Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1886-07-23
TERRITORIAL ITEMS.


er Zephyr, has been suffering with Il
fever for several days past.
Mrs. Kleinsmith, the wife of a res
taurant keeper at Tacoma, eloped
Tuesday, with colored cook.
An extensive forest fire. has been
raging in the woods near Port Discov-
cry the past few days, and the people
have been engaged in fighting it back.
"A special from Spokane Falls says
Intense excitement has prevailed here
all day over the rumor that the Calls
pei Indians has threatened to massa-
ere the settlers.
The man who was arrested in Walla
Walla as the Albany murderer, Saun-
ders, has proved to be someone else al
though the likeness was remarkable.
He has been released.
Enumclaw postofiice is on the line
OF the Cascade branch of the North
ern Pacific, about four miles east of
Porter's Prairie, and is named after
Enumclaw mountain near by.
Mr.. Fred Meeker, of Puyallup, who
has studied the beet sugar industry at
Alvarado, Cal, will before long estab-
lish in Tacoma an Office for the analy-
sis of beets. The work will be done
free of charge.
Miss Nettie Horn, a young lady
about IL years of age, was sunstruck
about week ago, while working in a
bayfield,, about two miles from La
Center. For several days her life was
in great danger.
A species of worm, supposed to be
the army worm, have appeared in large
numbers in Columbia county, near
Dayton. They vary from one-half to
an inch in length, and somwhat re-
semble a caterpillar.
The crops in the Yakima valley
look exceedingly fine so far this year
The grain crops on the middle Ahtan.
UNI, a tributary of the Yakima, are
superior to any the visitor saw in trav.
ersing half dozen States.
The POst-Intelligencer says that pri.
vate advices from Germany, received
there this week, state that the hon
crop in that country has been stricken
with disease, and that not more than
half the crop will be harvested.
The Walla Walla Union says: ct
is reported that c. H. Warner will ten.
der his resignation of the office OF
Register at the Walla Walla Land Of.
fee as soon as the brethren can agree
on n successor. Mr.. Warner wants tc
return to Colfax."
Seattle Times: The hop acreage OF
Western Washington by counties is
given as follows, on reliable compil
atoms: Pierce county, 1886 acres
King, S29; Skagit, 81; Snohomish, Is
Chehalis, 10; Jefferson, 7; San Juan
4; Thurston II; unknown, 4. Tota,
1878 acres.
s. Coulter & Sons, the wholesale
butchers doing business in all the
principal cities of the Sound, have
sold out to ]. G. Boyd, of Seattle, and
c. c. COlman, an extensive sheep rails.
err of Eastern Washington. S. Coulter
will devote his entire attention to the
development Of his coal properties
near SeatcO.
The recent hot weather has been
melting the snow ON Mount Rainier,
and as it melts, dirt and debris are car
ried down into the streams which have
their sources in the great glaciers on
its giant sides. The Puyallup river is
bringing down at present large guam
titles of the debris and to-day the en-
tire bay is discolored with it.
Vancouver, B. c., narrowly escaped
second destruction from fire, last
Friday. A fierce gale of wind sprang
up which whirled flying cinders al
over the town, and for several hours
the citizens labored with almost super.
human exertipns to keep the fire from
obtaining hold upon the combusta,
BILE material on every hand. They
were successful, but there was consid
cradle damage of goods from hasty re.
mOval.
| On his farm Immediately north OIL