Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1886-01-01

attic on New Years eve.
Mrs. 81. Thomas, q, 'Nl,!e Walla,
gave birth to L. i5Ia lid on
Christmas Eve.
The little stern vi 81 steamer
Economy sank at the wa -, at Ia
coma, last Tuesday.
The wreck Of he Arabella, with
her cargo If lulnhc~. Va; sod Tues
day in Victoria for 81 ,OG4.
The wea her continues moist and
mild at Walla Wala, hut crops
are uncommonly bnckwtid.
A sailor named John Trop, aged
So, a native of Denmark, committed
suicide, near Port Townsend, last
week.
Peter McDoueall, of Oak Harbor,
Island Co., died there ON the 18th
inst, at the advanced age of 50
years.
Officer Woolery, of the Seattle po-
ice, had his leg badly broken, few
days ago, while wrestling with Ii
coiApahIon.
A bastard committed rape on a
12-year-old girl at Artondaie, last
Monday. He had not, at last ac-
counts, been arrested.
The Wis it of the legislators to the
Iniane Asylum has developed the
Information that IN ,jprlty Of the
inmates are sheep Lerdcrs.
Maggie Zellers, the 1l-yeal-old
daughter of Rev. w. Ii. Zellers, OF
Skagit, wss killed a! that place
Saturday the 18th ult., by being
thrown from q horse.
James Mcknight will leave for
New York on January Sd, to be alb
sent one month. lie goes East on
business connected with the North
ern Pacific Railroad Company.
Andrew Hansen, a night watch
man in Stetson Il Posts mill, Seat
tie, was assaulted by man named
Merrytield IN saloon of that city
Sunday morning, and nearly killed.
James Tannat, n miner at New
castle, was killed Tuesday by a fail
of coal from the roof of the mine
upon him. He was IS years Old,
married, and the father of SIX chill
dren.
Professor Swan, a graduate of
Bowdoin College, Maine, and lately
u teacher i'll one of the schools in
Victoria, has been engaged to take
charge of the public schools in Port
Townsend.
The body of an unknown man was
picked up in the Sound at Port Dis
covery last Tuesday. 1t is supposed
to be that OF u sailor who disap-
peared several weeks ago from the
ship Jeremiah Thompson.
Probate Judge Wood, of King
county, has adjudged Mrs. Ella lie
Berg, Il patient III Providence Hos
pitai from VIII ,tcom county, insane,
and ordered her sent to the Hospital
for the Insane at Steilacoom.
G. Hendrick, of Old Tacoma,
tried to set fire to his house Christ.
mas day, while drunk, and then as
saulted his wife with al AK, but was
too top-heavy to do any injury. He
was arrested and held for trial.
The First National Bank of Port
Townsend his filed an attachment
upon the store of S. Baxter IL Co.
OF Seattle, for 1887. 90, which
makes the total attachments on that
establishment foot up to over SIG.
COO.
A report from Alaska by the Idaho
says: The weather has been vely
mid; only two inches of SHOW had
fallen, and /, soon disappeared. In
dams were going about barefooted,
owing to the mlldncss of the SEA-
SON"
The Port Townsend .frgus learns
unoflicialiy that the Treasury Depart
ment has accepted The proflered
block of land Oh the hill in that
town for custom house site, and
construction of the building pro-
posed will soon follow.
The New Orleans Satcs makes the
following seditious remark: "a
Washington Territory paper says it
has been presented with a straw.
berry nine inches in circumference.
In the course of time the strawberry
may grow as large as some of the
liars produced in that wonderful
cOlntry."
Klttitas valley proper contains
about 17S, 200 acres of land, most of
which is susceptible of high cultiva-
ton, although there is some scub
land. The farms are ahead of
those in the Yakima valley, when
taken as a whole, and are in the
main SIN ii, a most desirable condi-
ton Tor any country.
The big tunnel on the Cascade
branch will be $3.50 feet long, with
standard dimensions as follows:
Width, l6 feet 6 inches; height from
floor to center of roof, % feet;
height of vertical side walls, 10 feet
8 inches. The time for COMP le,ing
the work will be twenty eight months
from date OF acceptance of proposal.
Bids were to be received up to New
Years day.
Professor John TAFT and family
arrived in Tacoma, Wednesday, and
are the guests of Bishop Paddock.
Professor TAFT comes from Colling-
n