Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-08-03
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Victoria for few days.
A Teachers Institute for Skasit
county viii be held at Lacon1er next
week.
Mrs. Chas. Mcdonald and family will
90 ozt camping during the coming
week.
The Misses Burns, Of Tacoma, are Wis
iting the family Of NJ. 5. Booth, Of this
city.
The ship City Of Brooklyn vent under
the shutes yesterday to load Renton coal
for San Francisco.
jos. Alexander has gone TO Laconner
With his family, TO spend few weeks
during the heated season.
The Irish National League will bold q
meeting at room 8, Yesler-Leary build
ing at s O'Clock, Wednesday evening
next.
The schooner LaGironde, loaded with
Z77 600 feet of assorted lumber from
Stetson d Posts mill, for San Pedro,
was toEed 10 sea Friday afternoon by
the tug Queen City.
The sale of seats for the Comic Opera
yesterday Was quite large. and Man
ager Howe feels assured 81 al toe COM
pany will have a crowded house on ats
opening night, next Tuesday.
The Port Townsend people have let
contract TO George Starrett, of that
place, to build a new school house fer
them. His bid was $685., against $500
by Mcdonald Il ksitze, and $l0,oU by
w. l.. Wilson.
( The great liquidation sale of Stack
q l.
( goods are being disposed of IN large
I quantities at greatly reduced rates.
I Ihis elegant store does not keep open
/ after IN the evening.
A large force of men are now employ
7 ed IN the sash and door factory connect
ed with the Goa mercial mill III II Akin g
blinds out of Port Oxford Cedar. Sew
l eral others are engaged on sash, doors,
| brackets, mouldIngs, etc.
Tue colOred steward of the ship City
of Brooklyn created quite sensation
/ by deserving the ship yesterday. He
| was arrested, but the trouble WAS ami
/ cably settled before 1t Game to trial, and
/ tue steward went back to his pots and
/ pans, a sadder If not wiser man.
/ Henry w. Miller, son of A. s. Miller,
the Seattle Capitalist, will leave on the
/ Queen of the Pacific today, for CalifOr-
nia.to resume his studies In Santa Clara
College. He has another ye n to 20 b. =
/ fore completing his course at Il d;
school, after which he will begin ths
study of law with the idea of making
that profession his business Ia life. HIS
parents will spend two or three months
of the coming winter in California.
The population of the Territory OF
Washington in 1870 was % 93i, and i'll
1880 70, ll6. The gain of the decade Was
alb ut 20 per cent. Four years more
elapsed. The gain of these years, if In
the same ratio, must be about 100 per
cent. Assuming that II has been, and
there is abundant reason for so believ
ing, the population of the Territory at
the present time must be in excess of
$50, 600 souls.
Some trouble took place q few days
ago between William Ciarressy and 4.
IL. Pengree near Iolt. The latter came
TO town and sWore out warrant against
Clarressy. Inc writ was placed In n.
T.. Hanscomb'S hands, and he arriv ed
last evening with his prisoner. Each
IL an gives an entirely different version of
the affair, each claiming that the other
was the assaalting party. The case will
come up on Monday, at which time the
facts will probably be brought out.
The name of the big new ferry boat
on Columbia river has been changed
from kalama to Tacoma. The next
Legislature will be called upon TO
changs the name of Pierce county to
Tacoma, and there is some notion of
changing the Northern Pacific Railroad
into the Tacoma Pacific Railroad, this
being accomplished about the time the
Territory of Washington becomes the
State of Tacoma, Puget Sound Tacoma
Sound, and the Cascade mountains Ia
coma mountains.
Tie Union Pacific Railroad Company
sold during the first half of 1884 2,26S,
672 acres OF land, for s., $685.. Anex.
Iraordinary impetus has bsen given the
land salesof this company of late in a
reduction of price below that of the
} Government. Last year the company
sold 447,2l6 acres in six months, for
81, 1881, at the rate of about "a pei
acre. Ii sold In June alone this year
3.2J9 acres at about 81 per acre. The
company want money, aud It wants peo-
pie along Its road to give it greater
trade.
suit was commenced yesterday in
Justice Cams court entitled Territory
of Washington vs.. j. Z. Strickland
The complaining witness is Benjamin
Snlpes, tie cattle king, and his attorney
Is W. LAIR Hill, of Oregon. Mr.. Striek-
land represents the Merchants Elk
change, of San Francisco, and IL
charged with perjury while settling up
; the affairs of business house east OF
the mountains. Mr.. Strickland gave a
bond signed by Capt. w. ii. Taylor and
A. Is. Stewart for $1,000 to be present al
the examination of the case ON August
18th.
There will be no regular services a,
the Christian Church this evening, but
the Pastor will give a full and careful
explanation of Adams Historical Chart
a copy of which hangs upon the wall OF
the church. This chart Is perfect KEY
10 all history. Those having a copy oi
IT will be largely benefited by hearing
tins explanation. This lecture will b.
free to all, and yet the audience will be
waited upon alter the lecture, So thai
any who desire to aid the Sunday schou
In tSe purchase of an organ, Will have
AN opportunity to do so. and all contri
buttons TO this end will be gratefully