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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-12-25
A Scrap of History.

In March, 1913, Joseph Meek
started overland from Walla Wulla
to Washington City, armed with n
memorial to Congress praying for q
territorial form of government. He
was accompanied by John Owens
and George Ebbharts. The year be-
fore, j. Quinn Thornton had been
sent from the Willamette valley by
Gov. Abernethy to Washington as
Territorial Delegate. After bitter
debate in Congress tho bill admit
ting Oregon was passed. August IA,
164S. Joseph Lane, of Indiana,
was appointed by President Polk as
Territorial Governor, and he, accom-
panied by 10 Meek, reached Oregon
City March 2, 1S49. He qualified
and entered upon the duties of his
Office the next day, March 3, the
last day Of Folks administration.
Tho census of that year showed q
total white population of 9,0S3.
June 6, IN election for Delegate to
Congress was held, resulting in the
election of Samuel r. Thurs,on, who
received 40 votes, out of total of
943 cast. The Legislature, which
assembled July 16, changed tne
name of Champocg county to Marion,
of Tualatin to Washington, and of
Vancouver to Clarke. They also
organized the Territory into three
judicial districts. In 1S50-Sep-
tember 16-Gov. Lane was super
seeded in tho Office of Governor by
John P. Gaines, and in June, 1851 =,
Lane was elected Territorial Dele
gate, he receiving 2,093 votes, while
W. H. Wilson, his opponent, only
received 54S.
The progress of Oregon during
the years Immediately following
1S49 was greatly checked by the dis
covery of gold in California. Mr..
Gilbert, in his history, says: "James
w. Marshall, one of the Oregon
emigrants Of 1874, had wandered
into California, where, on the south
fork of American river, he discovered
gold, on the 18th of January, while
building q mill for Capt. John A.
Sutter, who had crossed the plains
to Oregon with W. H. Gray, i'll 1928.
In August this news reached Oregon,
and demoralized the whole settle
ment. Farmers left their grain
standing uncut in their fields, and
the roads were lined with excited
ireasurerseekers journeying to the
land where Aladdin's cave had been
found. Men risked everything
claims were abandoned; homes were
pledged to raise means to enable the
father of q family to seek buried
treasures in the new Eldorado.
Some found the wealth they sought,
but many returned disguised to their
homes, and the bones of others still
rest by the gulches along the streams
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-12-25
Territorial Items.

Arthur VI White ~ Fidalgo
Island has been appointed Inspector
OF Customs at fort Angeles.
AIR. Gustav ksogsr accidentally
shot himself on the it,h inst, al
Elk Prairie. Pacific county. aud In.
Stanily expired.
Mr. wilkefaon. Of Kentucky. has
been appointed Post Trader al the
Neah bay Indian Agency. vice \
Baxter. removed
Nj, James II. Hold, a brother ol
tho Rev John i,e.d. of Port Town.
send has been appointed teacher on
the Neah Hay reservation.
Judge Turner. Of tho i,L district,
holds that married women cannot
legally si, on jsry In this Territory.
His head should he the neat tia.
rolls into the basket.
Mr., V. Hofsr. living on spring
Flat. In whs'com county. lsi, hi.
bed lev nights ago. while deliri.
ous from fever. aud wandered q di..
'anco Of four miles. badly freezing
his feet.
Cyrus Walker, % Port Gamble. is
arranging 10 build an elegant los
idsnce Oh his bcsuiifai plat of
ground al for, uambls, to replace
the building which vas burned q lew
weeks ago,
DR.. J. w. Hunter died Of con.
sumption. near Tesswsy City. Ki,,i.
ias county. on the g,h inst. The
doctor changed his fssidsses from
Chehalis. last August. In the hope
that . change of climate would sf.
ford relief.
One nigh, las, wssi abou. n
o'clock. Thomas 7. rarmlss. aged
10 years. who has beea stopping
some time past on The farm of
lserish Brown on Black Rivsr, heard
q noise In the house. and on getting
up TO see The esuss Of u, took
sslf-"ccting revolver from uadsr
his pillow. After locking about the
house aud finding NO robbers. be
started 10 return 10 his room with
the revolver In his hand. when Il
went OF, the bali taking eject in HE
neck. and ranging upwards. The
unfortunate man lived bat . short
time after the accident. lie was .
nephew Of Mr brown. and had been
ON the Sound but . fsw monshs.
having come from Mineral Point.
Wisconsin. with HE mother. He
was boohhsspsr BY profession. and
came west on account Of III health.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-12-25
The country Lawyer.
Fss nsgt.at.s saa ss~ tns 80 Law
sais stsot . rtg

