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Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-09-10

STRAITS OF FucA CABLE,-From the
Victoria Times: Among the freights
arriving in the city yesterday on the
steamer Mexico was the cable for the
Puget Sound Telegraph Company.
which Ia 10 be laid from Port Gamble.
The original cable broke about six
weeks ago, and another one was ordered
to be made in San Francisco at once
This was accomplished as speedily as
possible, and today Mr.. McMickiag.
who had been engaged TO lay is, left on
the Mexico with the wires He will be
aided by DIR. T. L. Minors force of men,
and it is thought the entire job will be
completed by Thursday. There Ia a
considerable quantity of the wire, az
may be supposed. IL is Of a weight and
character also, to withstand the strain
20 which the cables have herefofors
been subjected.
Mr.. McMickine has perhaps q better
knovledge Of how properly to lay ca
bles than anyone else in this section
This Ia Why he has been engaged, and
there ID no doubt that the work will bs
well done. Tue cable has been badly
needed lately, and once in working or
der, it will facilitate business and 40
csmmodats men Who hitherto have has
a great deal for II 10 do.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-09-10
THE PUBLIC DEBT.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 1.-The amount of
the public debt, less cash In the treasury,
vas reduced $500 900 during August.
The amount of bonds redeemed and
cancelled was $7,300,000. Since the be-
ginning Of the present fiscal year-two
months-the bonds redeemed have ag-
eregated $15.500,0OO. The redemption
has been at the rate of $50, ,000, 600 per
annum, and it is q notable fact that in
spite OF the payment of $15,500,000 OF
bonds, the unusually large expenditure
incident to the first two months OF the
nscal year, and extraordinary payment
OF x2,500,0OO on account of the Geneva
award claims, the available cash in the
treasury, as shown by todsy's debt state
nent, is larger by over 81 Coo 900 than
TWAS two months ago at the beginning
o. the current fiscal year. There are out
sanding nearly $il l,G00,0 600 of called IS
On which interest has ceased. The bulk
OF these bonds is held by national
banks as security for bank circulation.
me total amount of interest bearing 3s
mas been reduced to about $2i4.O00, goo.
ana OF this amount the national banks
GOLD xll4 COO, 900 as security for circula-
uon. During August the cash IN the
treasury has increased from S406. .000, 600
70 $4i4 100000. The increase is owing
oniefy to the deposit of gold aud silver
Tor certificates. The gold certificates
increased over 81, 100. 900, and silver GER
uncates about $l.300, 600, n total in.
crease OF x5.0O0,000. The gold certifi-
yates aggregate in round numbers
Szi,No,O0o, and the silver certificates
sizi,UOO,O00-a total of $242. .000,0p0 an
increase of nearly $25.000,0O0 since the
osginnine of the fiscal year. Over
s@aW0.OOO of this increase is of gold
ceitifcates. During August the gold
com and bullion ewned by the Govern
ment has increased from Sis, ,Oc0, 900 10
nearly Sl22. 500. 600. and the probability
that increase will continue during the
autumn months. The amount of silver
coilars owned by the Government di-
Inished slightly during the month
Iron manom x4I.e0O,0 600 to about so. .000, 600.
!se receipts Of the Government for
august were $3t, ,366, sos. as against
soi.lcs.a0l for August of last year. The
customs receipts fell of about $l00. COO,
sa snd the internal revenue receipts about
sSV,oOU, and the miscellaneous increas-
81 nearly 100000. The money drawn
out OF the treasury on account of pen
s'ons amounted to over $l0.00o.O00 dur
in2 the month.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-09-10

"What are you draw ing. Anna ?"
us mskiug your picture. F" So the
gentleman sat very still. and she
worked away very earnestly for q
while. Then she stopped, compared
her work with the original, and
shook her little head II don't like
II much, she said. "'Taint q great
deal like you. | dess I'll put tail
to il, and call Ii dog"
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-09-10

OFFICES. No. l2 WASHINGTON
street, Seattle telephone li9; p. o.
box 6s2; established nearly two years.
and the only reliable firm in this class of
business in this Territory that supplies
first-class help free of all charge. and
buys and sells all kinds of properties.
rents houses. effects fire insurance. and
sells safes on the installment plan.
We have also added TO our business a
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-09-10

