Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-08-15
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Another heavy rainfall visited this To-
cality on Thursday morning.
The Supreme Court eonvenes in
Olympia on the Sth of next month.
Two more street cars for the Seattle
Street Railway arrived yesterday fore
noon by rail.
new lifeboat for the ship Southern
Chief was brought up on the steamer
Wilmington last trip.
Captain Roeder and several other
prominent citizens arrived here from
Whatcom last evening.
The formal call for the King County
Democratic Convention, of September
9th, appears in another column.
One of the children of Mr.. A. A.
Smlth, the Front street ieweler, is dan
gerously i'll at its grandmother's, on
Alki Point. DIR. Minor, yesterday, paid
il two visits.
The Temple of Fashion will end to-
morrow night. Prices at this estab-
lishmeBt have gone down from tue
beginning. IL has been anything to
turn the goods into money.
The committee from the Y. Al. G. A..
were engaged yesterday afternoon in
placing the large autographs of the
Nashville students in the windows of
various places Of business and in all
other attractive places.
The Chronicle has evidently been
given to understand that G. M. Brad.
shaw is the Northern Pacifio's candi-
date for Delegate to Congress. 1t has
| accordingly wheeled into the line of his
support: Heretofore it has opposed
him.
Steamship Walla Walla has BEEN en-
ployed on Columbia river for two weeks
past, sluicing out sand on the river bars
so as TO permit the passage up and
down of deep drau2ht ships. After
taking coal here she will return and re-
sumo the work.
Among the passengers who came up
on the Queen of the Pacific were Mrs.
Col. K. ID. Baker. who got off at Vic
toria, Mrs. j. ID. Lowman and Miss Em.
cry, of Seattle, and Gov. John N. G 1ed-
win. ex-Direct0r of the Northera Pacific
Company. who goes on to Tacoma.
The matter of the injunction sworn
out by j. j. Grow, to restrain the County
Commissioners from building bridge
across the Duwamish river at Miller's
place, will probably come up before
Judge Greene this morning, on no-
ton to make the temporary Injunction
permanent.
The report published several times in
the Herald that the street railroad COM
pany intended laying L rails on Front
street is without foundation. The com
pany has had no such intention. Ii
N snAh xrhsln -
supply of the other kind is sufficient to
complete the work began.
There will be an ice cream social at
the parsonage Of the M. +. Church to-
night. Commencing at $50. about one
hour will be occupied in rendering a
musical and literary program, after
which the audience will be invited to
repair to the adjoining yard, where
refreshments will be served, if the
weather permits.
A travelling patent medicine vender,
accompanied by an orchestra of three
musicians, held forth on Mill street
yesterday on three different occasions,
selling his wares to all who would buy
he announced that he would remain
here the balance of the week. No less
than two thousand persons listened to
his palavsr and the singing Of his songs
last evening.
Trinity Sunday School picnic, at
Lake Washington, passed of NEST
pleasantly yesterday, Notwithstanding
the early morning threatened rain.
Five teams, we'll loaded, carried happy
party of children and adults to Laurel
Shade, where the day was passed with.
out accident. Thanks are due the
owner of the property and his agent
for many oourtesies shown the guests,
and are herewith tendered by the REQ
tor AID members of the Episcopal
Church.