Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-05-22

+. McF. Patton. of Salem. Or, has
been appointed Consul At the japanese
ports of Osaka and Hio2o.
1t il proposed in Congress to appro-
pirate $4,000 for the repair OF the rev. |
enue cutter kicha,d Rush.
Ship Yosemite was toEed up Sound |
by the tug Mastiek on tuesday night, to |
load coal at Tacom4 for San Francisco. |
Capt. DsWolf Is spending vacation
With his family IN SEATTLE, during the
laying ~ of tne steamship Walia Walla.
Miss Lot.ie GoodelI. popular yonnR
lady Of Astoria, formerly If Seattle, Is
visiting her friend, Miss Lulu Root of
North Seattle.
Miss Minnie Franklin, of Lexington,
H., arrived here yesterday and VIII
spend the summer visiting her cousin,
Joseph f. Mcknight.
Mr.. Sanders IN has begua the erection
Of two fuore dwellings on his Seneca
street lots, between Second and Third
streets. they will be to let.
) T. COMBS has become a special
night watchmau on the business street.,
and will hereafter devote his tine and
attention to that lice of business.
Steamer Hope brought IN lot of In e
Yesterday from San Juan Island, and
will take out this morning a lot OF ium-
Der and merchandise for ports on the
SemIanmoo route.
Preparations are being made fer the
celebration of Memorial Day. The
| grass In the University campus has been
| mown, and the inmber for the stage aud
SEATS Is on the ground and will be erect
ed shortly.
The Chamber of Commerce has &C
cepted proposition from the California
| Club to use the elegant rooms of the
latter in the Yesler-Leary building here
after, instead of the City CJuncIl Oh an
| Der ~ heretofore.
About five hundred dollars worth of
opium was found on board the steamer
North Pacific, last Tuesday, without ac-
knowledged ownership, aud Was taken
In charge by this vIgiiaat customs oft1-
GERS for contiscation.
Mrs. Smith. wife of Mr.. j. w. Smith
Of the Arlington Hotel, who has been
soiourning In California for some time,
IL expected to return to her home by the
Queen of the Pacific on the next tap o;
that vessel up the coast.
At the Voters League, Tuesday eve
ming, many stirring addresses were de-
!ivered. Among the speakers was Miss
l.. j. Robinson. the lady lawyer. she
scored herself In favor of woman sut'
fraee In brief but earnest manner.
The whole force of 50 men employed
in the railroad machine shops at Taco
ma, were discharged last tuesday eve
nlng. That number of idle men will In
crease the cry of hard times. They say
that work will probably be resumed IL
ten days.
The increased values placed upoI
Olympia property have enabled the au
thorities there to reduce the rates o.
taxation, and they Ale he.itating as Il
whether to Cat down to 5 or mills on
the dollar, from the II or II mills pai6
heretofore.
The case of the Territory against Cap
: tain Flank Smith. for towing logs from
, Olympia before being scaled. came o.
, for Il hearing at the capital on fuesda
After hearing all the evidence the Judg,
promptly dismissed the case aud dis
charged the defendant.
There seemed to be n strike anon,
Yesler's Mill street tenants yesterd :,
morning, though, as far as was learned
not on account of high rents demhnde,
of them. About dozen of them stimuli
tame lusly moved out. Ga settlemeu
of the trouble all moved back again
however.
Among recent charters at San Fran
I cisco are these: Snip Detroit, coal from
Nauaimo to San Francisco; bark Hell
ena, lumber from Burrard Inlet t.
Shanghai I; bark Petit bourgeois, lum
Der from Puget Sound to Valparaiso
: brig Courtney Ford. lumber from Por
Blnkely to Kahului.
The river craft that ply the Columbia
says the Historian. have got around tina
, treasury edict prohibiting passengers II
the pilot house by building separat
compartment for the man at Il whee
Ii WAS ridiculous order and will prob
ably he rescinded. The only effect
has had on most of the boats is to Civ
masters annoyance and carpenters job
[ George Gordon, a young waiter in thi
city, after imbibing little too frealy o
the ardent Yesterday afternoon. hired
saddle horse ut one of the local hve-
r. stables, which ne raced up and down tn
streets for an hour or two, until final
arrested by police officer and fined b,
tue City Justice $40 and costs for hi
misconduct.
A public meeting i'll be held in Vic
toria this evening 10 take steps to- sup
press gambling. The IT, " has proved o
|, no avail, and the sd ring public ar
disposed to resort - II assures that viii
effect the desired eau. The successe
! recently achieved III this direction b.
the citizens of Seattle have served ma
terially to strengthen the efforts of tn
,, good people of Victoria.
The Tacoma Neios properly enough
styles Dolph's bill to couirA title o
the land grant to the Northern Pacifi
Company "another railroad bill" L
will, however. SHARE the fate of all til,
other bills of the company during tn,
past ten years-lt will not pass. Futur
enactments by Congress, If there be an,
at all bearing upon these points, will b.
IN favor Of the people, aud not the rail
; roads.
Miss Winnie Hunsaker, of Portlan,
Commercial College, now on a visit 4
Eastern Oregon. recently appeared a
counsel for the defendant in the jus
tees Court. North Fork Precinct, Gran
/, county, SAYS the lNers. and reduced tn
claim OF the plaintiff from 1850 &
SO. An ATTORNEY of record claims tina
the cause should have been dismisse,
according to Miss Hunssker's papers
and Will carry tue case 10 a higher court
The steamer Gypsy has just taken from
Portland to Gray's Harbor eight thou
sand brick, seventy i've packages tobac
O.. twenty tons flour. five package
crockeryware. eight hundred package
groceries. three wagons. five stoves, TIVE
sets of furniture. five thousand feet o
store fittings, and twenty. packages Of
paints and oils. All of this cargo coulS
have been supplied from Seattle as wei
and cheaply as from Portland. Our mer
chants should endeavor to gain thi
trade.
1t is said nov that the Oregon I'm
provement Company will oper tie th,
railroad from Seattle to Tacoma, anC
/, this - confirmed by the recent elections
OF ofiic srs of the two companies having
headquarters in this city. Phey vii
lease their rolling stock from the North
, err Pacific Company. When completed
its three lines will have confined
length Of aboul sixty mites in popu
! i l.