Out of forty girls at boarding.
school, none OF them could tell how
many years George Washington WAS
President, but they knew TO cent
the cost Of any kind Of boanes In the
market.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-09-10

cscHoMrsH NoMINATroSs.-F Following
- nst OF county officers nominated by
VIC Snohomish County Democratic Con-
s1.ion. Owing to the iateness of the
snsn sout We are unable 20 give the proceed
iWIEs W u full in this issue Sheriff, Wm.
TuItneid; Auditor, r. III. Folsom ;
Insurer, = j Ii. SWEET Probate Judge.
r ~ nm,eech Superintendent of Schools,
- "; Craddock; Surveyor, John Nail
VII coroner, VIM. Deering. Eye.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-09-10

ihey tell of a women In Baltimore
sno has provided herself with two
.uaufed pairs of stockings. woolen
ny ~ cotton. She is evidently intend
~ . organize hose company some
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-09-10
PURCHASING AGENCY

For the purchase of all classes of Goods.
Parties living out of the city can have
their orders filed at the lowest cash rates.
with original invoices forwarded at the
earliest moment. We claim to have had
an experience in buying and selling all
classes of merchandise for the last 30
years.
We are alse specially prepared to sup
ply new and secondhand Pianos and Or
gans. Brass and String Band instruments,
one OF the firm being professor of music.
II you should favor us with an order
you can rest assured you will be well
treated.
All parties wishing information will
please write name. address and county
plainly. and enclose stamp for reply.
PICKERING Il CO..
se5 dwlm Agents.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-09-10
FOUND.

A PLACE WHERE YOU CAN GET
~ the genuine fredericksburg Lager
a glass. Go to the Fredericksburg Lager
Beer depot. on Mill street. opposite the
Post ONCE II is the only place in Seattle
where you can get ii.
V. SCHMID, Proprietor,
Agent for the Fredericksburg Brewing
Company, OF San Jose, Cal. my1
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-09-10
voR WEEKLY:
n.uY AND WEEKLY;

p.,sessional cards, 81 per month for one
x and s3 per month for one-haif inch.
pTncals Is cents line for one week, and
A esnts a line per month.
SSSoommercial advertising. 81 an inch for
- week. and 81 an inch per month.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-09-10
BARGAINS IN FURNITURE
NOR THE NEXT 20 DAYS WE
L win offer big bargains In our line of
Bedroom Sets, SIS to $40 complete.
Stoves. from 50 SO upwards.

Bed Clothing and Pillows very low.
Complete Bsr and Fixtures cheap.
We must sell these Goods as we are 60
ing into our New Store, next TO Yesleris
Hall, on Cherry street. when we shall
move all the furniture out of the ST.
James Hotel. and continue to sell at rea-
sonabls figures. Don't fail to give Us q
call.
No trouble to show goods.
Any one wanting Fruit Trees. call we
are agents for the Vancouver Nursery.
Don't forget the Mace: Cherry street,
between Second and Front No. l22.
se4s w. r. PIlIIMAN x co.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-09-10
HANDKERCHIEF DEPARTMENT

From the Clayton stock be closed this week The following
price list tells the tale
Ladies' imitation hem stitched Handkerchief all fast colors
cents each last week IL 1>2 and Is
Ledes fancy Handkerchief last week. .l6 2-3 This week. 10
Ladies fancy Handkerchief last week25 This week 2
Ladies' fancy Handkerchief 35 This week
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-09-10
RIBBONS FROM THE CLAYTON STOCK.
HOSIERY.

The Clayton Bros stock of Hosiery determined to close
out this week occupies the valuable in
We divide the price every pair of Hose center table last
hutu
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-09-10
.nvERTIsINc RATES.
FOR DAILY:

o.,,sssional cards, 50 per month for enc
= md 81 per month for ene-half inch.
'fI locals. 10 ents line Is for one insertion a D.
.e.a "a 4 line per month.
tsC.1r,ercial tsC. advertisements, 50 cents an
Cohi BE insertion, Sl.50 an inch for six
inon ino..;ons 4nT 81 an inch for two weeks. $3.50
iessa ieselee weeks and 50 per month.
FOR WEEKLY:
occasional cards go per month for one
PI",dsI PI"ssd IN y0per month for one-half inch.
ifslt ifsslat.sIs "a ie GEMS line for one insertion,
Il q cents line per month.
~ ncSnTmmercial advertising, 81 per inch for
=. assertion. and 81 per month.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-09-10
WHslIAMA !!lblI A IA
''''' '' ''IR REPUBLICAN
tSNB0uTwEluS BOOK
PRICE. 81 50. A. ROMAN,
General Agent, 10 Sntter street.
san frAacisca. Cal.
Agents wanted. ses I'm
Attention, Buckeyes !

