Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-02-16
Territorial GleaningS.

Territorial Gleanings. 4
A young man, named Flynn,
broken his leg by a fall on the ice
near Seattle last Friday.
The father of the late Mrs. Vicl.
cry offers a liberal reward for the
recovery Of bis daughters body.
A man named Thrift fell off Puy-
allup coal train, last week and was
considerably hurt about the head.
The sawmill at Port Discovery
was shut down owing to scarcity Of
water, caused by the cold weather.
G. C. Tindell, a machinist at tho
Tacoma Mill, was badly burned by
some melted babbitt-metal flying in.
to his face.
Frank McGiaul, while on his way
to WalIa Waila to attend the funeral
of his sister, was frozen to death, .
short time since.
August Hartwig, an engineer in
Port Gamble mill, dropped dead
while at work in the mill Saturday,
of heart disease.
1t is estimated that the grain sur.
plus for next season in Oregon and
Washington Territory, will be from
$50, 900 to 2OO,OO tons.
At Melfose, LIST inst, Arthur Day
was drowned by the overturning OF
boat in Samish slough, or which,
in company with his mother, he was
going to see his father at q logging
camp.
Mr.. Bradley, a gentlemen from
Eastern Washington, will probably
succeed Major Alden at the asylum
atSteilacoom. o. Peterson, head
Warden, has sent in his resignation,
and will soon leave.
Mr. Vickery and wife, lost at the
time of the Gem disaster, were re.
Gently from California. He was an
Odd Fellow, and members Of that
order will care for his sister until
her relatives send for her.
The Iron Company near Port
Townsend have in the neighborhood Z
of $4,000 worth of charcoal now
on hand, and to prevent accident
from fire, an order has been issued
forbidding EMPLOYEES to smoke about
the works.
Tue Puget Sound Iron Company
have at present 20 men employed in
cutting wood, to be manufactured
into charcoal. They expect TO in
crease the force shortly to 200 men.
About two-thirds of those employed
are Cinnamon.
The Seattle Herald says q plot has
been discovered by which an organ.
lied gang propose to barn the south
ern part of the place, and warns
them that the gang is known and
the gallows yet in order which was
used q year ago.
Harry Williams, an smploye Of the
N. P. r. R., at Sand Point, Idaho.
last week, went out to attend to
some duty about the cars and when
found, several hours later, was frozen
to death. He recently came from
Missoula, Montana.
A squaw.man named Hank Whits.
who lived on the South Fork Of III:
Clearwater, was frozen to death duss
ing the last cold snap, while 6
hauling wood with an OF teaaIs!
When found he had hardly sufficient
clothing to keep him warm in ordi-
nary weather.
A libel has been fled in the q. 81
District Court at Seattle by Samuol
Blair and Francis s. Barnes, owneua.
of the ship Oriental, of San Frans
cisco, against the British ship Le1::-
derdale, for damages done u
Oriental by the Lauderdale in H.
storm at Tacoma on the night q
January 10th. They claim to u
damaged in the sum of go, 900:
The u. S. marshal is now in chaseos
of the Lauderdale.
While excavating in the street
between the Occident Hotel and thel
new county building in Seattle. The
other day, the graders unearthing q
box containing the bones of IN in
FAINT that had the appearance of'
having been buried for many years.
Various theories were advanced 10
regard to the affair, but the most
plausible one seemed to be that the
remains were those of an Indian
baby that had been placed there b..
fore Seattle was founded. The dis.
covery created considerable talk for
q time.
New blood is about to be infused
into the veins of tho young colo
ny at Whatcom, who show evidence
of indomitable pluck. Ayoune man
from Southern Oregon, worth In the
neighborhood of $25, 900, 10 about to
invest in it. The mill, which 10 in
an unfinished condition, will be COM
plsted. wharf, some 8. 500 feet long,
will be built to deep water, and the
twenty-five cottages that must b
built according to the contract, will
be erected. A sash and door depart.
ment is also to be added to tho mill,
and taking everything into consider
alton, the outlook for Whatcom y
good.
The first logging on Snohomiih
river was done at Lowell by E. D..
Smith in 1868. He has mado that.
place his home and has worked in
the timber in that vicinity ever since.
So far he has pretty thoroughly
cleaned out the merchantable timber
off 1900 acres, getting theref-om
40, O0O, 600 feet. Down the WELL
known shute at that place he has
sent in all 25, OOO, 900 feet of saw