The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-05-16

was followed by a representation of the theu
late triumphant naval engagement The pape
contained the advertisement OF q QuacA doctor
and numerous other 'ads' that would rea
peculiarly ct this latter day.
A V. Pressentin, Ruby City merchant ar
rived in the city yesterday. He says that within
q few days party oi Ruby City residents vii
arrive for the purpose OF interesting seatta
merchants in the opening OF wagon road or
PACK trail from Sauk City. the head OF nay!gs1
ton on the skagit river, TO Ruby CITY, dis-
lance of thirty five miles. Mr.. Pressentiu saicSS
"Ruby CITY, which is the ceIseer OF the RUBY
creek mining district, is located Ii the norrherll
part Of Whatcom county. but all the trade is
ing by way of Fort Hope, Il. C.. Fort Hope II
chants have subscribed and built a trail il N
Ruby City, L distance of eighty-fvc miles, an |
the freight and provisions for the town conf
from Victoria via tho Fraser river and Fort
Hope. \ week ago Thursday forty-two paeS
mules, with heavy loads, left Fort Hope ior|
RUBY City.
"At present there are about 10 men at Ruby
City and the town is growing We would ell
prefer patroaizing Seattle merchants for we ars
Americans, and then, too. the Sank City rost.
would be infinitely shorter than the trail TO Fora
Hope. When l left home seven men started out
to cut trail TO Sank City and they were to bs
reinforced by i've or six more men"
J. A. Kuhn, OF Port Townsend, was az the ocs
cidental hotel yesterday. Mr.. Kuhn is regarded
as one Of the shrewdest Democratic politicians
in the state. He is native OF Pennsylvania.
where he was born in IS4l. In lSjS he came to
Missouri, and tho next year he moved on II
Nebraska. During the war he served in tho
First Nebraska regiment ard alter the
struggle was over he came in 1866 20 Port Towns
end. Since 1870 he has been a practicing law
yer and during tina, period he has held many
pubic positions. For twelve years he was on
the school board: for two terms Judge of pro-
BATE for five years il the territorial legislature,
and once in the state Legislatures: and he has
also been mayor o. Port Townsend During
four years he was chairman OF the territorial
Democratic committee, and for ten years a mem.
Der OF the Democratic national committee.
Horace D. Andrew mas returned from Oks
hogan county, where he has been looking ier
his mining interests. He is at the Rainier hotel
accompanied by c. Fleming, q capitals
from Sewickley, Pa, who is pss
owner with him in the silver Grown
mine. Mr. Andrews says that in the Okanogaa
country, on both sides of the line, there is tea
times tho activity there has ever been before
''Men with money" he adds, "are coming In to
develop the mining properties. Loomistou has
grown from settlement of seventy-fve or one
hundred inhabitants last fall to = village OF five
or six hundred"
Referring to the laying and tearing up OF the
Columbia & Puget Sound track on Yes.er ave.
nue. Saturday morning, Street COMMISSIONS
Alexander said yesterday: 1.-THE city should re-
quire permit to be obtained from the board OF
public works for any work 20 be done on the
streets, then nothing of the kind could happen.
Plumbers make connections to houses without
the knowledge of the city officials, and rpen
working Tor the city are constantly finding thi .
work in their way. and know nothing Of its ex.
lstence until they come to it,"
J. Antilles, OF Langley, is stopping at the Ar
lington hotel, having come to the city to see ais
wife, who is under treatment at Providence hos
pital. Mr.. Antilles has lived near Langley for
about twelve years. He has ranch which he
is planting IN prunes. "There are" said be-
''about 400 fruit trees now growing in our
vicinity, and 800 of them are prunes-mosily
the Italian.
F. II. Atwood, capitalist OF Madison, Wis.
for a long time connected with the Wisconsin,
State Journal. is at the Rainier with his family.
He has been spending the winter in Southern
California, anu is now taking q tour OF the
Northwest OH his homeward journey.