s"is sssot fis
IT, wanted justice lou could sec
,ha'. SAYS tie New NoIk Nun "a his
eycaaiirofr lls idn't want little
Bat Il justice weighed out "a a gin
eeily manner and dpbe az IN course
brown parei. bat he wanted Justice
by the carload anl nj wholosaic
rates lIa htched hls old white
horse and lilapi.lated buggy IA front
Of tha drag store. mounted tho
Stairs running up oulsile ,u tho soc
ond story, nni hia eyes huEhioued
q. they tested on the tin .ign on tho
dunl George nuSom. Nitoiney. at
Law The LAWYER was ~. so wUtc %
o. dcak. two fifteen cent chars. a
huge cusp,dor. ani - iust, stove.
Morning
Morning
rm jan White. tir Lave out
by uray'a Coruoia bought the
Tom lin. fatm. you know
A."
'' skinner l,noa farms wlh mo.
lis steers get iuin NY corn ! want
damage. hul be- laughs ut me. !
turn my hnKs inio hts ta,ot patch ~
" uuodl like man Of -puLk "
And he kills Que oi EN-
" What"
IL kills hog worth -
"yoa don't say Wrll. that man
ought to loo IA ,de to understand that
he doesn't own this county What
al ou,raao' Have you demanded
pay -
"Ob. yes. aud ho said he'd like To
shoot me
l. 1t possible Why. be is a
dangerous man. very dangerous
4" came to you Ia see II n
Why. 81 course YOU have the
bsst kind II ease agains, him. aud
II Is your duty 90 push Il -
Yes. wan, justice. but how
how much will l-"
90. the cost will be nothing
1n'' leave me o. ne a retainer and
~ make skinner sweat ] haven't
heard If such an outrage for years
ilr probably reasons that you aie
onl hen.hoailel aud afraid ~ him.
Well, he'll dnd that tho wh,tci
has, a. much gtit 80 the SINNERS. :
Aud As much money 10 law
with r
You bet"
That's tho talk Wei mako him
vary sick man your case appeals
10 mo ~ eikon ne we'll "a lawyer
Now. we'll secure warrant as a
starter
skinner Visits other lawyer IN the
same village. aud The convetya,ion
about llio aame White gets n wat.
rant fpf Skinn,r. and Skinner Rota -
warrant fpr White
frs, year Two adjoutnmenis, q
disagreement. twenty four days lost
time. eni - cash expense Of s5s Ia
each farmer
Second year Three trials, one
ii-agfeemenl. four adjournmenis,
one appeal. ani q cash expense Of
$50 ~ each farmer Time lost
thirty Eve days.
Third year Tao tiials. two ap-
peala. two decisions. aud two farms
pass into tho hands ~ two lawyers
A. island IA the North Ses called
The Monk las entirely disappeared
snd vessels now aail over The spot
wh,ro II stood
apppular American cyclopedia
~ The section devoted Ia important
n'ers. M mention N made 81 III,
OHIO
hosf"S eHpuIsi,ss have their ears
shaved a. we'll a. their faces The
custom was imported from Paris
VIM population Of about 800.
uD OOo CHINA has not n single
insane asylum
Tar distressing disease. the piles
10 speedily relieved and cured by
Ayers u,lls
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-12-25

ATLANTA, Georgia, was originally
called Marthasville. The first set
tier, William McGaughey, is still
alive, hale and hearty.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-12-25

