Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-07-01

over piece of land. On one occasion on,
OF the parties shot at and missed his adver.
sary, and was in turn severely cut with knife.
6rooms gave himself up to the authorities
Gordon was man Of about 81 years Of age
and had large family IF grown up boys and
one girl. Grooms is Il man of a large family
and aged about A. wears.
a SINGULAR accident happened at Seattle,
a lew days ago. The shelves on one side
OF hardware store had not been fastened to
the wall, and when Mr.. Valid, one of the
proprietors, attempted to reach some article
above him he bore considerable weigh, on the
shelf, and pulled the whole structure. heavily
loaded with hardware, over on him, resulting
IN severe though not dangerous injuries to
himself, and about three hundred dollars
damage by breakage of show cases and
goods.
A TELEGRAM from San Francico reads as
follows: The story tina; has been going the
rounds of the city press for several days to
the effect that the wife of Capt Sawyer, of the
ship Orpheus, which sank the steamer Pa
that catastrophe, is denied by her friends,
who state that she left here in her usual
health on the ship Pride of the Port, CONS
manded by her husband bound for Calcutta.
SEN IAIMoo, in WhatcOm county, is the
northernmost town in the United States, if
VIC exclude Alaska. 1t is only about one
mile from the British Columbia line, and is
built upon a sandspt upon the northern side
of Semiahmoo Bay. The population of the
settlement is about $50. Institutions organ.
lied are Methodist and Congregational chur-
ches, Temperance Society, Farmers Club
and Y. NJ. G. Association. The Congrega-
tional Society are to build church this sea-
son. The people expect to have a Fourth of
July of their own this season. We get the
above from the SnohOmish Star.
THE Dakota brought up a buoy from be
low, on her last trip, that now lies on the
new wharf; it is to be used on the shOal in
the lower bay. This shoal is some ~ or 10
acres in extent and at extreme low tide is
bare. At mean low tide it is covered q feet
its bearings are as follows: Off Buffers cove
and in line to Gull IIarbor; distance one
and one-tenth miles. Also on line with new
wharf and PIT. Cooper; distant from wharf
about one and one half miles.
IuE Victoria Chemist, of June % says.
The President of tue United States has pre-
sentcd to Mr. Andrew Laing of the West
Coast handsome binocular field glass, in
recognition of the recipients kindness to the
crew of the wrecked ship Orpheus, which
was lost in Barclay Sound November last.
The glass, which is suitably inscribed, was
forwarded to Mr.. Laing yesterday by Mr..
Eckstien, U. S. Consul
THE LnteAigencer says a neat Catholic
church is being erected in White river valley
near the residence of Mr.. Patrick O'Bren on
land donated by Patrick Hays Esq The
building is now rooted and being sided up.
1t will add another to the attractive Orna-
ments of that valley. On Black river MIR.
E. NJ. Smithers is putting up large and at
tractivc residence on his farm adjacent to
Rentonville.
On the night of the 22d the Sheriff of Trim
| Ivy SOuutS3 diuCu W q clsS9S NiA'SA AA'"AAS>A
Brewster, had desperate fight on the sum-
nit of Trinity mountain, in attempting to
arrest two hghwaymen they had been laying
in wait for, in which several shots were fred,
! killing ono of the robbers and woundins the
other who jumped down into gulch and
escaped. So says the Ashland 1tdings.
TIE steamship California arrived at Esqui-
malt last Saturday at noon from Sitka, Fort
Wrangel and Nanaimo. She brought down
from Sitka GO u S. troops, Major Campbell,
wife and family, Capt. Field, wife and faml'
lily, Lieut. Goddard. She experienced dirty
weather. accompanied by rain and cold
winds on the voyage down, and brings no
news later than that already published.
In the Snohomish and Stillaguamish region
there are 90 logging camps in operation,
which give employment to 307 men and 3S22
oxen These camps will cut this year %,
OOO 900 feet of lumber, of which 10000, DOC
will he cut on the SnOhomish and its trlhu>
fairies. These statistics were gathered by
MIR. Benz. Stretch, Sheriff and Assessor OF
Snohomish county.
CHAMPIONS RED CRoss-The following
officers were elected by Washington Encamp
ment last Tuesday evening, to serve for the
ensuing six months: J. H. Munson, G; Mrs.
Mary B. Hartsock, ]. C; w. H. Roberts, r.
Sec: Theo. L. Brown, c. of H; Joseph Chill
berg, F. S; Mrs s. Harrington, Treas, Miss
Ella Woodruff, l. G; Mrs E. B. Henry, .. &.
CAPT. T. A. WRIGHT made his last trip to
this place in command of the steamer
Zephyr. She will hereafter be commanded
bv Can't. David Hill, who is we'll known in
Olympia Capt. Wright will take command
of the boat building for the Snohomish route
when she is finished.
THE Bellingham Bay Coal Company took
out from their mine at Schome, from Jan.
to June Is, 1876, 12,s0O tons of coal. The
employes number 1903. The company owns
three vessels, which are constantly employed
$ in transporting the product of their mine to
4 San Francisco.
4 THE telegraph repairers are now at work or
/ the line between Vancouver and kalama, ant
Y unless the Columbia begins to cry Excel
t sior," telegraph communication with thu
e outside world will soon be as of yore.
l o. c. SHoREY and family, well known or
the Sound as old residents of Seattle, returned
to that place on the Dakota. They had beci
> living in Lowell, Massachusetts,, for the pas
{ two years.
:. MAJOR HAYDEN received Geographic in
- structions, Tuesday night to take possession
: of the Collectors Office OF the first day o