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


600, being nexdy twice a. large % any
other city in the Territory. In the rag.
nitude Of its commerce and industries,
il outranks any other In even greater
proportions. 1t Is cereainly centrally
located on Puget Sound, and has one OF
the best harboFs in the world. TO which
the largest ocean veesels oan npd unob
struoted entrance. Ii il the great trad
ing post Of the Puget Soond basin, on
account Of Its central location, the en-
tesprise Of Its merchants. and the fact
that the steam marine Of the Sound
rsdiates from its uharves- No less than
30 stsamb boats of all sizes run from this
port 10 various points on the Sound and
40 the rivers running into II. To this
fleet OF steamers Seattle 10 indebted fof
its com nercisl supremacy. There Is a
regular line Of large ocean steamships
20 San Francisco from this port There
are also several large steam coliisrs and
q large feet Of sailing vessels engaged
In the coal trade, making this a ship
ping town Of very considerable conse-
ouence.
There are several iron foundries. ma
chine shops. blseksmith shops, boiler
works, etc, turning oct large amount
Of work and giving employment Il
many workmen. some Of the machine
shops can tafn out engines Of large
sixs.
There are many miles Of graded
streets aud excellent sidewalks The
gas and water works are eq1ai 20 the
supply Of = city OF 5000 inhsbita
Both are owned and operated by eorpo-
rstions. Ih@ water supply - pomped
from Lake Washington into elevated
reservoirs. the highest being $50 feet
above lids water. There are twenty
frs by irants. having 1 inch connections
with Q pressure that makes each by
drsnt equal to q steam nre engine.
There are also two first class steam
Are engines and an abundant sapply OF
hose. A vel eqaipped street raiiVy
hss beea IN active operation for al
past.
Seattle can probably boast greater
number OF large and substantial build
ines than any other city Of its sszs on
the Pacific Coast. Among these are sew.
eral iArse and veil keps hotels. special
brick Scores and of5oe baildsass, . SAFE
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-01-01

Pierce County-Orgauized in 1853;
area 100 square miles, a large proper
ton of which is heavily timbered land;
bat there is q considerable area OF rich
land In the river valley bottoms. Popu.
lation In 1885, ii SIS; 1888, GIT. As
sessed Valuation In 1885, f5,343. $50, an
increase Of absut one million dollars
over the previous year. Number OF acres
assessed 1877 .33S SO; increase over 1884,
A. a54 acres; acres improved. 1861 N; 10
crease over 1884. 1913. Total county
disbursements, I6St's5, ts5. 252 on. bal
anee in treasury April 30, 1886, fi7,-
100 20; expenditures On roads and
bridges, &l7,13fli. Transfers Of real
estate recorded AZ Auditors office
amount 10 $500, 00C. Agricultural pro-
ducts show a yearly increasing ratio;
bot In the absence Of definite efiicial
figures any estimate would be mislead-
ing. The,EY yield Of hops approxi-
mated l2,6B4ales, realizing. at Is cents
Der pound, the san OF $4,000.
No. Of school districts, 36 !; school
houses, 81; graded schools, 4; value Of
psblic school property. 81. sol total
expenditures, 24,i4e.5o; children b.
tween the ages OF four and twenty. one
years, 3oi6: p1pils enrolled lSt3 daily
attendance. 1853; teachers employed.
"a; average monthly salaries. male. t57;
female. t5l. Thefe see several success
FIJI private denomip8.ionai SCHOOLS
the Annie Wright Seminary for girls al
Tacoma, soon 20 be supplemented By
boys s,hool Of q similar oharaster. IN
der the care Of tbs Episeopsli,hs; the
samner Academy ssta oiished By the
Presby teriAns, and q Congregational
school ct Sfeiisooom. An ladisn pri-
mary school 10 maintained at the Payal
lup reservation
There are some twenty ave church
Organisations, representing most OF the
denomina;ions, and eighteen or twenty
ohurch baiidinss. With Others prof so;sd.
The manufacturing establish nents
have been increased daring the year by
the addition Of q h0ofiAg miil Of q hun
dred barrel capacity. voodenva fac
tory and tiIe works. iron works, ship
yard, and pork packing and other in
aus,rses ere pfojscssd for early estab
lisnment. The existing brssehes Of
mannsscsure represent an estimated
aggregate capital OF 81 10000. and a
eross prodnetion OF 500 90, Of which
lumber, IN It's various forms, furnishes
about $4,000. The coal mining Ia
dustry exhibits the largest yearly out.
pct recorded, embracing l6s, 90 soas Of
Carbouado, 81 81 tons Of South Prairie
add 1881 tons Of Wilksson GOAL. snd $50
tons OF cske. making an aggregate
outpos Of D5.T04 tons, of the value Of
fsZl sic At tide water. The annual pro-
docs OF the lime kilns IL zs.0uD barrsls-
The surface indications Of pstroseom IN
VARIOUS psrts Of Puyaiiup valley have
led % The formation Of eompaay Tor
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-01-01

