Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-03-26
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interesting meeting this evening.
The regular tern Of the District Coor1 /
vii oonnsoos in Seattle one week from 4
aeIs Monday.
Waterman a KATE are about 70 begin /
the construction Of a three story Srlek |
Business house 10 Port IoEnsend.
Msssrs. Burke, Halter & Rasin sI-
pect % move into their elegant suite Of /
oajses 10 The Kenny brick block early /
Rsxs week
slmpsion Of seFytse. has broaRht heTe 1
Dscssar Island.
A valuable sunhasm Of the Order Of /
knights Of PSthiss VS. picked az yes /
tsrdav. And left q, this sttice for the |
owner and loser.
Chief Justice Greene held court in |
climbers yesterday fer the settlement |
Of issues in eases 10 be tried daring the /
coming term of onurt.
Jebn ID. MAneieG. the champion roller |
su.ter Of Oregon, has arrived IN Seattle |
and ia taking Of giving an exhibition
Of his skill on wheels IN this city.
The oyster crop Of Shoalwater Bay
this season will not eIoeed by 600 or
| 10 LOO baskets that Of last season. Shsn
ska prodact am9nHted TO about SO,oOO
bafskess.
(5ruegaI William McMicken, Of Oiym-
pia, arrived here yesterday and will be
ia town for day or tEo. Governor
Ferry is arranging Whist game for
him this evening.
The Mayer and a naraber Of Council
msn sent sat in carriages yesterday 10
sx amiue the road 10 the City Cemetery.
wiih view 10 mskiGs some improve
| ments on the same.
A barn belonging TO W. H. Baker, at
/ Samuel Wa burned last Friday night,
giih thirty tons Of bay aud bliin2
/ machine. The loss was $500. which
SiII be partially relieved by small In
| susaneo.
Captain NcAllep has withdrawn bis
| offer OF 500 for the raising Of the
snnken steamer Underwater. Captain
bepiamin, of the Rustler, Is still trying
| 70 pet her, and in case he snocseds, Will
hold her for salvage.
The examination Of Charles Waber
and Mrs Derr. of Tacoma, charged With
adultery, will take place at Justice Hills
court this morning. unless the parties
conclude to waive examination and
await the eOnse2ing OF fhs District
Court.
CoIisctor Bash went TO Port Town
end yesterday morning on the George
Z Starr. He spent a few hours in Sc
attic. during which time be was sur
rounded by friends anxious 10 bear him
rslilts the incidents of his trip to the
National capital.
The O. X. & N. Co. IL engaged in she
effort 10 cot down ths number Of en-
eInIsers on Its ocean steamships from
three TO two on each vessel. The eBgi-
yeefs resist the change, and their cause
has been taken up by the Society of
Marine Engineers at San Francisco.
At the Napa Asylum at the present
time there are 1884 patients. Including
the attendants, 10 Is seen that the asy
ium furnishes shelter for fJ00 persons.
seven barrels of -four are made into
bread each day. while 1000 posnds of
rnett are consumed daring the sams
Tins.
The Rev. h. l.. Bates was married on
Wednesday morning In Portland 90
Miss Nichols, daughter of DIR. Nichols
OF that city. They arrived home on
laat nights boat. His church will ten
der them reception on Friday event ng
at the residence Of U. @. Shorey, corner
Of Third ard Columbia streets.
The steamer Eliza Anderson brought
betResn Nifty and sixty passengers from
| Victoria yesterday. The North Pacific
| Dad NIB )ut the same numbeF on board.
A great number Of these are laborers,
| Who locked TO the Island in search of
work, and failing 20 find it, are retarn-
ing TO the United States.
TIE latest report from the steamer
Daily, which was mentiJned as having
SUNK IN the Skagit river YESTERDAY, is
10 tlie effect that she was snagRed and
settled in three feet of water. The City
of Qaincy went To her rescue. with the
| neoarssary appliances to stop the leaks
and pump her out. The Daisy may be
expected here Ia a day or two for repairs
Captain Thomas Wright is talking
very strongly of placing the Eliza An
dcrspn on the route between Seattle
and S,tka. Alaska. He is looking over
the ground, aud will soon arrive at a
coneiusion With regard to the IN 4tser.
The opposition on the Victoria route is
very strong, and steamer must do an
immense amount of business at going
rates IN order to pay expenses.
4
Eureka Standard : fhe foreign de-
mand for redwood lumber from the
} Western Coast lie gradually increasing.
We learn from Collector w. II. Pratt
that during the month of February,
ms. the following vessels cleared al
the Custom House Z foreign ports :
barhs Royal Tar and Excelsior briRs
desgsrian and Eva, aud the barkentine
Uncle John. The aggregate cash value
aers OF the careoes OF ,he above named
vessels vas xi3s, T6i the total number
u feet OF Lumber. 10000. Oh an
average $1,000 feet moatnly IL shipped
from Hnmboldt Bay
Tue steamers North Pacific and Geo.
Z. starr are disffessinely irregular In
their appeF Sound movements. hey
are advertised To leave Tacoma for
seattle At ) o'clock each evening, and
about 10, or little later, people here
begin 10 look for them. Sometimes
they come before II o'clock, sometimes
uos tiIi ~, and occasionally not until l,
or IL They are advertised TO leave
nere fof Victoria At 2.30. Generally
they do leave AZ that time. bat once ia
while they do not get of until 3 or
This mid ie-of-the- night business for
the two boats o. the principal Sound
route Ia disaRFeeablc At the best, and
when to that discomfort is added gro )
rresuaartty. u becomes q nuisance 10
tue public. We suggest 10 the company
s'ehsok ss COED hour for leaving
Iaooaaa. and or 5 for leaving Seattle.
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TTRitp OF IdFR.-Mrs Latham, a
ssronR. healthy looking woman, about
hfsy years Of age. with short grayish
hair raafAfs,s, .,ts 1,nsh S-.a -.