Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-11-14

d. b. McElroy, Of Olympia, IL In Sc
sttls.
November l2sh vs.. the Canadian day
OF THANKSGIVING.
K ID. Attriaee. Of Port Lodlox. spen;
yesterday In Seattle.
Mr.. j. z. Jones has been east as far az
Helena. Montana, during the pas. week.
The Oregon Improvemsl. Company
placed q new sm oke stack on their saw
nill yesterday.
Look out for the startling announce
ment OF the Palace Clothing House in
the next Issue.
George II. Myers has closed his can
merry at Milton for the season and re-
turned 20 Portland.
The ship Melrose is loaded with 1900
tons OF Seattle coal. and expects to sail
today for San Francisco.
The shed built at the foot Of Main
street BY the Street Car Company has
been removed by order of the City
Council.
Capt. Thomas Grant, late owner of tbs
wildwood, has accepted the position of
mate on the tug Politkofsky, owned at
Port Biskely.
The soldiers claim to have q crack
rife team. and expect to get away with
the Seattle team on Sunday with litsle
or no difficulty.
The Lake Union Furniture Company
is moving One stock of furniture into
the large building on the corner of
South second and Mill streets.
Mrs. Hsmpson daring the past week
has been carrying on series OF very in
te,estiua religious meetings at Olympia,
filing the town hall each evening.
A New Westminster, b. c., boy named
Kelly. Il years old, threw a stone at q
Chinamsn named Leon Jock, ths ether
day, hitting him on the head and killing
him.
The tug Blskely will be launched
from MItchell's ways today and towed
10 Port Blakely, where some repairs
will be made to her boilers before she
10 again placed in service.
b. n. l.. Davis seems determined to
convert his farm on the Skaeit into a
stock or dairy ranch. He yesterday re-
coivcd Al head OF young cattle from
Oregon, to add to his herd already on
the place.
The Rev. William Gile, late of the Re-
formed Episcopal Church, on Sunday
last made public Acknowledgment of the
error OF his ways, at New Westminster,
b. O., and was again received into the
English Church.
Mrs. O. B. Zabriskie died at Tacoma
last Wednesday night. Of Inflammation
of the bowels. Mrs. Zabriskie was for
merly Miss Lizzie Evans, daughter of
Hon. Elwood Evans, and it is only few
weeks since she vac married.
The fifteen persons indicted by the
Grand Jury on the part Of the United
States, for conspiracy, will be srraiened
in the District Court this afternoon.
They will all plead not guilty. and the
date of their trials will then be agreed
upon.
The Puget Sound Shsre Line Is con-
struoting . new depot at the foot of
South 6econd street. II is to be 0x40
feet In size, and will answer the purpose
of depot and warehouse until more per-
naRent and larger structures can be
built.
The Northern Pacific people are max
luk . oltlkcut rhoNt w gARshhc thc hihdc
of British Columbia. Messrs. Buckley
a week past. We are sold that special
for long periods.
The Street Commissioner set a force
Of men TO work yesterday scraping the
mud from the streets and hauling it
away. This is a. it should be. A little
attention TO our main thorouRhfares
will keep them in good condition even
through the wet season.
George F. Smith arrived here yestsr
day from east of the mountains With
l40 head Of beef cattle. He reports
w. III. Crockett on the road with
band Of beef cattle, to arrive early
next week. NotwithstsndiuR the rains,
the road is reported in very fair con-
dition.
The entire day was taken mp by the
District Court yesterday in hearing evi-
dence for the prosecution in the case Of
the Territory vs. Dewitt Rumsey. on a
charge Of rout, said to have been oom-
nitted at Squak on September 7th. The
case will NOS 90 TO the jury before Wed
nesday next.
A. II. Low, Deputy sheriff Of Pierce
county, arrived here yesterday with
warrant for Hutchinson, Who 10 wanted
TO answer to the charge OF smoezzie
ment, at Tacoma, on complaint of w.
II. Harris. The officer and his prisoner
will leave for up Sound at o'clock this
morning.
The steamer Russler has been hauled
out TO undergo some extensive repairs.
She will have her machinery thoroughly
overhauled aud receive q new boiler.
Captain BENZ amin will spend at least
5000 on the Rustler, TO make her suit-
able FOR winter service. The Phantom
10 carrying the mail on the Rustler's
route during her withdrawal.
Rev. VIM. N. Stewart died at Sumner
on the 18th inst. Mr.. Stewart was one
of the oldest men In the Territory. II
not the oldest, being 81 years Of age.
He preserved his faculties, and much OF
his bodily strength, to within q short
period Of his death. He came here in
1878, and he leaves many relatives in
Pieros county and elsewhere.
Al the school election In Olympia last
Saturday the candidates we're for direc-
tor w. r. Ready and Alex. Farquhar,
and for clerk Il. H. Lansdale and John
L. Henderson. The vote vas very large
oonsidering the inclsment weather. The
result Vas ~ follovs: Total vote, 49l.
Keady's majority over farqahar 2s !;
Lansdale's majority over Henderson 22s.