depeds batldins. and the largest and
hacdsomess opera house on she coast
outside Of San Francisco.
Few cities Of 10000 inhabitsts in the
Unised States have school houses equal
10 too Of the poolic school boilAsnss in
the city. Tue Sisters Academy 10 also
a very handsome structure. The Tern
terial University. with its fne boildinss
70 located In this city, and the inssitu-
tisn 70 growing in usefulness. Alto
eefher, the educational advantages en-
lsyed oere, are Of q very superior char
acter.
No. OF school districts in King c,un.
ty, 45; Ne. Of school houses, a.; aver
age value of school houses, $500; high.
est cost, $4,000; lowest cost, $50; total
value of school houses, Sill, 500; No. of
school children. AIT: per cent. of at
tsndancs. ~; No. of teachers, IS; high
es salary. kl25 per mouth; lowest sal.
So average salary, $50.
KrrsAP COUNTY.
hisssp county is situated between the
two great arms Of Puget Sound, being
washed on Its western border by Hoods
Canal, and on the east BY Admiralty
lnlst. IL includes Ba;neriiRe Island
and occupies al sres OF sbou, 400 sou
miles.
Its principal industry is numbering.
and 1t has within its limits four of the
largest numbering mills in the Territory
namely: Those of Port Blakely. Port
Madison, Ssabeck aud Port Gamble.
Ehose aggregate capacity 10 about 800
W. feet per day. Each of these places
are thriving villages.
The soil and clIm ate are we'll aasnted
70 the Production Of vegetables and
fruits. The population of the county IL
2oSs, being considerably increased sln,
the last animal report. The Assessed
yaluAtlon of property for 1855 is Al. OPS.
az. Nlmber of school districts. :.
scaoo! houses, 8; school children. a.;
average attendance, o. per cent; plumber
OF teachers. l.; total value of scsool
houses, 800; average teachers salary,
500 per mouth.
Mr.. K. NJ. Hoskinson. an experienced
meteorological observer, gives the fol.
lowing table OF temperature and rain
fall At Port Blaksly for the yasr ending
October 3lst, lso5. rhis place is near
Seattle and at the same altitude:
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Ia direct shipments have beso made
70 y, narts Of the United States and 70
100. Although some have been dis
1900 by the lov priess PREVAILING
oa-.I wears ago. and By the difficulty
eIpsrisncsd ia p,osu, n1:. ias sssi 70
hsryest the crop, - - oeiisved tins m
80 & vet in iss infancy. and that the
-. i no, far distant when ouf pro-
80 ss.t,oos will be largely increased. and
-, he marketable vsiue Of our hops
~. vi sad q much higher standard than
so prevails.
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cowLru COUNTY.

This IL one Of the earliest settled
.oun,ies in the Territory. 10 hes 9
frontage on the Columbia River OF about
70 mile end railroad connection WIN
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-01-01

