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Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-12-09

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Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-12-09
PACIFIC COAST.


s1eD8csesuk ~ 81ntFD80 Af8Ho1ofns
HAn FaANcpCo, Dec. San interest
ing point for railroad travellers has lust
bsen decided BY the 6uprsms Oours Of
this State. The case Was that OF Rufua
w. Lundy, Of Kansas City, against the
Central Pacific Railroad Company, rep.
rsssnting the Union Pacific Railroad.
He wrote for and purchased q ticket at
Omaha for San Francisco. L vss
stamped, Good for nine days from the
date Of issue" The ticket vas two DAYS
Ia the mail on the wav, and although
be ussd II ~ soon a. received, the limila-
ton expired willis be was still en- route.
The conductor expelled him from the
train 81 Kelton, New, on the ground
that the ticket had expired. The Court
below decided that plaintiff must NOT
only commence bat complete his iour-
aey within nine days from the date Of
the ticket. The Supreme Court reversed
this. and decided that IL the bearer pre-
sented himself on train Of the Uniou
Pacific Railroad and took passage at
any time within nine days from che
date Of Issue. Il was all that Was 70.
quirsd.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-12-09

HAVANA AND SEED CIGARS
Il manufactured and kept in stock. In
large quantities.
Dealers win 1nd h to their aivantage
70 buy directly Of n, q We cell strictly
for Cash, hence our prices are very low.
Tho cash system enables N to sell cheap.
Goods sont 9. 0 ID. To any part Of the
coast
Cigars manufactured to erder In any
desired shape and packed In amy style 70
suit customers. my7 dwtf
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-12-09


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Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-12-09

CnAxor or BAsa.-Hall q Smith have
moved thsir Law ofRos 10 The second
story Of The Butler buildin9. w. u.
Wooa. reosnfly elected Probate Judae,
win oooopv Ne efios vacated By Msaz.
Hall & Smith,
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-12-09

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Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-12-09

OrKxEp.-Ths White Elephant vas
opened BY Jack Levy last Saturday
night. The quarters Of "the animal
occupy the whole basement Of the Yes
ler-Lsary building. The main room IL
Furnished with lunch and drinking barr,
three billiard tables. 3 reading room, ~
blss, chairs, etc. The back room u
used q . besr hall. Under The sidewalk
are the bowling alley, four oardrooms,
coal bin, eto. Il d an immense plao6
altogether. Several hundred persons
dropped In 70 So the White Elephant On
its opening night.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-12-09

6auruo AT ePosr BLAxxLx.-Ths
following vessels are nov anchored in
the harbor At Port Biaksiy: Bark B. 4.
Ham, loading for San Francisco; bark
Lilly Grace, ioadinR for Valparaiso;
barks Kosciusko, Murisl and In0iesids.
leading for Sydney. The Southern
Chief and Emma Augusta are also tAsrs
undergone sspairs.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-12-09

silver Bow Il the heaviest victims
county in Montana ~ ths tsfe eieck-
ion Il cast 47<o votea for sno aRaI,
the Stats eunsft31t1on. l -
Cisxke vas oeoouds Nth Zay voees
Bufn 4 The eo1nty esae g c1,yeF DoW'
- Hslsna 20 Lewis ana Ctnsks.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-12-09

uuANos o. WRArnna.-The weather
has ssssisd down 70 steady thing sincs
our report Of last week. The elsud and
moisture vsrs followed By . tribe Of
snow. frost. loo and clear skiss. The
temperature vent down below fseex-
ING. ranging along on Saturday, Sunday
and Monday from - 70 70 degrees shove
zero. Il 10 the ccldest spell we have had
this winter. Ar . change IL ID plsasAnt,
and more Of the same sort will b vel
come IL the cold becomes no more -
we're than u has YET been,
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-12-09

Tnx O.. II. q Or. P.-W. H narshail,
general agent d the Chicago, Ailvan-
kee 4 ". Paal Company 81 Portland. d
Al prsssnt making one Of his periodical
husinees yiaita 10 Puget sound and
British Coluuhia. He Gays his company
esss . great deal Of business from WASH
incton Territory, IL which large share
comes from tbs city Of Seattle. Il = Z
great bic company rsprsssntsd b. NJ.
Maruhail the bieRest tn The world u
The extent Of its mileage. in sysasul
covering tosai isuGth Of ave tho1aAnd
miiea. Il nov connects With the North.
srn Pacife q Fargo. but before the end
Of another year win undoubtedly con
meet q Bismarck. Il makes no promisl
Of oomina 20 he Pscidc eoast, bat tha'
II will do % In the near failure = 9 WI
common opiuioa In railroad circlss q
tha shres cities from which Il takes "
name = Chicago. Milwaukee and 8
Paul.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-12-09

