Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-12-23
RREvITIEs.

senstor Garfield Of whatoou il stop
ping at the Arlington.
The market il well snuplied with
game OF all kinds. which is aid at rsa.
sonaols prices
W. X. herwin. vhs has been ON a
VISIT to the Cedar Mountain cpai mines
ior several days past, returned honne
yesterday.
snip Detroit, IN the Wells line OF sail
packets, will bring merchandise here
from san Fra neisso. sailing for Seattle
December 30th.
1he soap factory vas moved ye-ter
day from lower Mill street to = large
buiidinR on the Scott wharf. back of the
cracker factory.
j. N. Z. Atkinson paid 1890 into the
County Treasury, Yesterday, for tax.s
On the Oregon Improvement Company q
property in King county.
James M. Colman. who has been in
san Francisco on business connected
With the Cedar River Coal Company, is
expected home this evening.
Captain + II. Jefferson, who h.s been
a resident of Seattle the past Is mouths.
will leave for California tod ~, to spend
the next two months at Riverside.
The old sksting rink at the foot OF
Main street, after almost years idle
Ress, is TO be used for other purposes.
lite fitting up for feed store began
yesterday.
IL the Legislators intend to pass the
bill putting of tax delinquency to the
lat Of March they will have to do il to-
day a. 1t will be too late after the holi-
day recess.
There will be q Christmas tree next
Thursday evening at the Christian
Church, with exercises by the Sunday
school scholars, consisting of singing
and recitations.
Next Sunday Rev. W. y. TAYLOR of
Sumner. Pierce County. will preach at
the Christian Ch9rch on Seneca street
at ii a. IN. and in the evening. The
public ars cordially invited to attend.
A gentleman who resides on Madison
street says that there Is q crazy man in
the woods near that street, who amuses
himself IN frightening children Who
chance to pass. He should be looked
after.
The Christmas goods buyers were out
in force yesterday and until late in the
night. The Golden Rule Bazaar, Da-
vies' Book Store. John Suliivan's, the
Ievelry and candy stores we're throng-
ed, and sales we're enormous.
During the year 1876 the steamer
Washington, running Oh the Seattle
Whatcom route, carried l6.s75 passen-
gers. The nunber of passengers car
ried by the steamers of the Washington
Steamboat Company during the year
aggregate 22.725.
People living in the vicinity Of Sec
ond street, between Columbia and
Marion, have been disturbed Of late BY
noises that seem to arise from some
one beating a weaker person about 10
O'Clock each night. IL i. supposed TO
be case of wife beating.
The Dominion liquor act. which q
number of the Canadian provinces bave
been stoutly fighting for long time
past, has just been decided by ths Ese-
lish Privy Council to be nnconstitution-
al. This Is looked upon as a great vie
tory in British Columbia.
Chickens are coming into market
freely. A great many, probably q hun
dred dozen, arrived yesterday from
White River. Nhidby Island and other
points Of supply. A considerable num-
ber of turkeys also came. These, with
What we're already here, aud with wild
ducks and geese, ought to satisfy the
demand for Christmas.
Hibbs, the absconding l. ,wiston Post
master, Who was caught at Victoria, and
| over whose extradition there was so
much trouble, Is likely to escape pun
ishment altogether. He has been ao-
| quilted on four different counts. and
| there seems to be no idea that he can
be convicted. though his guilt Is un-
questioned. He has Just been hsbeas
corpused out OF the custody Of the OFF,
GERS at Lewiston.
| A gentleman employed at the New
castle mine states that the scarcity Of
work there 10 occasioned by the develop
ment of an eleven foot vein Of GOAL, so
| situated that two men can do as much
work a. six men in one of the smaller
| veins which have heretofore been work
ed. The nsw slope was connected With
the former one on Saturday evening,
and coal IL now raised to the surface
from the 800 foot level, and eangways
are being driven ia both directions from
the slope.
/ BY reference TO the advertisement of
the Zephyr. the travelling public will
see that that steamer will leave Seattle
for Tacoma every morning AZ 7:30. max
ing close connection at Tacoma With
the steamer Hayward or Idaho for Steil-
accom- and Olympia Captain Ballard
has arranged With the U. X. Il N. Com
pany to have these boats wait at Taco
ma until the arrival Of the Zephyr.
This enables persons wishing to visit
Oly mpia 10 leave here at 1880 q. m. and
reach Olympia at O'Clock y. m.
The Nautieske Mine Disaster.