Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-10-23
Territorial Items.

Large quantities of supplies are
being shipped from Spokane Falls
to the troops at Camp Spokane.
Representatives of the various
Turn Vereins of the Sound met at
Seattle last Sunday and organized q
Turner-bund.
Charles Schanno, who shot his
brother some time ago at North
Yakima. has been indicted by the
Grand Jury for manslaughter.
Over 500 men bave been placed at
work on the Pataha branch road,
and Walla Walla was quite lively
for a day or two last week, during
their stay in that city.
The Clallam county people want
the general Government to build
them q wagon road from Neah Bay
70 Port Angeles. They ask an ap-
preparation of $75, 900 for that pur-
pose.
Notwithstanding that every car on
the U. r. & N. line is in service,
thousands of bushels of wheat are
piled up, awaiting shipment, at va
rions stations along the line in East
ern Washington.
J. X. Stout, Justice of the Peace
at North Yakima, while on a spree
bad q fight with a Swede, and stab
bed him several times about the
neck and shoulders. Stout himself
was badly beaten. Both were ar
rested.
A number of northern Indians,
upon their return from the Puyallup
hop fields, gave concert at Yesler's
Hall, Seattle, Monday evening. Tue
programme consisted of singing
and instrumental selections by lead
ing artists of the tribe.
1t is announced that Rev. George
F. Whitworth, of Seattle, will start
soon for the East on a general tour
throughout the states, for the pur.
pose of raising funds to defray the
indebtedness of the Presbyterian
Academy of Sumner, Pierce county.
John Fletcher, an employee at a
Walla Walla wood yard, was at
tackled By two men last Saturday and
severely beaten with intent to rob,
but his cries drove the men away.
Two teeth were knocked out and the
lower jaw bone was fractured by The
blows.
Robert B. Roosevelt, of New
York. Augustus S. Morrison, of
North Carolina, and Vim. Stephen
son, OF Pennsylvania, have been ap.
pointed a commission to examine
and report on the 25. miles of North
ern Pacific Railroad lying between
Eagle Gorge, and the south bank
of the Puyallup river.
A new move has been inaugurated
by the Providence Hospital Of Seat.
tie. The plan is to issue tickets at
$40 each. which will entitle the hold
er to admission to all privileges and
benefits of the hospital any time
during the period of one year, for
any number of days the applicant
may need hospital care.
A letter to the Yakima Siqnal.
signed John Parsons, says that
Enoch Boyle, who suddenly disap-
peared a few weeks ago, leaving his
family in destitute circumstances,
was drowned in the Matches river.
As there is no John Parsons known
in that vicinity, it is thought Boyle
has deserted his family, as he did
once before at Albany, Or.
The Tacoma Mill Company now
has on hand o large number of or
ders, and there are quite number
OF vessels loading cargoes as fast as
the lumber can be cut; therefore it
has been found necessary to increase
the running time at the mill to ii
hours day. These working hours.
with the crew of 200 men employed.
will increase the amount of lumber
cut to 240, 900 feet.
The Presbytery of Puget Sound,
IN session at Vancouver last week.
adjourned to meet on the second
Tuesday of April, 1856. in the
Union Presbyterian Church at Sno-
homish. This Presbytery contains
26 ministers, 33 churches, 1,12S
members and 1,700 Sabbath school
scholars. During the past year
there have been added 3O4 new
members; 161 baptisms we're per-
formed. and $l3. 122 have been con.
tributed for church purposes.