Ir one-hslf Tho young men poe.
sesssd the grit d Miss Mary Marx.
her. Of wslla walls. the county.
would be more prosperous. Miss
Mary arrived In Chicago from her
distant home with . carload Of cat.
tie OF her own raising. which che
sold ats hne price. tihs ssays she has
900 head moro 10 ship this ssason.
She 10 proud of her venture, and
ough, 10 he. Miss Mary 10 the girl
TO tie so,--M. Paul 6iobs.
Still !, Is lot probable that Mollis
could 10 caught with q laristss.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-12-25

gold-hunters was missed on one oc-
caslon by his partner, who went out
to look for him. At last. sitting up.
right against a pine tree by the side
of an unfrequented trail, ho Wa
found. dead, but grasping i'll h 5
hands lump of shining gold. The
Oregon exile, the California prospec-
tor, had found gold at last. The
gold discovery for many years turned
nearly all the immigration from the
States toward California instead of
Oregon; hence the growth of the
iatttr was very slow, and history has
but little to record.
Up TO 1853, the Territory of Ore
gon included what is now Oregon
and Washington, and also a portion
of Idaho and Montana, covering an
area of 341 600 square miles. By
the act of Congress of March 3,
1853, the Territory of Washington
Was organized, including "all that
portion of Oregon Territory lying
and being south of the 18th degree
of north latitude, and north of the
middle, of the main channel of the
Columbia river from it's mouth to
where the 10th parallel of latitude
crosses said river near Fort Walla
Walla, then with said 10th degree
of latitude to the summit of the
Rocky Mountains.
President Pierce appointed Isaac
l. Stevens the first Governor of the
new Tertiary. He arrived at Olym-
pia in November, and on the 2Sth
issued a proclamation dividing the
Territory into Legislative and judi
cial districts, and calling an election
the following January. The election
was held, and in February, 1854,
the Legislature assembled, and
created ten counties, viz: Clarke,
Lewis, Pacific, Thurston, Pierce,
King, Jefferson, Island, Chehalis,
C'allam, Cowlitz, Sawamish (now
Mason), Skamania, Wahkiakum and
Walla Walla. At the January cleo
tion, Columbia Lancaster was
chosen Delegate to Cong, ess by the
Democrats. his Wing opponent being
VIM. H. Wallace. The Governors
who have presided over the Territory
since Stevens, 1853, have been Fay
et!e McMullen in 1857, r. H. Ghol-
son. in 1859, W. H. Wallace in 1871
VIM. Pickering in 1862, George L.
Cole in 1866, Marshall +. Moore in
1867, Alvin Flanders in 1869, E. S.
Solomon in 1870, E. p. Ferry in
1873, William A. Newell in 1880,
and ". c. Squire in 1884.
Washington still remains Terri
tory, though its population and CO.
pabilities fully warrant Congress in
admitting it without delay as q
State. Oregon, after Washington
had been carved out of its northern
portion, remained a Territory till
1859, when it was admitted as o
State. The State constitution was
framed by convention of delegates,
60 in number, chosen at the general
election in June, 1857. which met at
Salem in August, and was in session
about a month. November 8, 1857
the constitution was adapted, there
being 1885 votes for it, and 3,195
against it. On February 10, 1859,
the act admitting Oregon into the
Union as a State, with this constitu.
ton, was approved, from which
time it is deemed to have become "a
State. =
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-12-25

The fire department of New York
city is to be supplied with salt
water.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-12-25
MASHINCtoN STANDARD

ii;.T. i-t;Y fs.;Lr r~uia3 ~
JOHN MILLER MURPHY.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-12-25

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The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1885-06-06

A recent number of tho Medical
journal says: A man may eat and
drink heartily all day, and sit and
lounge about and do nothing, In one
aense OF the word; but his body must
he kept hard AZ work all The time or
IL will die. Suppose the stomach
refuses to work within ten minutes
amer hearty meal, the man would
die OF CONCLUSIONS in a few hours; or
cholera or cramp collie would rack
and wreck him. Supposing the pores
Of the skin-meaninH thereby the
glandular apparatus with which they
are onnected-should 20 on q
astrike," he would in an hour be
burning up with fever; oppression
would weigh upon the system and
soon become insupportable. Suppose
the liver should become mulish, the
appetite would be annihilated, food
would be loathed, torturipg pains
would invade the small OF the back /,
and the head would ache to bursting.
Suppose The kidneys shut up shop,
danger most iinm inent, suffer- ings
nnbearable and death more certain,
would be the speedy and ineyita b le
result. II ths little workshops OF the
eye would close, IN an hour he could
not shut nor open them without
physical force aud in another hour he
would be blind; or II those OF the
tongue wonld close, 1t would become
dry ~ a bone aud stiff as steel. To
keep sueh n complication OF machin-
cry in working orIer for a lIieiime
Is = miracle of. " isJom; but to work
them by the pleasures Of eating and
drinking Is miracle benificence.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1885-06-06
A Bigger Fool Than Sharon.

