The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1879-08-09
LOCAL PARAGRAPHS.

leaves san Francisco today.
Capt J c Ainsworth, Of Portland, la,
bought the bark Alden Besse, paying
for her s26. 900
Iti.pretty well decided tina. the new
starr steamer will DE launched from
H.mmond's yard at high tide next
Tuesday evening.
4 few more WEEKLIEs are yet lef:
OF our last issue Call for them. Only
10 cents a copy. II is an excellent pa
per to I'D East.
The daily newspaper col ector. viii
be around today. Have your quarters
ready. friends. for the rev IsTELrT
GExCER man, Mr G.. W. Currier
The County Commissioners aye row
in session. The granting Of several
liquor licenses, is tho main bu-ines.
transacted 50 far. The will ge: fairly
TO work by Monday.
We are requested TO state that there
will bedancing Oh Friday aud Saturday
evenings Of next week in the pavilion
erected on the Grand Encsmpmeut
grounds, bat none OIL Sunday evening
as enormously supposed by some.
NAVAL ACADEMY Requirements -
To secure admission 20 the Navsl Acad-
envy at Annapolis. the first absolute re-
quirement i. the possession Of sound
physicai health. The Young man 60
curing entry there must be well formed,
y rs.t taEf tt, g.. al
chroDic diseases, uuinjurei. with III
improved vlsion, hearing and speech.
He must not be undersized for bis age !;
five feet being the minimum. No onG
less than fourteen years Of age nor
more than eighteen will BE- admitted.
Some discretion il allow ed the L. ;.
examining board. but when candidate
is once rejected he will not be allowed
re examination. In reading, writing,
spelling, arithmetic. geography aud
English grammar the candidates are
examined, aud. with the exception Of
reading. this part Of the examination
is conducted IN writing. When we
state that these are the only branches
of study in which examination is made
tho reader must not interpret Us as in-
timating that it Is at all tritllng in
character To pass successfully one
must be thorough arithmetician. and
for that matter proficient in all the
branches. More than half the candi-
dates who present themselves at the
Acadamy fail to secure admission. Each
cadet is required to sign articles bind
ing himself to serve in the L = Navy
eight years unless sooner discharged.
The pay Is $500 a year. out of which
all expenses have to be paid. Ii sue
cessful the expense Of tho effort TO get
into the Academy will cost Wishing
ton Territory boy close upon 1900, and
if rejected fully 800. He is required
in either event to pay his own way go
ing. but if admitted his actual travel
ing expenses are refunded one month
after. He is required to Jay $50 for
books and Sigh a for clothing This
going to and getting through either
Military or Naval Academies is no
child's play, rs will be evidenced when
we say that Of the twenty or more boys
who have made the effort from the
Territory in times past. one only, we
believe, succeeded. still, the prize is
high one and the effort to gain it well
worth making.
To REOPEN. Operations at the
Newcastle coal mines will again com.
mencc. under the new regime, some
time during the present week. The
mules will be brought in today, and be
shod tomorrow, and 1t Is thought by
the middle of the week things will be
moving along smoothly as formerly.
We, in common with almost the entire
community. are glad to see tho work
commence, and trust that 1t will be
very long tins before work is again
suspended. Tho miners had all been
paid of and discharged, aud how. III
going 10 work, they do So AZ new men,
with no reference 10 former arrange
meats at all. Tho sailors are now Oh
little strike. but it is thought ships
will be able To get crews as fast as they
are ready TO load. several vessels did
not discharge their crews, and if it
should be deemed necessary they could
take tho preference. and load frs, at
the shutcs. but probably they will oil
he able to make up their crews within
q very few days.