Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-08-26
RREvrTTEs.

Travel 10 increasing on the Sound.
The Mexico and wilIsmstts are both
under the coal shntes.
The Olynpian brought Zoe passengers
from down s'07nd yesterday.
Ineersoil viii lecture at the Standard
Th~ater next Sunday evening.
Yesterday vas another warm one. the
sun carrying the mercury up into the
eighties.
The Seattle Rifles propose giving an
other social hop at the Court House the
latter part of this week.
The track of the Northern Pacisc be-
tween Tacoma and Portland is being
fenced in, as a guard against cattls-
Nathaniel Lyon Pest No. 10, Of the
Grand Army of the Republic. was inst
tuted at Colfax Angus. 16sh, with ID
ehart=r members.
The schooner Frithiof sailed Satur-
day With hold full of Renton coal.sn
= deck load of lumber from Stetson Il
Posts mill, for Oakland.
The new drug store of Messrs. Brock 4
johnson opened its doors to tie trade
of the public vest srday. Il ia an ele-
CANT establishment, truly.
The Alki Point campers will probably
break up camp and return t. town to-
morrow. They had a great many visit
ors during Sunday afternoon
For an elegant engraving of the Bar
tholdi Statue We are indebted to Taylor
J. Burns, the insurance agents also for
q generous supply OF blottin2 pads
The Messenger leaves here this morn
1 t.
o'clock Hereafter and until further
notice she will leave at eight O'Clock in
stead of seven.
A. A. Smith and wife are at the home
of Mrs. Smiths parents at Alki Point.
Watching at the bedside of their little
daughter, who has been dangerously i'll
with fever for the past two weeks.
| Several newspapers in the Territory
have published and repablished the Re-
| publican Territorial Convention to meet
on Tuesday, September 4th. The right
date is Thursday. September Attn.
Since the drawing off of trains on the
| Puget Sound Shore Line the steam
boats to the upper Sound have enjoyed
marked Increase in their business
| They come and go with many more
passengers than before.
District Court is in session in Port
Townsend. Chief Justice Greene pre-
siding. Besides the civil business there
are quite a number of criminal cases to
be tried, both under the Territorial and
United States laws.
ma J. Gottstein & Co.'S team ran
away yesterday. When the horses
cleared themselves from the wagon, one
1 % L.
ped, while the other continued its flight
and bad net been found up to late last
| evening.
Walter Reyes, the Tivoli manager,
who left the Bessie Louise King COM
pany 30 short here, has been heard
from again in an attempt to skip out of
Portland. leaving behind unpaid bills.
His goods were attached on the eve of
his attempted departure. s.
The Pierce County Republicans will
send George E. Atkinson, Sam Wilke-
son, J. w. Spraeue, b. Barlow, L. F.
Thompson, d. T. Davies. J. P. Stewart,
| 8. +. Sahm and Elwooa Evans to repre-
sent them in the Territorial Convention
to be held in this city on the 4th of
September.
Since the Starr left the Victoria route
to convey the Billings party about the
Sound, the Eliza Anderson has had a
monopoly of the opp ,sition business,
and runs on her advertised time. She
came in last evening from Down Sound
with a good list of passengers, and will
leave for Victoria again this morning.
On Saturday morning the cabin, with
all its contents, belonging to William L..
Lindsey, on his claim at Juanita. took
fire and burned to the ground. num-
Der of articles we're burned which eau
not be replaced. The neighbors tried to
save the goods, but the fire had reached
some powder and cartridges. which ex-
ploded. making it very dangerous.
Loss, about $3.50; no insurance.
Biographies of Blaine and Logan is
the title of a new book, of which Mr.. d.
Ross, the canvasser, has the sale. l,
contains histories of all the political
parties of the present aud past, and in
addition a vast fund of infor nation of
general interest in these exciting days,
besides the biographies of our next
President and Vice. President. This
book in any style of binding is worth
$40, but Mr.. Ross will sell it for consid-
erably less-for 81 SO iu cloth and s. %
in leather. These prices shoald insure
its widespread circulation.