Some of the developments In the
Sharon-Hill case, the "Maid OF Ath-
ems f" episode, aud the like were im-
mensely ludicrous, but Ross Winans
a baltimore millionaire, is now on
the rack, and his letters To woman,
who Is now suing for breach OF prom
Use, are four hundred per cent worse
than Sharon's. In one letter he tells
his sweetheart that after leaving her
he had big cry, as follows:
al boz hooed like a regular oaoy
on the ferry boat, and cried so tnat
an old niger came up to me see what
the devil was the matter"
About hundred pages OF this stun
is being printed In the Baltimore pa
pers to the intense relish OF the com-
munity.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1885-06-06

MRS Mary Long, who has been re-
appoin,ed up Postmistress at Charlotte
ms ..ue, va has had rather a singular
pon1icai experience. She Is the
usngnter Of Gen. sumner, a gallant
1"'oh e. olncer who lost his life at
.nahecellorsville. Her husband was
ueneral In the Confederate service
anu Iu' me- 100, was killed az the same
can c".'le' She was first appointed by
~ H'nerai ,.i Grant and has been retained
- 'hat capacity ever since. She was
i". u reappointed by President Cleve-
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1885-06-06
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

It Is San Francisco gentleman
who is shortly to marry a China girl.
Tramps have been warned by a
notice signed "Ninety-nine Vigilan-
tes" to keep away from Grass Valley,
California.
California has produced $3.50, ,O00,-
600 In gold out Of q total OF 81 ,267, ,000,-
600 worth OF gold deposited In the
Mints for coming since their organiza-
tion in 1893.
It Is rumored in San Francisco.
that Jesse D. Carr, the banker Of
Salinas, has been appointed Coilector
OF the Port of San Francisco. No
statement of the appointment has
come through the regular news chan
nels.
A Los Angeles raucher has raised
pumpkin so large that his twin
children use each half section for q
cradle. To this the San Franciscan
replies: ''That's nuthin'. In this
city four full grown policemen have
been found asleep in single beat"
Richard II. Platts, who has been sp-
pointed Postmaster at Napa City, is
the first Presidential Postmaster ap-
pointed under the present Admistrs-
tion In California. He succeeds George
W. Francis, who resigned.
Twenty-Five of the leading editors
and editorial writer's of Mexico will
make an an extended tour through
the United States in the interest of the
commercial relations of the two coun.
tries, arriving at El Paso on June 2lst.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1885-06-06

MIN more money than ct anything else ~
WIN taking an agency for the best selitI
fail. Terms free. HALLETT Book CO.. Poris
land, Maine.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1885-06-06
A Beautiful Sentiment.

Life bears us on like the stream OF
almighty river. Our boat glides down
The narrow channel, through the
playful murmuring OF the little brook
aud the windlngs of its erassy bord
ers. The trees shed their blossoms
over our young heads; the flowers on
the brink soem TO otiier themselves
10 our young hands; We are happy in
nope, and grasp eagerly at the beau
Ties around us, but the stream hurries
on and still our hands are empty
Our course In youth and manhood is
along wilder flood, among objects
more striking aud magnificent. We
are animated at the moving pictures
oi enjoyment and industry ever pass
ing around us; we are excited at every
disappointment. The stream still
oears US on, and our joys and griefs
hlike are left behind. We may be
snlpwrecked, but We cannot be de-
iayeoi whether rough or smooth, the
nVer hastens TO It's home, until the
roar OF the ocean Is in our ears, and
the tossing OF the waves il beneath
our ieet; the land lessons from our
eyes, aud floods are lined around US,
ana we take our leave of earth and
"s inhabitants, until of our further
'.oysgethere there is no witness, save
tue Infinite and Eiernal.-Heber.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1885-06-06
HE'D sOT AND soT.
A WOuld-be Mother-in-Law Relate.
Her Experience with william.

