Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1886-02-12

n. II. OteVenS, reSlulnS near
Olequa, Cowlitz county. has discover
ed and opened a coal-vein on his
homestead, and sold -fourths
interest to the Oswego Coal and Iron
company for $25, 900. Mr.. A. En-
yard, of the same place, has also
found vein about thirty feet thick.
There is considerable excitement over
these discoveries, and the country
swarms with prospectors, looking fol
coal mines.
Whatcom Rerielle: One OF the
largest trees ever put into the water
by Skagit logging camp was one
that was cnt at Jackson's, a few miles
above Mt. Vernon, last week. The
tree contained three 24-foot logs,
which scaled as follows: But, 7 7,512
feet; second, 5,732 feet, and top,
1926 feet-a total of 20,070 feet Of
lumber in the tree. The diameter
at the small end was IS, II and Ga
inches respectively.
Harry Bohle, of Black Diamond,
while out guning last Friday, let his
gun slip from his hands. 1t fell
down an incline q distance of about
five feet. He jumped after it, and
as he did so, the gun was discharged,
the shot entering the palm of his
left hand and passing along the arm
to the elbow. The arm is badly
shattered.
Miss Fannie Evans, daughter Of
Hon. Elwood Evans. died at hel
home in Tacoma, Monday morning
from typhoid fever. Internal hem.
orrhage set about 8 o'clock the pre-
vious evening, and death occurred {
few hours later. This is the second
affiiction of the kind which mas
visited this family within a few
months. The severely bereaved
family will have the sympatl,ies o.
the entire community.
The Colfax Gazette says that Mr..
c. H. Warner, who has lately been
appointed land officer at Colfax, is {
candidate for Delegate to Congress
Many Of the "boys" it will be found
however, object to doubs" in thu
political game. They can stant
"plumping from base" and an oc
casional fudge" but when it comes
to raking in the whole pot" for
bearance will cease to be virtue
and they will shout Hold!' with u
big Fl.
A romantic story comes from
Clallam county, of susceptible
swain who advertised in an Eastern
paper for partner for his joys ant
sorrows. The advertisement wa.
answered by matrimonially inclin
ed lady who came west to yank thil
not unwilling victim from the ranks
of bachelordom-and rumor has il
that as soon as she has perfected
title to tract of land on her owl
account the twain will be made one
Could anything be more-more-
well, soulful, as it were?
Says the Tacoma Ne,cs, Last weel
MIR. Isaak Pincus bought on The
wharf, in Seattle, 119 bales of hops
at price probably lower than tha,
product was ever before sold in tht
northwest. They were 1884 hops
and were purchased at 81. so per bale
or about three.quarters Of o cent 9
pound. They were not q mean quail
ity for that years hops, but the
market being SO sluggish and the
owner being compelled to pay storage
on the wharf or dispose Of them for
what they would bring, chose to dc
the latter. Lucky is the man who
has no hops this year.
Owing to the extremely low price
of coal in San Francisco, and the diff
ferences between the coal miners
and mine owners, which apparently
cannot be adjusted, orders were
received, last Saturday, by Mr..
Miner to shut the Newcastle or
Coal Creek mines down indefinitely.
This is a very unpleasant piece ol
news to record, but nothing more
than could be expected by those who
have kept posted as 10 the condition
Of affairs at Newcastle. The closing
down of these mines will throw hun
dreds of men out of employment in
the county, and tend to make times
harder and money scarcer.
The Commissioner of the Genera
Land Office has been directed by the
Secretary of the Interior to issue pat
ents to 1877 Puyallup Indians fo1
lands allotted to them in Washing
ton Territory, near the town of Ia
coma, in accordance with the direc
ton of the President, Of October 23d
1884. This order was held up some
timo ago on account of the petition
of citizens OF Tacoma, who represent
ed that the proximity of the Indianl
would injure the town. The Indianl
have occupied the lands for the pas
thirty years. and aR thew wera nm