Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-08-29
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Inesrsoll, Sunday night.
The Wilmington will return to Seattle
on Saturday.
Mr.. Pease has q house 10 let. Here is
snother chance for tena1ts-
Joe Sarber viii coon commence driv-
ing piles for Colman's new wharf.
The sunshine of the past two days
has done much towards drying mp the
mud.
The Spring Hill Water Company has
large force Of men employed upon its
works.
James Bogart had seven or eight city
prisoners oat working on the streets
yesterday.
The plum season Ia about gone. Il is
being rapidly succeeded by that of pears
and spples-
Yesterday vas a. fine q late summer
d " as one could wish, and all were ex-
hiiarted thereby.
L. Kline and wife have gone TO San
Francisco, where they expscs TO make
their future home.
A months work yet remains on the
Yesier mansion IL viii De msgnii-
cent dwelling. truly.
8. A. Dickey leaves for Ssabeck this
morning TO take charge of the public
school at that place.
The Indebtedness against the steamer
Colby Was settled yesterday, and that
liEtle craft released from the keepers
hands.
The streets continue to be thronged
.--s. Ind n k.zTa hat h..rx
picking has commenced In some parts
OF the county.
Judge j. 4. Lewis is putting up a neas
two story baIlding on his Third street
property, 10 be ased by himself and son
as law Office.
Mr.. Yesler is having some repairs
made 10 tae old Gordon Hardware
Building, preparatory to its occupancy
oy rreen, Raymond Il Furrell.
Local butchers are paying 81 cents
per pound for bsef on foot. Alexander
shitsen, of Kittitas. contracted to sell
DO head st that price yesterday.
Captain Pope. an Oregon hop buyer,
sho has been making tour of inspeo.
tion through the hop yards of White
river, arrived Ia Seattle last evening.
The people throughout the county, 90
far as We have been able TO learn, are
wsll plets with the ticket nominated
last Saturday by the Republican Coanty
Convention
Letters are detained for postage in
the Victoris off 30 for persons in this
CITY as follows: rne Postmaster, Hen
~ Bennett, w. d. Wooisry, A. L. Shore
and Mrs. j. Grey.
Moans Rainier is l4.4H feet above the
level of the sea. Mount Tacoma, on
which the CITY of New racoma IL looat-
cd, is about $50 feet above the level of
Commencement Bay.
Of the steamer Olympian will be OBJ
served With regret by the travelling pub
| lilo. The Geo. e. Starr is good boat,
out not to be mentioned in the same
breath with the Oiympian.
The steamer Olympian has been tenn
porariiy withdrawn from the Sound and
Victoria route. the Geo. Z. Starr taking
her place. She will receive some slight
repairs, after which she will run while
tue North Pacific undergoss her annual
overhauling.
Mr.. G. b. Hopkins. accompanied by
wife and child, is expected from Colfax
IN day or two. Mr.. Hopkins is dele
gate to the coming Republican Terrific
rial Convention, and will remain here
| until after the completion Of the work
of that body.
A few more sections of stone walk in
front of the fms buildings Of the city
would be a great Improvement. and
would DO immensely appreciated by the
public. IL will soon be In order to Law It's
feet Of il on Front street, from the Boyd
building TO the Poncin, aud a somewhat
greater length about the Occidental and
The Frye Opera House would be no less
desirable.
A very neat Republican campaign
badge is that sent out by William II.
warner d Brother, of ll23 Chestnu.
street, Philadelphia. 1t consists of a
silver medal bearing a bust of j. G..
Blaine, and surmounted by a silver
eagle, behlad which Is the pin to use in
fastening to the lapel of the coat.
These badges will undoubtedly become
very common during the present politi-
cal campaign.