Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-01-06


The dnal meeting Of the Board Of
Trustees in the First Ward before turn
ING over affAin 70 the council of the
consolidated towns vas held last night,
and resulted in some fun, which vas
duly noted by the !ye,cs reporter present.
After considerable discussion - 70 the
closing out of affairs within the province
Of the Board. bills against the city were
called and paid a. presented. every item
of indobtedne @ being squared. When
the bills Of the officers at the recent
special election came in il vas decided
to allow \ royal good sum for the ardu-
Gus labors of the day. and 50 job Carr
received tI2. Judge Hovss $12, and
Messrs. Harris, Botsford, Tuckvell and
A. r. Carr 8 each, which vas o0nsid
cred fair and Just. After all the bills
we're paid it became known that tho
Sum Of $250 was still ON hand, and the
question arose as to What should be
done with it.
The now charter makes no provision
for turning over any funds to anybody,
and 20 the trustees concluded that the
only thing to be done was 70 srend tho
surplus between nov and Monday. Is
Vas moved e. at the Board should char
ter Q steamer, and, with q few invited
friends, Of which the Neses reporter vas
one, proceed to Seattle on Saturday,
and, after . banquet at the Brunswick,
take in she Bijou Theater. The propo-
ltiOr met with unanimous consent, and
tomorrow the excursion may be expect
cd to start. What steamer will Be char
tered 10 not nov known, but . royal
good time may b expected. The meet
ING Last night Was full of merriment
and good humor, and really il would not
b q bad thing, this excorsion to Seattle.
only every body should b taken in it. 1t
would open the eyes Of the good people
Of the Queen City to zee q steamboat
load or two Of Tacomaites sailing into
the harbor in proud evidence of the fact
that NO municipal debts exist and the
city has money left for fun.
The above piece Of news created quite
stir among cur citizens, and great
provision was made to receive the
funeral oorteee of Old Tacoma. A few
public spirited citizens took hold of the
matter, and elaborate preparations
we're made to have the little municipal
corpse enshrouded in good fellowship
and buried deep in the bottom of Major
Alden's tinkling champagne glasses. II
| was, however, decided to take the lib
erty of changing tho program as out
lined by the Netns, sufficiently to have
the Bijou taken in before the banquet
and an Arrangement was made with the
managers Of that theater, by which
seats were reserved for the mourners il
order that they might see to advan
taRe the excellent performance which
10 nightly rendered at the Bijou. TheI
the Tacoma mourners and the commit
tee of reception were to march to tn
Brunswick, while the Bijou band playe(
. fuoeral dirRe. The funeral services
were then to have taken place, an(
what glorious funeral it would hav,
been. Ringing glasses would hav'
sounded the knell, and the burden o
the dirge would have been Landlord
fill the flowing bowl"
In the meantime. seattle Gang No.
Ancient Order of BOhemians, Woult
have taken charge Of that Ne.cs re-
porter, and he should have been tucke,
away under tho table, az his believe,
little defunct was tucked away eternal
~. Thus were all arrangements for tn
obsequies completed, and large crow
assembled at the water front in order q
welcome our Tacoma bretheren. Tn
Ocean Dock was brilliantly illnminate,
in order that the mourners, even in tn
shakiness and uncertainty Of their grief
might be able to make proper landing
All was ready, but the mourners cam
not. Whether the corpse came to life
or whether the funds ran ont, We kno,
not. No funeral guests arrived. tn
Bij0u went on a. usual, and Majo
Alden's champagne still sparklee in IN
disturbed beauty.