Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-12-26
Territorial Items,

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work.
Trinity persons have become res
rlcu'- of Chchali> during the past
tNp weeks.
\ large elk was killed IA few
o-o ou the olympia marsh, near
Ia Conner.
The CoItlN district school house
ha- lu~t burned. Total loss IN
-uicdi >2luo.
Mmrr- ~ Clrbonado have re-
tuned To- work again. at 10 per
cent. reduction Of wages.
W. W. Francis. of the ChchaliS
&c. las taken i'll an editor. Mr..
t.,-. Weston. a thorough scholar
u.l . -rriut'c Of the state univcr-
~, thuupaiGr. HI.
Meetings are being held in Ia
coma l\ some p;unlncnt citizens
n.d ministers. irr the purpose of
establishing. 4 rcllri association to
al the poor and needy.
The CtWl.'z river has been so
low durng the past two weeks
that steamers have nos run. and
the residents ri Trlcrlo and Cow
luI hay" brra getting goods by
WhN # Wulrck.
The revenue cutter Wolcott Is
completely dl-man'lc'l at Sn Fran
CISCO. hrl upper works having been
removed She will hc sent back
To- hcr station on Puget Sound as
soon a. the repairs are completed.
The residence of Mr.. Collin
worth. near \oDk>ack Gro sing,
was DESTROYED hv fire on Tuesday
Last. lIou,choli goods. including
even, article OF hcdling and cloth
u.. together with IA sum of cur
rrurv. WAS consumed in the flames.
There seems to be great deal
"t dissatisfaction among the far
mcr- III regard to the Northern
Pacific Railroad not paying for
stock killed on the road. In time
this will only lead to trouble; no
corporation can any afford to be
more unjust than an individual.
The Rev. John b. Alexander re-
ccivcd his appointment: as " British
Vice Consul for Port Townsend,
having jurisdiction over American
Ports in Puget Sound" on the Doth
of November. 1881. His office will
bc IN Van Bokkelen's building,
Adams street. where is also the Of
lice Of the Hawaiian Consul, Mr..
James &. Swan.
The Whatcom RcceiHc puts off
the building of the Bellingham
Biy aud British Columbia Railroad
lor some time, on account of the
depression OF the money market,
and SAYS that Whatcom must look
to the Canadian Pacific for mar
kct. The distance from St. Paul
to Whatcom, via the Northern Pa
cilic is about 1850 miles: by the
Canadian Pacific 1885.
The Skagit river is frozen over
solid, aud across to towns on the
river can now only be had over
land. The steamer Daisy had a
rough experience coming down the
river on Tuesday, and came near
going into winter quarters among
the icebcrgs below Fir. The
steamer Merwin hove in sight and
helped the Daisy out. The Nook
sack river is also frozen over.
The Tacoma Meas says: Charles
W. Bcals, one OF the insane broth
crs at the Steilacoom asylum, is re-
ported to he in ii dangerous condi-
ton, with little hopes of his recov.
cry. Calvin d., who shot at Miss
Griggs, is improving in health, and
apparently in his mental condition.
A brother in Centralia, Kansas,
Lewis II. Beals. has written to
Judge IIowes, asking him to take
charge OF the effects of the insane
men. which amount in drafts, gov.
crnment bonds. coin, etc, TO about
$4,000, which have been deposited
in the Merchants National Bank.
Calvin, in Il letter to the Judge
speaks of having been in Il trance.
WILL ORR Hop GROWING. One
citizen of Pnyallup subscribed for
one hundred numbers of the Vest
Shore OF the month of November
that gave description of the hop
fields OF that section and their
wonderful yield, and through the
agency of the hop-buyers from
Wisconsin and New York who
were then ut Puyallup secured the
names of hop growers from the
hop-growing districts of those
states, aud forwarded to them these
numbers of the Hest Shore, stating
when he did this, that he thought
the hop-growers of the east when
they read the paper and found
what country this was for hops
would go out of the hop business
Within the last week A. G.. Camp.
hell received n letter from J. C.
Terry near Waterville, New York,
acknowledging the receipt of one
these papers, and stating that New
York would have to go out of the
hop business, as they would not be
able TO successfully compete with
Washington Territory if she can
rely on such Ito HIM wonderful
Yields, as he says this has been an
unusually good year with him and
he has only raised 800 pounds per
acre.