Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1886-02-26
Territorial Items.

Mr.. Henry Lawrence was married
to Miss Kate Claughton, or Thurs
day evening, of last week, at the
residence of the brid,' f her, Sheriff
J. H. Ca ,ghton, in Cneh dis, by the
Rev. ". ID. Cameron.
Jimmie Rankin aged 13 years, of
Lewis county, was instantly killed
by falling tt e, FriLhy afternoon.
jimmie was bright boy An; the pet
of Mr.. Raukin's family, VINO have he
sympathy OF the entire coLiInunity.
The steamship Geo. " Eidcr. SO
long familiar to the people OF Puget
sound, has beer paced on the route
between San Francisco and the Sand
witch Islands. Her pace on The
coast route will be taken by the
steamship Mric'.
L. S. Marshal 4. j. Hamilton was
ut Ilwaco last week to NIKE sale of
certain property Of judgment
against Miller and Wool and in
favor of the United States. There
being no bidders, the sale was post
poned until March 3D..
Four miles of the ort B'akely
Mil Company's line have already
been graded and track Laying will
began soon. The comnany intend
to build eight miles. The line runs
from Little Skookum AMI will event
ually reach Eima 1t is standard
Suage.
Walla Walla Cnion: On ne morn
ing OF February Is, Mrs jacob Nalaer
residing with her parents, air. and
Mrs. Webb, awoke to find her infant
child, which was lying by her side,
to be cold i'll death. The child was
very weak aud subject to coneestive
chills, which il is thought caused its
death.
The Satsop railroad is now con-
structed three miles into the woods
from Shelton's Point. One hundred
thousand feet of logs pass over the
line daily to Underwater at that point
and are then made into RATS ard
distributed among the mills. The
line will be extended as the traffic
demands it.
Mr.. T. Ct. Nicklin, of the Whatcom
RcrciNc, has gone to coal hlrbor Tor
the purpose of ascertainine the feas
ibility of opening better transporta
ton faculties between that part OF
the Puset Sound country and tie
terminus of tue Canadian Pacific
railway, whereby better markets
may be opened up for the surplus
products of Whatcom county.
After hearing the case against tho
leading rioters" in Seattle, Com
Eben Smith discharged John keane
and held the others to answer in the
following sums: G.. II. Metcalf, L.
r.. Kidd and M. Mcmillan. $4,000
each; Junius Rochester, j. j. Quinn
and John +. Wincott, So 600 each
T. d. Cooper and NJ. Cunningham
81 900 each. Most of the prisoners
have since been released on bail.
A man named L. W. Baker, aged
about 35 years and unmarried, who
has been employed on the mill boom
at Port Discovery was found drowned
about noon February 18th. lie was
last seen just before quitting time ans
was not missed until his body was
found. He is supposed to have fa!
len in fit, as the body was lying i;
two feet of water. Deceased had ut
relatives i'll this part Of the country
The citizens of Puyallup are VI
and doing as we'll as those of Tacoma
Many improvement are going on
among those more worthy of note il
the erection of new $1,000 schoo
house upon the lot adjoining the ole
house. DR.. f. S. Williams is alst
having erected, Il residence and hos
pital combined. An Ep:scopaliaI
church is also in course OF erection
the lumber having been placed upol
the lot preparatory to building.
All the mills on Gray's Harbor ART
now running on three-fourths time
in accordance with an agreement
with the other mill men of tho Pa
ciic Coast. All the mills at Hoquian
are running. The mill at Cosmop-
oils has boen purchased by Sal
Francisco Company. The Weather
wax mill at Aberdeen viii begin op
perations in the spring. 1t has ;
capacity of 10000 feet per day.
Gray's Harbor ships oil lumber tt
San Francisco.
The body of an infant girl wa:
found in the woods back of Por
Townsend Wednesday. by policeman
Furlorg. 1t was examined by Drs.
Wilson and Seavey, who state tina
the child, from ali appearances, was
born alive and died from exposure.
There is no apparent sign of VIC
lence on the body, which is that OF {
healthy, well-deve.oped infant, ant
weighs about ten pounds. 1t is ap
parently the offspring of q white mar
and half-breed woman. Part OF Q
woman's underwear was found Will
the body. This is undoubtedly ,
case of deliberate abandonment
Officers are working up the case
and claim to have clue to the per
sons to whom the child belongs.