Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1886-05-07
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Territory.
The Puget Sound district steam
ers number 80.
The Territory has 16 national and
II private banks
Washington Territory has SO
weekly and nine daily lie" erapers.
Col. s. W. scott has succeeded the
late Maj. A!uen as Inspector Of Po-
lice in Seattle.
The Canadian Pacific announces
that on May 10Th through passenger
,raffic will begin.
Iu the Territory there are three
persons thrt are 100 years old, ami
/ they are females.
The winner of the dancing match
at Seattle la-t Saturday evening
danced two and halt hours.
/ Eight thousand acres OF land have
been located within twelve miles of
Rttsville during the past two weeks.
The Seattle Star, i'll noting rail
road rumors, intinaies that Tacoma
] Is to be side-tracked. The Star is
silnply out of its orbit.
The dry house of the Puget Sound
Woodenware Works, near Old Ia
coma, filled with stock, was burned
on Thursday. Loss $500. No In
surance.
Seattle taxpayers rejoice to see
/
their " law and order police rugged
out in uniforms purchased with
their money i'll New York instead of
at home.
! Some fine beds OF iron ore, of ex
ceIlent quality, and two beds of
mineral paint have been discovered
within a month, less thnn twenty
miles northwest Of Vancouver.
1t is reported that the time be-
tween st. Paul and Tacoma is soon
to be lessened very much. 1t will
not be long ere person can so to
New FORK and return to Tacoma in
n little over one week.
Mayor Yesler of Seattle is said to
have opened II Chinese employment
office; ut least, he is drumming for
their laundiies, IS several citizens
have been asked by HIN to send
their washing 10 his proteSes.
Judge Turner has decided that
the Nor hern Pacific Railroad must
establish depot az the Old town of
Yakima so as to give the citizens
tn reof proper railroad facilities |,
( took him Nix months to arrive ut the
conclusion.
Puget Sound has length of 2O1
miles, surface of 2 600 square miles.
and a shore hue If !, 59I miles. 1t
Can well be called great deep in
land sea, for that IS what it is
There is not another to compare
with it in the world.
The bid of Gilchrist & Co., for
furnishing all the lumber to be used
i'll the construction Of the Territorial
Hospital for the Insane, of IS ,l76.2l,
has been accepted by the Board.
Bids for other portions of the labor
and material will be acted on next
Monday.
The election at Tacoma Tuesday,
resulted in the success of the eutire
anti-Chinese labor ticket by plural
tiles ranging from 95 to 232, the lat
ter being for Mayor. JacobC. Mann
headed the ticket for Mayor. The
other officers elected wore City At
torney, Treasurer, Street Commits
sioner, Surveyor, and two Council
men. The opposition ticket was
the regular Republican.
The workingmen who a short time
ago were hocking to Coal Harboi--
or Vancouvef-so lhickiy are begun
ming to leave. Quite number have
passed through Blaine lately, on
their return to their homes or in
search of work at other points.
They report the place oveirun with
neil looking for employment, while
very few men with money art coming
in. Board and lodging is high and
wages low. The ruling wages arc
81 IS per day, paid in discounted
paper.
Under and by virtue of an execu-
ton and order for sale, issued out of
the District Court, on mortgage in
favor of Ii. l.. Yesler and assigned
to d. Gatzert, Sheriff McGraw sold
the furniture and fixtures of the
Brunswick Hotel, Wednesday, at Sc
attic, by public outcry. Leonard
Diller became the purchaser, his bid
Icing $2.325. J. d. Lowman bough,
the Concord coach tor $75, but it is
understood that he bid il IN for Mr..
Dlller. The house will be continued
under OILERS management.
After the opium seizure made in
Seattle. Tuesday, by Major Jones,
Deputy Collector Winslow detailed
Inspector Frank Boarrnan to go to
Port Madison and seize the sloop on
which the opium was brought to that
place. He did SO. He found small
black sloop without name anchored
IN front OF Il farmers place. He i'll
quired of the farmer who the sluop
belonged 10, and was told that it
was anchored there by some men
who took lot of trunks out of it
and shipped them to Seattle on the
augusta. On this evidence, Inspec-
tor Boarman seized the craft and
had ii towed to Seattle.
Tuesday, Alb Jack, we'll known
Chinaman, in company apparently
with two China boys, boarded the
Geo. E. Sta'y at Port Ludlow, bound
for Portland. Inspector Ronald IN
scrutinizing the passengers, con-
ceived the idea that the two small
Cinnamon with All Jack were girls
instead of boys. and his suspicious
proved true. He arr, sted the trio,
and on arriving at Seattle turned
them over to the United States au.
thorlties. They will have an examin-
alton soon before United States
Commissioner Eben Smith. 1T
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