Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1886-06-18
WHOLE NUMBER 1881.
Territorial Items.


J. E. Booth will soon launch q
newspaper at Salmon City.
James McNaught of Seattle has
teams at work in the Palouse county
breaking 5000 acres Of land for
him.
The total membership of oil the K.
Of P. lodges in Washington Terri
tory is now estimated at 1000, an
increase of $40 since the annual re-
port for the year ending December
81, 1885.
The foundation for the new Insane
Hospital ct Stsilscoom 10 about half
aid. Work has progressed slowly,
so far, on account Of the contractor
being disappointed about getting
brick to carry on the work.
Captain h. F. Bsecher. accom-.
panied BY bis attorney, G. M. Brad.
shaw, left for Washington Thursday
morning VI last week in response to
subpoena from the Senate com.
mit,ee to whom Captain Beechers
nomination as Collector OF Customs
for the Puget Sound District has
been referred.
Last week Abbott Lewis, o. H.
Knnball and Edward Pruyn located
1T the U. s. Land Office at North
Yakima, q 40-scre Sioux half.breed
scrip on ths townsite of Kimball.
situate in the Okanagan country,
at the foot Of Badger mountain.
The proprietors claim that it 10 bound
to be the county seat Of Douglas
county in the near future. Msssrs.
Lewis, Kimball & Psuyn also con.
troll GAO acres Immediately surround
ing K,mball.
A car containing four head Of Hol.
stein cattle from the Lakeside stock
iurm, near Syracus. New York, n.
rived at Seattle last week. Two Of
these animals were previously pur-
chased by Governor Squire, one by
Z. D. Smith, Of Lowell. aud one by
gentleman of Laconner. The
Governor secured two year old
oull aud q two year old better,
which will be sent to his dairy farm
hn day or SO. The other animals
were ysarling bulls, and both fine
auImsls.
On the Little Skookum railroad
four miles are nov in operation, and
before the summer 10 over two miles
moro will be in use. The 100 men
advertised for are wanted to do slash.
lng. grading. etc., and without
doubt ths road will bs extended to
Gray's Hxrbor within two years.
Logging camps along the line Of the
,oad are rushing, and turning out
Thousands Of feet daily. All men
engaged on the road are getting
good wsgss-not one being paid
below q.
Yakima Signal; There was Q
shooting fraeas up At the tunnel.
the other day. in which Nelson Ben.
nett participated, but in what oapae.
i,y il 10 difficult to say - the reports
somewhat at variance. One rumor
has II that Bennett discharged .
Swsde and over . difference Of opin.
ion about settlement Of wages the
Swsds drew his gun sad fred, which
lire was returned BY Bennett and his
brother. the major. until nine oar.
ridges had been exploded and no
one hurt. The other rumor has L
that Bennett discharged the Swsds
who continusd 10 hang about the
work until plainly told to make him.
self scarce. Hs then jousnsysd
down the road and hid behind Q
stump until Bennett came along
when hs fred. The result. o. our
informant states was that The bullet
vent far Of the objective point and
sbs unlueky mssksoan was kicked
hallway across the country.
% the Let Of July quite change
will take pIsos in stsa@boal aGaiss
On the lower Sound. The Oregon
Railway 3 Navigation Csmpasy win
plscs . steamer on the Whateom
route. to carry the mail between
Seattle and whatcom. The Wash.
ing,ou Steamboat Company on that
day will withdraw tho RasAingtom
f'om hat route. substituting the v.
x. Merrin in her place. The Oregon
Railway 4 Navigation Company will
cease TO carry ths msils on The route
between Tacoma and Port Town.
ssLd, tina, service being performed
by the steamers Edith and WASHING.
ton, At yearly contract Of ~. 800.
The Washington 10 10 fast - he
North Pacvic. snd the EdlA viii b
fully a. fast as the 0eorss y. Starr,
or faster. She averaged ON her trip
from San Francisco TO Puget SQUAD
eleven miiss an hour. and burned
less than twenty tons Of coal In 10.
ing 100 miles. She has been htied