Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-09-12
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W. D. Wood. toe attorney. hss gone
to Whsteom for 8 couple Of days.
There are nov six vessels at Port
Blakely, either loading or waiting their
turns TO load
In the mattsr Of weather yesterday
vas 8 slight improvement on tbs tvo
days preceding il.
Miss Tlllie La Course, Of Portland.
Oregon. is at present visiting the Sister
Superior, of this city.
Rev. d. Bagley and several other min
listers arrived here by the Zephyr last
evening from up Sound.
The Eliza Anderson is still on the Sc
attic Victoria route, and judging by her
passenger lists she y doing well.
Work on the Poncin brick is progress
ing rapidly. and it is expected to be
ready for occupancy within sixty days.
j. G. Haines left for Olympia yesser-
the Supreme Court. and expects TO re-
turn tonight.
Capt. w. r. Ballard 10 steadily i'm
proving and growing stronger, and eX
poets to be able TO be about the streets
in few days.
Capt. Sam Hoyt, mate OF the steamer
Monroe, will sail the sloep Lille on the
occasion of the race between that craft
and the Lookout, on the 18th inst.
Steamer George Z. Starr was an hour
late from Victoria yesterday. That
boat hasn't got speed enough TO make
the run IN the time allowed her with
anything like regularity.
The Snohomish term of court Was
held the first three days of this week, its
session preventing Judge Greene from
attending at the Supreme Court in
Olympia. He will go mp today.
The Mexico having finished taking
her cargo of coal, hauled round to the
Ocean dock, where she is taking on
1900 sacks of oats, and will sail at
O'Clock today for San Francisco.
L. Lyie, the Front street groeer, is ex-
cavatIng his Third street lot. HIS
dwelling will then be moved forward,
raised higher, and store room "A by 30
feet put in below, into which Mr.. L. will
move his stock and business.
Several of the CANVASS awnings in
front of our business houses Uang too
low-so low, in fact, that a man of av-
erage hight cannot pass ander them
without touching, while tall men with
high hats are compelled to bow low.
A considerable number of large
stumps and several tons of stones have
been deposited on Ninth street by the
James street improvers. Before the
work OF the latter is done, the, should
be required to remove these Obstruc-
tons.
The boats running from this city to
Whatcom are the Evsngel, twice a week
the Pearl, once week the Welcome,
twice week the w. F. Munroe, twice
a week, and the Washington three times
a week-total, five boats and ten trips h
week.
Twenty men still ind employment on
the James street grade, being prinei-
pally engaged on the Eighth street cut.
A fortnights time will yet be required
to finish the street, upon the consum-
| nation of which event it will at once
become popular thoroughfare.
Apples and pears are now about ripe,
and their gathering for winter prsserva-
ton il we'll under way. The yield this
year has been large, and, as the demand
has been light, there promises to be a
sufficient supply without importing
from Oregon or California.
Bishop, the Port Townsend foot-racer,
arrived here yesterday and will GO to
Snohomish today, and tomorrow will
run a hundred yard race with a local
runner of that place. He is backed by
number of friends in Snohomish, and
expects to get away with the $500 purse.