Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1886-05-14
Territorial Items.


Fourteen precincts in Pierce
county have arranged to vote on the
prohibition question next month.
The Standard Oil Co. have &C.
cured site for an oil warehouse at
Tacoma. The oil will bs shipped in
the oil tanks used in Transporting
the article in tho East.
Collector Beecher 10 q practical
temperance man. He recently
issued orders to his subordinatss
that any one found drinking while
on duty will be discharged.
There are in tho Territory tho
the following number Of churches
by denominations: Protestant Epis.
copai. lG; Methodist Episcopal,
SO; Congregational, 45; Prssby.
.orian, SO; Roman Catholic. 80, and
Baptist, 80.
Virgil Lewis, son Of cx.Sheri1f
Lewis, was killed by being thrown
from horse near North Yakima, last
Sunday. He was about q years old.
His Oldest sister and her child were
drowned in the Yakima . few years
ago, near where he was killed.
The Seattle Gaslight Co. has
made further reduction of Is per
cent. in the price Of gas, thus max
ing it cost consumers an average Of
$2 per thousand. This is cheaper
than gas is furnished at any other
city on the Pacific Coast or British
Columbia.
Charles Schanno, tho Yakima
brewer. convicted Of manslaughter
in killing Adam Golds.sin, August
U. las succeeded, through tha efforts
OF his counsel. sx-Gov. George L.
Woods, in having his sentence set
aside. He 10 now under bonds to
appear before the next Grand Jury.
The tonnage Of the fifteen ships
now arrived at ports on Puget Sound
for April. 1886, to sail for foreign
ports with cargoes Of lumber, aegre.
gate ID, 710 tons, Of which Ave of
these ships Of 5.194 tons aggregate.
arrived at Tacoma and loaded lum.
her. destined for Melbourne, Sidney.
Honolulu and Boston.
Last week q German named Was-
ner. living on n ranch three miles
east Of Hillhurst, was killing . calf.
He had Knocked the animal down
and was proceeding to cut its throat
when tho calf gave kick and struck
the knife which hs held In his hand.
The knife was hurled against the
wrist OF wagner's wife, who was
standing near. severipg an artery.
Miss Narcissa White, who has
been doing sufficient Temperance
work in this Territory. and who
spoke in this city few month ago,
has met with sad loss By the burn.
lug Of her home in Psansylvsnia.
She writes that il was the home Of
her childhood. whore her father
mother and father had lived and
died, where were kept her treas
ures and tho momsn.oss Of departed
loved ones. and that oil are gone.
To bravo. though tender hearts like
hers. tho financial loss is nothing in
comparison with the ono that moth.
ing can restore--ths memories that
clustered around that lifelong homo,
thsmemcntoes nov bua ashss..--z
Patrick Mcdonald, . woodsmsu
recently employed by the Satsop
Railroad Company at Skookum BAY.
and formerly by Ben Turner. Of
Olympia, was taken to Seattle and
committed by the Probate judge of
King county for insanity last week.
Ho lisa Canadian by birth. 20 years of
age. aud muscular.looking fellow.
About week ago lac began TO show
symptoms OF insanity. He imagiaes
that people arc suspicious OF him
ana talk abou, him; that he is taken
by his noighbors as detective; that
the friends of certain young lady
were going to make him marry her.
or hang him II no did not. He
seemed to be in fear and used TO
carry his knife open in his pocket,
aud at las, tried to borrow . gun.
A BOY. fourteen years old, was
found in charge Of the boiler and
ensine.room. in a Brooklyn manu-.
featuring establishment employing
over 100 hands. by the Boiler IT,
'peetor OF that city.
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A FLOATING planning mill, 40 feet
long BY 10 feet in width, 10 being
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