Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-02-17
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Thsrs are a. presszs sisbt psrsocs
csnhDsd IN the King County Jail
Yesterdays 1sAthsE uss % sb01t tie
kind usually given n the latter pan Of
April.
Coal Is now coming In ever the Co
lumbia 4 Puget Soand road a. hTeiy
rats.
IF. Lastrsll, parser Of tie Mexico,
vili sseept the thank, Of this one for
fsEorz.
The steamer Aiki. loaded vitA Seattle
coal. vent 20 ssa at O'Clock Sunday
afternoon.
The steamship villa wslla, With
CAptAin L. l. Simmoas IN cosDmand,
is expected daily from San Francisco.
A sheet and pillow ease party will be
given 10 Olive Social Hall psxt hopcAy
evening By tbs Qssen City Orchestra.
I.ambsr was pat ou the ground ses-
.sEday foE q further extension OF the
Frous street plank improvement 70
/ Union.
Sarwsyors are ai work locating hne
/ for tbs Seattle Street Railway Company
fEsm the end Of the track on Eighth
stfees 10 Lake Union.
Ascending 20 the new city dirsctory
the population Of Portland proper -
% COO. This IL not including the Chi
nsse. who number 300.
Ga the zsth Of January General VIII
| liam Kapus tendered bis resignation as
| Briaadier General OF the Second Brig
ade, Oregon State Militia
School was opposed Yesterday IN the
new public school building IN Port
Townsend. The house will aecommo-
date go pupils. and cost abOut $1,000.
Morgan and Morley we're tried in JOS
tice Lyons court yesterday on charge
of assault and battery. Morgan was
fined ~ and costs, and Morley vas dis
charged.
i Work on the large building 10 be used
a. a sksting rink en- Second street, in
the rear OF Am-s Browns residence, %
progressing rapidly, and II IL expected
: to be ready for occapaey within thirty
days.
The SAINTS AanA Herald says that the
continued ipastion of she value Of real
estate In Los Angeles county will shortly
result In q COLLAPSE. and ~ $1,000 an
4 acre planted in fruit trees. shtcb viii
not paw iis taxes, is unreasonable.
WIN. Hall aud Tommy Clancy have
= perfected arrangements for their glove
contest, 30 take plsoo at Yesler's Hall
within the next thirty days. Hall
> agrees TO knock Clancy ous in six
: rounds, Marquis OF Queensbury rules.
The Oregon Legislature has made 6
: law giving the people Of thai State the
q benefit of local option 30 this extent
i No licsnse shall be given 10 sell whiskey
In any pfeciBes q majority Of the eiti
zens Of xhieh have not petitioned for.
The Grand Lodge Knights Of Pyth.
/, las OF " Washington Territory. wiil hold
|. its next session in ths castle hall oi
, Ivanhoe Lodge, No. I, at Walla Walla
| IN MAY, Preparations for the care and
I enteFtainmsnt Of tie visiting Knight
| have been commenced. Ii promises d
! be O memorable occasion.
The Tacoma Ledger lays uRdue blame
: upon Governor Squire for the petty ex
: hibtt Of the Territory at Nsv Orleans
Governor Squire had nothing 10 do viii
!. IL beyond drawtng the money and turn
ing it over 10 Commissioners Ferguson
| and ShnrEaeoin. who were both appoint
ed by Governor Sqaires predecessor.
, The Canadian Pacific Company, viii
/. 200 miles of railroad, earned only
about SEQ. 600 month in 1884, and viii
800 miles of road il not expected q
9 earn n ore than $4,000 a month IL
D 1880. The Government will again haV,
TO 20 dssp down int its treasury e
keep tho road in operation, a. il has hac
10 do before
! The Chinese population Of our cit,
. celebrated their annual holiday ia greai
, shape SRnday evening. Two hundred
thousand hrecraekers were discharged
daring the evesing in front of WI
e ChonR's block. and other firms AIS
!. made considerable demonstration il
the hreeFackeF line. Several hundret
people oonafegAted In the streets abou
+ Chinatown 20 witness the display o
}. fireworks.
i. The Protestant Episcopal Churcl
kegs up with the progress OF the eoun
: try af large. In iSi0 It's membershil
9 Was 81. 7at IN lStO Lac, 5eS, in 1870 go,
q o0l. IN lSso ISIS $50. and in 1854 5000
& The population os the ooautry in
creased 10 the meantime from 1890. 90
90 sA.0o1000. The population gaines
0 nearly E0per cent In the "a years. Will
the church gained almost 400 per cent.
% Humboldt bay vas visited ON Sun
"A day, thu lat inst, with blizzard
from tho southeast, which Inflicted con
= siderable injury on the vessels in port
y The sohobners Annie Gee. Jessie Miner
o Viking. festa. HAlcyon, Bertie Mine
and Glen all broke adEift, and foalinI
one another, all Sustained more or les
q damage. fhe Berthe Miner, loaded. hAS
9 her ruddsr carried away, and the Jose.
Russ and American G,fi we're thrown n
on thu bsach. The schooner Lily fouiel
she dock. which, a. well as the vessel
. vas damaged.