Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-05-27

Union home mission meeting al the
Bspsist Church 81 s this evening
Captain s. W. PeFeivsl, Of Olympia,
Vas a passenger on the outgoing Queen
yesterday.
MeNaught's horse Dirigo Son a race
and 800 at Victoria last Saturday. His
competitors we're Ridges simcOe and
Claney's Long John.
A special meeting of Seattle Engine
Company, No. 1, will be held this even
ing to arrange for turning oct as body
on Decoration Day.
Mr.. Young states that Mrs. Wkittiesey
will sing SIR Arthur Suiiivan's :" Lost
Chord /" with piano and organ accom-
rantmens, at the next Saturday popular
concert
The steamer 0lympian passed Ia
toosh Island. IS miles west OF Port
Town8end, at 2 O'Clock yesterday after
noon. II she was making tvelve miles
per honr she arrived AZ Port Townsend
at 10 O'Clock last might
The steamer Alki arrived here at q
very early hour yesterday morning. and
went at ones under the shutes at the IN
cline, aud commenced loading Black
Diamond coal for San Francisco. She
will reoeive quick dispatch.
Instead Of getting double dose of
Eastern newspaper mail yesterday
morning, as was expected under the
new arrangement, no papers Whatever
came from east Of Portland. A three
days lot should be here this morning.
The District Court was occupied sll
day yesterday With the case Of the
Columbia and Puget Sound Railroad
Company against James Z. Duff. and
At least half of today will be CON
umed before the case goes to the jury.
Strawberries fell in price yesterday,
once from three pounds for Is cents to
four pounds for IS cents, and then to
6ve pounds. or Eve cents q pound. At
this rate strawberries are ehsaper eat
ing than meat, vegetables or almost
anything else.
Tbs usual monthly meeting OF the
Illinois Club will be postponed one week
| from Friday next 10 the Friday follow
| ing dune 5th). at which time an at
tractivs program will be presented AID
Sefreshmenis will be served. Iilinoians,
please bear this in mind.
The ladies of Plymouth Congreea-
| lional Church will give q sociable this
evening at the house of the pastor, Rev.
| IL. l.. Bates, on Seneca ,treet, between
Secsnd and Third Refreshments will
bs served. and an entertaining program
OF music and re0itatlsn has been pre-
pared for tue occasion. All are cordi-
ally invited.
The Iowa editors will be taken from
Portland to Tacoma and back, and en-
tertained at The Tacoma, by the rsil
road and land companies free II cost
They have been invited TO stay at The
tacoma several days, TO go up into the
Payallup valley, to visit the glaciers OF
Mount Rainier-to do any and every
thing. in fact, 10 keep them from com.
ing to Seattle. The Iowans have tele
graphed their ceeptanoe Of these offers
Criticism of the Inspectors of Steam
Vessels il freely heard in connection
with the late disasters TO the steamer
North Pacific. The boat has been ron
long time without repairs, so long tina
she was shsky, and was generally re-
garded unsafe. II Is said the Inspect
ora were fully aware Of her condition
and that she was allowed 10 go OF
months after they had themselves or
dered her OF the route.
The ship Ericsson, Captain PiHmmer
sailed into this port yesterday after
noon, having made the run from herr
to San Francisco. discharged cargo o.
GOAL there and returned in Is days
She sailed mp the Sound before Iieh
breeze, and on arriving in cur hArbo
was do0ked at the city wuarf by "a,
tug 3. l.. Masliok. She will discharg,
ballast, and load coal for the Oregon
Improvement Company for San Fran
| cisco.
Joseph r. MoNauRht took three rae,
animals and buggy team to VictoriI
on the occasion Of she Queens birth
day. The racers were Dirigo, Johnni,
Blue and Baby Nell. The latter wa
entered In the three minute class rae
on the 18th. which she won with ease
DtriRo was entered in the free for al
race, best two in three. and carried of
the arss money with ease. Our rae,
horse men claim 10 have won a. mucl
ID their horses ~ the base ballists losi