Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-01-03

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Away. swas,- 20 the ustinss-
The pa5lic Schools Of TIE city vii re-
oS@a Mondsy 12EniRR.
Don'G forget tie na.;nse 20 BE- given
b- the 'rPira,a@.- sstnr5aE afternoon.
a. ths O5era House.
A ]. Littl-joh8 and sifsA Of Iae.s1na,
sent below OF the steamer Asxisos
, leaving here YESTERDAY.
TIE wilcox grocery stock = offered
for sale BY the Sheriff. EIesiisnt bar
gains can there De o1s4Insd By houseN
keepers
Mr.. J. e MeDonal3 wiH leave for sbe
East nexf Monday. He vii go TO
Michigan. and probably On 20 Ns~ York,
returning N about 81 v~eks-
Tie Contest 5etwesu tao divisions Of
Prof., Lees eiocatt0n class viii take
place ia Uniyersty II sil tonight, al
80. All friends are invited
Ia few DAYS Albert Hansen viii re
move his isxeiry estahli aEEsht into toe
store reoentiy vacated by Brewster 4
Co. IN the Yeslsr- Lesry block.
The Ssv Year issse of the oTsgos'isIs
vas a mammoth affair, sixteen pages
iliad FROM 6rSt to last with matter rt
| for sEeh a publication, and OF great
( general interest and valae-
The Vi.toria Custom House collected
| in 1854 &s2S, 755, against 1874 20 IN
| 1883. The imports at that place and
/ Nanaino amounted to s. AS, 7ss6 of do
! table merchandise and SIS Isl Of freq
/ /. is nearly three weeks since an East
srn mail came through. l. will be along
/ in day or two Via CalifornIA =, and with
I tn a week probably more mail matter
will be reo4ived here than IN any pre-
vioss mouth.
/ Exports frotn the ports Of Victoria
aud Nanaino during shs year 1854, az
/ ereoated IN vaius 2.S5s 94. of which
/ xl.44I .062 represented the produst of
/ the mines, $50, eSt3 tsG, and $2T9, $50
animals and skins.
Ths Qaeen City Band favored this
| Office with o serensas on New Year 9
| day, playing several of their finest airs.
| No one was In the Office at the time, bat
the music Was duly appreciated by spec
tators on the street.
| Harmony Lodge No. 5, x. of p. held
| il installation Of officers on the even
/ ing OF January lat, after which ban
| auss was given in honor of the event,
| which was eo5c Jed by the members Of
Harmony and other lodges.
| The weather has moderated. All day
| Thursday and all Friday the thaw con-
tinusd, carrying of the s1ov, and max
| ing foot travel very disagreeabie.
Euoueh sneR ID already gone to make
sleiQhing quite difficult, aud IL the
weather continues warm today will rem
der absolutely necessary an immediate
| return TO wheels.
| Our New Year Issue sold rapidly. One
boy sold on the street 1873 copies and
another boy Ito. As one of the cigar
stands - copies we're disposed Of. In
the office the papers were sold in single
copies, twOs, lives, tens and up, the
orders ranging all the way up to 40
copies. IL was looked upon us yalu-
able paper TO send abroad, and every
body seemed imbaed With desire TO
circulate if. Ii contained as much mat
ter as is TO be found in 40 ordinary i'm
migration pamphlet Of hundred pages,
and no sach collection OF matter of local
Interest snd value was ever before pat
together In the Territory. IL was u
paper that. widely ciroulated, must do
q great deal towards soquainting the
world with this Territory, and PARTON
larry With the county of King and the
city ef Seattle.