An AxT1sT.-Feu Of The catiSsns %
Static knou that thsrs dvslls b this
sisy gentleman vho. Is . eArieAsur'ss,
has fac superiors In the Unitsd States.
~. rrfer % Mr.. Geo. II. O'6rien. cf the
Wsstsrn Union Telegraph cuss. NJ.
mBriea has fos . lon4 time laid Ms
s.s,eii eaiaas but lately be has taken .
- sc.in. much 10 ths aseoaishmeuf q
80 fsiends, from Whom be has ksps q.
@rndorfnl tninuS eeoroe- HI v0r9
- "A n mneh a. the ohasacose and
c-iclnoli1y shat ssndsssd Naat - fsmonn
q II painy dAyA
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-12-09

Havo og34s $780, seka1aSIs9 -
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-12-09

Postmaster General Hatton recon.
mends "a immediate Appropriated OF
slOO. 600 for the railroad postal car ser
vice for the remainder Of the yesr. In
4 letter sent 20 the House today be says
that the accomplishment Of certain
long desired improvements 70 me
postal ssrvics. whereby we ums 70
sransit between the East and tbs fAr
va hes besn reaucsd. rendered u
neoessary 10 establish greater amount
81 railroad posi- once cars than Vas
snticipated when the estimates we're
sabmisted and the appropriation MADE
for thst object.
Hstson also sent letter TO the heuse
recon msuding IN appropriaf,on q
S76Oo0 for the employmsnt OF anai-
ssonal clerks AZ Chicago, Cinolnnsu'
Cleveland, IndiAnApoiis, Loaisviile. 81
I,ouis. San rfancisco and other oatiss.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-12-09

NsWAnx. M, Deo. 6.-The Centen-
~ Presbyterian Church st Caldwell,
~ county, Wa celebrated yesterday.
"a 5 letter was read from Governor
6kseisnd, whose father Was pastor Of
~ church when Mr.. Cleveland was
Nm. The letter Expressed great inter
q d The centennial a. revivinQ memo
IIooof the writer's early life and Of his
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-12-09

NRw YoRK, Dec. S.--A delegation Of
Aha Woruan's Suffrage party called on
Sir John A. Macdonald. Prime Minister
Of Canada, this morning. and thanked
him for Incorporating woman suffrage
q TIE pending Canadian franchise bill,
and rendered him public reception.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-12-09

Owing 20 the crowded condition OF
the calendar, the House Committee on
Pacific Railroads informally decided
sodav mot 10 urge consideration Of the
biIIa introduced last session BY Rsprs-
s~rtafivra Summer and Bedford, rels-
tivs 70 she regulation Of rsses OF trans
portasioe on che Unisn and Central
Pacific roads.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-12-09

DooN0N, peo, "a c0nfest Of the
~ o. yaleria @. Stone, Of Maiden, BY
6ktoh large bequests were made 20 TeIi-
l6os Institutions throughout the coun-
rs. ~ been begun By the heirs- Mrs.
lioos LEFT property valued 81 5000, 0C0.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-12-09

NKw Yoxx, Dec. 8.-Money. 1@l1{ per
esnt; prime mercantile paper, 4k@6 per
cent sterling exchange bankers bills,
6rm 1t el61k demand, t4.05f.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-12-09

Doxaoz4A, Dee. 6.-The camel corps
and shree reRimeuta, undsr Colonel
STEWART viii arrive q Ambukol near
tos end OF this month, and win s.
ready % oruos The dooeKt . gheudv.
should Gordon urgently reuuiro thom-
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1884-02-21
Florida Letter.

