Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1888-02-24
TERRITORIAL NEWS.

Port Gamble and Tacoma mills are
working at night to fill the Port Blake
ly mill orders.
Ruby City will very likely have the
honor of securing the county seat of
the new county of Okanogan.
There are seven steamers running
each week between Seattle and Mt.
Vernon on the Skagit river, one every
day.
Work has been resumed in the coal
mines of M naimo, which for two
weeks had been suspended by the ex-
plOsion.
The Reriew claims that Spokane
Falls expended fully $500, 900 more for
buildings during the year 1887 that
Tacoma.
Sufficient money has been subscribed
in Goldendale to build an armory
for company B. The building will be
about 4Ox1OO, and sixteen feet high.
Cathcart's hotel, in Snohomish, had
a narrow escape from fire last week.
Clothing and hotel linen was damaged
to the amount of $500, covered by in
surance.
The Mason County Journal reports
that Mr.. Ellis is making arrangements
to build logging railroad at the head
of Skookum bay, to be four or five
miles long.
North Yakima proposes to introduce
water works on the Holly system, pay
ing therefore by an issue of bonds, the
interest on which would not exceed
81 900 a year.
]. T. Twamley says he is negotiat-
ing with the Tacoma petroleum compa-
ny in regard to the alleged oil well at
Elhi, and will guarantee to put down
!, 200 feet well in 80 days. Good for
Tom.
The Port Townsend Call says it is
learned that the Rev. Plumb who ap-
peared as witness in Cora Lees
trial, has been requested by his con-
gregation to resign, they being satisfied
that he and his wife perjured them
selves in giving testimony.
The wheat crop of the world for 1886
is estimated at over 2,OOO,OOO,OOO
bushels. Of this enormous yield the
United States produced nearly one
fourth. The time is not far distant
when this country will produce more
than half the wheat of the whole
world.
Seattle has met with two disasters
this week, the collapse of coal trestle,
letting into the bay q locomotive of
the Seattle, Lake Shore and Eastern
railway, and the fall of q warehouse
and wharf of Baxter & Co., with u
large quantity of grain. The teredo
is responsible.
Tom Cavanaugh is still instructing
the Territorial committee of the Re
publican party what to do in the
premises. 1t makes one sad to think
what would become of the Republican
party if Tom should conclude to 60
hence without delay; to adjourn sine
die, as it were.-Republic.
A suit has been entered in the King
county court against ex-Gov. Squire,
and General John Gibbons, of the D.
S. army, by Junius Rochester, one Of
the men imprisoned during martial
law at the time Of the Chinese excite
ment, and now the judge of the pro-
bate court of King county, claiming
large damages for several days i'm
prisOnment.
A large mahogany log came ashore
on the weather beach a short time
since, and it is thought that u good
16-foOt log could be cut out of it, says
the Oysterville paper. Such timber is
a stranger in this part of the world.
and has drifted all the way from South
America. 1t would make quite a
valuable stick of timber for some
one to pick up.
Aberdeen Herald: Last Sunday
witnessed the highest tide known at
Hoquiam or on the harbor for the last
twenty-one years, so says one of the
pioneers of Chehalis county. And it
did seem as though all Hoquiam had
to float, there being large ponds and
little lakes all over town. Water was
right up to the sills OF Hoquiam Mill
Company's stores, and five inches of
water was found in the boiler-room of
the mill.
Sheriff Ross, of Clatsop, Oregon,
who recently visited the Nasel country
in Washington Territory, tells the
Astoria Transcript of a stump which
he saw there which is twelve feet in
diameter. The man who owns it has
burned and hewed out the inside and
uses it for home. The man owns a
quarter section of land, and by scoop
ing out this stump and fitting it up in
good shape had made for himself a
comfortable house at little or no cost
besides his labor. In one instance
thirteen men found comfortable lodg.
ment in this rustic domicile.
Signal: Mr.. Guilland, of the Gull
land house, has been corresponding