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

vsne at Walla Walla the FIST MOI.
day in March.
Mr.. John II. Laycock and Miss
Ami" Smith were lately united in
marriage at Seattle.
Chehalis county has q local agita.
tion on its county seat question.
Among the candidates are Elma.
Mon'esano. Aberdeen and Cosmop.
oils.
H. T.. Doyle. Of Satsop. in default
oil bail, has been committed 10 the
Ihurs'on county jail. on q charge o.
threat to kill his father and burn his
house.
Scheline Bros. Wholesale NOR.
chants at Spokane Falls, have been
closed under attachment. Their iia.
bilities are si2o. 600. with assets
reaching 100000.
After IN expenditure OF not loss
than $4,000 to establish . durable
cable across tho Straits between
Port Angeles and victoris. tho tcle.
graph company have given up in
depair and have decided 10 mainiain
their mainland line through What
com county. Tho swift tide xhers
wear out tho cables on tho rocky
bottom OF tho Straits.
Three counterfeitsrs, who have
been making bogus dollars and cir.
cula,ing them in Portland, Or, were
captured by thrco Portland police.
men las, week, in u cabin near
kalama, where a search .revesled
tools. ladies', moulds. e.c. The trio
consisted OF two men, James Blspp
aud VIM. Etherago, and a negro boy
named Freeman. They are now in
jail at Portland.
Nelson Bennett, the Cascade tun.
mol contractor, is under bonds of
100000 to have the work complsted
in tweniy-eight months from March
LIST. 1856. Ho has purchased ma.
chinery in the East for tho prossou.
ton Of the work. and the boeias
will commence simultaneously from
both ends. Three eight. t.hour shifts.
Of thirty odd men each, will be ON.
ployed at either end, aud tho tunnel
will be lighted by tho Ball electric
motor.
The Union Pacific Railroad Com
pany have just published q map
which gives Seattle pre-emiusncs,
printing its name." 10 the Inseiii.
gencer remarks. in big letters, q
the terminus Of the railroad from
Portland, and locating and partially
building line across the Cascades
Mountains, by way OF Snoqualmis
Pass" and this makes that journal
ccckle like pullot over lie fret egg.
AS long as 1t is content with o "par.
tial building" on paper ut that, il
should not be denied the pleasure il
evidently feels in creating . furry In
tho barnyard.
Certain journals have endssvored
TO give out tho impression that the
men that were shot down In Seattle
by the Home Guards represented the
mob-elomsn. Of tho populaos. Here
10 wha. tho Gail. says of Stewart, tho
man who was killed. "Chas. q.
Stewart. was born In New England
in 1852. Ho came ~ California,
with Mr.. Hugh NJ. Wright In 1879,
since which time they have been
warm friends. They came later 10
Puget Sound. Mr.. Stewart has been
q resident Of Seattle or vicinity for
tho past thirteen years, and was
known far and near ~ IN industrious
and useful citizen. by occupation
he was logger. and for pasl year hes
been living In Snohomish city. whore
he leaves . brother and Q newly
made wife 10 mourn their irrspasabls
loss. Politically hs was Temperance
advocate aud prsotiosd tsstotalism.
Being 4 man Of fne physiqus and In
the prime Of manhood, hs gave
promise Of . useful lifs."
Col. Tabbs. an old man number
ing G' years In telling HE sgs. and
well known throughout Lewis county,
has for some months past. bssa
noticed as paying rather more q.
tention to Lizzie Meyers. The pretty
little daughter Of his neighhor. than
is just natural aud 10 b sxpscled
from an old man 10 . child. The
girl, who 10 bu, IL years Of age. vas
apparently pleased st the old mans
kindness and was frequently sssa In
his company. Nobody. howsvss,
thought for q moment that the sfEsis
would develop into anything more
serious than the natural love Of kind.
ly old age for blooming youth. On
Saturday moraing. however. the
Colonel left bis home In the tlirscaioa
OF Olympia, and later u was die.
covered that Miss Meyers was miss
ing. The conclusion u forced upoa
ths residents ot the neighboyhood
that " they've gone together" and
their 10 no little sxcitsmsnt 10 con.
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