Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-03-02
Territorial News.

F Low cltIlt lclOoA Tue taScaQGS to the
Sound.
y n'.mber Of saloon keepers at
. NaiIa WalIa have refused to pay the
1 SO city licrrsc.
Six cases Of varioloid are under
treatment ut Snrague. Only two of
. the victims are III danger.
The Oregon Improvement Co.
sold $40 900 worth of land in the
Palou~e section III January.
/ Views of the loss of the L. $. steam
81 l<.""H on L.ltnack I,lanl, China.
Il confirmed. Eleven lives were lost.
1t Is rmnored that a daily mail
service Is to be put on Victoria and
Count ports, to commence MAY Ist.
! y boy named Mcfarland. residing
near the Dayton pest house, is down
with the smallpox, and is how at the
pest house.
! Considerable damage has been
done to farms along the Touchet by
tue water breaking over its banks
and washing away the soil, cutting
channels, etc. Some farmers are
constructing dykes along the stream
to prevent damage in future,
DIED:-At Seattle, on the 18th
inst, after a brief illness, Mr.. Val
entine Stocked, of this county. His
remains were bought to this place
for burial last Tuesday, by Western
Lodge, No. 6, |. o. o. F., Of which
lodge deceased was member.
Mr.. OrIs SrRAGuE has resigned
his position as assistant superinten-
dent of this division of the n. p.
Il. X. and gone to California. where
his family are spending the winter.
Mr.. Sprague has many warm friends
here, who will join in good wishes
for his welfare and success in what
ever business he may undertake.
| DrED.-At the residence of L.
\. Rice, in Wenas Valley, near
Yakima City, on the 18th of Feb
ruary, 1888, Emma Augusta, wife
of Robert Longmire and Youngest
daughter Of John and Amanda
Chapman. of Thurston Co., w. r.,
aged i? years and % days. She
leaves a husband. father and moth
CT, six brothers and one sister. and
many friends to mourn her untime-
ly death. Portland papers please
copy.
w. III. STARBucK telegraphed the
Ortgonion from New York on the
23d, as follows: "YQu have made a
mistake in referenceto the price of
the steel steamers for Puget Sound,
in your paper of the 18th inst. 1t
should be 100000 each. Please
correct it. They will be the finest
steamers of their class in the world.
We have also Just contracted for a
magnificent new iron steamship for
the lower California route, to be
ready in October"
A crew for the bark ". W. Grape,
lying at Port Townsend, loaded
with spars, for Boston, was brought
from San francisco and placed on
the vessel. When on board they
refused duty and were put in irons
OH Wednesday. The Crapo was
taken in tow by steamer outward
bound, but before the vessel was
around Point Wilson, at the entrance
to the bay, the men got their irons
off, threw them overheard, and
forced the bark to return to port,
where she shipped new crew and
sailed on the 22d ult.
The SpraSue Herald of Feb. 9th
says: doc Heaton, whom it was
reported was hung by the vigilantes
sometime since, carried out the pro-
gramme voluntarily by throwing
himself under the wheels of a NOV
ing engine at Pend d'Oleille last
Sunday. Before doing the rash act,
he requested some of his acquaint.
ances to send word to his parents.
who are we'll to do, and reside in
Peoria, Ill. , of his disconnected and
miserable life of which he was tired,
| bid all long good bye, and in fit
of delirium tremens ended his worse
than wasted life.
BY the new time card, which
went into effect on the o. r. &
y. Co.'S road last Sunday morning,
| trains will leave and arrive at WalIa
Walla and Portland as follows:
Leave Walla Walla 5:2O A. NJ, ar
irving at Portland at $40 p. NJ.
Leave Portland : A. NJ. and arrive
at Walla Walla at $3.50 p. NJ. On
the northern Pacific regular trains
will leave Wallula junction going
north at s p. NJ, and arrive about
Z A. NJ, coming west.
From the Tacoma -Ne,rx: A
man about 80 years old. 81 feet
high. with chin whiskers, registered
at the IIalstead House on Sunday
evening as J. W. Clark, from Port
land, paying for his lodging. On
Monday afternoon herequested some
one to bring him an ounce of laud-
anum, to be used as an external
application for rheumatism. The
laudanum was given him. and about
, O'Clock i'll the evening he was
discovered to he insensible. A
physician was sent for, but too late
to be Of any use. The man died. and
was buried at the expense of the
county on Tuesday. Nothing was
found on his person, except a paper
indicating that he had been at some
period an Odd Fellow. 1t was
deemed unnecessary to hold IN in