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Snow Found Santa Claus With a Sled in Many Instances. THE UNION CLUB’S MUSICALE. It Was the Event of the Week—Next Week the Big Cotillion— Personals. acoma, Dec. 24. —[Spe cial.] — Two feet of snow discouraged many of Santa Claus’ friends this week. Some could not get out until today to ar range for their gifts, and even at the elev enth hour the incon venience of shopping was doubled by pour ing rain, melting snow and pools of water. In the throes of a snow-bound predica ment, fervent prayers went up in some quarters that Santa Claus would forget to send around pretty presents this year be cause the recipients thereof found it im possible to reciprocate. Tantalus had the stores choke full of nice things, but the barrier of snow, followed by rain, kept scores from inspect ing them. This week the Union Club musical was the event; next week it will be the cotillion of Dr. Calhoun's duties as World's fair execu tive commissioner. Prof. H. A. Dewey and his brother, George Dewey, of Sumner, are in the city. * Monday evening Mr.C. L. Stewart and Jessie C. Jackson were married at §uyallup Mr. W. H. Fife, who has been in the East sev eral weeks, left New York yesterday for Mrs. Allee Houghton, chairman of the ladies* World's fair commission, was at the Tacoma this week. Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Hurley will Christmas with Mrs. Hurley's father, Col John McCracken, of Portland. The students of the Puget Sound University held a declamation contest in the First Metho dist church Friday night. Mra. J. A. Chandler, mother of Mrs. P.M. Boeringer, who has been visiting the family the last two weeks, leaves for St. Paul Tuesday. Gen. F. C. Barlow, of New York, was through the city last week on his way home from Everett, where he has been engaged in legal work. Mr. W. M. Sheffield, of Mount Vernon, one of the proprietors of the Stagit County passed through the city yesterday en route for North Yakima, where he will spend Christmas with his sisters, Mrs. O. M. Graves and Mrs. Ath erton,
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Seattle Post Intelligencer
Seattle, Washington, US
Sun, Dec 25, 1892
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