TARpoN SPRINGS, Hilsborough CO., Fla,
February nth, 1884.
FRIEND CAssELI.--Since my last letter to
you, have driftcd thirty miles N. w. to the
famous Tarpon Springs 1t is located on
the Gulf coast, on the south bank Of Anclote
river, equal distance between Tampa and
Cedar Keys. The beautiful Tarpon Springs,
is within two hundred yards Of the large..h
tel, st. Marks 1t is three hundred feet wide
ut its source, and flows on in the same uni
form width and depth, in beautiful curves,
for half mile, TO the Anclotc river. The
main spring at its source, has been sounded,
without reaching the bottom for two hun
dred and sixty feet And ten smaller miner
al springs of medicinal virtue, are included
within radius of fifty feet, flowing from the
shores ofthis large and wonderful SPRING
The town OF Tarpon Springs has two hotels,
postofllcc, one general store, schoolhousc
two carpenter shops, more than dozen cot
,ages, and as many more under contract
This has been done in less than q year, and
it is expected that in the next year, il will
improve an hundred fold.
The surrounding rolling lands with miles
of sea, river, and lake fronts, and invigora.
ting sea breeze, the tall pine forest, the beau
tiful moss-draped live oaks, the royal palms.
the tropical cvergrccns, make scene so
beautiful and fairy like, that it is the admira-
ton of all observers. You can battle in salt
or fresh water. The gulf river, and lakes
are filled with fish, and the forests with an
abundance of deer, wild turkey, &c, and in
connection with sailing and rowing, gives
visitors fine sport.
The result Of two days sport of seven of
liz, up the Anclote river and on the gulf, the
past week, was one Alligator, ten feet long,
several large fine plumagcd birds, and large
number of fish, some of which weighed ten
pounds.
Ifthc "our editor or our Mayor and Doc
l.. would have been with US, there would
have been five more Caters killed, as those
that did the shooting were not experts
There is a mound within two hundred
yards Of the hotel, ten feet high, and fifty
feet in circumference, from which the bones
Of an Indian epen feet too inches high were
taken. Near the surface the balance of the
mound has not been examined yet The soil
here is as well adapted as any in the State
for the culture OF oranges, and has been less
affected by the past severe winter than the
northern section. J. II. J.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1884-02-21

A SUGGEsTIoN.-We hear regrets express
ed by many that they did not subscribe Il
larger number of shares of stock to the pres
ent Building Association, who do not feel
able to meet the requirements to do so now.
As this number is really large, we suggest
to them that they 60 to work to organize
another on lower basis than the present
one, say of twenty-five or fifty cents We
can assure them that an association whose
receipts amount to two hundred dollars per
month, or even less will justify and as the
present boom IN building and brilliant prom
Use for the future is directly and palpably
traceable to the existing association all may
readily see how excellent q movement was
that which organized It, We do not think
we are over-sanguine when we say we be-
lieve that from $50 to $50 shares of half-dol-
lar instalmcnts could readily be obtained,
were an interested and active person to
make canvass We do not think that the
ability of the town and vicinity would even
then be fully developed, certainly not over
taxed to meet the monthly requirements.
The question is with you and open for dis
cussion in these columns.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1884-02-21
Rocky Ridge Letter.

Some of our Rocky Ridge sportsmen arc
going to attend shooting match at Middle
burg on Saturday the 23rd Some. of them
say that they are going to bring some of the
prizes home with them. The Rocky Ridge
band Is invited to attend and play some OF
their choicest music to make it pleasant
day to all.
One of John Anders' little boys had been
sick several weeks back DR.. Diller attend
ed him, and he got well apparently, but
strange to say, he has lost his hearing, can
scarcely hear anything, bis father talks of
taking him to Baltimore.
Sore eyes appear to be taking their round
in On about Owens Creek Edward Boiler
little boys are very bad with it, also II. Eek
er's boys have it, and from present appear
ances the whole family will get it. Some
think it the pink eye. II comes very quick,
the eyes swell nearly shut, and burn and in
fact they suffer great deal.
There will be good many changes this
spring. in the way Of moving about, jackson
Valentine moves to Graceham, from the Pu-
sey property, and Frederick Hankey and
mother moves there, having purchased it
some time back also the property, formerly
owned by John Z. Campbell has been sold
to Josiah Wood for thousand dollrrs, Mr..
Wood does not intend moving on it himself,
but has rented it to Frank Warthen, II.
Ecker's son-in law; Mr. Warthen, is FIRST
class workman both wagon maker and
blacksmith, and intends to carry on both
branches of business, farmers in, and around
Rocky Ridge and Owens Creek will do well
to give Mr.. Warthen trial his father was
one OF the best wagon makers in this end of
the county.
The grain is looking remarkably well in
our community, but thu ground mice have
been worse on it, in fact have destroyed
more wheat than have ever known, there
are spots in my fields, especially along strips
of meadows, or along fences of an eighth OF
an acre in extent, taken out by the roots, in
fact some spots are ruined. The snow crust
being SO heavy that the mice worked under
there the same as if they had been under a
floor, being protected from the cold. There
has been more mice during the past two
years than has been known for ten years,
oYtSlS4 H.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1884-02-21
Double Pipe Creek.

