Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-08-19
News RreYitieS.

Seventy-ive mep are employed at
the Seattle barrel factory.
Chief AlcGraw If Seattle, has been
presented with Il gold badge.
\ palty of distinguished Canadians
are en- route for San Fr1u";scr
Dakota Grand Eucs.l meat of Odd
Fellows WIS instituted ut Iankton
Oh the 10Th.
1t is said that the o. r. 4 y. Co.
intends building machine shops at
Whitman S station.
Miss Hal knass, talented young
American lady, has carried off the
prize at the Paris Couscrva.oirc.
Dr.. BIaloch, of Walla Walla, sold
his crop Of "a. 900 bushels of whe It -,
it is understood ut 80 cents q bush
ell.
Two sales of land near Yakima
city give the extreme prices Of land.
One is for s. per acre, the other for
$40.
Delegate Brents does not think
Washington Territory will be admit
ted as State at the next session of
Congress.
Mr.. J. D. Hallett claims that he
will have the road completed from
The D.lles 20 the Cascades by the
first of October.
Arrangements are nearly complet-
ed at Ottawa for the carriago of a
daily mail between Victoria and Pu-
get Sound ports.
The now comet is said to be visible
now through good opera glass. It's
location is very near that of the comet
that created such an excitement two
months ago.
Reuben Riggs died at his home in
Vancouver last week of paralysis.
He was 7G years old and had been
helpless with this malady for a mum
Der OF years.
A violent storm of rain accom-.
panied by strong wind passed over
Philadelphia on the 18th and did
considerable damage. Roofs OF
about fifty dwellings were demol-
ished. No lives lost.
David Newsome, travelling cor
respondent for several newspapers
on the Pacific coast aud in the eastern
States has been here for several days
writing up the resources OF western
Washington for publication.
The Northern Pacific company
have rescinded the resolution limit
ing the sale of lands to not more
than half section to settlers. Del
egate Brents was the first to buy q
section under the new ruling.
An old building four stories high,
situated in the principal part of the
city, next to the Graben, Vienna,
suddenly fell ON the 18th. A great
err part of the house was occupied by
offices and fashionable shops. Twen-
ty lives were lost and 80 people seri-
ously injured.
The opposing wings of the Dem
ocracy have compromised their diff
ferences in San Francisco and every
thing is now peaceful and harmon
ious. The Workingmen will be
given certain nominations and will
vote with the Democrats.
DR. Jackson, Health Officer at
Victoria, has written to DR. Minor,
Health Officer at Port Townsend, to
the effect that he personally informed
Capt Morse of the existence on board
the Dtkota of a case Of smallpox,
when that vessel and commander
were last at Victoria.
1t is said that the English rails on
the Oregon Railway and Navigation
track from Wallula down the Col
ulnbia are being replaced with Amer
lean rails, with view of turning the
road over to the Northern Pacific
Company and getting thereon the
benefit of the latters land grant.
The first Episcopal convention for
the diocese of Washington Territory,
will be held in Vancouver, Aug.
29th. This diocese was set off from
the joint one embracing Oregon and
Washington. The Right Reverend
John Adams Paddock will take
charge of the convention as Bishop.
The assessment on all coal lands
in King county was raised to the
government price of $40 per acre.
This move will add about $50, 200 to
the taxable property of the county.
They also assessed wharf property
along the city front (which had been
omitted from the roll, to the extent
of $4,000.
There is vast amount of good
farming land in the Snoqualmie
valley above its junction with the
Snohomish. There is one large
sw lamp, know as the Cranberry
swamp, that has about two thousand
acres in it, and is easily drained.
This swamp when drained will make
good homes for at least fifteen fami-
lies.
Petersburg, Va, and immediate
vicinity on the 18th were visited by
one of the severest and most disas-
trous wind and thunder storms ex.
perienced there for years. The rain
fell in torrents while in some places
the estimcted velocity of the wind
was GO miles an hour. Several per-
sons and houses were struck by
and crops were severely
injured. The thermometer before
the storm was LOG degrees.
There is plan on foot in Wash
ington, which if carried out, will be
a great convenience and saving to