A Wouid-be Mother-tn-Law Relates
Her Experience with william.
IDetrot Free Prsss.l
"You see," she was explaining tn
lawyer, after beating his counsel
lee down 10 So, "I have . daughter,
Maria"
"Yes'm."
eMaria has beau.u
tExactlyp -
"Has been waitin' on her for ak
years"
AZ see.u
.sAnd I've been waitin' on him for
the same length OF time--waitin' for
him to marry her,"
Just SO, ma'am.n
"Howlong should couple sparki"
"Well, that depends. II takes some
folks long time TO make up their
Inind.u
"Isn't three years long enough"
AZ should think so.n
''And l gave him six. I've been
getting madder and madder for the
last three months, and finally. last
night, l couldn't hold in any longer.
l went into the parlor and there he
Was giggling and winking and loving
around same as i've years ago. There
was Maria, simperIng and cackling
and acting like the sane fool she allus
was. Don't talk TO mel A gal can
bring beau to time inside OF two
years II she's got any marry in her.
You didn't fool away six yesrsH"
"No'm.n
"Nor either. Well, stood 1t as
long as could, and when went into
the room says TO William, saysI:
civilian, you've sot and sot, and
it's my duty as a mother to know II
you intend TO marry Maria"
maria gave such a scrcech, aud
William he turned fiery red, but
says |: II you love why don't you
narry9 II you are hanging around
here 10 pass away time you'd better
skipl'
"Well, William coughed and gasp
ed aud suffered around, and said he
wanted 10 write To his ma in Iowa.
Your una in Iowa says l, feeling
my dander climbing up. Mebbe you
ain'l weaned YETI"
Then he says he couldn't be bull
dOzed, aud thai one objection Lo mar
rynE Maria Vas having me ior a
nOther-in -in-law. Then the the cyclone
broke loose. Also the wnlriwInd.
Also two or three earthquakes. In
slie OF lour minutes MarIA mad faint
cd, William MAS = wreck, and We had
upset The stove and broke three
chairs. lie come TO and slipped out
while / MAS holding camphor to Ma
ria ; nose, aud I've heard to-day that
he IS after warrant Tor me with as.
sault with intent 10 Kill. Can he gel
one7"
"Yes'm'
"Can he do anytbing9"
"Well, you want a jury"
"Sartin, sartin. I'll 40 before a jury
and tell tneu how he and Maria nave
soL and 50. Tor l,700 nights-how I've
had 10 be soft ON him-how I've
poked up Maria to bring him TO time
how | stood II and stood IL until
sunthin' had 10 break how 1t has
cost me $500 for fuel and oil-how--
but that's all. II they are men they
can't hnd no verdict agin me-"
"No'm"
"Well, go home and wait. Maria
lies there signing and weeping, and
there is the stove to put up and the
chairs to mend, and If William gets
the warrant III let you know. His
una in Iowa I'll let him know that
somebody's ma la Detroit is alive and
kicking aud allus on deck ~
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1885-06-06
Acute Taste.

a. from some experiments made at
,be ,I y University Of Kansas, it appears
~. iaa' the average person can taste tho
S,Ner OF quinine when one part is
s'ssoived In $4,000 Of water. Salt
-. as detected with one part in $40 OF
.a.er sugar, 22S of water, baking
s Sua 40 OF water. In nearly all cases
ala,es 49,. could detect a smaller guam
H'y than males.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1885-06-06

A report has reached San Francisco
of serious ravages by grasshoppers
in Tehama county. Among the heav-
lest losers is Governor Stanford. Tbe
grasshoppers utterly destroyed 300
acres of two-year-old vines in lhe
vineyard, leaving where each vine
had been fragment not larger than
a lead pencil.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1885-06-06
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