Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-06-10
BREyITIEs.

Raspberries are ripe, though not yet
in market.
Steamer Susie is offered by Captain
Ellis for sale.
Columbia county is out of debt and
has $26I0.43 ia the treasury.
DR.. James G. Minkler, late of Port
Gamble, is about 10 locate In tue thrlv
ing young town of Montesano.
H.G. Thornton, Robert Abraps, A.
II. Manning and j. IL. Woolery are ali
candidates for Chief Of Pollce.
A hes.vy fall Of rain, with an eHd TO
threats from the clouds, would be n
pleasant change In the weather TO re-
cord.
Mr.. Arthur Doyle, the architect, is
building himself an elegant little resi-
dence at his garden home at Lake
Union.
The appearance OF Belltown, or more
properly speaking North seattle, is
- uch improved by the addition OF nve
new houses nt the corner of Fourth and
Cedar streets.
1t costs money to get mp good Fourth
of July celebration, just a. it does TO do
ANYTHING else, and our citizens should
bear this in mind when tbs Committee
call upon them.
The o. Il. d N. Co. has reduced its
rates of transportation on cord wood In
Eastern Washington. IL now charges
81 a cord to Waila Walla, where 1t for
merly charged $5.
The Oregon State election resulted in
A great Republican victory, including
the choice of Representative in Con
gress aud Senator to be elected by a
Republican Legislature.
Mrs. Richard Osborn and child, ac-
conIpanied by Mrs. Popple of Bloom
IN ton, ILL.,. mother of Mrs. Osborn. re-
turned yesterday morning from a visit
to the above named city.
The barrel factory in North Seattle is
furnishing employment TO forty men.
The slaves d barrel material are being
piled up in imposing shapes. 1t il an
ito pated that the work will now in
crease rapidly.
Grace Robbins, young daughter of
l.. M. Robbins, living on Second street,
pear Virginia, fell out of small tree
into which she had climbed, and broke
her arm. DIR. Minor WAS called, and
quickly set the injured member.
The tax levy of Lewis County for
1884 has been fixed at 81 mills on tue
dollar. With an honest assessment, tue
levy would have been one half, the
same revenue would have been secured,
and the people would have felt in every
way better over 1t.
Le,eis County Bee is the name of a
new and neat eight-page paper pub
lished at Chehalis, 10y ON. Bull and W
W. Francis. We trust that il will be
true TO the best interests Of its local
constituency, in which event IT will de-
serve the fullest measure of success.
Lightning has been in this country a
harmless article in the past, but that il
will be- so in the future We may doubt
from its performances of last week. At
Vancouver, on Sunday night, two ladies'
were thrown down and stunned by it,
and ON Monday two men near Colfax
were almost killed by it.
! he new portage road, running along
the banks of Lake Union to the scene
OF the pr, posed canal, is nearly COM
plete. A reporter happening in that vi
cinlty, noticed that the steam laundry
il being enlarged, that many men are
employed thsre, and they said that
business was more than rushing.
The steamers North Pacific and Olym-
plan are running on too close time 10
make their schedules with unfailing
regularity. They are marked to leave
Srattle for Tacoma at y. w., but, with
the tst thing TO put them out. they can
MT make 1t. fhs Olympian yesterday
WIS half an hour behind time.
The Spring Hill Company will give a
pa nlic test of the strength and value OF
tpeir water works this evening al I
o'clock NJ the corner Of South second
aud Jackson streets. Great things are
claimed by this company. and those in
tere sted, as also douosrrs, should make
IL n point to witness tue test.
Oswego, Oregon, reminds one of Gold
smiths deserted village. The iron works
that "A few weeks ago were tesuiing with
life and energy are now almost as still
~ the grave, the only thing to relieve
the almost d satnliks stiffness being the
ARRIVAL of an occasional load of coal
from some coal burner, who has not We,
finished his contract.
The gas company put nine men TO
work, yesterday morning. Ga the exteu
sion of their system mp Pike street. Tae
city has just ordered seven lights on
this street, and the company is proceed.
lug To all tue order. Ii would be an ex
cellent idea TO put a lamp AZ every cor
ner OF the Improved streets within the
gas limits OF tue city.
Mr.. L. Ealin, the ship carpenter, 10 at
present engaged IN building q pleasure
boat for his own use. she IL to be ~
feet long. 81 feet beam. and = fee,
deep. with OAK frames. oak keel and
cedar planking. She will 10 a beauty
when completed. aud very staunoh.
She will be slsop rugged, aud ready for
duty on the cobing Fourth of July.
George Foster, the genial whartinger.
has returned from the Esst, after an
absence of thirty five days. de went
by way of Helena and IS. Paul. aud re-
turned by way Of salt Lake and San
Francisco. and during the trip took In
Niagara Falls, Mormond,m. the great
cities OF the Union. aud heap of sight
seeing and tun. he IL not sorry TO get
back home though, by any means.