Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-07-10
Territorial Items.
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Cleveland, Ohio, iron-workers are
on strike.
Willis NJ. Clark has been appoint
ed Collector of Customs at Mobile,
Alabama.
The travel over the mountains con-
tinues unabated. Men on foot and
horseback are going and coming
every day.
celebration in Squak, Brit
ish sailor. while trying to ascend a
maple tree TO put up swing, fell
aud b: oke his leg.
James Hacket has sheared II III
pounds of wool from 600 head of
sheep. The band is what Is called
an eve band, and has l 300 lambs.
There now 50 men employed on
the Little Skookum Railroad. Two
miles of the track have been cleared
and one mile of grading has been
finished.
Lieut.. Young, who superintends
work on the Cascade Locks, is II son
of Brigham Young, the "Latter-day
SAINT AT present the force is re-
duced to 30 stons-cutterS.
The Spokane Falls water bonds
have been tioated by parties in the
East, and i'll short time the City
will own as fine a system of Holley
water works as there are in the
Northwest.
Clemen Schleifl, one of Kittitas
county's cattle kings. having sold his
entire herd to MIR. Geddis and re-
ceived his money, amounting to some
Sl3 900, took his departure for Ger
many las. week.
Moses son was drowned in the
upper Columbia some s or 10 days
ago, while attempting to cross the
river on a small cayuse. The H.
dams far and near were invited TO
attend the funeral.
Tie contract for carrying the mail
from Ellensburg to Okanagan cry
once a week has bsen let 10 C. ID.
Alexander, of Alabama. The con-
tract goes into effect July 1st aud
closes june 80, 1886.
The first two weeks of this month
will be especially devoted by the
Administration to the consideration
of Presidential postofficss. The
case of our Olympia Nasty will
probably be reached in few days.
A company of Eastern men have
started work on the foundation of a
saw mill to be built at Blaine, near
Drayton Earbor, where quite grow
ing settlement was started year or
two ago. A furniture factory will
be connected with the mill.
There are quite number of teams,
hitherto employed on the railroad,
camped at the Natchez bridge.
Men, women and children, with
their wagons and other camp
equipnge, have been there several
weeks, awaiting orders to commence
work on the road.
The new cathedral at Vancouver
will be opened for divine service
about the middle of next month. 1t
is a very beautiful structure. we'll
finished, with O seating capacity of
about 1900 persons. The widows
are of stained glass from the works
Of Mr.. L. l.. Mallow Of San Fran
cisco.
Isaac Pincus, the Tacoma hop
buyer, has just made trip about the
Sound, where he purchased a guam
'ity of hops and examined the crops
for the coming season. He reports
that the yield will exceed that of
last year. He also reports that
there are at least 1000 bales of last
years crop unsold.
On Saturday, June 9th, number
Of stock men ut met Goldeudale aud
organized an association to be known
as the Klickitat County Stock Breed
ers' Association, having for its OBJ
ject the corporation, mutual assis-
tauce and protection of its members
in all that relates to the breeding
and haudling OF stock.
A Fourth of July celebration was
held at Hard Scrabble, on Oyster
Bay, which was attended by about
$50 persons. A clam bake and
picnic as held during the day, and
and in the evening dance was held
in a pavilion constructed for the
occasion. A number of residents
OF the Capital city were present.
Speaking of the almost fatal &C.
cident at the Seattle celebration, the
Chronicle says: At Z o'clock L. H.
Penney, moulder at the Washington
iron works, with Frank Seidell and
man by the name of Ry her, were
firing the salute. As the gun was
being loaded for the second time by
Tenney it was disclarg, prema-
turely, throwing him IA distance of tif.
teen feet, and burning his clothing.
His left hand was blown off, and fell
into the bay. His LETT forearm wa.
so badly injured as to necessitat G
a,nputation midway between the
wrist and elbow. His legs and chest
were lacerated, but not seri1usly
He also received q severe cash in hi.
right arm.