Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1888-11-30
TERRITORIAL NEWS.


Winlock people want that town in
corporated.
Many new buildings are being
erected in Chehalis.
Two Of the ten smallpox patients at
the Tacoma pest-house have been dis
charged. and one, Frank Sands, died
Monday.
Concorully, by vote Of the people
of Okanogan county, has been desig-
mated the county seat. Ruby City
was the other aspirant.
Mrs. VIM. Champ died at her home
near Winlock Saturday morning last,
after short illness. Mrs. Champ was
one of the pioneers of Lewis county.
The sale Of $4,000 bushels of wheat
to the Northern Pacific Elevator Co.,
at u cents per bushel, is reported at
Walla Walla on the Oath Inst.
The trial Of John Thompson for the
killing of Chas. Lang about year ago
ON the Willapa, is ended and his SEN
tence fixed at IL years in the peniten-
tiary.
Several wooden buildings were torn
down at Seattle last Tuesday, by order
of the city authorities, which had been
erected in defiance .f the lately en-
acted fire-limit ordinance.
The Okanogan Outlook is authority
for the statement that q company has
been organized with 81 ,OOO, 600 of cap
ital TO prospect and promote the de-
velopment of certain claims in Okan-
ogan county.
Thoe. Wallace, alias William Martin,
who committed u number of burglaries
ut Tacoma and Seattle, has been APP
pretended for a like crime in Portland,
and sentenced to four years in the
penitentiary.
1t is said that Mr.. Allen, the newly
elected Delegate, receives weekly an
enormous mail, chiefly Of letters from
applicants for Office under the new Ad-
ministration. Verify the soreheads
win be many, and the disappointment
heart-rending.
Mr.. John B. Baird, the new Register
for the United States land office for
this district, arrived at Seattle Sunday
and registered at the Occidental. Mr..
Baird halls from Georgia, where he
was born 80 years ago, in Columbus.
He is by occupation an attorney-at-
law and civil engineer. Mrs. Baird
and family are at present visiting her
mother in Alaska, but will follow Mr..
B. to their new home in a few weeks.
There will be contest in Lewis
county over the election. The county
was divided into three commissioners
districts by the Legislature in 1880,
but the law is quite ambiguous as to
whether its intent is that the commits
sioner of each district is only to reside
therein or is to be elected by the votes
of the district instead of the entire
county. In the third district Stopper,
Democrat received twelve more votes
than Sweany Republican, while the
latter received large majority from
the county. Stopper demands GER
ti6cate of election from the Auditor,
while the Board of Commissioners re-
turned Sweany rs elected. The case
will probably be carried to the courts
for settlement.
A special to the Tacoma Ledger
gives the following gratifying evidence
of thrift at Shelton: Business brisk
here, and progress is visible on every
side. Shorter & Reeds hotel is fin
ished and running in full blast. G.
w. Freeberger's new store building
will be ready for occupation next week.
There are twelve residence buildings
now in process of erection, besides
which David Shelton has arranged to
built five good-sized tenement houses.
There is talk Of organizing an Odd
Fellows lodge. The Methodist Episco-
pal church is soon to have steeple
and bell. Another saloon has been
opened here, making six in all.
Lewis Munson opens . furniture store
in the town hall next week, and Dun
bars drug store will open this week.