LIVERY NATIVE OF OHIO REsID-
"a ing in this Territory is earnestly re-
quested 10 send his or her name to DIR
Q. III. MERRICK- Seattle. Wash. aas
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-09-10
LADIES JERSEYS,

By express from New York. bought sacrifice and soil about
25 per cent. below former prices
Laces this week, onehah less
Embroideries, this week, one half less
Forchon Laces, this week, half less.
Fancy Laees, this week, one-half less
Hoop Skirts, this week, one- half less
Buttons from the Clayton stock will be sold this week &C.
Dozen The assortment viii last than this week
Cors from the Clayton stock will be sold this week the
grand discount of one-haf less
Corsets last week at.....-50 cents. This
Corsets last week at.......s1 25 This week zoe
As it only in long while that such array Of bar
gains offered viii be we remember that the early crowd
tomorrow will secure the plums at
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-10-02
THE BLAINE BRIBERY CASE.

Republican Efforts to Suppress Sworn Tes-
timony to the Facts at Issue.
HARRISBURG, October Another effort
was made here to-day to obtain the admis-
sion of sworn testimony to show that Charles
Fl. Bergner, former proprietor of the Har-
risburg Telegraph Republican,, had stated
to several persons before Blaines nomina-
ton, that in 1879 Blaine was defeated for
the Presidential nomination because of
William b. kemble statement that Blaine
had been bribed with 81 500 to make a GER
tain ruling while Speaker of the House.
District Attorney McCarrell, Republican
claimed that he was the proper person to
conduct the prosecution against George D.
Herbert, of the Patriot (Democrat) for libel.
The District Attorney was present in the
interest Of Bergner to secure the suppression
of the testimony. Alderman Eager Demo
crat, disputed the right Of the District At
torney to appear in the case, and informed
him that he would not hear him in his off,
cial capacity He said he would rather
hear the testimony, but, the prosecution
asked and obtained continuance of the
case until Thursday, owing to the absence
of several important witnesses. 1t will be
proved by number of witnesses that Berg
ner declared to them that he had handled
the checks with which Ken6le is alleged to
have bribed Blaine The suit was originated
BY George d. Herbert the defendant, to
vindieate him from the charges that he had
misrepresented Bergners utter ances
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-10-02
EARLY IN THE FIELD.

she Wanted Him and Wanted Him Bad.
NEw YoRE, October John Sprague is
Brooklyn youth of 25, good looking
and industrious. John Dexter is farmer
living in Westchester He has step-daugh-
ter named GeOrgiana Seymour. She is a
blond, very pretty, but only IA years Of age,
though, being well developed, would readily
pass for II. Two weeks ago Sprague went
10 visit his sister who lives near Mr.. Dex-
ters house.
He was introduced to Miss Seymour
When he returned TO Brooklyn the girl be-
came low spirited and wandered simlessly
about the house. Last week she jumped
into a railroad car and was carried to Brook
lvn, where she hunted up Sprague and told
him that she loved him. he said that be
was fond of her also, and they sought out
clergyman and were married.
Today Mrs. Sprsgue notified her family
of her matrimonial experiment, and her
mother says that when her daughter comes
home she win be welcomed and forgiven.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-10-02
PARKERSBUsG.
Caught a Republican Nappiug-Sale of
of Oil Lands.

Caught a Republican Nappiug-Sale Oi
of Oil Lands.
PAREERsBURG, October l. Exclusive.
From private letter received by gen,
tleman of this city, it seems that the Demo
Gratis of Weston, a few nights ago, caught
the Republicans mapping, and good joke
perpetrated on the followers Of the tattooed
Knight. The Republicans were making
preparations for raising flag pole. and had
prepared flag 20 feet in length The
Democrats, who had also contemplated
something Of the same, got together, and
with the aid of the good Democratic ladies
of the town, prepared a magnificent flag &c
feet in length, and during the
Silent Watches
OF the night they raised the pole, and when
the Republicans awoke next morning they
were astonished to see the pole erect, and
the beautiful flag bearing the name OF
Cleveland and Hendricks floating proudly
over the spot where the Republicans had in
tended to raise their pole. The West Vir-
ginia Oil and Oil Land Company property
which has been so long in litigation was
sold to-day BY Gov j. B. Jackson and W.
/. Cole, Commissioners, under decree Of
the Federal Court. The property vas bought
bv Senator Camden tor the tandard Oil
Company The property was sold in May
last for Sl63, 900, but the sale was set aside
on the grounds that it would bring more
money if offered for sale again and the rep
resentatives of the Standard Oil Company
gave bond to raise the bid ten thousand dol
lars, which they did to-day. If the court
will now confirm the sale, this celebrated
case will pass into history as one of the
most noted land suits Of West Virginia.
Personal.
Mrs. Seaton Faris is visiting fr ends in
BelIsire. Mss. Emma Freeman is visiting
II Clarksburg, Miss Alice Bailey has re-
rurned home after a pleasant Wit here.
Mss Ida Wild has been TO Wheeling. Mrs.
.lohn Ramsey who has been i'll is IMPROVING
Mrs. Henry Cole and daughter Myrtle have
he.n to Cincinnati. MI Joseph Eurleigh
laS returned home. W. H. Maybury has
.sken the agency for the Wheeler Il Wilson
Manufacturing Company. Captain A. VI
Niemens. candidate for Clerk Of the ircuit
Court, is ont among the dear people. Hon.
John A. Hutchinson is making thorough
canvass. Democrats here are puzzled to
know whether the Cincinnati Enquier is
Democratic or Republiean newspaper. 1t
seems to be laboring hard to prove that
James G. Blaine is much abused nan and
that the Mulligan letters do not amount to
much. The Democrats Of West Virginia
think there is something rotten in Den
mark, and they don't propose to support q
paper Of such doubtful Democracy.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-10-02
THE OHIO FIGHT.

