Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1886-04-30
Territorial Items.

Territorial Items.
An anti-Chinese ticket for muni-
ciple officers has been placed in the
field at Tacoma. II is safe 10 say /,
will be elected.
Oliver P. Blair, another old cot.
tier in King County. died in Seattle
Saturday evening. Of pleurisy.
Deceased was born IN Illinois, April
6, 1880. and crossed tho plains 10
Oregon in 1853. In 1870 he came
to Puget Sound and settled on
White river. where he followed
farming until 1879, when he went
to Seattle, VII ,re he has since re-
sided.
The United States Coast Survey
steamships Mdrihur aud Chariisie
4. Ihtterson arrived from winter
headquarters at San Francisco few
days ago and are now ut Port Town.
send. Tho McIrihur has been in
California for long tune, but the
Patterson went there somo time last
Fall. Those two steamers will s,nrt
Tor the waters Of Alaska, where
they are engaged in Government
surveys.
The Tacoma Mil Company en-.
ploy daily abou 255 men. Al pre-
sent thoy have at their wharf six
immense ships loading lumber for
Eastern AMI foreign ports. Since
the lst OF April they have shipped
from their mills 1855, 900 feet Of
lumber, aud about the middle OF
next week. two ships will sail with
$3.50. 900. making in all for the
month Of April 100000 feet OF
lumber cut and shipped to home aud
foreign ports.
The Walla Walla Union says the
Democratic party is held together
by the cohesive power OF public
plunder, phrase which has been
worn thread-bare in describing the
Republican party for years past.
As the Democratic party had been
out OF power for twenih-four years
before the last Presidential election.
but still remained in perfect organ.
ization and nume ricalIy as strong az
Its opponent, and as nine,tenths OF
tho public plunder" is still in the
hands of the Republicans. the re-
levency Of this little epigram IL not
very apparent. Don't steal Demo.
cratic thunder until you can apply
it.
Says the Yakima Signal: Judge
]. r. Lewis says that King and
Thurston counties will give . ma.
jority for the same candidate for
delegate at the next election. He
does not know who i. will be, but
asserts positively that it will not be
o Northern Pacific man. In figures
he puts the majority Of King county
at 4. 90 aud Thursion county 100.
While we concede 10 the Judge the
privilege Of boss'ng King county. he
has no right to crack his whip in
this, and he knows no more about
the probabilities in Thurston county
than the man in the moon. One
thing is certain, Thurston will mover
tail on to tho Seattle idea"
Horace L Geek, a son Of "a pioneer
family of Clarke county, last week
eloped with his w,fe's sister, Miss
Susan Dillman, leaving his wife and
u 4 year-old daughter to suffer for
his crime. Zeek is about 26 years
old, light complexion. an average
szsd man, large eyes, hair cut short
and clean shaveu, except u mustache
when he left. The woman is Is
years old-wi,h dark hair and dark
brown eyes. She left Vancouver in
stage and he on n horse, Tuesday
Th y stayed at the Oregon hotel tha,
night, and took the train Wsdnes.
day morning for Tacoma and Vic
.oria. As yet the wifo has not de.
cided to follow them on to British
soil hoping to get hold Of them on
the American side. sooner or later.
He goes away leaving . host Of debts
to trouble bis already outraged wife,
with whom avayv ons svmnaAh;.>a