Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-08-21

Nashville Students tonight, at the /
Standard.
The railroad savmiil Ia kept busy at
work making lumber 20 sapply the
present heavy demand upon it.
The emptying of five carloads Of
freight from the south and east, enliv-
sned the depot IN the southern end OF
town yesterday.
Reserved seats for the Ingersoll lee
ture on Orthodoxy" will be offered
for sale at LowVan's bookstore at 10
O'Clock tomorrow.N
A temporary platform has been built
a, the Northern Pacific depot, to render
more easy the handling of freight. Five
cars we're there discharging Yesterday.
The first session of the Methodist
Episcopal Conference for Puget Sound,
will convene at = a. IN. 10 the vi. h.
siding.
At the Republican primaries in this
city, last Saturday night, 669 votes were
castillo in the First Ward, 1888 in the
second Ward, and l6l in the Third
Ward.
Mr.. OIdfield of Seabeck will leave the
Sound next week for New Brunswick,
where he will take unto himself better
IF, and return to the home Of his
adoption.
The steamer Bob Irving will bring
here an excursion party tonight; the
Knights of Pythias of the Terminus COM
ing TO pay visit to the Knights of the
Queen City.
Fay Templeton is bat eighteen, and is
said TO be very pretty. She has seven
teen young ladies ia her company.
Seattle boys will probably try and look
their prettiest next tuesday evening.
Cyrus Walker and Mr.. Talbot, of
Blakely, and a number of other we'll
known citizens, left for the south by the
Puget Sound Shore Line yesterday.
the Portland cricketers beat their
visitors from Victoria two, out of the
three games played in the former named
city, during the past few days. and New
claim the championship of the North
west coast"
Mrs. s. p. Moody, of Victoria. who
visited Seattle about three weeks ago.
was taken sick on her return, and has
been lying at Port Townsend ever since,
unable to get home. She was better al
last accounts.
Schooner John f. Miller will go from
here to Olympia today, with railroad
material for the Olympia and Tenino
Company. She has on board 789 steel
rails, l5S bundles fish plates, 20 kegs
spikes, and IL kegs nuts and bolts.
Steamer Eliza Anderson brought from
Victoria 81 Indians on her last trip
with their bedding, cooking utensils
ETC., and will bring over another lol
next trip. They are bound for the hor
yards of White River valley, and will e
on from here by steamboat or rail.
The King County Republican Con
vention will meet at 10 o'clock in the
, forenoon on Saturday next, and not a
: in the afternoon, as heretofore pub
, lished. This will suit country delegate,
better, as it will be the only way of get
ting through with the business ON HAND
before late hour In the night.
} The first material for the Satsop rail
7 road went up the Sound yesterday, on
barge in tow of the steamer Rip Val
} Wrinkle. 1t consisted of lumber. black
smith shop, heavy wagon, team o
horses, and other things. The horse
were the magnificent half Peraheoi
p team of Leander Miller. supposed to b
the largest, most powerful and the bes
|, heavy horses in the Territory, their coIu
q bined weight being $40 pounds.
{ Captain j. G. Parker came down fron
: Olympia yesterday, to inspect the wor
' being done on the Messenger by Messrs
3 Allen d Brasen. and expressed hirasel
r rs pleased with the manner in whic
0 the work is being done. He intend
: that the boat shall be put in first elias
= shape before she again goes into sci
= vice. A large force of men are emplsye,
: and Captain Parker hopes to be able t
Q launch the Messenger by next Satur
Q day, so that she can start in on Monda
0 on her regular trips again.