Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-04-18
Territorial Items.
The Port TOWNSEND fire company $
outfit has ~ AS, arrived.


outfit has NJ .nst arrived.
Hop y,rd, air springirG NJ all
nlouS ,h" Snogn4lmie river.
Tho residence of S. A. Rice, in
Wdn Wdl!,. together with all lis
cpn''nt>, W. hhrned Sunday nigh .
There are about l $500 so feet OF
saw logs IN the Sn,uuilmle Ilv, i
awaiting n raise III 1t w,ii float them
tn ilie water.
Monday afternoon. Barney knarj-
gen, employed IN WalIa WaIla bak-
! ery, had one of his hands mutilated
III n douSh-woikipg machine.
Preparation, are making to put on
n line OF oceah steamers between
Victoria and China aud Japan on
completion Of the Canadian Pacific
Railway.
The largest acreage Of potatoes
has been planted this season that
la, ever been known IN Cowlitz
county. some men planting as high
M ihmty ACRES.
A Joint stock company has been
org IA I'd in Columbia county for
the manufacture of cheese. Tho
company will be incorporated with
5000 capital in $50 shares.
Mrs. S. S. Hicks has been named
Inspector, and Mrs. S. G. Vincent
and Mrs. johanna Cannon, Judges,
by the City Council OF Waitsburg,
w. T.. to act at the next election.
The County Assessor of King says
tho assessment is far enough along
to convince him that the total for
this year will be nearly double that
Of last year, which WAS 81, 943. 9O6.
The Oregon wool clip this year
will lie far above the average of other
seasons. says tbs Albany Democrat.
Ii will be much superior in quality,
owing to the good condition of tho
ilocks.
On Monday Judge Greene, of Sc
attle, rendered "A dec sion in the ex-
press case, and granted perpetual
injunction restrainin, the Northern
Pacific from interferin. with Wells.
Fargo Il Co iu Washington Terri
tor.
The pos.oflicc name of Skookum
Chuck has been changed to Cen
tralia. The last legislature changed
the name Of the village from Center
vile TO Centralia and now the last
vestige Of time-bonored Skookum
Chuck vanishes from view.
A correct census OF the ladies'
over II years Of nge, of Drain, Ore
gon. with reference 10 the woman
suffrage amendment, was taken
March 2S,h, and resulted in finding
33 in favor. II opposed. 6 on the
fence, aud not heard from.
A Puyallup correspondent of the
Tacoma Ledger asks: Cedar is abun.
dant on the upland adjoining this
place, and is delivered here now for
81 per cord. Why should cedar be
shipped to San Francisco at $l4 per
cord and returned here in the shape
Of buckets and tubs, with charges
both ways against the consumers
An enterprising citizen of Helena
went out to the Cem d'Alene mines
about three weeks ago. taking with
him q ten.gallon key of whisky,
which he packed into the mines on
bis shoulder, says the Ceur d'Alene
Post. lilo made an even thousand
dollars on it, aud is now understood
to DO on his way to the town with a
carload. purchased with his profit
Of the first keg.
Sullivan Slough bridge, at Lacon-
ner, has been completed, and is de-
clsred by tho Mail TO be not only
the beat swing draw-b,idge on the
Sound. but in the Territory. The
bridge is $50 feet long, while its
draw il lis feet. The draw is sup
ported on a pier Of IS piles firmly
driven aud double capped. and
swings ON 30 cast iron wheels inches
thick and 10 inches in diameter,
held in position by 81 inch steel
pivot.
Alden Academy at Anacortes, has
been closed, and Professor Tado,
it's founder ana principal has gone
to Oakland, Cal. The Mail says:
MI. Tade has not been popular as
a preacher or educator. being too
plain spoken and pointed moralist
in the pulpi while in .he academy
a mere country school attended by
pupils Of more or less advanced age
and both sexes-he endeavored to
impart both sectual aud religious
education, with strict rules of res.
traint."