Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-03-12

TTsRsJ tzo vessels, losas5 G1d ready
for -, we're bar b0aod IL Hazooidt
Bay last wsek-
Or. Folknan. editor Of the Portland
staass Zssf&H9, IL making b1ziDess
visit 70 seattle.
Ar. Tester has pile driver as EsFk
eating ia roE Of fender piles along
Tue fses Of bis wharf.
Steamer ETsrgsl takes passengers r.
Victoria for dollar. - vel ~ the Eliza
Asderson, Geo. Z. starr aud North Pa
sias.
Nevada hAs 10 postoH1eez. one Of
which is sseoBd class sud eight third
sisss- Tbs balance are - tbs fourth
grade.
The Eltzs Andersen broaghi II q
passengers from NlctoTis yesterday.
She returns this morning. taking nine
head Of borss aud fair list sf pzssea
geTs-
The steamship AlkI arrived yesterday
afternoon from San Francisco, sAd
SenI immediately uD0sF the coal
sh1aes.
The Oregon Legislature passed bill
prohibiting the sale Of unhealthy bntter
amd oieoEssrgaFiue, the latter to be
marked - such.
Ibe Elder returned from ap Sound
last evening. and Will load freight here
and sail fOF San Francisco % Sunday
afternoon at O'Clock.
The revenue cutter Woieott, after IN
| derR0ine q most thorough ovefbsaling
In han Francisco, II again At her post
I az Au8x A. pftRf TaHaaarA
Two cowboys recently indalged m a
dnel with pocket knives az Gallap, \. III.
They were both 80 badly slsshed that
neither - sx3eetsd 10 live.
7. f. Panspkrey has succeeded J. A.
l Carey i Co. ~ the agents IA tnIs city
Of the Western Fise aud Marine In.ls-
anee Company Of san fraEcisco. he
Eiil closely attend % that oompany's
affairs hereafter.
The national debt March Ist amount
cd to & l So iss7 siH. DedueEing money
| in the reasiIry, tue debt IL 81 40. 9Z3,-
80. Tbs asbt has been reduced k44,-
| rs ,e1J since the IL; of July last. The
interest bearing debt Is Dow u 1885,
1860.
| Business on Yesler's wharf seems To
/
Geld aud ID. T.. Dlrie both found their
present quarters too small, and have
leased za additional Earehouss-tbe
one formerly occupied BY Kellogg &
Snyder.
We have q great many calls from peo-
pie sho want the payer ssnt 10 them al
black Diamond. There il yet no post
office there and no mail service, aud fili-
ina these orders IN 4 satisfactory man
ner - therefore impossible. Mail IA
cIiitiss cannot be given the people OF
Cedar River Valley day too sOon.
The furniture for the new apartments
Of the Merchants National Bank has
arrived from Chicago, and IL belng set
up. IL = elegant and costly. With
their magnificent building, their safe
deposit vaults, spacious apartments and
fnfniture, the Merchants National vii
be better fixed for banking business
than any other institution north of san
francisco.
The wife and youngest daughter OF
A. J. Smith have Just returned from a
visit % Wisconsin, where they scent the
winter. when they left there, last
xeek, the eoantry was buried several
feet deep under snow, and the cold ran
from 10 10 % degrees below zero. Here
they find spring well advanced, open
air flowers in bloom, and the tempera
t1re ranging from 10 TO so degrees above
zero.
The ship santa Clara, from San Fran
cisco, Il will be remembered, oolIIdsd
With and sank the British steamer Ad
mirM Moorson In the English Channel
Salt was brOaght by the owners Of the
steamer for the full value Of their YES
sci, aud the court has decided that both
vessels we're in fault lite damages oil
each vessel ia consequence will have e
be stood by the respective owners. The
owners of the Santa Clara have ap
PeiAlsd the case.
The Travellers Insurance Cosnpan,
has Issued another fine pbotolithoRrapt
for free distribution. THIS picture rep.
ressnls a ssft of war council of the try
ing days of Is64. The center figure il
that of President Lincoln, and on either
side and behind him are Generals
Grant. Sherman, Sheridan, Hancock
Hooker, Meade and Thomas, and AID.
mirai FarrAeut. The picture is finely
hnishsd. aud Is well worthy place or
tao sail of any room in the land. Tay.
lor & Barns, who represent the Travel
eFs, have had the pleasure in the past
OF distributing for that company greai
number Of works OF art Of this char
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