The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-03-21

sEers and iabofegs on the Front Street cable
line who were deffauded ont of their
wages by the failure OF sub-eoatractor
Henry l.. Rochelle on January s. com
meneed suit In the district court yester-
day TO foreciose the ieins filed by them on
February against Henry l.. Rochelle and
the Front Street Cable Company. who are
made joint defendants To the suit The
names of the plaintiffs and the amounts
alleged to be dtsc them are rs follows: j.
johnson 81. D.Niiies SIS. HI .Leaird SIS %,
J. b: Cunningham 81 so. D. Lsndsburg
Charles wilson 81 90. T. stackpole 81 20,
u. j. Hill tassigumentl SIS 50, ]. r. Brown
Sss. ]. Munter SIS 10. D. Clark So 90
COUNTING THE PAssIsa PuBLic.--Quite a
novel experiment Was tried yesterday In
the vicinity OF SIS Front street. II was the
counting. at the instance Of the Seattle
Land Company, OF the number OF people,
wagons and cable ears that passed the Of
fee OF The company, going both ways. be.
tween the hours of y q. m. aud y. N.
During that time 2sbGa persons passed,
$3.50 on the west side and 1854 on the
east side OF the street: 1916 teams went By,
OF which number Egi were donbie teams
and 625 single teams. The cable service
averaged fifteen cars per hour for hetweiye
hours OF all the people who passed on
each side but forty-six were eoi0rad, au a
net over twenty Cinnamon were noticed
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The NUISANCE CAsEe.-The eases against
II. t. Gesler, q. III. Hoicomb, Charles An.
derson, T. Dillers ]. T. Good and John
langston for violating city ordinance In
maintaining npfgEuees On premises owned
by them. were continued to , o'clock to-
day, b. Justice Miller yesterday afternoon.
tsseaf lnteres; is manifested ia the matter
owing 10 the prominence Of the several
defendants aud the fact that they viii
probably make a vigorous contest. The
entire city council has been sDbrsRnaed
to give evidence concerning the ordinance
and Health 0fiiccF Eames viii testify Ia
the sanitary condition OF the premises
described In the complaints
Has No Strawberry MARK--Probate
Judge Osborn has been considerably an
noyed for several days By the representa-
tons Of al ilHpecunious fellow who has
been going e. dis 1.-THE 1adge's) friends ask
ing them Tor the loan al q quarter until
can see my brother, Judge Osborn" The
Fellow aas succeeded in fieecing several
uasuspeeung souls who have not the
honor OF acquaintance with the genial
probate Judge Ous OF small sums on this
clever pretext, has those who know Judge
Osborn have treated the fellows story with
Ffdtenic. Judge Osborn cannot conceive
the mans reason for telling such an alb.
kurd story aud has taken steps 10 see that
he repeats II no more.
THE HessK BEArER FINED. - joseph
foadhouse, the man who " rs arrested at
the instance of Charles II. Kittinger. on
Tuesday. for beating one OF the teams OF
the Transfer Company in Is brutal manner.
was tried In Justice Miilefs court Yesterday
morBtng. Several prominent citizens who
witnessed the mans brutality gave saoh
strong evidence that Justice Miller found
hin guilty OF cruelty % animals. notwith-
standing his strong pFoiessstiens that be
had done nothing wfung. He was fined
sie sud costs. which he paid
ANXIOUS SrgAxRoArxES.-U states
Attorney White was busily engaged yes
tersisy in drawing up the nhels of insor-
nation against the several steamers that
have violated the United States statutes I'm
eerrstng mere passengers AZ one time than
allowed by their papers. The lioels will
probably be Aled to-day ar 10 morrow, and
Ia the meantime, several steam boatmen
are on the nstties ~ anxiety. not knowing
whether OF not they are In the little list
carried by 'ee United States attorney.
BRrrAI AsskULE-Alaoat II O'Clock last
night a aranken logger named y. Eison
committed a brutal assault upon r. New
mas. vasrant who was released from
the ehaingan Yesterday. az 3 lodging
house ap Main street. Essoa Was ayECsted
by 0fsacers Thompson aud Sheehaa. He
had $S0t IS Ia money "A gold ring and q
watch npoa his person. lie ciaimed that
he assaulted Newman because he was
trying 80 rob him at hts money.
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PROBATE NATrkgs.--In the probate court
yesterday .. &. Shasey was appointed aa-
minsstratar OF the estate of Alfred Peter.
son. deceased. with bonds st ssoa 4 r.
Young was appointed administrator 90 the
estate of Heury ~ Bell ard qualified by
furnishing boQds Ia she sam az si0Oa The
hearing In the matter al the estate Of
fhoehe Am Webster was continued to the