Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-05-27

@0h for this place.
TIE AortIero Star promises its readers t,
appear shortly enlarged to five-column
eight>page paper.
W II. White, Esq \ member of the lie
gal fraternity of Seattle, is on Il visit to thu
place.
YESTERDAY was sultry until about FIVE p
N. when heavy shower fell. 1t is still cloudy
to-day.
Mr. BAILEY GATzERr has recorded the
plat Of another addition to the city of Seattle
| yRoM THE DAILY OF THURSDAY.
AHALF-BREED named Charles Bean recently
died in Tiilamook, Oregon, conteSoin@ that
| he had been engaged in a series of rohberic>
| for several years past. He gave directions
where large amount of the appropriated
articles were concealed. He confessed to
| having assisted in mdrdering man named
| lIoxey in Tillamook county several years
since, having held the light while his then
partner cut him to pieces with q knife lie
also said that in 1862 he killed man on ;hc
! plains and for fear they should tell, he after
ward murdered the wife and child Of his
| victim. About five years since, he in connec
ton with two others, robbed the express in
the vicinity OF Eureka, Cal, of some $50, 900
and that while he was burying his share of
the plumber he killed man who accidentally
came along and caught him in the act. He
said that his partners in this crime also buried
their plumber in the vicinity, and that it lies
sent to the Penitcntiary and that he and the
other had been scared away by this and had
been afraid to return there since. lie then
attempted to describe the locality in order
that the money might be found but died be
fore his description was completed. This
man Bean was considered IA desperate charac
ter, and was looked upon with suspicion by
all his neighbors and his death is hailed
as relic; by the whole community.
TIE Olcgonian is in receipt Of Il letter
from Fort Wrangcl which says: y com
pany of ten practical miners is fitting out
here for the pu pose Of prospecting the Tar
co country. They tit out with SIN mouths
supplies. The party take three canoes. The
course from here is early west to the
mouth Of the Tarco river, distance 120 miles.
Then they go up the Tarco about . miles
to the forks of the river, and prospect from
the forks. 1t is firmly believed that there is
gold in that country, and all look anxiously
for their success. The company are all
hardy able.bodied men, and every person
has full confidence in their determination
To do all that can be done to succeed Geo.
Clark, of Douglas county, Oregon, has been
chosen captain. Mr.. Clark is well known to
be good h.iner and perfectly reliable
man, and with him as leader all have conlid
encc in the expedition. We all say, success
to the company"
\ SPECIAL Washington dispatch brings in
tellgcnce of the death Of Col. Jos. :. Ruckcls,
in that city, on Tuesday last. He was u
pioneer of Oregon, one of the founders of
the Oregon Steam Navigation Co., and the
builder of the first railroad at the Cascades
He was about % years of are The last five
or six years Of hi, life had been spent in
Washington.
LAST Tuesday the telegraph reported, for
the second time. the nomination OF Mai Jas
r. Hayden as Collector Of Internal Revenue
in this district tut failed to note his confirm
alton. \ private dispatch, received by Mr..
Hayden, informed him that h. was confirmed
last Monday, 22d inst.
Jo>Eru r Packwoo1, Il son of Mr.. Packs
wood, of Louis county, died of consumption,
at Seattle last Monday. He was on his way
to California, for the benefit of his health,
when he became too i'll to ptrsuc his journey,
and fingered but Il few days before death put
an end to his suIeringS.
\ BOY aged ten years the son of Mrs.
Moses was aCcidently shot, at Tacoma, last
Monday \ gun was discharged unexpected
~, sending a charge Of bird-Shot through
the boy right arm near the elbow. lie WAS
taken to Seattle for proper surgical aid.
The Astoria telegraph line is completed 10
WestpOrt, one of the Clnneries on the lower
Columbia river. 1t will be completed to As
toria about the middle Of June, work having
been considerably retarded by the high water.
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por,I,rd rr,ttin, p ri, durn., rho Con,.n.
nal p.co. which commence l,I,. I'm orl
continue four days.
Tur German harI, Cen1air 1cccntIv hfought
o.q c,,;non,or 70 Portland ami ,yos fno1
.I,zo 49, en- ho had f,r M in ,y.oxs of
ao0-tbc number that vessels Of her class are
allowed to carry.
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mammoth campaign paper in Chicago. The
first number is announced 70 appcar july