Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-01-28
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Judge Hill fined Pat O'Shes $40 and
costs. yesterday. for striking his wife
Tie ladies will read Miss Nellie
Cneasty's announcement With interest.
The Seattle Rod and Gun Club viii
hsess this evening fer the election OF
officers
Captain Olney succeeded in getting
line under the s1nken steamer DAISY
yesterday.
Engine Company No. had the ms
shine cot yesterday morning. and found
it 10 frst-cisss order.
Daring q slight indisposition OF W.
/ G. Ronald. James II Stitzsl Is running
as Inspector on the Geo. Z Starr.
Dick Wilson, a hard customer, vas
ined $40 and costs, yesterday, for
/ drunksnress and disordsriy conduct
The Northwest Fire and Marine In
/ surance Company has been organized
at Portland, with nominal capital OF
/ 10000.
The steamer Eyaneel was tested yes
/ terday, and found to be 10 hrst-clsss
condition. During the night she left
for Ssmishmoo.
The ladies' Of Plynostb Congreea-
tional Church will give one OF their
popular socisis in the church parlors
tomorrow evening.
| John Haley, for the past -four years
ssorekseper for the Port Blak-ly Mil
Company, has resigned the position to
take effect February LIST.
A fsh peddler named George Johuson
was ined 81 and costs by Justice Hill,
4 ,aasarA.. Tor -aafa4rnr of thu raHdfGF-
| and hacksters' ordinance, be not having
taken oct license to p9ddle.
y.F. Evans, the e1 Treasury Agent,
according TO the 4st0rian, has been en-
gagged to defend the steamship Idaho
against the Government, and it Is for
that purpose he is now on the Sound.
The steamer Enterprise, Captain Lot
Hastings, arrived here yesterday even
| ing from Irondale, With 40 tons OF pig
iron for Almond d Phillips Of this city.
For q return cargo she will take IS tens
Of Black Diamond coal for Port Town
send.
A correspondent at Aberdeen, ". T.,
wants TO know how many newspapers
there are in Washington Territory.
There are 50, of which IL are dailies.
| Two of the morning dailies take the
| full Associated Press report, two even
ing dailies partial report, and four other
dsilies each short synopsis.
The oral examination of candidates
for the office Of Inspector Of Mines was
completed at q late hour last night.
Nothing now remains to be done further
than the consideration of the papers
presented on the written examination.
The Board of Examiners will probably
render its final decision today.
Toe steamer Dispatch was in port yes
terdsy, to uadergo her annual inspec-
ton. She has experienced some heavy
weather this winter, and looks rather
worse for the wear. bat still she is very
| faithful old boat, and she rides the
waves as we'll il not better than some
much larger and more pretentious
crafts.
We nov have As minutes more day
light than We had a month ago. VI
Ihis, IL minutes have been gained in the
morning and "a in the evening. The
sun now rises at 7:l5 and sets at Boo
Daring the next month daylight will
gain twice as fast as during the past
month, 81 minutes being added TO the
sunlight Of Feb. 18th compared with
that OF Jan. 18th.
The examination of candidates for
Inspeotorship of Coal Mines Is still In
progress. The Com mission yesterday
arranged a series Of thirty-two ques.
tions, embracing the theory of coal
mining, the answers to which the appli-
cants were to make in writing. This
morning a series of oral questions will
he put to the applicants, to test their
knowledge Of the business. The pres
ent incumbent, Thomas Heacosk, is not
taking the examination. He desires
the statement made, because of the
complaint made by some Of the appli-
cants that as a number of the Commits
sioners had endorsed MIR. Heaeoek for
the place the others would be hsndi
capped. so he withdrew in order
that there could be no ground for com
plant, on the part of shose taking the
examination, of Partially or unfair
ness in the matter.