Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-03-07

Tie revenue cutter Wolc 1T was IN
port yesterday.
The steam tug lille il offered for sale
by her owners. the Salisbury brothsrs-
The steamer Wilmington will sail
from San Francisco ag4i : on the l5tn
instant.
The ship stsrbuck hauled in TO the
City Dock yesterday TO discharge the
remainder of her cargo Of railroad iron-
The steamer Olympian passed up the
Sound last evening. She 10 dyer, and
will he placed on tie Pnget Sound route
in a few days
All Low. the Chinanan who cut Ting
Sing on Tue-day evening aud robbed
him of x35, was Yesterday bound over
to the District Court in the Sum OF
$500.
One thing IL gratifying in all this talk
about the Northern Pacific Railroad
and that is the intense feeling 10 East
@rn Washington in favor OF the branch
road To Puget Sound
T.. s. Neanv will hereafter collect on
ac,ouut Of subscriptions 70 the DAILY
Posi- lsTELLIGESCER In the Whole city
and patrons in the south end OF town
will for the first time see him among
them on that errand tomorrow.
Vim. Bloxam, Who killed Jacob Fisher
at Portland few weeks ago, was found
guilty of murder in the second degree
by the trial jury last Wednesday. The
charge If murder against Mrs. Fisher
Was dismissed.
The st. Paul board of trade il con
sidering a tour Of inspection over the
lines Of the Northern Pacific and Man
l,oba. The intention is TO run up Red
river valley, and then 90 over the
Northern Pacific to Portland, stopping
en- route at the CBur d'Alene mines.
! The C.sur d'AieEe miners have held q
meeting at which 1t WAS voted that the
! first Chinaman who ventured into the
| dipgines should be hung, AID not hav-
ing sufficient rope st the time 70 swing a
/ snau, u man WAS Immediately sent ont
on snow shoes to Trout creek, where be
bought 20 feet OF the article and re-
| TUNED.
| Mr.. Yesler has decided to move the
old Inteliigenoer building, now occupied
! by Messrs. Kellogg d Snyder as gro
Gerry store, to the lot on Cherry stree,
adjoining the Western Union Teie-
graph Office. in order to make room
| for the proposed nsw brick building t.
be erected by the Seattle Safe Deposit
Company.
Last Friday night, a party Of regnla
tois made their way into the Jail at Day
ton, and distracted one McAfee, n dead
he 4, walked him out TO the edge OF
town, placed a rope around his neck
and choked him until he begged. Then
they stripped down his pants and ad
ministered good sound thrashing Il
hirn. gave him few parting words OF
advice. and ordered him to skip.
The Northern Pacific and Oregon
Railway Il Navigation company have
issued joint circular canceIing Circu
lar No. 81 of December Both, and tina,
portion of Tariff No. 100, dated Aug. q
which provides that Portland rates shall
apply to all rail points east of Portland
west Of Lake Pend d'Oreille. A join
tariff has also been issued giving new
rates to these points.
The ship Astoria passed up tn,
Sound last evening to discharge hel
railroad material, a greater portion q
which is for the Pundleton branch o
the Oregon Railway d Navigator
Cumpany's road III Oregon. Her cargo
comprises the following: Four hun
drod kegs of bolts and nuts, 6s,O bar,
steel rails. 1850 bundles fishplates ane
800 kegs spikes. She was towed to Ia
coma by tho tug GoliaL la~t evening.
The Northern Pacific Express com
pany has issued a new tariff from st
Paul. A considerable reduction ha
been made for points west of Livings
ton. The rate, which has been 81 30 {,
all points of departure for the Coeu
dAlene mining region, has been 40
duced az follsw.: Belknap, s.; Trou
Creek. x5.25; Helena, $3.50; Kathdram
from - to 500; Portland. from $40 t.
-. The company has also extsuds,
its service through to Alaska.
&. Il. Bagley. proprietor Of the Olyn
pia Courier since 1872, has sold out /,
Durham * Roberts, publishers of tn,
Daily Critic, who will run the CoHrte
IN connection with their own paper
the only way IN which II daily paper il
Olympia can DO made to live. Mr.. Bag
lay will continue his residence in Own
pia, and will remain in the printin
business, combining himself hereafter L
job printing, however. That Dunbar
x Roberts will make as much money gu
of the Courier, directly and indirectly
rs Bagley has done. We sincerely trust
The Waitsburg Times il our author
ity for the following item: "Maste
Frank Brown,n little hoy of Waitsburg
who only few years ago entered hi,
teens, and Miss Dora Freeburn abou
the same age. last Sunday morning as
tonished and even disgnsted their par
snts aud friends by announcing thei
intention, and determination, to imms
diately embark on the matrimonial sea
BY some inex plioable means the twai,
succeeded in obtaining the consent o
fond and obliRing parents, and proceed
I'd to the two Wallas, where a llcsns
was procured aud the nuptial knot wa
tied on, converting the little childre,
into man and wife"
A bill in now in Congress providiu.
that the Legislative Assemblies Of Ia,
Territories shall hereafter consist of |.
Councilmsn and NJ Representatives
being ono more Councilman than a
present. and two more Representatives
In Territories like Dakota and Wash
ington. with large number Of coun
ties, and heavy population. the ap
portlonnient Of members Of the Iecis
lature, when the whole number il =,
small, becomes u matter of difficulty
In Dakota there are only about tw,
members for each three counties. AN,
one third the counties are practically pn
represented, and iii Washington IL i,
little or no better.