Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-01-15

The iror for the ps~ eosi ioeiice nss
arrived.
The Zevsyr rs<naiped 81 the wharf
Yesterday 90 acooznt Of the ssorrn.
r-Collsc,er A. W. Bash sane op
from Port To-rseDd Yesterday, soS
zilI rsrs4in 10 Seattle today
ca. Eiuing.r. Of the BANKING firm
Of Dgxntng A Co. n making . bGslnsss
trip In tie Loxsg sSund co1nfry-
Hon JOHN g. IhoDpson. vbo has
been qaitA sick a. the OoosdsntaI h0ssi
fer several weeks. hss improved greatly
~lthin the PAS: two days.
The Bovdoin Paper Company VII
and q dam Al Iishou Fsils- Maine.
and inyess from f5D0lO 70 81 10000 IN
. polp and pager plsni 8, that point.
", W. ssechhan, the Portland theatef
man, was knocked down N lndisespo-
lie, Indiaaa- the other nisht By tso
rnen. who roboed him Of 30 and bis
railroad tiekess-
The Uzna,ilia. With Z240 tons Of New
castle coal. called for san Francisco on
Wednesday evening. and the Alki. With
1850 toos of Black Dismood coal, IN
ishsd loading last aiabt-
The Golden BALE Bazaar 10 through
the holiday trade, and has made 40
sarues, beginning uDon the trade Of shs
Dsv year, IN which no rivals vil be
permitted 70 s1rpass II.
Capsain Ackiey left the Elder al Port
Tovnsend IN charge of the drsa ofncer,
.nd bsarded the OlyHpian. which
steamer be vill take aroond 10 Portland
within the next few days.
Daring 1876 there we're 80 sea-Eoine
vessels built in Maine, With AZ sgpre-
gate tonnage OF 22,6E toos, and
amounting in vslue TO over 81 yoO.oO.
There are nov Il vessels on the stocks.
Nearly all the Logging railroads Of the
Albenar!e, North Carolina. and Nor
folk sections are Of ~ inch gage. steel
rails Of Is and 30 pounds, well equipped
With a vies to permaneney and future
miscellaneous freightinR.
A man named A. Wood disappeared
from Nansimo about three months ago,
and left q note saying it would be uss-
less 10 search for him. His body vas
discovered In Departure Bay on Sunday
last, With q stone about the neck.
Thirsesn bids we're received BY the
S.rtberu Pacific Company for cutting
the Cascade tannel. The award has
not yet been made, and II there 10 much
longer delay o7sr it people will bsein 70
believe no award whatever will b made
The total length Of railway laid In the
United States during 1885 vas BIZ
miles. 100 miles lees than ths nsv mile
ace of 1894. bat more than Was predict
ed al the beginning Of the year. The
| larger proportisn OF the new mileage
| vas branches and extensions
The boilding operations in Philadel
| phia for 1885 exceed those OF any pre-
vious year in tbs history OF the city
| 10 permits 100 mere we're issued thai
| in 1884, and the increase in the number
Of dvellinep erected vas 1879. Their
we're las; year 300 operations, Of which
56z7 we're dwellings,
r. X. Bannermann. q postal aeen
from San Francisco, arrived here yes
terday, and put 10 ths day in lookini
about for q suitable location for tn
Post Office. He 10 authorized TO inves
tiQate tho needs OF a new Post Ofilo'
and TO receive bids from our propert,
holders for suitable room, furniturt
etc.
Seven lumber Arms Of Baltimore
Maryland, and Norfolk. Virginia, ow
over 1,o00 10000 feet of yellow pm
timber In -four counties of Easter
North Carolina. with about 10 miles O
trst-oisss logging railroads nov In or
Grafton. The extension Of these road
! will double dariae the year, and merP
into two grand outlets at the seaboar
near Norfolk.
The steamer OIympiau did not srri,
: here yesterday until 5 y. H.. about Tot
/, hours bshind her usual time. III
, driving snow storm at Victoria delaye
her starting from that por; for abot
three hours, and when the small boz
landed With the mail at Port Madiso
, about txo hours Of time we're los
TIE water Was so rough that II vi
necessary to send a larger boat to briI
the smali one back TO the steamer.