Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-01-30

A chsnss 20 get a vzlEsble hotel
property Is offered by Charles Elseuoeis-
q Port Townsend.
Captain J. II. Marshall and family, o.
Seattle. are Spending the winter IN san
Diego, California
The steamer Rip YgnEinkls is en-
gagged IN tossing legs for the Oregon
Improvement Company.
lie mail from the East has been
cutie irregular Of late. Yesterday, for
instanse, none whatever came 10 hand
The weather Of the past week has
hseE y decided improvement upon tbs
weather IT tue previous month and a
half.
United States Marshal George vili
isaFe for Cheney today, to attead q
session Of the District Court at that
place.
The family Of ID. n. HYDE have moved
into the north half Of their dgabIe
house 90 Third street, between Colum-
bia and Marion.
J.C. Herr, special agent Of the Treas
ary Department, accompanied by Mrs.
Horr, arrived here By toe steamship
Mexico, last night.
A gentleman from British Columbia
ts at present IL Seattle negotiating for
the purchase Of thirty head Of horses,
10 be taken 10 Victoria
A. L. MscCulsky, the well known
produce merchant. who has seen on a
business visit 10 san Francisco. re.
tarned home last evening.
E.A. Turner, of Ridge Lawn Poultry
Yard, wiIi ship TO Victoria today a trio
Of xhits-crested, blask Polish chick
ems real beauties TO look upon-sHd
also magnificent light Brahma roost-
eF, as large as turkey Robbler.
Captain Charles Low, owner of the
steamer Neilis, will leave for California
IN few days, to join his wife, who has
been s0joarninR IN San FraIciscO for
several weeks past. Captain and Mrs.
Low will return TO Seattle together.
The Los Angeles EISre.s says At
the present time there are at least 200
idle men IN Los Angeles. There is
nothing for them 10 do, either here or
IN the country. Their services could be
obtained during the present dull season
at a nominal figure.
The prospect is fair for work 70. the
Toe factory next summer. Though the
weather has bren c5ld. il has not been
favorable for ice making and ice getting,
and but little provision has so far been
made for the wants of the ice-creani
and cold drink people of next summer
Major Howell, brother of Mrs. def
ferson Davis, died in San Francisco
hospital a few days ag). he Was sick
and destitute. bis condition resulting
from dissipation. He was a brother of
Jeff Howell. who Was lost on the Pacific
of Cape Fiattery, in 1875. Major How.
ell spent the summer Of 1915 in Seattle.
The Black Diamond coal mine at
Mount Diablo, California, is being dis
mantled. Ii is one of the oldest mines
on the coast, and long ago was one oil
the most profitable. - Better coal and
better mines have rendered it unprofit.
able. Hence its shutting down, OF
shutting up, whichever expression may
be right.
The Tuolnmns IndepeHdeHf il respon-
sible for the following At the skating
rink in Columbia, on Thursday evening
of last week, Willie Ebeler was seiz ID
with fit of laughter. and spit out a
tack which had been fostering in his
lungs for seven years. IL was supposed
that he WAS gradually dying Of con-
sumption.
Frank Males. the fellow arrested on
a charge of being implicated in the re.
cent burglary of j. +. McDonaId's
cigar store, was released on his own
recognizince yesterday, to appear
again on Saturday. There is little
doubt that Males knows considerable
more about the burglary and the where
abOuts of the stolen property than be
cares TO make public, but with the lin
tied evidence ut hand IT will be quite
difficult TO prove his connection with
| the affair.