Ady:ces from Ohio indicate that the Dem
rats on their poll of the State feel assured
:: having a good majority. One closely
,t,uuected with the inside workings Of the
ICampEgh says that against the consoids-
Ion Of wealth on the part Of the Repubh-
Caas to soap" the State, the Democrats are
low preceding to organize the strongest de-
tsctiye force that was ever known in the
State with view to preventing repeating
and the voting Of thousands of negroes who
have been eolonized in different parts Oi
the State. There are afidsvits setting
forth the number and places from which
these negroes were imported from Ken
tuehy and Virginia, and the detectives Will
follow them up and know where they are
lodged At Cincinnati and Cleveland prep,
arations for wholesale frauds have been
made.
While Blaine is attracting the attention
Of the masses ,on his tour the Republican
managers with their barrels on tap are
now reso-tipg 70 questionable methods
They are greatly alarmed and are growing
desperate While no great boom is visible
either way there are many quiet changes go
ing on. The speeches Of Carl SchurZ on
the MuBigan letters and Of Baysrd on
EaiRes general record and that he Is the
typical representative of his party have
Creat tSG o decided effect.
pse Democrats feel confident that the
people r.oE have al made up their minds
that they 7s7h have larger majority than
last yea-, unless j, is overcome by fraud an |
the use q money, and that their only work
for the next two weeks is the successful op-
ratiCu oS large detective force, which can
he o-ea1ized so as to protect every precinct
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-10-02
BRIEF TELEGRAMS.

Dumsstie.
The public debt decreased Si1,6t7 ,039
during September The cash in the Treas
ury is $425, OBJ. 1921. Available cash in the
Treasury SlA,l74,949.
From January, 1854, to September 20
1888 miles Of railway have been laid on 10
lines in 10 States and Territories.
". A. White, ofSpostsylvania, Va, shot
and killed chicken thief whom he found
in his hen house.
Rev. Locke, Of Cambridge, Ohio, was yes
terdsy elected Secretary Of the East Ohio
Conference Of the n E. Conference in ses-
sion at Youngstown, Ohio. Bishop Warren
presided.
Foreign. -
lie Pans denies the runnor that France
and Germany have had an agreement rela-
tive to Egyptian affairs
Seven deaths occurred from cholera in
France yesterday. s# E
IL is semi-ofkeially announced that Ad-
miral Cour5et attacked Helung yesterday.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-10-02
ALIVE UNDER WATER

Nine Men Imprisoned in n CafSson-An
Exciting Episode at the b. & o. Bridge
Building over the Susquehanna-4An Res
cued.
WILMINGTON, Del, October IA spe.
cisl from Elkton, Nd, says the intelligence
reached there BY Telephone that Csisson No
.. OF the Baltimore and Ohio bridge, over
the Susquehanua river, at Frenchtown, sunk
at o'clock this morning with twenty men
Cnder it. seven or eight of whom are sup.
posed to have been drowned. A bulletin
displayed at the Telephone Exchange states
hat between six and nine men are impris-
oned in the Caisson sixty feet under water
Air is being pumped in and there is posi-
hility of effecting their rescue after the tide
has faller.
A dispatch from Havre de Grace, Nd,
says: There was an accident at the site Of
the proposed Baltimore 4 Ohio railroad
bridge, across the Susquehanna river, this
morning about o'clock. Caisson number
nine sunk with nine men in it. Air was
pumped into the caisson to sustain the men,
They were sixty feet under water They
were all rescued at noon. The accident
was the cause of intense excitement.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-10-02
HER MISPLACED CONFIDENCE.
Mary Meyers Experience With Stranger
Who Promised Her Work.


