Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-04-12
SHIPPING AEws ANR SOCIAL
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Pox7 TowxsExD. April II. 1885

fosT IovSsEND. April IL. 1875.
The steamer Virginia, Of this place
toved scOV load Of stone from ID,
qasrries at Bellinghan Bay, for the
nsv Waterman Il Katz building.
Bsrkentine Modoc sailed yesterday
for San Francisco. She takes as passen
gers faHliiy Who lived ~ PORT Gan
bic.
Captain Calhoun, Of the bark c. .
Wbitmorr, and wife. and Captain Nc
Intvre. Of the shiu Richard If, left on
the Victoria steamer Thursday morn
ing, to join their vessels st Departure
Ray.
Owing TO the Richard iii etnpl0yina
the tuE Iyee In place OF the British tnl
Alexander, belonging TO the oEners OF
the Wellington mines. to tow the Rieh-
ard from here to Departure Bay last
week, she may not receive az qaick dis
patch. bat this IL the ships home port.
and naturally she should give the busi-
ness to tugs owned en- this side.
The schooner Hasnsne. Capt. Elliott
arrived yesterday. Il days from San
FRANCISCO, and vas toved to Utsalad >
last evening by the steamer Enterprise.
of this place, where che will load for
ssn Pedro. The captain was interview
ed by your correspondent. who WAS
thankfHl for the f0IloWing information
"Freights to San Pedro nov are s. per
Thousand feet, my vessel takes nb0ut
10000 feet. | Ieft here tie l4th of
February last, therefore II has isst u
"a DAYS 70 make the trip; Of course this
il the longest trip have ever made TO
san Pedro. Still, vessel, 10 matter
hew smart sbe ~. will sometimes pet be
hind. pay $50 10 seam-n; carry siX
two mates and steward. tell yOu there
is very little made by the own rs at
those freights. ! uRht not to complain:
l make my wages. like this trade
am In. 1he climate of thai lower coun
try IL good. The Governments has ep-
propri&ted $4,000 for repairing the
breakvatcr at san Pedro, and deepen.
ing the channel. A vessel drawing IA
feet water has DO trouble in gOiOg in
and discharRine at the wharf; larger
vessels anchor outside"
Judge SvaR. Of this place, leaves here
for Tacoma on an invitation Of Mr.. fy-
Ter, the manager OF the Tacoma hotel.
While 9n his visit 10 the terminus, the
j Judge will communicate With the North
ern Pacific railroad authorities, who are
20 meet him on business appertGininR
to the future establishment of three
large steamers to run to China and ia
pan.
A petition is bein- circulated praying
for fog horn at West Point. near Sc
attie. IL IL mostly signed by the se,-
farin9 community on the Sound. A
lighthouse was built on West Point Tor
better known at Seattle as Sandy Poini1
three years ago.
The services of Mr. Robert Biles
have been secured ia r, port for the new
paper soon TO appear in our town. Ii IL
to be hoped that hereafter subscribers
of papers edited in Port townsend will
not be Obliged TO wait the arrival of the
Posi- F-isIELLIGESCER 30 know wat yes
sells are anchored IN oar harbor. and
where they are from or where tbey are
bound. There are a number OF ladies
here whose husbands command vessels
plying between Sound pOrts, Sah Fcan-
Disco and Honolulu, who are Obliged to
subscribe for the PosT IsTELLIGLSCER
to keep posted rs to tue ARRIVAL and de
parlure of their husbands vessels. The
local paper never mentions sncb imp0r-
tant news.
A punful accident happened ysster
day on the bill. Miss White, living
near the California Hotel and her friend
from Victoria we're thrown ont of their
buggy aud severely injured. They were
taken in the b use and attended by Mrs
Thompson, who kindly cared for them
and dressed their wounds, until ID 'ctor
Devan of the Washin ton Hospital tad
them removed TO their home.
The " Bash Commission" have com
pleted their labors and are nov waiting
the return of she two absent members,
Kuhn and Harris, in order 60 forward
10 headquarters their recommendation.
bot nothing has hesn heard from the
absent members since MIR. Basb's return.
A very pleasant card party was given
Last evening by MIR. and Mrs. Lands at
their reside nee. Vocal and ,nstsumen-
tai music and d s,ing were induie, d in
until a late boar. aud rsfreshmsnts were
served in abundance during the whole
evening. There we're present Col. snd
Mrs. Douglass, Z. y. A., Major and Mrs.
Burke. U. 5. A. Miss Burke, Ii, utenAnt
IN i. Miss O'Ssll, L. 5 A., Mrs. Lieut..
Goodwin, L. :. A., Mrs Captain Moore.
idias Goodwin. Mrs. Lieutenant futtle.
and Mrs Biondi. Doctor Hall,
u. =. A., Doctor Seavey, Health officer.
Doctor Dsvan, g. \. IA. Il. y, Mr.. hob
urt Hill, Cashier First National Bank,
Rev. J.. Il. Alexander. Faihe Maniou
loux, Mr.. ard Mrs. Chapman, Mayor
Bradshaw and lady. MIR. and Ms
Frank Bartlett. Mr.. and Mrs. kirkpat
rick, Miss Shame. Miss Roths lhlid, MIR.
John Calhoun, Prosecuting Attorney,
LAWYER Maurice Sachs, Mr.. Philips of
the National hank. and Mr.. Robert Al
fridge.