The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-03-22
SEATTLE TWENTY TEARS AGO
As Depicted In the Pages Of the
Weekly Intelligencer.
The Advertisers Of the City nj That
Time and What Became
OF Them.

II y
OF the WEEELr IxrEI1GEscER dated
February Is. 1863. The paper ara.
brought TO the PasT- TvrnIE1aK xcrs
Office for inspection Il Is q small
lye-coiumn qnarso and presents qaife 4
contrast 20 the eight-page daily which
= at present Issued from this Office
three or four siTnes week. Araous
the local items are lbs following:
's0FEyIyg or The T'sEs nzsTrY some
time stree we alluded to the prospecr
% tie reopening Of the University.
and se are now informed isy the re.
gents that Professor Hall will arrive
here shout ssse middle OF March and
by the iirgf OF April viii open the
school, Mr.. Hal has the reputation
o. being 3 fine teacher and we hope
the time Is near at hand wien the
youth Of oar territory will not have "a
De SSszf abroad 10 Be educated =
A serIcg Tara B. Young. Essl.
received letter from Chicago by the
last mail which was only II DAYS in
making the trip. On the same day we
received our daily copies Of the san
francisco Bsttletia. and. strange 90 saw
they were Is days making the Jour
nev.
:. The Active arrived at Victoria on
Friday. We understand She viii not
come up the Sound, having no freight
on board. but viii call az Port Town
send while on Der way 20 Portland
from Victoria.
Capt. VIM. ] Wait. having been
appointed 10 the command OF the
steamer Wilson q. liant. now living
at Portland. left Olympia last week.
overland, for the purpose OF bringing
her round. Capt. Wait for MANY
years successfully plotted the steamer
Eliza Anderson. and his MANY friends
viii be glad TO learn that be Is TO have
command OF the finest steamer on the
northern coast
:. l.. Maxwell was the proprietor al
the IsTELLrGEycEs AZ that time. Mr..
Maxwell was drowned in Seattle har-
Dor In iss3.
The advertisement og Mcfsilyia &,
Mcknight. attorneys appears
In the paper John j. Mefsilyra one
OF the partners. is still practjcing law
Ia this CITY, and Is welI-fo-do. James
Mcknight, then ! young lawyer. and
safd 70 I've the only dude on
Puget Sound, is now the general so
HECTOR OF the Northern Pacific railroad
with a salary OF $1,000 year.
L. G. Graves then advertised him.
cooper shop. Mr.. Graves i now
wealthy. He is the owner OF the
Columbia house and other valuable
property in this city.
The advertisement OF Mrs. 5. y.
Libby appears a. the proprietor of a
fashionable millinery and dressuaKine
establishment Mrs Libby is still i
resident of this city. Il viii be remeIn-
hered that her husband. Capt. s. d.
Libby, died in this city few days
since
The name Of L. b. Andrews appears
rs a real estate agent. Mr.. Andrews
sold the Gilman mines for $40 .oo0 and
short time since he parted with 10
acres in West Seattle for $4,000. SIR.
Andrews is therefore well-to-do.
NJ X. Maddox az that time ran the
seattle drug store He has now re.
tired with ali the wealth he needs.
George +. Frye then advertised him
self as the proprietor of the Eureka
bakery. Mr.. Frye was succeeded by
CrawfoSi A. Harrington, and this firm
by the house OF Harrington & Smith.
Mr.. Frye is the proprietor 81 Frye's
opera house. and owns other valuable
property in this city.
Atkins & shoudy then advertised
the fact that they were the successors
Of Dexter Horton, and dealers in gro
eeries and dry goods. H. A. Atkins
died i've years since. His widow, TO
whom he left fortune. Is now build
ing block of houses. William II.
Shoudy is at the present time running
a store on Commercial street
Messrs. Russell & Shorey then ran a
large advertisement in the fxrEIII-
sEScEs which announced that they
wssre importers and dealers I'm furni-
ture and bedding. < Russell died five
wears since. Mrs. Russell, his widow.
has just finished five-story building
on the corner OF Second and Cherry
streets. @. s. shores is in the under
taking business. and has fair share
OF this worlds goods.
Kinds, Stone & Co. advertised to sell
extra white -four made by the Seattle
-four mill at Oregon prices. Their
store was then located in u wooden
building which stood on the corner of
South Second and Washington streets.
The members of heflrm were Sumner
r. Kinds, G. Z. Stone and Charles
Burnett Mr.. Kinds died some IL or
Is years ago, leaving a large fortune to
his widow. The latter married Capt.
John Marshall. Mr.. Marshall and
wife reside in San Diego. Mrs. Mar
shah now receives about Si000a month
in rents from property left by Mr..
Kinds, Mr.. Stone Is now a member
OF the firm Of Rove. Stone & Carr.
He Is very wealthy. and owns a town.
site on Lake Union. Mr. Charles
Burnett is one of the owners and
general superintendent of the South
Prairie coal mines. For many wears
he was superintendent Of the Ren;on
mines.
The steamer Phantom Is advertised
"a leave Port Madison every morning,
Tuesdays excepted, for Port Blakeley
and other points. in command OF Cap
tain A. j. spEfern. The latter is now
III British Columbia. The Phantom il
still doing job woTA about the Sound.
The paper announced that Rev g..
f. Whitworth was about 10 open a
select school Rev. Whitworth is still
n resident Of Seattle and IS doing well.
Gardner Kellogg advertised the fact
that he, as the proprietor OF the pio-
neer drug store. has sold ont the same
10 DIR y Il. Calhoun. Subsequently
Mr.. kellogg repurchaShed The store
and he is still it, proprietor
The fact that Henry T.. Iesier is
proprietor of the Seattle lumber a.3
-four mills and dealer in lumber
four. drv goods, groceries, hardware
and croc kerry is fully set forth, The
lumber aud -four mill stari on the
site OF the Yesler block. Every bod
knows that Mr.. Iesle~ is uow one OF
Seattle's weaithieSt and met enter
prising citizens
The fact that Johr Collins was the
proprietor Of the Occidental hotel.
that beard was 50 per week in advance.
and that there was a livery stable
couneAled with the house, thus afford
Sug hospitality for man and beast is
told in 4 well1lisplayed advertisement
Mr.. Collins Is now one OF Seattle s
weslthiest citizens
Hugh McAleer announced the fact
that he was q dealer IN stoves and tin
ware IN the INTEELgeEsCER uf that
date. Mr.. McAiecr died some six
years since and left an estate worth
SlG9.essl In il WAS included yal1able
property ora Commercial street
LONDON Is WITH GLADSTONE.
A Victory IA the Most Important
Election Held i'm Years.
The election in the Kens ngton di-