New York, October Robert Campsi
was on his way to his home at COG East
l33d street at oclock on Sunday morn,
ing, when he heard cries for help from the
vicinity of the Portchester railroad depot in
Morrlsania He ran in the direction Of the
sounds, and saw man start up from the
shadow of the depot. Again the cry for
assistance was repeated Campel found a
young girl lying upon the ground The man
had in the meantime dashed across vacant
lot and disappeared.
The girl told Campsi that she had accom-
panied the man, who was stranger to her,
to the depot He had told her he would
take her where she could procure work
Arriving near the depot, she said the man
threw her down. She screamed and he
clutched her BY the throat, trying to stihe
her cries BY choking her.
Campsi took the girl to the East One
Hundred and Twenty.sixth street station
She told Sergeant Sullivan that she was
Mary Meyer, lS wears old, and lived with
her parents at II Greenwich street. She
had been in this country but q year She
met the man who tried to assault her in
Third avenue, where she was taking a walk
in the afternoon. He told her he would
get her employment in hotel inst out Of
town. and she went with him to see the
place.
An hour after arriving at the police sta
ton the girl had recovered sufficiently to
go home. The Harlem police are trying to
find her assailant.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-10-02

Cot, NJ J. FoGERTY, . member Of the
ammany general committee, and deputy
lheriE Of New York, was in the city yester-
Iay and made the REGISTER pleasant call.
Ile stated that Tammany would be loyal to
b. National ticket and he was confident of
IlEyEIAND carving New York. He cor
t,cted REGI>TSR error that Tammany
h.iei to support TILDEN in 1876 and point
;: or; that it was Tammany alone that
Iayed him. In that campaign TILDEN came
n New York with thirty thousand votes
i,ains, him and it was Tammany's seventy
I've thousand majority in New York city
hs; gave the Gramercy sage the State.
e. FooEaIY predicts a larger majority for
I sraANu in New York than TILDEN re
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-10-02
DYING IN the T0RcHLleHT.
A Double Murder at Charleston,
Last Night.
TWO MEN SUDDENLY SHOT DOWN.
The Terribly Disastrous End to Aagnii-
cent Demonstration at Kama
wha's Capital.
WHISKY ONCE MORE THE CAUSE.

CHARLESTON, October IL Exclusive. l.
The city is wild tonight All day long the
hearts Of the citizens have been fred by the
blare Of bands and the stirring strains of
martial music. Tonight murder adds fuel
to the flames Of excitement and uproar has
given way to chaos To-day was the occa-
sion of the great Democrats rally. Fully
1000 people were present and the enthusi-
asm was unbounded. From all portions of
the valley came thrOngs of people to hear
Democratic doctrine expounded BY Demo
cratic speakers. The day was propitious
and the enthusiasm unbounded. Cheers
Tor Cleveland and Hendricks were frequent
and vociferous. The day meeting was ad-
dressed by Col Fellows, of New York and
Major Baughman, of Maryland. Their ad-
dresses were effective and elected
Frequent Applause.
At o'clock tonight the city was sea
of light. Fireworks Illuminated the skies,
while below myriads Of Chinese lanterns
and various devices added to the splendor
of the scene. The torch light procession
was a magnificent success. Nearly two
miles of glazing torches flashed their colors
on the dark Hanawha hills. The scene
was inspiring. All along the route of
march were constant manifestations Of en-
thusiasm. Cheers greeted the marching
hosts at every turn, while colored fires
added their brilliancy to the inspiring occa-
sion. Just after the procession disbauded,
and while a display of fireworks was being
made from the levee, horrible affair oc
CURED that cast a gloom over the day, anu
stirred up
The widest Excitement.
John Numley, while drunk, without warn
ing. drew his revolver and fred promiscu-
lously into the crowd. At the first shot
Charles Slaughter fell dying with shot in
bis breast. He lived but five minutes, and
died in great agony. The second shot was
not effective but the third struck Albert
Mccormick in the throat, inficting fatal
wound. Numley was secured and placed
in the Jail, which was quickly surrounded
by bowling mob who demanded the pris-
oner life.
No Significance.
Numley is a Republican, but his act has
no political significance, but was simply
the freak Of drunken man, who, crszed
BY drink was scarcely responsible for his
deed. 1t is not believed that lynching will
follow, and that all will be quiet by morn
ing.