The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-05-27
WASHINGTON TERRITORY.

Walla Walla is cursed with the presence
oil exceedingly bold foot-pads.
At Whatcom fourteen business houses
burned recently. Loss, $4,000. Rebuilding
REPORTS from the grain fields are exceed.
ingly favorable, owing to the late genera
rains.
A new bridge across the Chehalis river, at
Chehalis, has just been completed at a cost
of 81, 100.
A bogus employment agent has been
sw;ndline Door aborers at Seattle b yprom.
ise of railroad work.
The settlers near Walla Walla propose
making that section uncomfortablefO for land
sharks and claim jumpers.
Major f. S. Dodd of Toledo wants the
District Attorneyship of the Territory. He
ia backed by Pendleton, Payne and Thur
man.
A Mormon elder, residing near Walla
Walla. has taken an annual bridal trip fol
the past five years, Zach time with IL sepa-
rate bride.
James Martin, one Of the oldest residents
of Sonoma, is dead. He was a Philadel-
phian, who came west early in the fiftles
and located in SonOma in 1857.
At Spokane Falls, the body OF il six-year-
old son of A. E. Davidson was found above
the falls in a few feet of water. The child
had not been missed until discovered
drowned, and had evidently fallen in from
a boom of logs.
Seattle had a fire near the center OF town
destroying the California Poultry market,
spice mill, French laundry, candy factory,
dry goods store and two large unoccupled
stores in the Gilmore block. Most OF the
buildings were small shells, but the Gilmore
block was a tall and well-cOnstructed build
Ing. In the basement was the new SUI
stantial plant OF the Northwestern racker
Company. This factory had hardly com
menced operations, but had many encour-
aging orders and was fast getting the ma
entire block had more than $4,000 insur-
ance, while the damage is estimated at
5000 A large three-story building was
saved by the gallant work OF the firemen IN
tearing down surrounding structures.
From an eyewitness to the accident at
Fort Spokane on Monday, thefollowing adj
ditional particulars are learned: Nearly all
the baggage, etc, had been transported to
the opposite side OF the river. just below
the ferry crossing, a distance OF about zoo
Yards, the river narrows and goes dashlng
down a rocky ravine, a mass OF loan,
whirlpools and eddies. In the center OF the
stream 4he cable gave way and the heavy
barge began to drift rapidly towards the
projecting rocks of the rapids. In a few
seconds it struck a huge bowlder while NOV
ing sideways, and with a crash, like a peal
OF thunder, it gave way completely, sep
arating in the middle, half of it clinging to
the rocks and the other half swinging of
and shooting down with the current. There
was a party OF officers wives in an ambu-
lance on the shore who were spectators to
the horrible sight, and the shrillappeals for
help from the drowning men are said to
have been heartrending, but no assistance
was possible. A captains wife near by
mounted a saddle hsrse and dashed up the
pass to the garrison, giving the alarm to
the whole post. But ere the crowd arrived
on the scene all who were in sight had been
rescued. The bodies of the three who were
lost were not seen after getting into the
rapids. An Indian who was on board at
the time of the accident was so badly
bruised by the shock that he has since died
OF his injuries.