Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-01-04

StOiN II ~ iIiS diout lilo SiIctl
ill Tacoma, says the -,rtcs, 10 the eff
feet that c. b. Wri.h, h S purchased
q steamer for sloo 600 aud viii send
her cut from Philadelphia with the
material to i.p uo, 4 il the Iacun.l
gas and water WORK. TuiS inform
u'i,n Is said to lave come III private
letters to parties there
The town of E!lenSiur,,, claims Il
p"rr'a'ion of 40; las tv" hotels
two livery stables, alb luk, Masonic.
halls, Odd Fellows hall, two public
hall, two newspapers and four gen
raj merchandise stores. In the IN
mediate vicinity are three saw mills
and five Srlst mills and in The neigh
boring mountains are valuable mine<.
The steamer .1iosh'ian, one of the
two steel hull steamers bound for
Puget Sound to ply between Tacoma
att Nic'pr.a. toucht q at and left
= ,;.n'nh, GA. Dece nbcr Ii, on her
:, - ;uuml .hr IIoln iier compan-
4 yes ell the Oiymp,In, touched at
3. THouiss AMI sa:leh on the 18th
t,,r Puget Sound Both YES ,els are
bow fairly eurOute.
The ki;ti'as valley is said to an
nGiiiy sei,! to market half million
doiIur,' worth of live stock, and
their farm products are by no means
insignificant III quantity or quality.
Ellen,bur2 is so miles from Yakim?,
40 from Goldendale, $50 from The
Dalles and 115 miles each from
Ainsworth and Seattle. The stage
fare from each The Dalles and Aims.
worth is SIS; from Yakima S..
Slater's bill for restoring to the
public domain unearned railroad nd
contains the following clause: cit
confirms to the company all lands
earned by construction of any por-
ton of the road, but restores to set
Element or sale several millions of
acres in Washington Territory and
Oregon, being applicable to that
portion of the line west of Wallula
junction. The right OF settlers on
odd sections is preserved by allowing
them to enter under homestead or
presumption laws, or purchase not
more than 1G0 acres at $1.25.
From Grand Mound, Thurston Co.
W. t., correspondent of the Taco
ma Ledger writes: Or all the sturdy
pioneers of Grand Mount, Mr.. AK
tell is the last one left, living on the
prairie, for the most of whom it has
been their last home on earth. MIR.
James Byles, one of them, is living at
Tumwater; - the others have passed
away. Mr.. AxtelI, still hale, and
hearty as boy, is dykiug in a part
OF the farm he took up as a donation
claim thirty years ago, as he has a
great deal of, very valuable timber,
and this dyke will reclaim a large
body of farming land.
The intention is to begin opera
tons as soon as possible on the H.
waco. Oysterville and Gray's Harbor
road. The route selected is an ex-
cellent one, and the natural road-bed
over which the rails are to be laid is
of such q character that nothing but
the most inclement weather could in
terfere with the successful prosecu-
ton of the work. 1t is thought that
ninety days from the time the first
wheelbarrow load of dirt is shoveled
off. the toot of the locomotive will
wake the echoes of Ilwaco, and it is
reasonable to suppose that the last
Of May will hear he conductor sing
out all aboard to Oysterville.
A serious accident occurred Tues
day afternoon on board the ship Can
ada, lying at. Hanson's wharf, says
the Tacoma Ledger by which two OF
the sailors were badly injured. The
men were engaged at the time in
heaving up the anchor. when the
ratchet on the capstan slipped and
the two men were caught in coil of
rope attached to the chain and flung
down on the deck with terrible force.
one of the men had his right leg so
badly mangled below the knee that
it will neeessitate the amputation OF
the limb. The other mans leg was
broken just above the ankle, the
foot only remaining attached Ly q
small piece OF skin.
The Waitsburs Times man, hav-
ing abandoned school teaching, has
chosen new vocation. Here is
sample Of it: We saw very large
squash in town Tuesday. The own
er did not know how large it was or
how much it weighed, but the in.
denture in the ground where it grew
is now large pond, and several Day.
ton sportsmen are hunting ducks
there. The vine on which the squash
grew also produced four others, two
OF which were larger than the one
exhibited. These we're fed to the
cattle, sustaining forty head seven
teen days. The method of cooking
was simple enough-chopped a hole
in one side, set in a large stove,
built fire, and away she went!
Oregon papers please copy.