Ga
well-worn affair had been made two
years previously, and it would last two
years more. Ii served him at night as
a coyerlet as well As coat by day.
Another family possessing four acres
were better off than some of their neigh
bors, but had fifteen mouths to feed and
never saved any money.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-01-10
The Next CamDaign.

The two rational conventions which
candidates for President and Vice-Presi-
dent, will have as delicate and important
work to do as ever fell to the lot of SIM
liar assemblages. 1t is not to be sup
posed that the personal characters OF
either candidate for President will cut
much of figure, or on whom the sue
cess of either party will hinge, for the
reason it may be assumed that both
parties will select their best men. They
will be forced to do this, as the chances
of success are now so apparently evenly
balanced that the scale may be turned
by thing of trifling consideration, and
neither side will be likely to take any
risks or make any experiments with an
unacceptable candidate. Both sides
will have the best men to be found in
their ranks, and, that being settled, the
issues of the campaign will be such as
both parties are agreed to disagree
ABOUT. Ill Oluti NOiNSf 'h' W -
great tight, according to most en-
liohtened and honorable Methods of
political warfare known; II which fifty
millions of people are exp ed 10 take
a hand. Each convention II of neces-
sitv be obliged in addition. 20 bringing
forward the best man in its party, to
clearly outline the policy that the
party making it will pursue if it is
charged with the great responsibility OF
directing the affairs of the national
Government, TO the end that majority
Of the people may approve or REJECT the
same One of the chief questions that
win be conspicuous in party discussions
this year is the tariff, and rs the Demo
Gratis are sadly adrift in regard to the
subject it will be a difficult and exceed
inglv disagreeable task for them TO eA-
plain their position. or to agree upon
nlank that will satisfy the different fac-
lions of their party on that question
MANY of their leaders are inclined to
pursue a dilatory policy in regard to
This great subject and manifest a dlspo'
sition to wait until they get in before
they show their colors. Especially Is
this feeling in the sonth where new
manufacturing interests are disposed TO
favor protection. But this great issue
cannot be lodged, and 1t is an Insult 10
The people of this country ior Tue 'e'
mocracy to use such tactics. There Is
TOO much at stake to warrant any
sleicht-of-hand performance. On the
other hand the Republican party mas
ALWAYS stood pledged to protect a'he''
loan industries and labor, while pro-
vidine for raising sufficient revenue 70
defray the expenses of the government.
A. Mr. Garfield once expressed H. w
are in favor of that policy which pro-
s;des for the common defence, by pro-
moting the general welfare The
democrats. then, must face the music