, 1888-11-22

Notice is given IN these columns thI:
morning in legal form forbidding hunt
ing on the tract Of ground known as tb,
railroad flats. Yesterday shooting wa:
carried on there at the rate OF several
dozen shots an hour. Lives of people
who reside near by were greatly endan
! gered. People tbereabouts have had
shot and bullets whistling around them
| long enough, and all offenders vii
hereafter be dealt with strictly accord,
ing to the law.
Captain Blondi wishes TO announce to
the public that his lodging house on the
corner of Quincy and Washington sts,
Will be opened on Saturday, the oath
| lust. 1t contains 35 well furnished rooms
at prices to suit the times, ranging from
$40 to Sl5 per month, according to To-
cation. They are all desirable, we'll
lighted and ventilated. The house is
lighted by electric lights throughout
and there is no rooG thet cannot have q
fire If required. It will be kept as a
trst class house. AS soon rs spring
opens restaurant will be built on the
vacant adjoining lot connected with the
mouse, so that roomers may be accomo-
dated with meals without leaving the
honse- There will also be barber shop
and bath rooms.
Capt. Howard, OF San Francisco, who
brought the new tug Katy to Tacoma.
tells of q stormy voyage. The tug which
Is OF about the same size as the Blakely,
sailed from San Francisco harbor on the
afternoon of the 10Th inst. at four o'clock.
and all went well until they we're off
Cape MeDdIcino. There they encounter
ed heavy nor westeF, and which the lit
tie steamer weathered in fine shape,
proving herself a most excellent sea
boat. From Cape Meudicino to Cape
Bianco, where the heaviest weather was
experienced, the Katy passed through u
succession of heavy winds from the north
and west. AT Cape Blsnco," said one
OF the crew, "the wind seemed to blow
from all parts OF the compass, and our
boat shipped seas from all sides. 1t
locked at one time rs If we might be
driVed on the rocks, but the captain got
her away all right" The wind abated
somewhat above Cape Blanco, and al
though the tug labored in the heavy
SEAS she made the passage without any
mIshap. The entire voyage was made
in two hours less than FIVE days. Capt
Clements formerly of the Zephyr, took
charge OF the Katy on her arrival at
Tacoma.
The San Francisco steamer due here
to day is the Walla Walla. She has a
capacity ef2 800 tons cargo, and steams
at l3 knots an hour. A San Francisco
special says: The Walla Walla has
been at the Union Iron Works the past
Six months, undergoing transformation
from a collier to frst-cIass passenger
steamboat. To accomplish this it was
necessary first 10 cut away all the deck |
houses aud bulwarks and frames, and
the she'll platIngs were extended eight |
feet four inches to the new deck The
old masts were removed and new ones
of steel substituted. The engine was
lined, and paddles and furnaces put in |
to the boilers. The Walla Walla was
put on the dry dock while the work was
going on, and new wheel was put into |
her, and bilge or rolling keel was put |
on her for $50 feet OK her length. The
handsome dining room is on the main |
deck, with seating capacity of 100. |
Abaft this are the cabin and state-rooms.
On the upper deck are the deck state
rooms, social hall, smoking room, bridal
chambers. captains room and pilot |
house. The awning deck extends near
ly the full length OF the ship, forming a
neat promenade. There are $50 elec-
trIc lights throughout the vessel She
has accommodations for 156 passengers,
besides steerage room for $50 and crew
accommodate for eighty-tive.
Schooner Fred L. Sanders arrived
this morning, lumber laden from
Tacoma, bound for San Pedro.