The area Of King eoanty IL A40 square
miles. and It has greater diversity Of
resources and greater natural wealth
than either one Of the smaller States OF
the gnion. when the resources are
fully developed. they will sustain In
comfort the population OF a great COM
msnveAlib.
The most important Of the resources
are timber. coal, iron. marble and COP
per. There is practically an inexhauss-
lille quantity Of each Of thsse eieuents
Of wealth. The agricultural lands OF
the eoaniy are Of wide extent and mar
veIoss fertility.
or the above named area 700 sQnsrc
rniIss are mountainous and contain the
coal and mineral deposiia There are
~Rinasec 20 be $50 .o0s acres of good
agricultural laAd. $4,000 acres Of which
are IL the river bottoms. predicting al
most fabulous crops OF hay. oats, barley
and she standard root crops.
There are some lido square miles OF
timber, divided into 80 90 acres Of hard
ssed maple. alder ssd ash, about
GOO acres Of white pine, about si,Oo0
acres Of cedar aud $50 600 acres Of M,
and PERHAPS some 1000 acres OF spruce.
There 10 known to be some 70 20 %
square miles Of coal land. about l6,0u
acres Of vhisA are nov more or lees de-
veloped. :,
Ths popoiAsion OF the eoaaiy d
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skA0Ir COUNT.
Much OF this county il Hae agrienitu-
raj country. That part Ga t.va,e lies
mainly near the Soanj, and CONSISTS %
vide O lie and tide lands, which have
been carefully dyked to prevent over
hov. Ths lands yield prodigions crops
of oats. IL Is estimated that 1900 TINS
were raised the present year.
Ltconner Is the county seat and the
principal shipping point. IL IL sspirat.
ed by nAFrss strait from fidalgo ISL
and. whom 10 within the ooanly. Ina
ssiuonish tribe Of Indians occcapy =
reservation near this place. The SIX tgit
river. one OF the largest in the vsst srn
par; Of tbs Territory, has its outlet near
hsfe. IL Is nAvigable for dis. tnoe Of
20 miles from it, mouths. Of vhisa thsFe
are several. forming delta
The valley OF the 5kzgit ~ eK see bn2
ly rich aud productive. Vas; bodies OF
timber ocsupy this region. baok ~ the
mountains.
Coal has been discovered on tie south
side of izs Skasit nysr, IN township %
north, range 6 east. The coal being
suitable for eokin2, 10 well adapted 10
the manufacfure Of iron.
Mr.. ]. j. Conner states that there are
Ave separate and disfino, lodss Of iron
in this vicinity, which vary from s 90 30
feet IA thickness. This ore worked IN
San Francisco produced 10 per cent. Of
iron Of superior quality. There is also
Q large deposit Of are clay, three miles
soathvest from the zeal and IRON
The population Of the county % stase4
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1886-04-09
Remarkable Criminal Mystery.

The appearance of Mrs. Anna A
Coolidge at the bar of the Boston su
perior criminal court to plead guilty
to the charges against her adds an
other chapter to still unraveled mys,
terry. She had previously confessed
the part she took in the alleged at
tempt to murder the daughter-in-laN
OF Adrian l.. Mellen, of Baltimore, ii
October, 1885, and as strong corrob.
oIative evidence had been obtained
80 the detectives she consented to fol.
Eour headvice Of her counsel and throw
Lorueyf 'pon the mercy of the court.
Tn I,iaton " OF this transaction makes
4 one of En-. most remarkable in the
reenrd ~ Ame lean criminal annals.
Edward MelIen, the son Of Adrian
L. Melleny p~roprieto. OF the st; James
Hotel in Baltimore, married Mary
Somerset, q former do. nestle. The
union was d6stastefuE to tbA latner Q
the young man, the young we Delng
considered socially far interior t>o hef
husbands family. According to- sshe
confession of Mrs. Coolidge the elda
Mellen began early to take measures
to rid himself of his obnoxious daugh-
ter in-law. The first attempt to ac-
complish this was by poison at Cape
May, but, this having failed a con
spiracy to commit murder vas form
ed between the woman Coolidge and
the man Mellen. They met in Boston,
where Mrs. Coolidge resided as the wife
of a policeman of that city, and the
plot as arranged was that she should
bride a Boston rough to go to Balti-
more and murder young Mrs. Mellen.
Mrs. Coolidge set about fulfilling her
part of the contract in a matter-of-
fact way. She visited one Of the low
resorts in Boston and abruptly pro-
posedto the proprietor that he should
furnish her with a murderer. Such a
want of tact In carrying out a conspir-
acy naturally made the man suspi.
cious, but he recommended her to one of
the most hardened frequenters of his
den, known as John Bull" To him
Mrs. Coolidge unfolded her plans, and
on his apparent consent gave HIM mon
ey togo TO Baltimore and commit the
deed. One thousand dollars sealed up in
an envelope was to be the murderer's
reward on the successful completion of
his work. "John Bull" suspected,
however, that it was a plot to rail
road" him to Maryland, and, as he
did not care to be i~ncareerated in
that state, ne gave away" the con
spiracy to the detectives. The arrest
of Mrs. Coolidge and her confession
followed, but the unaccountable delay
in taking Mellen into custody and his
subsequent fight only served to deep
en- the mystery.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1886-04-09
- 4. retreating to the back of

