Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1886-07-09
Territorial Items.

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Peter Lacque and Miss Bertha
Iverson of Stanwood were married
on the 24th ult.
Supt. G. S. Powell states that
Ellensburg will be made the end OF
the division of the Northern Pacific
and that small shops will be put
up at tnat pUint.
Last Monday, Probate Judge
Wickersham united in marriage at
his office, in Tacoma, Fred Girloch
of Puyallup to Miss Augusta
Weameis of Galena, Illinois.
Francis E. Willard says: The Pu-
get Sound region is the wonder of
this Republic for natural beauty,
climate, harbor, force of character
in the inhabitants, and advance in
civilization.
Day Brothers, of Skagit, sold a
large boom of logs to the Port Blake
ly Mill Company at Sc per thousand,
and engaged the next boom at o
higher figure. This would indicate
that the logging business is looking
up on the Sound,
Claims against the United States
Government for payment of dam
ages to the Chinese who were driven
out of Tacoma, Squak and Newcas-
tie have been prepared and will soon
be forwarded to Washington. They
will aggregate over 100000.
North Yakima is in sackcloth and
ashes because it was carried by the
Prohibitionists. 1t is feared this &C.
ton of the voters will forever ruin
its prospects of becoming a State
capital. The saloon men have de-
termined to contest the election.
1t is reported that telegram had
been sent to San Francisco by
Messrs. Hale, Smith, Burns & Co.,
for 5000 men to work upon both
ends of the track at the eastern and
western portal of the Cascade tun-
mel, and it is understood that the
telegram was answered and the men
promised.
The Rereille says that the money
sent out of Whatcom county for to-
bacco last year amounted to $16,-
600, which leads it to remark that if
we must destroy our minds and
bodies by using the weed, let US es-
tablish a tobacco factory here and
prepare our own dog-leg. Tobacco
does we'll in our soil.
Hill Harmon has received the con-
tract from the United States Govern
ment for the carrying of the daily
mail from Lake View station to Steil-
accom-, and he began last week upon
his new duties. The contract is for
four years. During the past six
years the mail on the route has been
| carried by Mason Guess.
Work seems to be progressing on
the Little Skookum railroad. Four
miles of the road are in operation,
and before the summer is over two
miles more will be in use, and with.
out doubt the road will be extended
to Gray's Harbor within two years.
Logging camps along the line of the
road are rushing, and turning out
thousands Of feet daily.
Vancouver Independent: On Tues.
day a lone sheep walked several
miles into the city, on the Main
street road, went straight down to
the river and, after moments hesi-
tatioD, plunged off the dock into the
water. When last seen it was SWIM
ming as it foated off with the cur
rent. Here is food for a story, or
a discussion on suicide among the
lower animals.
Mr.. Wheatley of the Bellingham
sawmill states they will begin opera
tions on the 1st of July with forty
men; the condenser is being repaired
and we'll is being dug for water;
the logs will be procured at Samish;
common laborers will be paid 81 per
day and board at the Bellingham
hotel; skilled labor, more in accord
ance. MIR. J. F. Macdonald, q we'll
known mill man, of Seattle, will be
foreman. This sounds like busi-
ness.
! Early one morning last week at
the family of John Gonna were
sleeping at their residence upon
their ranch across the bay at Ia
coma, a large tree fell across the top
of the house completely demolishing
the building and iniuring some of
the inmates. Mrs. Gonna had one
of her shoulders dislocated and one
of her children had its nose broken
by the falling limbs. Gonna was
away at the time and knew nothing
of the accident till late in the week.
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