Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1886-10-01
TERRITORIAL ITEMS.

Ii is rumOrtd that coal has been
found in the mountains near Spokane
Falls
There are now "a female and l46
male patients enrolled i'll the insane
hos,,ital at Fort Steilacoom, making
total OF 200.
\ new pu.totfice has been cetah
li>hed at Blanrhard's Landing which
will supply scope OF country hither-
to dependent upon Edison.
F.E. and W. L. Thompson, of Sum
ner, the other day closed Il two-yrlr
contract for 25,Uo0 pounds "f hops
each year u, IL cents per pound.
A fire at Port Townsend last Friday
morning destroyed five wooden build
ings, occupied by Chinese The loss
is about 81 ,0OO, with no insurance
A. I. Collier, the owner of st. Elma
Hotel, at Vancouver, B. c., was tarred
and feathered, on Tuesday night Of last
week. He was charged with illicit in
tercourse with a female relative Of his
wife.
The Democratic joint convention Of
Yakima and Kittitas counties on Mon
day last made the following nomin-
atoms; G. W. Goodwin for Joint Rep
resentative and H. j. Sniverly for
Prosecuting Attorney.
The name of Kannewick postoffice,
! in Yakima county. has been changed
To 1e-hr. The change WAS the result
of confusion with III. kuntirw,ck H.,
office. but no excuse Is offered Tor Tie
| appellation, which means in Chinook
laugh.
The large hop house and dry kiln OF
John Stone, at Connel1s prairie, acct
dentally caught fire from the furnace
Tuesday evening and burned about
ten tons OF hops, which We're mostly
baled The loss is about $1,000, upon
which there was only small amount!
of insurance.
Yesterday young lad about l.
years Of age, Harvey Roberts, of Mound
Prairie, was out cunning near his
home, and i'll attempting to get over a
log he fell and his gun was discharged,
the contents of which shattered his
left arm in such Il manner that his
physician thinks amputatiOn is neCes-
sarv.
About half-past o'clock on Monday
afternoon, an Italian commonly known
among the miners at Joe Movers
whose real name was Fabiano Sean:oni
jumped on one of the coal cars as the
train was coming out of the Carbon
Hill coal mines, and as the train
passed one of the chutes, the man
was crushed to atoms, and died in
stantly.
Fifteen carloads of sheep arrived
at Tacoma yesterday from Eastern
Washington and were shipped to Vie
toria. The winter season is coming
On account OF the snow in the noun
tains the sheep cannot be driven
across the mountain trail, and hence
a great many will be shipped over the
railroad to British Columbia via steam.
er from Tacoma.
The members OF the Board of Trus-
tees and Building Commissioners OF
the Hospital for the Insane. met at
their Office ut Fort Stcilacoom Wednes
day, for the purpose OF letting the
contract for six months supplies, and
the heating and plumbing The con
tract for furnishing supplies was di
vided among quite number, among
whom were Birmingham and Hogue
Gross Bros, ]. S. Baker, Chas. Reich
enbach OF Tacoma, c. B. Mann and \
II. Chambers, of Olympia, and Schwa
hacker Bros, of Seattle. The con
tract for heating and plumbing was
awarded to Pope & Co. of Chicago, fol
something over $1,000. The boarc
adjourned their regular meeting unit
they are soon called together in spec
ial session by President Tullis for the
purpose of the investigation of thu
building.