Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-05-03


ssarvegos General MeMicksn = IN this
city.
Ihe regular May term Of The County
GouniaEio8ers eonTenss tomorrow
II. A. Atkins condition remains sbo1s
ths sama, with little hope Of reesvssy.
The steamer Washington brouRht zp
Is passeisReEs and considerable freight
TIE seattle Reds are row open 20
ebalienGs. No zine 10 the Northwest -
barred.
Dfsrar Gardner made 3 seizare Of =
small quantity Of esntrsbaDd Opium
Yesterday.
The steamer Nellie, on her last trip.
bnsaRht 70 this city 10000 shingles
faOm SDot0Enisn river.
The oat market has advAseed. and
from SO 10 so per too IS HoU demand
ed for frst-eiass q7ality Of oats.
The T.ldsF, which sails today, viii
take q fair hist Of passengers and a
good frsighi. inoiadlng COZ tons OF
coal
4 bxosher Of the late VIM. Il. Barker,
Of Noo,aack, arrived here yesterday 20
take charge Of the remains of bis de-
oeased nsiAsiye.
johnny De Tier, while engaged IN
surveying lumber on Stetson & PGss's
wharf. EEL and speained his ankle yes-
ferday morning.
Georges smith aud Harry WiIss, ar
rested for stealing @ quantity OF old
iron, vsfe tined and acquitted IN Jus
lice Lyons Court yesterday.
The hall Of the burned steamer Ga
zelle vas hauled np on the Lakes ways
today. II IL in good condition. The
uppeF works will be rebuilt az once.
fhos. n. Reed, Jr., Of Olympia, who
has beea spending . few days IN san
Juan island. returned to Seattle yester-
day, and will 20 home by tne steamer
today.
| All persons engaged in either esii-
tariAl or local work on papers nov pub
| itshed hi Seattle are requested 10 meet
at ths editorial rooms Of the Chrosfcke
uiaos at 2 O'Clock this afternoon.
The Fire Department will elect q
Chief fer the ensuing year next Mon
day. There are but two candidates IN
the deld - the present incumbent,
Daniel Mcke0n, and the ex-Chief
Gardner KELLOGG.
Mr.. Ward, an Olympia Surveyor, ar
rived bore yesterday with q surveying
| party. en- has way 70 the Pysht RtyeI
country. where be has large Surveying
contract. Gus Bettman, of the capital
CITY, 10 o E1ember Of his company.
| The only damage cansed by the for
| est fires 10 the Cedar River country, %
1 far ~ reported, was the smashing In 0i
4 srestls about one mile from the Blaek
Diamond mine by . large eeda- tree.
| which fell across IL. Carpenters are
NOS at work repairing the damage.
ID. X. Howard has libellsd the Mes
ssneer, to recover $40, the amoant OF
damage sustained by tue Phantom by
| che Messenger running into her somt
mouths since. Captain Parker gave
bsinds yesterday to prevent detentlsn
81 the Messenger pending the trial Of
/ tbs cause
/ Ths District Court was occupied al
day yesterday In the trial Of the case OF
the Territory W. Frank Schow and hts
bsndsmen, George 4. MeGinnis and
Jdhn M. Blanchard. Tnis Is Ivll
suit 10 recover the amount of one Of
shle bonds stolen from the Clerks Office
by Bash, Malieu OF al.
Mrs. W. J. Black veil has quite a nu.
Enerous art GLASS. She has SIX workers
IN metals, four water color painters and
eight In oil colors. Those engaged in
hammered metals are gaining high
degree OF proficiency. Paintings exc
onted by her pupils are, IN local ART
circles, attracting marked attention.
The circulation of this DkILY con-
tiiiues 10 increase from week 20 week
This, Notwithstanding the hard TINES
times, Is astonishing. We print today
4 1872 papers, and this 10 the regular edi-
titas, With no special orders. We never
before printed 20 many, and the asser.
tion IL = safe one that no other two dai-
lies IN the Territory combined print 81
many. and II 10 eqaily safe to assert that
no other daily has gained 80 stsadils
and 10 rapidly during the past one, two
or three years
!. The Danitese was presented by ths
MdKeo Rankin Company at the FRYE
Ofnra House last night to q large audi
enee. The play is one Of the Western
| type, pleasing In lie character TO many
pefsoDs. bot nat to all. and was qnite
well rendered. Mr.. and Mrs. McKes
Rankin played the principal parts with
great credit. Miss Isabel Morris, As
The Widow was excellent, and Rob
ertI Murray, rs the Ohinaman. Tbs
clsss attention paid and applause given
indicated the satisfaoticnof the audi
ence. The company left here on the
George Z. Starr this morningfcr Vic
| fnffA.