The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-02-17
Brief Tacoma News.

TACOMA, Feb I6-tspecal Jim Now, an
Olympia gardener, who was caught recently in
the act of smuggling, was sdjudged guilty OF
that offence in the United States district court
today, and sentenced to the McNeiis island
penitentlary for one year, and to pay fine OF
$500 Jim Now has saved up fortune. and is
well known al Port Townsend and Olympia.
The Pierce county commissioners have re-
turned from trip OF inspection over the county
road leading up to the Mineral creek district in
Lewis county. They are willing to join with
The Lewis county commissioners in building a
bridge over the Nisqually al Mineral creek.
Cases against W. VI. Fraine, 6. Imam. II. u.
Boutrick, J. W. Coffin, !. X, B. F. and L. NJ.
Braidsdell for trespass upon government land,
were today dismissed in tho United States DIS
trict court on motion of Assistant United States
District Attorney Sullivan, on the ground that
all the records in the case were destroyed at the
fire at Vancouver il lSS9.
W. s. OBrien, i'll the employ of A. Mel
Hawkes., who is building the Lowell water
works claims that he discovered large quan-
tity OF cinnabar or quicksilver at Mineral creek
last week. Ten pounds of the ore is to be as
sayed here.
On motion of the state Peder winger was to-
day released. He drew drafts. which his brother
refused to pay, and the state held there was no
evidence of fraud. fnasmuch as Peder did not
know his brother would not pay the drafts.
G.. A. r. Commander Lowell will be grand
mhrsnAl oil the washington birthday parade.
The city assessment will, judging from the
present nearly completed rolls, reach sft,0Oo.o0o
The nineteenth anniversary of the founding
OF the Knights of Pythias will be observed Fri
day evening by union meeting of Tacoma
lodges in the pariors OF the Elks.
NJ. Moses was arraigned today for using
counterfeit International Cigarmakers' Union
label. He was acquitted proving that he
bought the cigars of q New York city dealer.
Prospectors who arrived today from Mineral
creek say there is no truth in the statement that
Prospector Davis had set out with a party of
twenty miners, all armed with shotguns, TO
drive the Van Eaton brothers off the claim
which Davis says they jumped The latest au-
thentic report from the disputed claim is that
the matter would be legally settled.
J. 7. Seatou, agent OF tho Dansville nursery,
who embezzied 500 last winter and absconded,
after leaving note saying that his body would
be found in the bottom of the bay, was this aft
ernoon adjudged guilty of embezzlemcnt in the
superior court. He was arrested at Portland a
month ago.
Ezra Meeker has flied demurrer to the petit
ton of James Knox, pending in the superior
court here, in which he seeks to oust Meeker
from the office of mayor of Puyallup, on the
ground of fraud and bribery. Meeker says the
city of Puyallup must pass upon his eligibility,
and therefore the court has no Jurisdiction;
also that suit was not begun within the time
limited by law.
Supplemental articles of incorporation of the
Sumner Lumber Company were filed today by
Frank NJ Harshberger, George H. Ryan and
Philip d. Rice as trustees. The capital stock is