Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-03-06
BREylTIEs.

The Y. W. G. T. q. will meet this az
ternoon at 3 O'Clock at the NJ. +.
Church.
W. II. Whittlesey, of Port Townsend,
Is spending few days in Seattle, attend
ing to some business matters.
All friends DESTROYS of viewing the re
mains of the late John T. Jordan will
have an opportunity of doing so at the
Masonic Hall between 3 and o'clock
this afternoon.
DIR. II. NJ. Hall, arrested for riot on
the morning Of Febrasfv 8, had his ex-
animation in Justice Lyons Court yes
terdsy morning, and for want of stuff
Client testimony to warrant his being
bound over he was discharged.
The shooting match between the com
missioned officers of the regulars and
the officers of our local military compa
MES will take place on the North Seat
tie range this afternoon, commencine
at 100. Spectators are invited to be
present.
A venire Was ordered issued yesterday
by Judge Greene for g grand Jurors
and 70 petit jurors. on the part OF the
United States, retarnable Monday, May
81, 1886. These jurors are to be sum
moned from the body of the Third Ju-
diciai District.
The city charter may not be a. enter
tanning reading as scandal, riots or
murder reports. bat II Is Of much more
local value. The papers containing il
should be saved, or the charter should
be cut from them and pasted in scrap
books. These papers will be IN demand
for two years to come.
The vexea question as 10 the value Of
the tug Tacoma vas amicaLly settled
by the oontssting parties yesterday.
The appraisers hxed the value at $23,-
600. The owners Of the tue appealed to
the court TO have il reduced, and the
libellapts appealed to have 10 raised.
On the assembling Of coart yesterday
morning Mr.. Halter, one OF the prociors
for libellante, on behalf of Jshn Rosen-
field of San Francisco. made an offer to
tender $35. 600 for the tug. The Judge
held that as the case Vas on trial this
proposition could not be considered I'M
less the tender Of the money be actually
made. The attorneys then held con-
sultstion. after which they stated 90 the
court that they had all agreed on al.
appAise,nent of $4,000, and that each
side should pay its own costs. This be-
ing satisfactory the order was made,
and the owners OF the tag agreed 20
furnish good and sufficient bond In
that smsunt pending the litigation
which is TO follow.
LAmpson's cash railway system has
been INTRODUCED into the San Francisco
store. This contrivaace consists OF
little cars, 50 pended from wires, ~hich
run from the various departments in
the store back 10 the cashiers desk.
All goods sold together With the cash,
and TAG telling the amount Of goods,
are pat into one Of the cars, which, by
the puiling Of string, runs the vhsle
length of the store. and stopa at the
ceEtrsl Office or cashiers headquarters,
where the goods are wrapped ap, the
money taken from the car, the proper
change pat back by the cashier and the
ear sent back to its stat on with goods
and change for the customer. There
arc eight stations in the store, and p.o-
vision made for i've more. This hs 4 iy
and nciseless contrtvAnce DOES the work
Of too er three cash boys, st about the
came expense, but the machine never
goes - lunch. and never has 10 throw
ap its job 10 go TO school; never plays
trusnt bat Is always on hand 10 per
form It's work.