Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-04-03

Ship City Of Brooklyn will be the ne1'
yeasei IN the Wells line 10 sail from S4c
Francisco for Seattle.
The J. VIC T. {. will give sociable
at the conrt hsase Saturday evening
the 5sh. Further notice viii BE- given
W. II. Reeves, the banker. has jus;
completed . flying mp 10 San francis
CT. be having 9ore and returned On the
steamship Mexico.
Judge Cam yesterday paid over to
The CITY Treasurer the sum Of tZ5O.5D.
represent nQ the fines collected during
the month Of March
Lorenzo Sweet. Skagit River pao-
neer. died at his home IN Skagl' valley
last week. He vas IS years old, Mich
igander by birth, and had 4 wife but no
children
Anew partnership has been instituted
between DR.. II. Il. Bagiey and DR.. Geo.
F. Whitwortk. for the practice Of medi
cine and surgery il this city. with Office
i Ile cherry street.
We wish 70 call attention TO the no.
iice found elsewhere of the commence
msnt Of the second half Of the present
term Of Yesler College, which will be-
gin on Monday, April 7ts.
Ii il reported the steamer Eliza An Ter
son is 10 be put on the route from Seat
tie to Port Townsend ana Victoria, and
that her charges for passage will be one
ha ( those Of the regular mail line.
Atlanta school house. in Skagit coun-
ty, vas burned on Sunday night last.
Az there had been no one Ia the school
room since Friday afternoon, It i
thought the FIRE was ihe work of IN IL
cendIary.
There are at present in the hospital
about seventy patients, forty Of them
being provided for by the various coun-
ties which send their SICK 10 TIL. insti
tuition. The remaining thirty are pri-
vate patients.
Mr.. John Seavey. of Port Gamble, has
begun the construction of a neat cot
tage on his lot on the corner of Pike
and Second streets. Ii will be two
story build,ng.4 by 30 feet, with kitchen
attachment Of 1G by ~ feet.
At the special election Of a Justice Of
the Peace for Snohonish precinct, a few
days ago, ll6 votes were poiied, Of which
G. A. u issimer received 90, j. q. Swat
tofu d1h y. W bb1sti IL IA l55ltLcf
being elected by majority Of IL.
On the last down trip of the Mexico a
child was born TO family from Taco
ina, named Stewart. A purse Of $:5
was raised among the other passengers
for the little one, the parents agreeing
TO give the donors the privilege of be-
slowing name upon the child. They
chose Mexico, after the chip; the par
ents chose Maude and the little girl,
therefore, will be known a. Maude Mex
100 Stewart. 1t WAS understood that the
money was to be placed on interest for
the child until she approaches maturity.
Sullivan Slough bridge, at Laconner,
has been completed, and Is declared by
the Nad to be- not only the best swing
draw bridge on the Sound. but in the
Territory. The bridge Is 40 feet long.
while Its draw is ll5 feet. The draw Is
supported on pier Of 81 piles firmly
driven and double capped, and swings
on 30 cast iron whee II 1 inches thick and
10 inches III diaiEeter, held III position
by 81 inch steel PIVOT.
Alden Academy at Anacortes has BET u
closed, and Professor Tade, Its founder
and principal. has gone TO Oakland
Cal. The Nail saws Mr.. Tade has
not been popular AZ preacher or edo
Gator, being too plain spoken and point
ed a moralist In the pIlpit while In the
academy--a mere country school attend
cd by pupils of more or loss advanced
age and both sexes-he endeavored to
impart both secular and religious edu-
cation, With strict rules Of restraint"