Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-04-22
Pacific COAST.

POM townsend, April 2l.-Jackman
Terry received some thirteen beef
cattle few days ago that averaged
1880 pounds e,ch.
Mr.. Dean. proprietor IF the cannerv
ut Sequlm. expects t. tHrn out 1900
cases OF clans this year, besides the
salmon which ho cans IN their season
MS VIII be more than double the out
put Of the eta ms for any previous year.
Above the Clouds" a drama, by To-
cal talent, WAS rendered again Saturday
evening, with even better effect and to
nearly ~ larg" an audience as on he
previous evening-net proceeds about
$40 To be donated to public reading
room fund.
The Edna hrs been on the beach
alongside of tuion wharf today, re-
ceivInc "A new propeller
Major WATSON. of the United States
Treasury Department, left this morn
ing for Washington. We learn that
among other things he will represent
our interests in the East in the matter
of fisheries by speaking n good word
for NJ. He IL convinced that there is an
unjust inequality In expanding millions
of good money to develop the fisheries
on the Atlantic coast and not one cent
for those of Puget SQUAD.
Mrs. J. NJ. Atkinson left this morn
ing fer her home at Newcastle, after
hNvl - spent II few d4,ys with relatives
III this city.
4 geUtlemau from Olympia, who has
had large experience in the oyster bust
ness, has made n partial prospect of
Port Discovery By. i'll hope of finding
natural bed of til SO delicious bi-
valves. He dredged up number of
shells aud considers the prospect very
good. He wKl return soon with com
pi"te apparatus and make n thorough
prospect.
Journalistic Change.
SAN Francesca. April 2l.-The EreHing
Post ANNOUNCED this afternoon that
General John +. Sheehan, until lately
one OF the proprletors Of the Sacramen-
to Bee, has become associated in the
proprietary interest of the Post
4 Row IN the Peoples Railway Com.
pany.
SAN FBANCIsCo, April PA. J. Ray-
nolds. formerly 4 director of the so
oailei Peoples Railway, organized at
Indian polls WAS tod ~ horswhipped by
Emll Kennedy. president nf the same
company. fight snsued and Kennedy
crew revolver, but was prevented from
using IT. Reynolds charges Kennedy
with having obtained $4,000 in cash
through SnbScriptions. of which there
WAS no accounting, ar3 that Kennedy
propose I'd issuing 100000 IN bonds at
30 cents on the dollar.
The sharon Ca.c
SAN FRaNCIsCa. April u. - In the
sharon divorce case TODAY, Mrs. Jenny
Wanger, a fortune teller. testified to
having received frequent visits from
NJ ~ Hi, and that II was she who had
told Miss Hui to put some # Sharun's
garments IN newly-made grave. Miss
Hill told her one day that she intended
going East, and asked witness if she
remained there a short time and passed
off child on Sharon. what she would
think of tho plan. Witness expressed
her disapproval of it, Miss Hill fire.
quently talked about charms. One day
she told witness that she had taken q
pigeon, cut 1t open. taken the heart out
and p1t nine needles and nine pins in
It. She did the same thing with bull
frog. Continuing, the witness said that
Miss HILL came 20 see her as often as
four times a day. One day she told
witness that she got $500 from the
Senator evsry time she rubbed his feet.
suicide OF an cx-i nton officer.
TOMBSTONE. April 2l-News has JUS.
reached here of the death OF Colonel NJ.
'. Button, which occurred at Semoquip.
Sonora. deceased being in that section
ell gagged in mining for several years. He
had been drinking heavily of late. and
his friends, anticipating something of
the kind had disarrsed his, and kept
close watch on him. He managed to
eluie them. end going to his lodging
house. sat down sgainst the wall and
plac nc pistol 10 his forehead, blew
his bruins out. During the civil war he
WAS colonel or lieut. colonel of a Con
necticut regiment. aud afterwards en-
listed IN the Fifteenth Infantry req
meut Of the regular army, as first
lIeu.enant. and was for long time sta
toned ut Fort Wingate. He WAS 81
years Of age. and his family reside In
the T. ,stern States.
shipping Intelligence.
San FEANCTsCo, April u. - Arrived
April 30,h-St@amer Oregon. from Port
land; steamer Eapire, from Departure
Bav.
SAlied-Steamer Queen OF the faclnc,
for Port Townsend steamer Columbia.
for Portland.
SAILING OF THE MExICo.-The steam
ahip Mexico sailed for san Francisco at
one O'Clock Sunday sfternoos. taking a
light freight and the following list of
PASSENGERS c. p. Ferry. wife and two