Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1886-04-16
Territorial Mates.
A building association has beel
org anizsL at Colfa4.

III posed in Seattle for sicailnga dog.
An infant only three or four days
Did WAS left on the steps of \ Brad
ey's residence, in Spokane Fails.
Articles of Incorporation o. the
Cheney, CClfax aud SuaAe River
raj road have been filed tor record
with lne Auditor Of Spokane county.
0. n. Morse has leased the Airing
ION Hotel, Seat le, at monthly rem
tai of $175, and proposes to open it
TO the pubnc. He will close up the
Grand Central.
The Northern Pac fic has mad
q arrangements for heavy business
this year in shipping Oregon and
Washing on Territory cattle to Mon
tana and Chicago.
1t is reported tina Wa Chong & Co.
he leading Chinese merchants of
Seattle. are busy preparing long
b ii Tor damages, which they propose
10 present to the Government.
Mrs. Margat, who once lived in
Tacoma, but who now resides in
while walking across the
yard that surrounds her dwelling,
last Friday, slipped aud fell. dislo
eating her right hip.
Capt. J. G. Britain, of SeSt,le
has secured the cuH;r,c iucairy the
United States u,alls between Por,
townsend and Se:hiuhnoO three
times u week aud return, at the
annual compensation of 81 $50.
The press associa' ion of Canada
is contemplating an excursion to
British Columbia and Puget Sound
the coming season. providing the
liberality of the Government railway
is found equal to the emergency.
Some fine beds of iron ore, of ex-
cellent quality, and two beds of min.
eral paint have been discovered with
in a month, less than twenty miles
northeast of Vancouver. They are
very accessible, and plenty of timber
near.
Says the Spokane Falls Rerier:
There is a better class of people COM
ing into this Territory this spring
than ever before. They have both
brains and money, and will contri-
butte largely toward building up the
country.
The Odd Fellows of Seattle will
give an excursion to Snohomish City
on the Goth of this month, for the
purpose of dedicating new Odd
Fellows Hall. There will also be
quite number present from Lacon.
ner and Mt. Vernon.
The Eastern Washington Congre.
gational Association met at ColfaS
can the 9th aud 7th inst. The meet.
ing was we'll attended by ministers
and laymen from all over the Gin
land empire" The next meeting OF
the Association will be held Sprague
in October.
The garden of A. G. Tillinghast
at Padilla, Skasit county, is said te
be the largest in the Territory. Or
Panilla bay was grown more thai
10, 900 pounds of garden seeds in
1885, most of which have been sem
East, and much of which comes bacl
here again in packages from Eastern
dealers, to customers who order from
the East.
The body OF Thomas Sullivan was
sent to Seattle from Cedar Mountain
last Monday, with brief note stat
ing that Sullivan, while drunk OF
Saturday night, had fallen into
Cedar river and been drowned, ant
that his body had been recovered OF
Sunday. Sullivan was large
feshy man, about A years of age
who had been about Cedar Noun
tain for some time.
Monday afternoon the steamer
". X. Herein went to Tacoma for ,
load Of lime. After taking on q
tons, she prepared to return to Seat
tie. While taking water the steamer
North Pacific cast off and started
down the Sound. Soon after thu
Meracin cast off and started il
pursuit. Both boats were we'll load
ed and had q strong flood tide tt
buck against. Pretty soon it became
evident that the sternwheeler wa.
gaining on her larger rival, and aftel
running two miles the MerWu passet
the North Pacific. The race ther
became exciting, and both boat.
fred up pretty lively. The Merui,
continued to widen the distance
more and more, and reached Seattle
two miles ahead of the Pacific. hav
ing made the run from dock to docl:
against strong food-tide, in two
hours and fifteen minutes.
For the psst month it has beer
rumored that crazy man has beer
roaming about through the wood,
between Seattle and l. IKE Washing
ton. Several times during tina
period be has been seen by womer
aud children, but has always pu
into the woods and disappeared a
the approach of q human being
Two or three scouting parties have
gone out in search Of the "wilt
man of the woods" but always re
turned without him, until many per
sons became very skeptical abou
there being any wild man" there
The whole question was settled OF
Sunday, when a half-starved hu
man being. scantily clothed will
strips of cloth and rags, was cap
tured at Wetmore's place, abou
four or five miles south of Seattle
The man is bereft of reason, ant
looked as though lie had not had
square meal for three months. Hi
name is August johnson. He is ,
Norwegian, and has but one eye
He was taken to Seattle and is nov
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