The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-01-01
THE FIRST NEW YEAR
Seattle's Pioneers Had No Time
for Celebrations.
BRIG LEONESA'S BELL RANG.
Hard Work 1t Clearing and Building
the Order of the Day-Going
for Provisions

TIE New Year O. $50 recalls the 6rss New
Tear 9. Seattle, celebrated n Iss2-.ust forty
yez-s aga TIE Day was not really celebrated.
to- E=s-s we're 10 festivities, sai the hardy
sellers scarcely I'D mere ta2a visa each ether
hz22tness- s1o t1s2 turn With renewed Es2l 70
I1=.1 work
~ ia. TINE cot = house wzs standing upon
TIE present ste az Sest-.e. t-t tssr= was the
lf-le settlement :: AK point. s21 one sboa;
1ve 1---es % ne DGwAEZssz r-ver- IAe latter "a
bean Ez1e September =. 1s5i. ey Es2ry Van
ASSES. JEeoo Maple, Samuel AsP.e, = - Co..
lis z-z August EcZ-zva- About Txo months
-ztz-. Sovezaozr 3, Z party o. twscly-l0Er, half
Ct l2s2 children, as1 come 70 Ak po.a[
I1=g were re people who Ire sEn-
-=- following moved over 70 t1is side
q E---C-- 52T- s-d among them vera
l. A Danny. = 7. Deany. JOHN Y. Low. c. ..
5Jr=-, W.--LS-- y. BslI and Charles {. Terry
Tag stared 81 once "a make home ii the
El-1@--@sz, s14 during The winter they erected
-o-- y czolls On The yo42E Ail= .1es=
-1-Szs were Ez1z- process O. construction The
pioneers lived n tsE-s. ave lad 70 tine to-
pay Eor - HOLIDAYS. SAID arthur / . "
Te=-erczv. Ter - were --vl1s Z tae VOID .
szTr0-Z1-1 y L1-z as. sno every minute ira
W cJ-11 g: S&s 1eyosed 70 binding and clear
Ing
= REMAINDER rat Ehaa RE New Year Of 81
came : tz= rig Leolesz VAS lying a. sac1o:
lsE- IS, or she had c3-1= 70 Puget squad fo- .
cargo q p.les, and ws hz1 the contract for
furnishing Eze1l- A. E2l1n.g1- ws were ak
ezs1 o. lie -irg 11g Of TIE Ls5Z-sz b=ll. which
announced that ne c ! year lad gone. ID; Ee-
member 10 0t1er observance o. the o. zlon-
I've Ee-e TOO busy % soy foI leasing c:
Ceg-.lel-
The fist New Year II Seattle proper was ths-
Q: lss5- and 90 Il. recall anything special
done th=a-'
Hea- Van ASSET. VINO Is TIE only survivor q
re DEEanis3 settlement, sid yesterday: u
IL Tot spend the New Year day o. ISL a. ny
new hone, but Up the eslCd- AuzUst Hoe-sve.
John Hot s13 startel II n Indian cAECe De-
tocs Christmas 70 go 70 Olympls tor -four ena
oth=r supplies; and We did not return until the
s-1 o. IVsa % January.
the zea;1sr Wa very had-not unlike th1.
Of this yer, Tor We had heavy rams and s,ron.
winds We went 70 Sesq1s-ly for our waeas.
an taen took il to TUnw4yer % * ground K
scans 20 ne t14s On New Years dsy We must
have bean can -ug OF the beach az 0IyEnpis.
You can zee that We di1 not have niue
money for when we started back with our X
supp les We did no. have 20 cents among Us
The getting back vas hard, i0r the SOUND
was 80 rough that We were forced To stop Ov=.
tao days az AeSeils island and rwo a
Yssaoa. When the rain fell ths boat woul1
have = BE- b4.-ed constantly, Tor II would
4 E very short .lU.e. /. last We came 20 the
mouth o. fae D1waI1i.l, AMI We were so ex
h4us1ed tina. We could not 90 81. tU-rhsr. az
va. considered good man II csE0e. TO.
After spending The night. We na1e our way
Two an & haLf miles further the NIX, day Bu1
the water was high. TIRE current swift, and Be
were utterly worn Gu. 20 Is.s-tcd % walk ahead
OF ald. When reached the settlement they - C.
" hat, sEe you alive: -or the IntIeos hz1 re-
ported that We had been drowned il the Nz.-
Rows, near where Tacoma 5 now