roh,1~ Z A, retreating to the back OF
tba - 80 J, elaimed:
sRiagG cart. 'idges for.stage robbers,
pans carsa onesl Advance one
s ya1psi ste ! asna .. d ! fire. ..u
ed upon them to hefpA eife e. 81 nsa
and he was soon bound, 'or 'ne pee
pie needed only some eafA es soio 800
arouse them from then sa 'poi "o
make them act. .otoa
Stephano was tried and cOnvN -
and his head chopped off; but not
fore he had disclosed the place Of An
tonio's confinement and the place for
the bandits rendezvous, which wasi9
a large cave but a short distance from
the village, the existence of which was
eve suspected, and which was found
filled with booty.
Antonio was released, and with UNI
diminished affection was received by
Blanca, and but a few days elapsed
before their nuptials were celebrated
with great rejoicing.
The little village of Chieti still is in
existence, though it has increased in
size and population, and changed
many OF its customs, and still the
names of Blanca Bandettini and the
Bandit Chief are unforgotten.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1886-04-09
A Gas-C Crank

The Boston gentleman who recently
defined a crank as a person who held
opinions which are opposed to those
OF his set, might find in the history oil
inventions many illustrations OF his
ironical definition.
When, in 1902, Murdoch, the iron
founder, lighted his house and offices
withgas, he was called a wizard, the
then equivalent for crank. In 1903
Winner, a German, proposed to light
London with gas. Ri1icule rained
down upon him, and one of the most
boisterous of the laughing throng was
Sir Humphrey Davy, the inventor OF
the safety-lamp.
Those who looked upon the project
as the dream Of a crank predicted all
sorts of injurious results should gas
be used as light. No one would be able
to pass a gas-lamp without holding
his lose or risking suspended ANNA
ton. Houses would be blown up by
the dangerous mixture, and London
would be uninhabitable.
The company which proposed to in
troduce the novel light had an office,
in front of which ~gas-lamps were
shown lighted, to the pnblic. A pict-
IRE, satirizing hi foolish objections
to its use, representing a gentlemanas
standing under the lamp and explain
ing the light to a lady:
1.-THE Goals, being steamed, produce
tar or paint, for the outside ofhouses;
the smoke, passing through water, is
deprived of substance, and burns as
you see."
"Arrah, honey! exclaims an Irish
man, o~verhearing this luminous ex-
PLANTATION, "if this man brings FIRE
through water, we shall soon have the
Thames and Liffey burnt down, and
all the pretty little herrings and
whales burnt to cinders."
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1886-04-09
An Old-fashioned Boy.

Hartford Comm Times.
Mamma what is Lent?'' said five.
years-old Charlie.
well, my dear, it is the time when
we 60 to church a great deal, and do
not have great dinners and parties,
because Christ, our Lord, fastedforty
days"
"And did he go to the club, and to
parties, all the days before Lent, 90
you and papa dol?
why no, Charlie! What a strange
question"
"Well, mamma, you never told me,
but Mary Ann told me that he was
real good to little boys, and when
they were tired one day he took them
right up in his arms and kissed them.
| wish he would come here some day
when you and papa are gone, for I
get so tired, and Mary Ann won't
take me up because she has to hold
the baby, and she says Lam too big.
And she showed me the pictures in the
big Bible where he gave the hungry
people lots to eat, sitting on the grass.
ALL hC OpCnCQ ~ Ulii0 tlidil > Eyt6.{
Cook wouldn't let q poor blind man
come into the kitchen to get warm
one day, and when ! raj and gave him
some biscuit she scoldsd me, and said
it was a sin to feed beggars, and that
/ was an old-fashioned child. Was
Jesus old-fashioned, mamma? for be
was always kind to the poor besgars?
Anyway, when / am a man | will take
up tired little boys and hold them
sometimes and | will give hungry peo-
pie enough to eat, if it is Lent, or if it
isn't, for that blind man said: "God
bless you, little boy, i hope you will
never know how awful it feels TO be
hungry You didn't tell Bridget not
to give the blind man food, did you
mamma9 She said YOU did, bur +
know better"
"Well, Charlie, you are rather an
old little boyfory your years, but don't
hinder me now with asking questions,
for | must get ready to 20 to Mrs.
Attleton's reception. Good night,
darling. Now play nicely With baby
sister, and don't worry your little
head about what you can't under
stand" The old-fashioned little boy
turned away from his mother with
tears in his great brown eyes.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1886-04-09
Praise for These Pretty Girls of
Ours.
Letter in the Boston Globe.