Since writing our last letter there has been
ofcourse, one particularly so, from surround
ing circumstances. The first WAS that of Hi
ram Fogle notice Of which has already
been given. The next was the death of VIM .
II. Fox's Oldest child, q bright and promis-
ing little girl oftws years and six months
Bnd rs she was the pet Of the entire family,
MIR. F. feels his loss kcenly and we sympa-
thize with him sincerely. The one being
particularly distressing was that of Mrs
Eigenbrode aunt Off G. Whtmorc in whose
family she was acting in capacity of house
keeper. Mr.. Whitmore at the time of her
death was in one of the western states on
business but where to write or telegraph no
one knew. Mr.. W. buried his wife three
years ago and since that time there has three
housekeepers died in his employ and two of
his children. He now being left alone again
with the duties of father and mother to his
remaining children.
l.. F. Miller and friends while in Florida
purchased three boxes of oranges and had
the m shipped to this place by freight ire
leaseD they arrived Saturday, all frozen and
about three fourths of them were rotten.
We did not intend bothering in any way
about "Crickets" allusion to our letter. con-
corning those Florida gentlemen and their
trip, but since circumstances compel us to
bring that matter up in connection with an
other, which other is q letter published in
the CLARION forwarded from d. p Creek
and signed Cricket" The title of said let
ter being, "The Harvest Calendar of the
World" Now, we have been accused of
writing that article and also been charged
with 'cribbing" it. As to the former, we
decline the credit for what is not due us as
well as acknowledge our inability for com
posing the same without q great deal of
reading and study, and rs we are not = paid
correspondent, the credit would not Justify
the trouble, and as for "cribbing," if our
neighborhood will not furnish us items, we
will not write, and don't think our friend
Cricket" composed the calendar unless he
first forwarded it to a prominent New York
monthly, as we think we read it before we
saw it in the CLARION. And as to our mis-
takes in reference to dates in that Florida
letter, we will respectfully request "Cricket"
to procure the original letter and compare
it with our copy and if be does not find
dates to compare favorably we will give up.
And now, Mr.. Editor d. some think "Quilp'
and "Cricket are the same person, we ask
you to onlighten al, on that matter, and if
two. which one furnished the calendar
QrILL.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1884-02-21
Grace!lanl Letter.

Some time has elapsed since the last letter
from Graceham, and thinking the readers of
THE CLARION would like to hear from US
once again, will therefore give few items.
Mention WAS made in the last letter, that
Rev. E. w. Shields would give series of
short lectures before the Graceham Mite So
ciety on ancient Bible cities, this he has done
commencing with Babylon, followed by Min
evan and Damascus, all Of which were quite
interesting and instructive. Athens has
been announced for the next on the list the
meetings also have been we'll proportional
in other points of interest.
We are sorry to note that our enterprising
friend and citizen, s. ~ Birely has sold his
warehouse property, and will 60 out of bust
ness on May Ist, 1884. hessrs Coblentz
and Smith of Middletown, are the purchss-
ers. Mr.. Birely has built up an excellent
trade at this place during the four years OF
his business career here, and has won the
confidence of all who have had any dealings
with him.
His fertilizer is the leading brand in our
community and has given the farmers gen
cral satisfaction; he has also done large
business in general produce.
Messrs. Coblentz e. Smith from what We
learn are good business men, and will push
the business right along. They have our
hearty welcome, and wish them sll the sue
cess of their predecessor Mr.. Birely for the
benefit of his health will not engage in any
business for year at least. Our wishes for
his future re-engagement in business are
such as has characterized him during the
past and feel sorry that VIC may possibly
lose him in future as citizen.
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