Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-02-26

There xas no collier in port yester-
day.
The Willamette vent 10 sea Sunday
morning.
A civil case before Jury took up the
time in Judge Cams court yesterday.
The Mirror vas removed yesterday
from the Post building 10 the Kenyon
block.
Officer Kelly was somewhat better yes
terdAy, but 10 still In . most critical con-
dition.
Steamer Nellie ran down to Snoho-
mish last Sunday, il being the nrss mp
10 three weeks
Work on the Frye Opera House Will
be resumed today, not 70 be disconsin
oed until the compilation of the build
ing.
Yesterday Vas balmy and springlike,
the sun and CLOUDS Alternating, the At
mosphere being pure and the sempefa-
ture delightful.
Purser Moo omb. of the steamer En-
pIre. laid a. under the usual obiig asions
during The occasion of his late trip here
on that steamer.
Snow il reported to have been over slx
feet deep during the greater part OF the
past month on the line Of the Northern
Pacific in North Idaho.
The mud scraper. which cane into
prominence earlier In the season. was
utilized yesterday In cleaning up the
approach 70 the City Dock.
Schooner Rustler has taken on load
of lumber at the Yesler wharf for Draw
Icy Brothers, and will depart wish II to-
day for their place In Skagit couBty.
The Nevada Society will hold . very
important meeting at Its rooms this
evening. Every member OF the society
nov Ia the city Ii sxpected TO be present
Foster, the boiler maker, is building
q small steamer at the foot of Pike
street for work on Lake Union. Hell
dimensions are Length Sc feet, beam
3 feet, depth of hold feet.
Ri. Clink, Of SpraRue, car aud fuel
agent of the Northern Pacific Railroad,
aud SOD in Law of C. II. Prescott, Who
has been spen ling day or 80 in Seat
tie, left for up Sou-d yesterday after
noon.
The Nellie Boyd Company will open a
small Opera House in Walia Waila
where they will put III fortnight, and
from which place they will take the
Northern Pacltio route for Helena and
the East.
Steamer w. +. Munroe yesterday dis
charged 1885 sacks of oats. brought BY
her from Sullivan Slough. They wert
landed upon the Yesler wharf for re-
| H. "a 20 Wrlunvn OF
j. A. Gillalana, of Laconner, is thu
shipper.
IL is nearly impossible to rent a stor,
in any part of the city. The Puget
Sound Furniture Company, in order 4
secure one, were obliged to purchase tn,
whole stock Of II. w. Clifford. on From
street, at a liberal figure and pay a b
nus of 500 besides. The furniture fac
tory Of the Puget Sound Company start
oil yesterday.
Duck shooting down the Sound still
goes ON, despite the fact that the bird
are now out of condition and no longe
1T to kill. They are slaughtered by tn
hun 1red daily, as though Kidding tn
country were blessing, necessity an,
q fruitful source Of profit. The ducl
season has already been prolonged tw,
or three months, and it is high tie
came TO an end.
The Union says that "peopls VII
took up land and settled in the Yakim
country last fall have had a rather coo
time VI it during the past four or fiv
weeks. In the majority of instance
they we're compelled TO live in tents o
frail board shanties, with the thern,om
eter at Is degrees below zero. A week
life in that country would bring to on
feeling of envy towards Lieut.. Greel
and party. who were sojouruing in tn
comparatively tropical CLINE Of th
North Pole"