Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-04-01

Look on. 70, sells This il all fools
day.
Txo DRINKS a, the Police Coort yes
terdsv.
4 French laundry will soon De started
o. Front street.
Tee Opera House is beginning TO as
sumo an attractive appearance
kails are being laid along the water
front north Of the Commercial hill.
The Mexico zill leave here for san
Francisco a, o. clock Thursday next
Mr.. r. I. Guard, purser of the Mex
ico. xiii accept oar thanks for faVose
rendered.
Ine ship L. Schepp Is again at the
coal dock. the Astoria having com
pleted loading.
Misses MsIla and Lou Tibbals, da1Gh-
ters, Of C4ptsla II. L. Ilbbals. Of Port
Ioxusend, are registered At the Ar
lington.
Mrs. VI. V. B. stacy has secured the
beautiful st. Bernard dog recently l!n
ported from Liverpool 10 Seattle by Nf.
T. A. Turner.
fhe public schools of the Territory
have a vacation during the tirst Week OF
April. The young folks are enjoying
themselves accordingly.
D.. b. Jackson and wife of Port Gam
bic, VINO have been on quite an extend
ed trip to the 4 stern States, arrived
here by the Mexico last night.
Ihe white laundry a. Lake Union IS
dong a fine business and cutting quite
extensively into the patronage h-reio-
tore eIteu led TO ChInamen.
A movement Is on foot TO organize a
baseball nine III this city, coApo ed OF
the best material that can Oe had nerr,
and 10 get IL Readiness 10 play any anna
teur nine Oh the coast.
The west side of Front street Is being
built up almost soild with wooden
buildings, some Of which are OF a very
inferior character, while otuer5 are YER
credltable- looking structures.
Business In Oregon and Throughout
the Sorlhs west generally Is picking up.
he severe loss occasioued by Willard 5
failure Is beIng gradually overcome by
the development OF local Resources.
r Today being tue lst of the month,
every body VIII De expected TO pay up
their oils promptly aud chserf0iiy. Ii
this Is done, but little cry of hard times
wall tie heard daring the mouth vi
April.
Last Monday night, as David Dixon,
OF Poineroy, W. L., stepped into his
stable ~ iced his horses, Ire was at
tackled by vicious mare and had bis
lett elbow q .slocated aud three ribs
fractured.
William L. Coleman d Co. are pre-
paflnI to establish banking business
Ill Astoria. Dir. Godsey Will act as &C
countant; Goorge W. SanDorn, paying
teller, and samuel Fillmore, Esq, gen-
erdi manager.
A finer month of March than the one
just ended has never been seen, even IN
tails country 50 rIcn Ia climatic favors.
Not Ouly las there never boeR q finer
March, but never before Was there a
month ~ compare with 1t.
The sewer diggers have turned down
the earth and gravel anu turned up tue
sawdust Oh Mill street. Inc injury
done by their work can be more IMAM
made good by putting d Coating vi gravel
or broken rock foot deep down tue
middle of the roadway.
The body of ClarIce. only child of Mr..
and Mrs. &. W. Coulter, was brought
over from Portland last Saturday, and
Oh Sunday the funeral service was held
al Trinity Cuurcu, the little one being
laid To Fest In the Masonic Cemetery
amid the tears of its devoted parents.
The masquerade to be given by the
NArAtE. Inh he f,h
promis.s to be very popular affair
! Prizes will be gwen tor handsomest
Costume ana best sustained character,
and due notice has Deen given SD that
| all who wish To Can make due prepare.
| tlons.
! Old Mr.. Lusby, at the upper end OF
the valley, died very suddenly las,
| Thursday night, says the Goldendaie
! w. L., >entiaei. 1t seems he woke VI
/ IN the night and told his wife that his
time had cune. ana before his family
could tie brought together he had
brcathed his last.
1t would be a deal more uaselfish on
the part of the people of Tacoma to
petition Congress to give to the North
ern Pacific Company the Government
lands III their own county remaining
unsoid, instead of pctitlonins to gave
the company our lands to buiid road
for them that will be inimical to US anc
cur interests.
A project is on foo. to open Madiso,
street from the present end of the In
provement to the shore OF Lake Wash
ington, a distance of mile and a half
or three miles from Seattle bay. Tn,
owners of abutting property have taker
the initiative step, and If they are will
lug to pay the bills it Is certainly moi
the province of any one else to object