The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-04-22


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Robert Cassidy, ths weFi knewn vsetaTia
narrssser ard saiiei,or. - At the Nelh<r.aE1.
TIE British Columbia sar ard Ike ali sneu
Of genius is rather inclined 70 De eceefs-
trio Ills absorption III the law has made
hins absent-fninasd. ard those @ao Do Ros
understand rim are Declined 20 lake o.
fensa al his ansen,-naindea omissions ard
cs9 nsanne~{sns. re formerly lived In
Winnipeg. ard once during the ylssg Of r.
party OF NTfnnipesgers 70 Ficsor!a one cs
stood IN Winnipeg.
"Ili have 70 ,eIl you story 10 answer
your question properly, SAID the WiEnspeg
man. Once. IN our sown. We saa some
aquatic sports and on the programme was
a wafer-tiI.ing contest. You knew the
game. TWO men are put IN canoe. One
paddles while the other. armed stth long
pole. tries 70 lip the canoe OF the op9e-
merit, On this occasion there We're four
canoes ca either side in the contest and
Cassidy was the bow man in one Of the
canoes Wei. when he starting gun Was
fred every man. irrespective or side. tnasss
a dar' a, Cassidy. and inside of ten sec
onds he Was in the water and nine poles
were pokiay away AT rim 10 keep him
down, while the crowd on shore. which
numbered about Eve thousand, gleefuiiy
shouted. Drcwn him
Ex-Speaker II. W Higgins once said a
very bright thing at the expense of Cas-
shy There was q rage sor dog carts, and
Cassidy turned ali OF bis rivals green with
envy by getting one that WAS twIc. as
high as any either in town. The makers
furnished a step ladder for entrance ard
ext and there was also a fire escape att
tached One quiet summer evening Cas-
sidy came bowling Through Government
street and as he passed Mr.. Higgins the
latter yelled up 20 him. Twinkle, twinkle
little star, how | wonder what YOU are. "
Cassidy was deeply hurt, not nj arg ailu-
St IN ha Aasg az EYsgkiSE gar
bat a. the reference 70 his size rs . star.
Ex-senator Watson = Squire makes his
HEADQUARTERS al the Wnidorf-AstoTia these
days and is familiar figure on Fifth
avenue. He and r. III. Gilman are often
seen together ahouf ihe hotel They ara
interested IN some development schemes.
Gen. Bryant seems 10 prefer the Fifth
Avenue hotel as headquarters. and can he
found there II most any time. The general
is stiIl q faultiess dresser He IS a sfanca
friend Of the Northwest
Ed Riley, well known as a former husl-
ness man of Seattle, is now a broker,
He and his partners have house ~ lower
broadway and another one in Boston.
which Is his old home. but he spends most
OF his time here. Don Mcdonald Is In
the service az the firm.
The 1mnerIal sheltered number OF peo-
Pile from Spokane DURING the week. Among
the number were ", - Jones. who has
been here for several weeks, p. G Kings
bury ANA p A. o'Farreil The latter IS
here on a mining deal Before the West
clamed him O'Farrel was quite well
known figure I'm New York and he has
been busy during the week renewing old
accuaintauces.
r y Richter. Of Seattle. was among
the arrivals during The week He Is stop
ping at the Amsterdam.
Mrs G. n. Marble and Miss Forsyth. 81
Tacoma. are among the guests "a; the
Nctheriar6
+ r. Bulien, of Vancouver, arrived on
Tuesday and took rooms at the Murray
Hill.
l.. H. Hoffman. OF Portland. is spending
n few weeks In the city and Is al the
Grand hotel.
Another temporary tenant of the Grand
Is w s Bowen, of Tacoma.
r. s. Ryan. Of Seattle, Is I'm the city
and is CUES. at The HOFFMAN house.
A cozens. Of Portland. is here on husi-
ness trip and is stopping at the Metropolis
tar.