Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-03-13

Port Townsend yesterday.
The steamship Willamette, coal
laden. went to SEA yesterday morning.
Mr.. D. NJ. Crane will leave for the
East about the LIST Of April. 70 be gone
four months.
Ciancy's new stable, on Main street,
IL nov completed. and the stock, bug
gie-. ETC.. will be found IN their new
quarters today.
The contractors have up the nrss
story Of the Sister, Academy, on Jack
son Street, and are pushing the work al
rapidly AZ possible.
The south side OF the Hotel Bruins
wick is being newly covered With
weather boarding TO better protect the
building from the storms.
Special Agent Horn. Of the United
States Treasury Department, has been
promoted: at least his pay has been ad-
vanced from t6 to g per day.
Q1igiey Il Koseberp have commenced
excavsslne for the large fire cisscrn on
TIE corner Of Front and Battery streets.
| Il il to be IA I 10 feet in size and 10 feet
deep.
Quite a number of property owners
| are putting out shade trees in front OF
their residences. II would be good for
| the town If more persons would follow
their example.
Jackson street IL becoming popular
promenade. All day yesterday the side
walks on either side Of the street we're
| dotted with gentlemen and ladies'
lei.nrely strolling along, enjoying the
bright weather and beautiful scenery.
Newton II. Chittenden, the Pacific
Coast traveller, Is now in st. Paul,
| where he is occurring. and where he has
recently issued pamphlet on the
Csur d'Aiene mining region and the
routes thereto.
( A few days ago q boy named Bert
/ Gibbs. living near Camas Prairie, while
assisting bis father In splitting rails
slipped and fell under the axe his father
was using. His skull was split open
| about four inches, bat his brain received
40 injury.
The Washington county, Oregon, En-
terpriss has been informed that during
last week large bear walked into the
town of Castor, no doubt driven In II
quest OF food. He was Immediately at
| thcktu by futE. DOss ou0 uo&s, WV
made food out of him.
Chas. Goldstein, the Front street hat
ter, Is passenger on the incoming
Mexico, from San Francisco. A private
note states that be has selected nam
moth stock Of latest style goods, the ar
rival of which will be announced
,hroueh eur advertising columns.
Among Pierce county real estate trans
fers of the past week appears the fol
lowing h. Is. Baglev. executor Of tn,
last will and testament of John ". Ao
kersOn, deceased, to Z. b. Nastick, Jr.
administrator of the estate of Seabur,
l.. Mastick. a large number of tract
and parcel of land-*ll3,6OO.
Seldom or never before has tn. re- beel
SO much building going on in Seattle a!
ut this time. New houses are in cOurs
of erection IN all parts Of town, Will
larged and renovated. The citizen i
made to marvel greatly on behOldinI
the progress everywhere apparent.
John Fitzgerald, recently discharge,
from the county Jail. and pal of tn
man McDsrmott recently sent up 70
petty larceny, was arrested yestsrda'
. morning by Officer Lind. He was in
bsastiy state of intOxicatiOn, and va
landed in jail only after considerable,
difficulty. Judge Cam sentenced hiu
for ten days.
The Seattle Hop Growers Association
are preparing to add thirty acres NOR
to their 3OOacre hop yard on Snoqual
, mic Prairie this sprin They have se
, cured the necess .ry roots from Mr.. En-
twistIe, of the SnoQaalmle River, VIII
keeps large lot of choice roots for sale
) Little by little the association will con
tinue adding to their yard until the
, have the entire 800 acres owned by theI
in one great hop field.
Three large ships, all in a row, wer
towed up the Sound by single boa
; yesterday, and the foar moving Yes
= sells made a very pretty picture hall
, mile long. Shortly after seeing tbi
picture, the writer hereof glanced owe
Victoria paper and read of a singl
ship over there beiag tOwed by tw
steamers, and even then she came {
disaster. for she went on reef and tn
two tugs together were unable to get he
+, off. The difference between two steam
ers handling one ship, and one steame
handling three, - quite striking.