Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-06-02
News BreyetieS.

Inere nave Dean nifty cases OF
smallpox atHeppner, Oregon.
The average product of the New
castle coal mine is $50 tons per day.
Pierce county levies II mill tax
this season. A poll tax of 81 and
road poll of 81 was also levied.
The return game between the Vic.
toria aud Seattle clubs will be pl we'd
at Seattle on the Fourth of July.
john Rinewood, foreman on the
\. p, was run over by an engine at
Sandy Point on Sunday, May 21st,
and killed.
The Walla Walla Union complains
of the high price Of wood in that
place and says that coal at $40 per
ton would be exclusively used.
\ son of j. Bennarl of Palouse
Cry had an eye destroyed by an ar
row from The bow of playmate a
few days ago.
A6y Neal, notorious horse thief,
was taken from the officers at Caur
dAlene valley and hanged by mob.
The act WAS entirely unwarranted,
and will reflect no credit on those
concerned.
A freight train parted and collided
near Spokan Falls on May 22d. Mr..
W. E. Yancey, brakeman, received
injuries from which he has since
died. Eleven cars were wrecked.
Three children, comprising the en-
tire family of Mr.. and Mis-. Miller, of
Skagit City, died early in the present
month from scarlet fever. The eld-
est was six years and the youngest l
year old.
A sixteen-yeat old girl ran awfy
from her home at Puyallup and stole
all the loose change around the house
and fled to SEATTLE. The parents
found her and recovered part of the
money.
Clark county makes a good show
ing this year. Her assessment for
1882 amounts to 81 SIS, 160 or $780,
o9S more than the assessment of
1881. The rate of taxation is 18l
mills, against % mills last year.
The city of Walla Walla, accord
ing to the assessment of 1882, has.
real estate valued at 81 ,O9S, $50 and
personal property valued at $l,O25,-
10, or of both descriptions of pro-
perty S2,124,62O The gain over
1881 is indicated by $124,9SO.
Within radius of five miles from
Capt. Fred. Dyer's place on the
Siagit, there is estimated to be at
least 200, OO0, 600 feet of fir saw tim.
Der. This is exclusive of the maple.
spruce and cedar, which is also an
item of no mean importance.
Andrew Anderson, who has q
place on Lewis, while blowing some
new land one day last week, turned
up the skeleton of a white man;
the bones crumbled to pieces, ex.
cept the skull, which was firm.
The skeleton was six inches below
the surface when found.
There was landed in Portland last
week nearly or quite 5000 Chinese,
and the report is that there are So
600 awaiting shipment at Hongkong.
The Canadian Pacific Railroad, on
our northern boundary, is receiving
them by the thousands. Only q
short time remains in which they
can be allowed to land, and our peo-
pie are thankful.
Of'over 100000 square miles of
timber in the United States, the
South owns ACC, 900, or nearly two
thirds of the whole. In a very few
years this will busy over $1,000
aborers in cutting, rafting, saving
md shipping. Already parties are
making large purchases of these .
ands, locating mills, opening tur-
oentine farms, and building railroads
INTO the timbered regions.
An extensive quarry of limestone
las been discovered near Minkler's
'awmill on the Skagit. The ledge is
lbout 600 yards from the river hank
ind is easy of access. It has been
raced for distance of 1900 feet
long the hillside, and samples burn
ID have been pronounced to be of su-
'er:or quality. In the same vicinity
3 also located the famous Skagit
liver coal and iron deposits.
According to the last Record, OF
lay Goth, wheat in Yakima City is
worth only so cents per bushel I'd
lour 50 barrel barley l cent
'ound, oats so cents bushel, eggs
6 cents dozen, butter 20 to rs
ents per pound, bacon Is cents. lard
4 cents, hogs 81 cents live, chickens q
. per dozen, potatoes 80 cents .
'nshel. These prices are in no case
higher than those received west of y
he Cascade mountains, while in
everal they are much lower, only
De-half. AT the same time the Yak
ma farmers have to pay from 10 to
W per cent. more for goods from
broad than do their more fortunate
eishbors west of the mountains.
The Methodist Protestant people
f Seattle are quietly working away
N their lot, corner of Second and II
ladison streets, and soon will Rave
n elegant church ediice erected
hereon. The old Brown church, O
ANGUS in the history of Seattle, has
zen moved to one side, and in its
lace is being built church 36x70 Is
eet, with u stone foundation, brick
asement, and all the modern para
hernalia of a first class church. The
asemeDt will be fourteen feet in the
lear, and will contain lecture and
unday school room 36 feet square.
nd the remainder will be divided Il
l. l.