Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-11-27
Territorial Items.

Black Diamond to-day has a pop
ulation in the neighborhood of 400
souls.
An Odd Fellows Lodge, to be
called the Cascade, will be instituted
shortly at Black Diamond.
Mrs. Hampson, the Evangelist
who recently conducted reviva!
meetings here, is now in Portland.
Collector II. F. Beecher is person.
ally experimenting the disch ,rse of
the cargo Of tea from the bark Ar.
tisan at Tacoma.
On the Sound the Knights of La
Dor organization has attained a men,
bership of over 1000 and the order
is rapidly growing.
Nineteen hotels and restaurants in
Portland have recently discharged
their Chinese help and are now en-
ploying none but white hands.
Bill Nye, the hume rist, has been
engaged to lecture at Walla Walla
the latter part of this month, under
the auspices of the G.. A. r. in that
place.
The Puget Sound NJ. E. Min.
isterial Association will hold it's next
seni-annual session at La Conner.
converting on the first Tuesday in
May, 1856.
Mr.. E. B. Moore. who recently
died of heart dease at Tulalip, was
u brother of p. D. Moore, formerly
of Port Townsend, and now of
Mason county.
Annie Smithers has commenced
proceedings for divorce from Fred.
E. Smithers, alleging failure to pro-
vide. These parties were married at
Renton July 81, 1884.
Mr.. Bishop. of Chimacum, shipped
81 bales of hops last week direct to
London over the N. P. R. Il. from
Tacoma. It is expected that these
hops will bring the highest market
price.
So many men applied have ap-
piled to the Northern Pacific rail-
road Office in Portland for work, the
past few days, that it became neces.
sary to put out sign that no more
were wanted.
The Grand Jury have found q
true bill against Frank ]. Parker,
editor of the Statesman, for criminal
libel. 1t is understood the trouble
arose out of an article rejecting on
w. H. Reed.
The Ceur d'Alene Sun strongly
asserts che the Government may
quarter a company of soldiers in
every town on the coast and make
second Ireland of the Pacific, still
The Chinese must CO."
Thirteen box cara arrived in Port
land early Sunday morning, bring.
ing $50 Cinnamon and their belong
n.s fro n the Rocky Mountain divi-
sion of the Northern Pacific, where
hey have been employed in ballast
ing the line between Heron and
Helena.
Miss N. E. White is travelling over
he Territory in the interest of the |
Women's Christian Temperance Un-
on, lecturing and otherwise helping
he good work. She is described by |
/ contemporary as of prepossessing
with . splendid voice |
md q most wonderful gift Of slo-
lusnce
OF the $22, 900 recommended by
he engineer, to be appropriated to
he four principal rivers of Western |
Washington, Skagit will be entitled
o S5,5OO-nbout enough to buy
wood for the snsg-boat for three
Notwithstanding the original re.
,ommendation is not cut down, as it
8 likely to be, by the Secretary of |
Var. For the improvement of the
Upper Willamette, $47 900 is recon-.
nended. -E $3.50 g.
A party giving his name as Frank |
Crainor surrendered himself this |
week in Seattle saying that he was a |
leserter of company B, 21st infantry, |
4 Vancouver and Fort Townsend. |
That regiment was transferred to
Nebraska where he deserted it. He
Jays that he finds it go difficult to |
earn his board and lodging out in |
he cold world that he is anxious to
'ejoin bis regiment and bear all the
penalties for desertion.
Tacoma's new National bank opens |
Is doors carly next month. The
stockholders are @. p. Masterson, T.
B. Wallace, ,Jr., L. R. Manning, j.
?. Stewart, W. D. Tyler, Charles B.
Wright. S. G.. Reed and w. B.
Kelley. The board of directors con-
lists of Messrs. Mastersou, Man
hing, Wallace, Stewart and Tyler. |
The officers are G. P. Masterson,
President; L. R. Manning, Vice |
President; T. B. Wallace. Jr., |
Mrs. Llewellyn, mother of Mrs. |
Mckay, Mrs. Captain Robinson and
Mrs. G. w. Dwelly, of Port Gam
de, and w. H. Llewellyn of the |
Puget Sound Telegraph Office, Seat
lie. arrived in that city Monday night
rom Eastern Maine, having left there
he previous Monday morning. Her
'even,y-ffth birthday occurred on
be 18th, while on the train on the
way out. She stood the journey
veil. She comes to Puge. Sound to
pend the remainder Of her days
With her children here.
A private telegram from New
York says the Dearborns have
bought oil of Joseph G. Kinnear's
to Seattle for $13, 900 cash.
Lr. Kinnear in 1873 donated al un-
|ivided half interest in that property
n bu;ld;uo If tha Saakt1o ond WolIo |