Letter in the Boston Globe.
| have read a great deal about
Mary Queen of Scots as to her mar
velous beauty also about the beauty
Of Mrs. Langtry. Now, / would like
to say to the readers who have never
been in the British Isles that they are
very few handsome women there, and
when one is born to them who is in
any way passable they laud her to the
skies. j have seen Miss Bressy, Lady
Lonsdale, Mrs. Langtry and some
Others of their beauties. Now, / can
point out twenty shop girls in this
city alone who are better Buckingham
any of them. And, taken as a whole,
our women are 100 per cent better
looking than anything in the old
countries. And, as for dress, / mean
in the old country, their clothes look
as if they were tossed on to them with
a pitchiork. Now, / think it was tie
same in Mary's time, handsome wom-
EN- We're very scarce, and when one did
appear who was fairly good looking
was made much OF.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1886-04-09
Beautiful Samoan Island Saw
ages.
From Che ATLANTA Constitution.

From the Atlanta Constitution.
Now the male and female Samoan
infest the desk with their jargon and
nakedness. The boys and girls dress
alike generally. The dress consists Of
a kind of dark belt tied around the.
waist, withdangles hanging about one
loot below the hips. The tattooed
limbs and light brown form standing
unclad display as fine a physique asI
ever saw. There is now and then an
effort at dress to outshine Others.
For instance, a girl firted in d
gentleman's gauze shirt, while a
gallant beau sported in the remotest
female undergarment to the chagrin OF
the less beautiful bellies and beaus
with collars on their bare nccks and
neckties around the girls limbs.
The shapely figures of these strong,
m~odelformed girls are standing re-
Dukes to the ONE here who lace TO
death, and the overdressed spider
Legged dude of our modern civiliza-
ton.
4 met aboard ship one of the most
blushing young girls lever saw. She'd
blush if the wind played with her
polonaiEe. She'd disappear for two
DAYS If her shoe string DIR jagged.
When she struck the Samoans she
didn't know what to do with herself
for q while, as she could neither climb
the mast.pole nor get III the engine
room. The sun rose and set in her
face for several minutes. In the
curse of al hour she was up shaking
hands with the CHIEF.
On board ship | met a beautiful
Samoan girl. She seemed to be so
gentle, and she was pretty. She anne
alongside and climbed right up the
gangway. She gave me her hand 10
assist her aboard. She was seventeen
and could talk broken English. She
vas the daughter of a chief and is a.
princess. My princess took a great
fancy to me, and I-well, we snapped
~fancies. She gazed me steadily in the
eye. rose to her feet, gazed again,
passionately uttered "Aloba!" rushed
to where / stood and, strongly clasp
ing me about theneck, sobbed, "Aloba.
aloha, aloha II am English
/ insisted. "Yes, / you Iowa, youloya
/ me-" remarked that Iwould ifshe
would let up onthe compress business,
as | was not exactly used to hugging
such clothes yet, but would give my
best. fell in with the princess and
began to learn. The first thing that /
learned was that the young chief, who
was on the retired list, didn't want to
retire. He kept an eye on me and
made several Efforts to dust my pants
with his immense club. / soon saw
that he ment business. Heconsidered
me an intruder. l prepared for war
and communicated with my princess.
She realized the danger, arched her
brow at him, and then had a war con
ference. He then sulked to his rock
/ understood from the princess that
she had formally dismissed him from
attendance upon her, and had elected
me. consented to be elected for the
time being. Being secure in the castle
1 proceeded to be informed, / asked:
"Say, princess, what do you make
all these pretty tattoo marks on your
limbs for?"
1T is a part OF r~eligion?"
"Do those designs mean anything2"
Eyes; gods and good-luck marks.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1886-04-09
HERE N THERE.

II you were here, or | were there.
Then wauld | find t~heseason fair.
How blissfully the day would rise.
How blue would be the Summerskies:
And all the world a smile would wear.
What pleasant things we two would share,
BY what green path We two would fare,
How sweet would be eachday'ssurprise
III you were herel
But now my Joy is otherwhere-
Each days burden that / bear
And Pleasure mocks at me and flies,
And Pain stands by my side and signs;
And yet know skies would be fair
III you were here!
The Independent.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1886-04-09

Two bales OF cotton raised by slave
labor in 1862 We're sold the other
day at Rock Hill, S. G. The owner
had been offered 1912 cents in golda
pound but forsome unknown reason
would not sell, and when he died he
still had it stored. 1t was in excel
lent condition. although twenty-four
years old, and was sold for s 1-4cents
a pound, the lowest price touched by
cotton since those bales were grown.