Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-01-22

Mis- u Boardmsn, Of Seattle, Ieft By
the Q7ssn yesterday 20 visit relatives N
San Francisco.
From Canu1ore 10 FsYvell. B. C., .
distance Of 49, miles, the mail Is carried
IN dog sledRes.
S9uak Slough has been frozen over 50
thai its navigation by steamer Will be
Impossible until the weather modsrates-
The bark Columbia, loaded With
piles and lath from Stetson d Pests
mill, sailed for San Francisco yesterday.
Capt- J. b. LIBBY, Who has been 10
Seattle for q couple Of .ys en- business.
left tor Old Tacoma on toe tag BlAkely
yestsrday.
g. y. Alexander 10 at present st work
With a force of men st Rentou con
struotisR an engine house for the Z. q
p. 3. X. Z. Co.
The ship Henry Willard IL loading
Franklin coal for Portland, Oregon, at
the nsv incline. The first two car loads
we're pot into her yesterday.
The Victoria Colonlst OF January Eth
came to 1s BY mai YESTERDAY. The his
tory Of its travels daring the two weeks
SINCE its publication would perhaps fill
fair sized book.
The annual business meeting OF the
Western Washington Billie Society will
be held IN Seattle on Saturday. January
30th, at $50 o'clock .. N, IN the base
men. Of the NJ. r. Church.
The temperature at Tacoma has been
ten degrees lower than 10 Seattle, that
b.
Twelve degrees below freezing has been
the coolest here; % below there.
The Governor has done we'll to direct
an exsminstion of candidates for the
Office OF inspector of Coal Mines for
this Territory. The examination will
be held in Seattle on the 26th instant
The steamship WalIs Walls will not
get IS qsick dispatch as was expected.
for the reason that the ship Yorktown
will be ahead of her. Both vessels will
load Newcastle osal FIR San Francisco.
The steamer Economy arrived in
Lake Washington BY way Of Black
river few days ago. In making the
trip she broke one Of her pittnens, and
has been tied up until the necessary re-
pairs can be made.
Fifty cents thousand feet has been
taken of the price If gas at Olympia.
Consumers of 10000 feet q month will
hereafter be supplied at IS a Thousand.
IL is very doubtful, though, il any one
in the town consumes 10000 feet =
month.
Miss Josie Livingstone. Of Port
Blakely, was passenger on the Queen
of the Pacific. After spending a few
days in San Francisco, she will 90 10
Sacramento and visit DR.. Clayton 9
family. She expects to remain in Cali
fornis till the first Of April.
All the necessary machinery for light
ing the bankers and outside works at
the Newcastle mines arrived by the
wslls Walls and vas shipped oct to the
mines yesterday. The engine is already
in position, and the light will be in run
ming order within the next ten days.
1t 10 straininR the imagination fear
fully 70 compel it TO believe the horse
sleiahs are getting any benefit from the
snow 10 the streets Of Seattle. The
snow and the benefit are both mighty
thin, and IL it we're not for the smooth
streets, sleighine would be entirely out
OF the question.
Tug Holyoks was hauled ON the ways
yesterday morning, bat when half way
out Il was found that one of the keel
blocks had got displaced. and it will be
necessary to lower her today. She will
not be taken out until Saturday morn
ing, when survey will be held on her
by Captain I. j. Burns. Captain W.
Watt and Carpenter Allen.
Officer Jones states that for several
nights 81 men have come to him and
requeste4 that he lock them up in the
city jail. where they could have shelter
for the night. He has uniformly oon-
piled with their requests, and each
night the crowd has grown larger
Eleven destitute men, some Of whom
appeared to be honest laborers, were
thus housed during Wednesday night
Jsilor Bogert allows them to keep up q
ire and make themselves as comforta-
bic as possible, and generally supplied
| them With bread and coffee IL they ar,
hungry. almost every man l hav,
looked a." said Mr. Jones, "has tolc
me that he was thus reduced in circum
stances BY extravaRanos and impru
Deuce" These men are here and some
thing must be done to alleviate theil
suferings until they can get work. Th,
objection to a soup house Is that !
holds DOT an induoemsnt for tramps an,
banners to ooRgregate from all tn
surrounding country like harpies 4
prey upon the community which sup
ports them.