Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-08-04
Territorial (;icanin IS.

ChaS. Spinning. of Puyallup, las
old SO o pnnid> OF III, !nco aim :;
h"p crop at 30 cents i pound. aud
'eceivc~ u cents a pound atvancc
- band tie bargain.
The recent school census Of Sc
ar,le slows III that district 1872
children, over / and undu u years {:
lo3 under 4 Years; II away 10
sch OF elsewhere. This givrS to-
tai of 81 children ia tac district.
Farmers i'll tie vicinity .: Wa!;a
Naila are having IL hard time -
curing harvest hands. Men are very
scarce, and are demanding 81 per
day, refusing to work for II less sun.
Ihey have the scale III their favor
and are compelling their employers
10 come to their terms.
The hide and fur dealers of Walla
"a.la, have bought this year $50 600
worth Of shias and pelts. Oue deal
CT. VI. ID. Wisdom, purchasing ,, 4oO
beet hides, l 500 sheep pelts, 600
elk hides, l,U0O pounds OF deer
skins, $50 pounds OF beaver skins
besides furs and skins Of the otter,
martin, lynx, fox, etc.
y private dispatch from Washing.
ton to DR.. L. 7. Minor of Port
townsend announces that the Cape
fIat'ery sigma. service telegraph line
Will be ut once constructed. The
material WAS ordered shipped yes
terday by Gen. Hazen This line
will run from Port Angeles to Ia
tooch Island, off Cape Flattery.
twenty-five Of the hop growers OF
the Puyallup valley, have signed an
article To increase the price of hop
picking from IS cents to 81 a box.
Tins combination vi represent over
two-thlrds OF the acreage of the val
ley, and there is 10 doubt but all
VIII be compelled TO advance the
price. The following is the inside
measure of the hop boxes adopted:
Length Of bottom. feet 1 inches;
length of top, ) feet 10 inches;
width OF top, 2 feet 10 inches;
width OF bottom, | foot inches.
Frank Orselli, of Walla Walla is
making preparations to manufac-
tune wine and cider Last season
he made and sold about 5000 gallons
eide: of excellent guilty and flavor.
He buys the small, least salab.e ap-
piles from the different orchards IN
the country and employs men to
grind them, experimenting the work
and clarifying the cider himself
This season he expects to make and
barrel about 10000 gallons. He
uses his own Stape crop and also
purchases considerable quantities
for wine making.
Coroner Clark, of Columbia couu-
ty, has held an inquest OH the body
Of E. H, Cummings, murdered at
New York bar Oh Snake river. pro.
badly the nj gut of the 10Th inst. 1t
Was found he had been shot in the
right shoulder, left hip, left shoulder
LETT hand aud twice Ill the back OF
the head; throat cut and top of head,
left lip and forehead badly cut with
the head of an axe Money purses
were empty on the floor, but moth
Use was molested. Four balls of
about SO callbre were found On the
floor that had missed him. Part of
the. shooting WAS probably done
through hole i'll the door. No in.
d cation of a struggle was found.
He had no enemies and mad some
money. No clue to the murderers.
The work of raising the new and
enlarged the old frame of Hanson a.
Co. s mill, at New Tacoma, is being
pushed forward as rapidly us pos
sible. Already about one.thiro of
the frame is up, and the roof-which
consists of corrugated iron, which
will make it fine as we'll water proof
is on. When completed it will
be as large as any mill on the coast.
1t will be 800 feet long by so feet
wide, and will run two head circular
SAWS, two edSers OF re-saws and two
new gang saws. The mil company
mas already completed new machine
aud blacksmith shop aud have every
means at hand to make first class
mill. When completed the capac-
ity will be double what it is ut pre-
sent, which is 100, eco feet per day.