Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-03-23

/ George AcCooaha il at present visit
ing his relatives and friends in thi
/ citv.
II the weather permits. there will b,
Q match game of bAse- ball on the Norti
Seattle grounds this afternoon, between
two picked nines.
The greater portion of the day yes
terday vas pleasant, but toward even
ing little shower came mp and II,
dust was effectively settled.
George T. DAILY, who vas taken from
Seattle to Portland last week. waive<
examination Ia that city to appear be
fore tie Grand Jury. His bail va
fixed at $40.
The showers Of the past few day,
have been grateful to the dry earth ans
tender vegetation, and they have ais<
been appreciated by hundreds of oul
citizens who seek pleasure in driving.
Il. E. OBrien, Chief Engineer of .h.
Oregon TranscOntineutal. and j. F
NounAn, railroad contractor, arrived
here last evening on some business con
nected with the Cedar river extension
The public schools Of Vancouver
have been closed on account of lack OF
funds. The district is tehiud. snd the
directors want to catch up, which they
cannot do without closing the schools
Emma Rosburg. a girl Is years old
living in the north end of town, fell
yesterday afternoon, while attempting
10 enter the door of the house in which
she and her people live. Her arm was
broken in the fall.
The Regents of the Territorial Uni
versity held a meeting yesterday and
concluded to take further time TO con
sider the offer made by d. b. Ward for
. lease Of the University grounds for q
period Of twenty five years.
H. Mcdonald, formerly supply agent
on the Cedar river extension, mas been
appointed Superintendent Of Hospitals
along the line of the Northern Pacific
Railroad. He has Just returned from q
trip to st. Paol. by way Of the Northern
Pacific.
Mr.. Stone states that he is opposed to
ball-playinR on Sunday, and his nine
will not play today. He also states
that any afternoon, excepting Satur-
days, tue employees of his store can
have u holiday for the purpose CT play
ing u match game.
At a meeting of the w. G. L. U. Fri
day afternoon, the ladies passed q mo-
ton conveying their sincere thanks to
all those who aided them in their enter
taInment last Saturday evening. and
especially to the city journals who 80
generously aided them.
The piles being unearthed BY the
lower Mill street excavation were placed
In 1854-thirty years ago. They we're
not driven-merely stood mp in holes
Dug for the purpose, and they formed a
part of the first wharf built on what is
now the busy fr- MT of the city of Scat
tie. Surrounded and covered as they
have been. they would remain sound
and solid hundred or q thousand
years.
The new north school building will
not be ready for occupancy before tho
close of the present term, and will
therefore not be opened to the uses for
which it was intended before the full
term in September. There seems to be
NO question that it can and will be
filled with pupils allaost FROM the be-
ginning. In attendance at what is
known AS the Lake Union School are 70
children, and at the BelltOwn School
23O. Here are 300 children at once WuO
will seek accommodation i'll the new
building. 1t is kno~n. also, that
least 100 in that end of town do not ut
tend school for lack Of room, and that
over lOO. for the same reason, attend
the Central School. Ihe building will
have seating capacity for GU pupils,
and it will open its first term with close
upon that number.