Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1888-05-18
WHOLE NUMBER 1855.
TERRITORIAL NEWS.
The initial number of the Okanoga

sent 10 Sitka mas been increased tC
twice month.
The prisoners in the Walia Waliu
penitentiary have commenced brick.
making in earnest.
The big transfer boat now building
at Pasco for the Northern Pacific is as
suming shape. The machinery is al
ready on the ground.
Several steamers are being fitted
out on the Sound for the Alaska seal
fisheries, with the idea that they will
not be molested by the U. S. cruisers
this season.
A lighthouse tower is to be built on
Destruction island, together with two
dwellings for the keepers, a fog-signal
house, two oil houses, water basin and
fire cisterns.
A drunken row among the Spokane
Indians resulted in the fatal stabbing
of IA brave known rs John Williams
by another called John Andy. The
murderer escaped.
The lumber mill building at Cos
mopolis, on Gray's harbor, will have q
capacity OF 100000 feet per day. The
mill will be fully equipped with all
modern machinery.
The gas we'll at Cle-elum has
reached the depth of $50 feet. The
drill will be kept in motion until
something is struck, or until the hole
has attained depth of 1000 feet.
The Winlock Pilot reports on the
authority of man who has returned
from trip to the Cascade mountains
that in the middle of April there was
less snow in the mountains than lay
there last year in July.
The Puyallup Fruit Growers Asso-
citation will erect a cannery with a
capital stock OF $4,000. Such enter
prises are in great demand in our
Territory to reduce the enormous inn.
portations of canned fruits from Cali
fornia.
Two masked robbers followed
J James Humes while ON his way home,
at Seattle, one night last week and
ordered him to halt. He was in too
muc h of a hurry to get home, how
ever, and did not comply with their
demand.
Pasco is nearly due south from the
Okanogan river, one hundred and
eighty miles by good wagon road
that has been travelled for thirty years.
The Headlight claims that Pasco is
the most practicable route to the
Salmon river mines.
Fred Schiliman, aged 20, recently
from the East. dropped dead on the
streets in Seattle, the other day, VIII lie
talking with companions The YER
dict OF the coroner was heart disease
The body was shipped to his paren IS
at Mt. Clemens, Michigan.
Yakima Signal: In 1S49 everybody
wanted to 60 to California; in 1853
the discovery Of gold at Pixies Peak
flooded the west with adventurers; in
1869, Virginia City; in 1879, Lead
vile; while 1889 will eclipse the
record by discoveries all over the West.
Mr.. E. F. Kent, of Ellensburg, has
taken the contract to paint all the
bridges on the Cascade Division Of
Northern Pacific railroad from Pasco
to Tacoma. He has some eight OF
ten persons employed on the work.
There are between twenty and twenty.
five bridges on the line.
Mr.. Cakes writes to the Presiden
OF the Pasco Board of Trade saying
that in his opinion as soon as the
Columbia river bridge is completed
Pasco will be the end of the Idaho
and Cascade Divisions. The townsite
lots will be put upon the market
shortly by the land company.
Ellensburg New Era: Nelson Ben
nett presented the three hundred tun-
mel workmen with a box of cigars
each and turkey dinner. All the
men who had worked continuously
for three months were presented with
new suit of clothes and a pass to
any point on the Northern Pacific
railroad.
Reports from Port Townsend OF the
catch OF the sealing fleet are as follows
Schooner alexander Mclean heads the
list, the catch being 1857; next comes
the schooner Mollie Adams, 500; the
Penelope, 435: the Pathfinder, $40;
the Sapphire, 250; the Annie, $50; the
Farorite, 40; the Kate, IS; the Black
Diamond, A.; the Theresa, 40.
Andrew Baker. a former resident of
Pomeroy, Was drowned in the Palouse
river near Hooper, . few days ago. In
with S. :. Over he was cross
ing the river in sinai boat, and get
ting into rough water was swamped.
Mr.. Dyer managed to reach the shore,
but Baker went down. His body was
recovered. Deceased was veteran of
the Mexican war.
Walla Walla Journal: Mrs. Fred
Zorn filed complaint against her
husband in justice court, charging
him with being a habitual drunkard.
When the hour for trial came, the wife
withdrew the charges, saying that her
husband on his way home, fell from
the wagon while drunk and was now
at home in bed, all broke up. The