Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-08-05


The various Boards Of County CON-
missioners in the Territory are aesin Ia
session.
Rooms for housekeeping are wanted
by a small family a. per advertisement
eIse0hefe.
Nr. and Mrs. ). D. Crockett and Mrs.
Korn. OF Seattle. have been visiting IA
lem, Oregon.
Mr.. L. Il. Albertson has accepted q
Dos tlsn in toe offiee of Strive, HAlues
q McMIckeu.
A prisoner in the city jail broke ont
/ lat evening bs bstterIng down the door
of the main entrance.
The regular montkly N letting of the
Chamber of Commerce Was held last
evening. but No business OF Importance
Vas transacted
Louis K Sohns. Formerly of this city,
( bat nox of Vanc iuv-r, Is IN SEATTLE st
tendinR TO sumo impsrtan, business in-
tere-ts. He will r-main here several
days His fataer, LOUIS Sohus, u also
IN Seattle.
/ A large FIRE has been raging in the
voods neaf Milton for several days.
bl eng into IN 4snIhcent view at night,
and making great additions to the stno sc
vita vhIca tue asmosph-re has oeep
laden for q wet L past.
DIR j. b. Hou. hton ills rs that the
Thermometer at MS house. At Lake
UuIon, registered lUo degrees OF heat Ia
the shade last SUNDAY. Ne have heard
of no other ther lDoneter coming within
Inany degrees VI taat number o. that
day.
Captain Anton Edstrom has again
gone into the ferry business between
seattle and Port iSlak-iy. He Is Low
running tie sloop ii ma. Any one IL
want of pleasant sail over her routr
will do = ell to avail themselves of the
privilege of the Maria.
The prisoners who were locked mp Al
six o'civck yesterday morning IN To,
city jail. coDpl,i n that they did mol
have a bite TO eat all day ioug. Tai
matter should be looked into. II the
city pays for feeding prispness, sons
one should see that Inc PROVISIONS arr
furnished.
Tue Territorial University will reoper
its doors to students on the rs. b OF Aug
ust-uns week earlier than In years pre-
vlous. Il will have full corps of III
slructors, for each of Its four regnlal
COURSES Of stody. Pupils from abroat
can be accommodated with board anC
rooms at low Rates.
Secretary Scott desires rs to stir III
Chambar Ut Commerce members h,
wants them to come to meeting at tn
appointed hour, and not 81, 10 or 3
minutes later. Their delinquency n
this matter causes loss of time 10 othe
and more reliable members, and 10 y
marked injury to the Chamber itself.
Sunday afternoon the woods tool
fire IN North Seattle, and it Was fearel
for time that the new $4,000 school
house was In danger of destruction
Chief Kellogg ordered No. 2 steame
out, and with the aid of the b .tter,
street tank she sucseeded in victim,
down the timber in the vicinity of tbs
ssloolhouss. and checking tne pro
gress of the flames.
The necessity for strict Observance
of the fire limits ordinance il mad
plain by each succeeding IRE. Had tn,
Clayton buiidiog been of brick, as i
, should have been. the tritilnR fire cause,
by the Mint Chop House would no
have blacked its walls, and many thou
sands of dollars would have been save,
to its tensnts. Ii WAS very QooS
wooden building, but the erection of II,
, wooden building should have been per
mitted in 1884 within the busy bushes,
precincts OF the city.