Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-07-04
Territorial Items.

form and ticket.
About fifteen telegraph poles were
Frustrated by lightning three miles
from Touche, during the recent
storms
EllensburS has six saloons and one
Church. Goldendale, has four
churches with the prospect of two
more and no saloon.
Two churches will be built at
Chehnlis, during the summer, tie
Baptists having secured lot to
erect the one in contemplation 10y
them. and the Episcopals have al
ready contracted for the building of
their church.
f. Meeker e. Co, of Puyallup,
received dispatch from their house
in Waterville n v, under date of
June 10th, which read rs follows:
"Hop dealers buying heavily, and
30 cents to 33 cents is offered; mar
ket excited. Appearance of further
rise"
Blaine and Logan are having q
fraternal reunion in Maine. 1t must
lie an amusing predicament for
BLACK Jack" to be in-he whose
free life on the boundless prairies
has rendered him an untamed lion
playing second fiddle to the "plumed
knight" in aesthetic Yankee circles.
The Northern Pacific directors
are still contemplating taking up
the iron on seven miles of their
branch line from Puyal!up station to
Stuck junction. Washin ,ton Terri
tory. The route has never been
operated, and cannot possible pay
expenses. 1t is called "Villarrs
Folly" The iron will be used on
the Cascade division.
The Columbia River Conference
of the NJ. f. Church, shall include,
according to the boundaries recently
established, all that part of the State
of Oregon, lying east of the summit
of the Cascade mountains, excepting
the counties of Union, Baker, Grant
and Lake, all of Washington Terrific
~ lying east of the summit of the
Cascade mountains, and all that part
of Idaho lying north OF the Salmon
River mountains.
l.. l.. Andrews, the pioneer mer-
chant whose store was situated on
the dock at La Connor, has been
closed by the sheriff. His liabili-
ties so far will reach $4,000 to the
Portland merchants, and on account
of the lateness of the hour we can.
not ascertain his San Francisco in.
debtedness, but it is supposed to
be heavy.
The governmental makeup of
Mason county is as follows: Sheriff,
Hans Hegaas auditor, E. A. Will
son; treasurer, NJ. Fredson ; county
commissioners, Enoch L. Wiley,
Frank c. Purdy, NJ. C. Simmons !;
county school superintendent, R.
Watklnson probate judge, Frank
lin Kennedy county surveyor, w.
Jones Coroner, II. G. Morrill,.
The Ellensburg Loco1iser says:
Word has been received at Yaki.
ma for the superintendent of rail.
road construction on the Yakima
to re.employ all the men that have
been at work on the road, and to
get as many others as can be OBJ.
obtained, to push work on the road
below Yakima. The Stampede, it |
is said, is the pass through which
the road will be built.
The Tacoma Ne,cs says: The
postoffice in this city will undergo |
a transformation of names Oh the
LIST of July. The New Tacoma of:
flee will become Tacoma, and the
Tacoma office Old Tacoma. 1t is
probable that the money order Of
fee will retain the name of New
Tacoma until the present supply of
blanks are exhausted. Already let
ters are beginning to come through
addressed to Old Tacoma.
Says the Port Townsend argus
a gentleman of large and careful
observation, just from Seattle, de-
clares that hard times are squeez-
ing the business men OF that burg
till they are dropping by the way
side like rotten sheep, figuratively
speaking. Business failures are
common, and the sheriff is making
things lively. Curiously enough,
Seattle, although the foremost town
on the sound, is suffering most from
hard times.
Among the business points in
Mason county, the following are
among the most important and well
known: Union City, situated at
the head Of Hoods canal; Oakland,
on Skookum bay, post Office town;
Arcadia, at the mouth of Oyster
bay; Shelton's Point, Big SkoOkum;
Hardscrabble, postofiice, at the
head of Oyster bay Kamilchie,
postofiice, Little Skookum Colds.
boro, headquarters OF Northwest
Mill and Lumber company ; Enoch
L. Willey's place, head of Big
Skookum bay.
Up to June %, 1882, there had
been contracted at Puyallup about
one hundred and fifty thousand
pounds of hops at from 12A to twenty
cents per pound, no sales having
been made at higher rate than
twenty cents. On that day twenty
two cents was offered and declined.
On the corresponding date June %.
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