Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-03-26


The manisipal fsssuns cs yi-srria b
e1<0.eoo : year. On this. fhs sssndsrd
ssys. TIE satboritses ars tryfsa 70 bsf-
rox 3good9n
Ia visv Of Victoria havsnz 10 suppor:
paid 0zs sepeytnsnt. a csutsmporsxJ
very properly suc1e>xs 10 drs tEsurnscs
companies that Is vili nos b in order
for Them % redsee thsir fssss- II h
ssareeiy fair - xsk the eits 20 maintain
Q csrpsof zsen<n fer tee sxelzszve ber-
cizt OF these ccrrcratscIls-
Tbs steamer Aisxandsr, IN coming
into Fistorfs hArfsr rn Sunday. passed
20 shs rcrsh Of he oontr.ssor's plant
IA disohreience 10 she hsfbormB<fef's
Instructions, and IN doing 50 upsst one
of the scous on whira some valuable
tosis we're stored. snd which, Of eoursr.
ssnt 70 the batssm- The contractor
will recover damsges frsm the owners
Of the steamer
On the nnorning sf March 23a Katie.
the IL year old daughter OF sss- Aearss.
and her brother. aged 4. stsxted cut TO
hunt the COZ In crossing creek on
q io0. toe poor girl siipped and fell IN
tue water. Tes creek belnR very high
on aoeount Of tie rain, she x2s csxrisd
raridiy away. Her little brother veas
Ia 20 save her. apd came near being
carried away. TO, only saving hiEEeeif
BY estship9 shs limb Of tree. He then
went and told bis father. wko rushed 10
tie scsus Of the accident. After seareh
fng fer some sime. her body .ss found
uuder SONS brush snd logs. tife being
extinct. The coroner's iary bsouRht In
. Ferdtss of acrideetai dfouning.
A correspondent "a the Standard de-
scribes ~ follows an attempted mnrdef
nesr Hspe: On tse 18th instant, ~ I
p.m-, IN his o~n hoase. dr. Henry Hun
Ter and daughter, Mrs. Balger, narrowly
escaped being feardafed By teros China-
men, Mr.. Hanser and Mrs Baless we're
slons 10 sts sfcrs - the time the Chi
namen entered. fhsy irqaixaa for
canned csrnsd beef. Mr. Hunter in
formed thsm hs had mona, bat bad
pienty Of fresh kee', "a be had recently
butohered. and asked Mrs Baiesr 10
take lamp and show them the beet,
which vas hanging 10 back apartment
OF the same baiiding. MIRA Bnlger led
the way o. where The beef hang, swo Of
the Cinnamon following her and the
other Chinzman remaining in the store
sith Mr.. Hnnter. In the meantine the
remaining ChInaman hnrrisdiy asked
Mr.. Hnntcr for some biscuits out Of q
boz which was under the end OF the
eeunt<r. hs kept his eys on the Chi
namsn snsp ioiously. while % ENGAGED
he heard Mrs. Ealesr scream. Drop
ping the biscuits, he ran 80 rescue his
dsuRhfsr. The OhiEaman boltsd ahead
Of hius 10 hsip his countrymen. when
Mr.. Hunter Got there they we're killing
Mrs- Balger. The lamp was on the floor
upset, bat still burning, whish tee Chi
naEnen tried 10 screen, prefcrring the
darkness 10 the light. They seized MIR.
Hunter and tried 10 everpover hip, bat
he dashed them from bim and ran
through the darkness 10 his bedroom.
where be keps bis gun. After getting
10 be ST. spped outside Of tho bedroeD
into the hall. When Que Cninamap polied
revolver on bin. which missed FIRE.
MIR. Hunter Eetaiiated With the gun.
which did not miss FIRE. but missed the
Chsnamea. and they all made their es-
cape. Mrs. Balssr was fsarfaiIy cut
about lhs head and neck. She was
stabbed In SIX or seven plsees aud almost
bied 10 dsatA, bat Is IN fair way Of
recovery at present.