Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-08-03

I nrln!ngton, the branch line to Mos
COW detecting on Rebel fiat, seven
miles below Colfax. 1t j. now conf
IDENTITY expected that the road will
reach that CITY this Fail.
1t Is thought the Wingate vein in
the Carbonate mines will be reached
il about two weeks. 1t is stated
that this coal is superior to any on
Puget Sound, and is far better then
any other on the coast. When the
superintendent begins making ship
ments from 1t, some Of it viii! be put
on the Tacoma market, while the
remainder will be sent to San Fran
cisco.
The Laconner paper says that Ska
git logger, have concluded 10 d!sie-
gard the !oS- scaling law, II con,lu-
SION which the .nill men have like
Ni,e com" to. Ii the law j. 50 un-
satisfactory to both loIgerS and mil
men, the only ones really concerned,
il should be repealed, the only result
If is continuance beng perhaps to
make trouble, cause DELAYS, and give
fees to unnecessary Off '!,ls.
4 ;eicciar WAS received from
" .shin ton u few days ago, by
Louis SohnS, Esq. :, to the effect that
the application for the formation of
the First National Bank of Nancou-
Yer had been approved by the gov
eminent. The capital stock will be
$50, 900, and it is expected the bank
will be open for business about Sep
TENDER LIST. Work on the building
has already been commenced, and
will be pushed rapidly to compile
ton.
The Northern Pacific has recently
had constructed in its shops num-
Der of express cars with refrigerator
apartments for the safe transit of
fruit, vegetables, eggs, butter, etc. ),
which are now run every other Cay
over the full length of the completed
line. These refrigerators are kept
at such temperature as MOTTO freeze
articles conveyed therein, but cool
enough to keep everything perisha-
BILE cold and wholesome, and avoid
the possibility of injury by fermeD-
tation or otherwise.
At Palouse City the other day
shooting scrape occurred between
Mrs. Sarah W. Cook, very respec-
table lady, and a man by the name
of Jesse Bishop. 1t seems that Mrs.
Cook was living on some land with
her children and Bishop held a
mortgage, and Mrs. c. wanted to
pay the same and have the land re-
leased. This Bishop refused to
do, and, in fact, it seems did not
"act white" and Mrs. G.. appealed
to the pistol. She was arrested,
but bailed out of Jail.
Fishermen in the vicinity of Six
Mile Point and Skagit Head sue
ceededin catching 500 salmon in one
day, which they shipped to Seat
tie by the steamer Nellie, and sold
at 25 cents each. These fish were
what are known as haddoes, q spe-
cies of salmon that run every other
year. They are in appearance much
like silver salmon, but Il little
smaller. Fishermen say this was
their first catch on the Sound this
season, but that in a week or two,
salmon will be plentiful. A number
are preparing to put up fish
this season, and active operations
are expected to commence soon.
Work has been commenced on the
Whitman College building. Men
are now engaged in digging the
foundations while others are busy
hauling material on the ground.
The structure to be erected at pre-
sent will cost SIS 900 and will he
one of the wings to a contemplated
main building. The present build
ing will be erected on the grounds
across the little creek which cuts
through the Society's grounds.
The school now has 10 acres of land
reaching from Boyer avenue to Mil
creek, and it is destined that the
future Whitman College shall nearly
cover those grounds. The building
now in course of construction will
be completed in October next.