Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-12-10
n REFIffEs.


San Francisco Tuesday.
To. work Of ooBpsstiaR the upper
story q the Oeers House blcsk 10 Pro-
crossing rapidly
The Cedar Mountain Coal Company
are oaiidiBg = roof over thsif r-tAii
bankers 10 this siiT.
Ths S,rthern Pacific Railroad ottce
Al Y4kiaa, according 10 the sigHat, icos
10 FZ5 CO. last month.
Mrs. II. d. MsrEin Vas appointed
p7atrnissre@s ~ Yakima CITY. In place q
J. c. Nc 1rimmon, resigned
John W. Denny has j7ss completed
ths construction OF n-z house Ter
Henry L. Denny, on bis ranch a. Green
Lake.
Dr. J. 3. Mesjuire has gone from sno'
b0ntsk, Isaving behind him. as be pre-
vioa=ly iefs Seattle. All the anpaid debts
be s&s able 70 contract
The Washington Iron works shipped
. mn Der o. car wheels 20 OLYMPIA yes
t4rdsy. They vsrs consigned TO tie
Olympia a Tenino Railroad.
Tue steamer Lone F sherman arrived
last svenis2 from Friday Haroor, 20 oo'
tan a snppiy Of fish bait 10 be used Ii
tue fisheries at that place.
Mrs. General George NJ. O'Brien. Of
Omaha, who has for some time past
been visiting her son, Geo. NJ. u brlen,
Jr., of this city, leaves this evening for
the East.
l.. L. Smith a Son are not to be out
doae by their competitors in business.
Their stock Of gold and silver goods,
jewels, etc, are offered this year at y
GER cent discount.
X. ID. Parker having failed to sell bis
Oak Lake farm has concluded to In-
pr I'VE 1t. He has Jnst completed new
house, and ALL otherwise add to tia
comfort OF his home.
Doe. Mitchell will have an auctien
sale of horses on Saturday next At p.
IN. a. the foot of Columbia street At
the same time be will slso sell lot OF
carpenter tools and gold watch.
The steamer Washington, after IN
dergoing repairs for the last month and
a half, hiss again resumed her fsGte.
The steamer W. K. Merwin, which has
been running 10 her place recently, Will
nov be laid up for needed repairs.
Dutch Henry" resident Of Yski-
ma, went home full of beer one night
lasl week, fell over bnrning lamp, and
set the place on fire. A companion
dragged him ont doors. bat not until he
was injured 50 severely as TO cause his
death few hours later.
Nov il the time to send orders for
Hgrper's BaEar for 1856. -Four dollars
viii secure II for ths year. the same
price ~ the Weekly and Monthly. Any
one wishing tue three Harper puhlic4-
tions and the WEEKLY Posr-ssTELLI-
sssoEs for 1886. can get them on gay
ment At this office of $ll 40.
Bill Sye, the famsas Western humor-
ist, nov ON lecturing tour of the
Pacific States and Territories. will ap-
pear before a Seattle audience on
Monday evening next. at the Opera
Hoase. He is travelling under the
auspices OF Abraham Lincoln Post of
Walla Wails, aud of Stevens Post OF
Seattle.
On Tuesday afternoon the King Coun-
ty Equal Rights Association met in Yes
Ter Hall, and 10 order to facilitate mat
ters and correct several errors in their
former orgaLiz alton they disbanded ana
lowing election of officers: President,
Mrs + G. Mooers; Wee President, Mrs.
O. Jacobs Secretary, Mrs. +. Chick !;
Assistant Secretary, Mrs. Dubois.
Tbs Evening with Longfellow." I'M.
der the ausplees of the ladies of the M
T.. Church. al Yesler's Hall last evening,
was successful and very enjoyable en-
tertainmen.. Ii is a profitable mode of
entertainment to have evenings" With
the principal authors, upon which oc-
easions may be rendered their poems
that are set to music, and essays on
their works az we'll as reading aud de-
claiming selections from their bes, ef
forts.
Mrs Emily Cornwall Plummer died in
D lkland, Cal, November 30th, of ~
paoid fever Mrs. Piummsr five years
ago was a teacher in one Of the public
schools of SEATTLE. She WAS a sister OF
z. II. Cornwall, the California capital
ist. and the wife of G. b. Plummer. an
early day humorist and eloentionist of
much favor, and member of the Uni
yersity faculty during the period of the
family residence Ia this city.
The tug Tacoma stsod the test of her
inspection yesterday afternoon, and
started IN the evening for Tacoma. Tke
men on board said she could outrun the
tuR Tyse without half trying. They
say she was at great disadvantage at
the cent trial, and they will put up
$500 that their boat can beat the Puget
Mill Company's tug At any time. They
grant that the 1yee can tow heavier
loads At greater speed. but for clear run.
ming they claim tbs Tacoma is 50 perior.