Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1886-12-31
TERRITORIAL ITEMS.

FL NI lOflIAL l EMS.
Sealing operations off Cape Flat
terry begin next month.
George Greenwood, late of the Wash
ington Iron Works, has erected new
boiler shop in Seattle.
All the iron for the switchback rail
r";,i is now on hand and track-laylng
will 90 ahead without delay.
Mrs Sadie l.. Sturgis, of Tacoma
has fallen heir to Il large landed estate
of 100 acres near San Antonio,
Texas.
Connection was made Monday by
the Postal Telegraph company with
the Canadian Pacific railroad office in
Tacoma.
Two million feet OF logs got adrift
at the mouth of the Sn"homi>h river
and hoatcd out into the Sound on the
23d inst.
Charlie Besserer, formerly proprietor
Of the old Walla Walla Uotchman, is
about to commence the publication of
Il paper at Milton, Ogn.
The Champion Assembly, Knights Of
Labor, of Puyallup, has purchased a
large two-story building and are going
to have a hall and reading room.
Mount Vernon, on the Skagit, has a
large cedar natural flagstaff, 157 feet
high. The emblem of liberty floats to
the breeze from this monarch of the
forest
Frank W. Chambers of Lake Union,
died of Il surgical operation last Sat
urday night. \ stone was removed
from his bladder five inches in circum-
ference.
The Northern Pacific road has in
its employ 1l3 locomotives which are
in actual and every day service upon
the line of road between Helena and
Tacoma.
Mrs. Cyrus Walker, wife Of the SUI
rcrintendent of the Puget Mill
company, gave every child III Ports
Gamble, Ludlow and Utsalady Christ
mas present.
A gentleman just from Port Town
send says that Gov. Daniels has been
duly installed as an Inspector of Gus
toms under Brooks. This means Il
fight on him.
George Stevenson of Eastern Wash
ington has been appointed Inspector
of Customs, by Collector Brooks, to
fill the vacancy in the service caused
by resignation of Mr.. Sharpstcin.
\ report is in circulation that
James X. Valentine, an old and high
ly respected settler OF Ceder River
Valley, King county, was recently
murdered for his money at Omaha.
"Col" Peel has received and accept
ed the appointment of Deputy L. :.
Marshal from U. :. Marshal Hamil-
ton. He was Republican. up to last
accounts, but then-this is "civil ser
vice reform"
W. Byron Daniels, brother of the
editor of the Vancouver Register, was
recently appointed Inspector OF Gus
toms at Port Townsend He was Il
Republican until shortly before the
last election.
The Portland Sunday Welcome says
r. A. Jones, Esq, a leading attorney
of Portland, who seconded the nomi-
nation of Cleveland in an eloquent
speech, is being strongly urged by his
friends for the position of Chief JUS
ticc of Washington Territory.
Wing Gee, the coole held asa wit
ness against the Snohomish " conspira-
tors" struck bonanza, even if he and
his white colleagues didn't succeed in
convicting the defendants. In the
Court at Seattle he was last week al
lowed 81 IL day for the lis days he
was confined in Jail.
Grainger's pIle-driver, of Olympia,
which has been ut work for the Ia
coma Land Company on the mud-tlats,
ran into Il snag Il few nights ago and
sank before she could be got on the
gridiron. A hole WAS forced in the
bow of the scow, which was an old one
very rotten. The damage was slight
and has been repaired.
The officers on the steamer Fleet
Wood report rescuing a man and boy
from drowning Tuesday near Seattle.
The mans name was a. G. Brown and
the boys George Culver. They had
started from Nashon Island to Seattle,
and soon after passing Milton sud
den squall upset the craft. The boy
climbed on the bottom of the boat,
but the man would have drowned had
he not been 80 quickly rescued.
The Secretary of the Treasury has
been informed by the Secretary of
State that he had information that
two firms in Hong Kong, viz: J. f.
Gimburg, and Wing King Long Hit,
are largely engaged in selling certifi-
Gates to land Chinese in this country
and smuggle females through to
American ports for immoral purposes.
He suggests that the matter be invcsti-
gated by the United States Consul ut
Hong Kong.
Lately redwood tree was cut on
the south fork of Elk river, Humboldt
county, Cal, compared with which the
big frs frequently but in Puget Sound
logging camps are but skids." This
tree was sawed into twenty-one cuts,
four of which were sixteen feet long,
twelve were twenty feet long, and five
were twenty-four feet long, making the
total length 424. An accurate tally
at the mill showed that the twenty
one logs furnished 1876 feet of lum
Der.
Sunday night. about 8 o'clock, Il fire
broke out in residence owned 10y Mr..
Vaughn and occupied by Mr.. Calhoun
in Steilacoom. All the fire companies
in the city responded to the alarm
and by some hard fighting with snow
balls, etc.) managed to contine the
flames to one building. Shortly after
the alarm, the Fort Steilacoom (Head-
lighD hose company, also the hook
and ladder company were on the scene
lint too 1afa IN ranInr p,uch Saryirn