Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1886-05-28

'h"r''atlvc source that Mr.. Coles, the Chief |
Clerk, will bc retained for an indefinite !
time
The Anglo Nevada Assurance Corpora.
ton. 81 San Francisco. have complied
With the laws Of the Territory by filing
and recording with the Secretary Of the
Territory a certified copy of its articles of
incorporation and appointing II power Of
attorney The Anglo-Nevada is repre-
s"nted 10y Mrs>rs Brown l. Reed in this
city and vicinity The corporation have
&2"~,oOo cash capital and are backed by
The Nevada Bank of California. The
Stockholders are well ki.own business men
"f tho Pacific Coast. and the company is
IN every way worthy the patronage Of the
people We congratulate MessrS Brown
X Reed upon th, addition to their agency
VIM S'crn!@rg has supplied himself
With machinery, mostly Of his own make,
Tor the manufacture of those small fruit
b"Acs hitherto imported, III which ven
drr- sill pound" lots OF straw erries or
cherries, before their chrapnrss renders
larger pac kagcs desirable Tie has a ma
chine that slices cottonwood int" thin
pieces about the ihickns, Of veLcer, ami
another that beads them into shape. after
which IA thin rim Of tin is applied which
holds them in place Next season he eX-
poets To supply the whole country with
these boxes ard save many hundreds of
dollar. sent abroad for this simple de-
wee Tie il noa making ten pound
cherry l"yc.. for which he solicifs orders.
Tbr ,durr-- Il tin Rev, Mr. wilson Ia
t"ldnnj. iiail. SUNDAY evening, Was ANY,
thing but appropriate Ia The time and &c
casion. l'I,misine, n he did. tina, the cx-
igcncs was an extraordinary one and that
he was fulfilling n duty with all due rev
"i'ncc tor Ia, da, and its associations,
many people were scarcely prepared for
il," 'i"lcmi har,nene which followed, in
which he characterized saloona keepers us
wnrlIs, lnl those who favored license rs
Ia league with the devil lie has never
LEANED the important truth that invcctive
seldom convinecs nybody, and pleases
only the few who. constituted like him
self find delight in shcet.iron thunder A
few more such exhibitions of stumporator
style and the accompaniment of stamping
ei feet and clapping Of hands, and conscr-
viiiNc people vii! begin to believe that
hpr ~ In,
lures. published in these columns, a few
weeks ago
\ destructive beetle, which Wa, found
in April destroying the young shoots Of
fruit trees in young orchards on the Fast
side. WAS taken 10 the Agassiz Association,
Of Ills place, for study. Specimens were
scn, To the Smithsonian Institution and to
the University OF California. The beetle
was found Ia he new to the collection of
the latter and was sent To the Smithsonian
for determination. The following report
on the same was received yesterday, and
further information regarding the habits
of this insect are desired by the Agassiz
Associ alton:
The specimens sent are Amnesid Grdnicoiis-
lee belonging to the Snout beetles. They have
not III thi- season appeared ~ destructive insects
aud their habits have not been studied. Further
Information regarding their time OF appearance,
the Kind ~ tree attacked and their manner of
working. would he interesting and Is desired
II would likewise be interesting TO know
" they have appeared in other localities
, II IL small. gray-black, shouted beetle,
about one fourth inch long. and feeds upon
the early leaves and bark of young trees
In April Address information to the Ag-
ASST Association, Olympia.
A hoy named Adam Montgomery, aged
IL years, was drowned at Tumwatcr, last
saturday under very painful circumstances.
lie was standing on the ffume near the
old pump house. Just below the lover
fall. when about eight feet ofthe railing
gave may and he was precipitated, head.
long. into the water below, a distance OF
about thirty feet. This occurred about 6
O'Clock in the afternoon, when the tide was
In. otherwise he would have fallen upon
the Jagged rocks which form the base Of
the prccipicc There were at the time
standing near the boy, Mrs. Montgomery,
his mother, Mrs. Hutchins, his aunt a
young man named SAMSON, his cousin,
aud small boy about his own age. The
frantic cries of the women aroused the
whole neighhorhood and people ran
from all quarters to render assistance
The young man SAMSON scrambled down
the rocky bluff and plunged into the water
20 rescue the boy, but his afiorts proved
unavailing 1t seems that the boy in his
wild struggles, caught SAMSON by the
throat with vice-l like grip, rendering
him almost powerless and but for the
timely arrival Of the boat he, too, would
have been drowned. Mr.. Wallace, miller
Of the Gclbaugh mill, his daughter and
Mrs. Keller, were mainly instrumental in
saving the life Of SAMSON. Mr.. Wallace
heard the alarm from his residence, on
the opposite side Of the river and shouting
dashed down TO Burlingamcs saw-mill,
jumped into boat, using piece Of board
for paddle and reached the strug.
Cling man and boy just soon enough to save
the former, the latter, in the mean time,
sinking out Of sight. could not be found
Mr.. James Montgomery, father Of the
drowned boy, had arrived with his
family direct from Minnesota on Wednes-
day Of last week, only three days before
the fatal accident, and was, unfortunately,
away from home at the time, being at
work with Hutchins, his brother-in.ld
on Hartstein's Island. Mr.. RObt. Peebly
fastened to this city. Sunday morning,
with word that the body had been found
and dispatched small boat to Hartstein's
Island for Mr.. Montgomery. The funeral
was held Monday afternoon at the resi-
dcnce Of the family, Rev. Mr.. Hopkins