Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1888-05-11

SCh VA tAS StiiiiS VI aiSOi.
Eleven vessels are loading lumber at
Port Discovery, and will carry away
12,OO0,OOO feet. The mill is working
day and night to prepare the lumber
for them.
The schooner Ida Schuaner has
been chartered by the. Oregon I'M
provement Company and is at Sc
attic taking on 3OO,O 900 feet of lumber
for San Diego.
Enoch Willey's farmhouse and other
buildings were burned at Oakland, Ma
son county, recently, with loss of
81 500; no insurance. He has been
burned out five times before with large
losses.
Martin, the Tacoma murderer, who
escaped from Sheriff Willis upon the
eve of his execution, had a catche in
the woods outside of town, in which
considerable stolen property had been
discovered.
The ministers of Seattle held Il meet
ing recently, and divided the city up
into forty districts, each of which is to
be canvassed for the purpose of invit-
ing the residents thereof to attend di-
vine services on Sunday.
AS Willard Ncwcomb was blowing
on Upper Palouse last week he looked
up and saw Il pine tree falling, and had
barely time to stand aside and see il
mash the handles off from his pillow,
brushing himself and team with its
outer branches.
It has been decided to build a
Catholic church in Chehalis this
summer, on the site selected two or
three years ago. The work on the
church Will begin in June, and it will
be an elegant structure and an orna-
ment to the city.
VIM. Caldwell, of Tacoma, was run
over by box-car and his left leg had
to be amputated above the knee. He
is % years old and unmarried. His
parents reside ut Steubenville, and
have been telegraphed regarding their
sons mishap.
Centralia News: Ten or twelve cars
are, at this writing, being loaded at
this place with lumber ard shingles,
products of our mills. The outlook in
dicates that our dealers will not be
able to supply the demand this season,
being away behind orders now.
w. E. Boone, of Seattle, has Just
finished the plans for q residence to
be erected in Japan. The material
will be all prepared and shipped. A
great number of these houses are sent
from California every year, but this is
the first one from Washington Terri
tory.
Cowlitz River Pilot: d. L. McCra-
ken and w. L. Wall found " bee
tree" the other day and Immediately
set to work to capture IL prize. The
tree was seven-foot fir, and after
eight hours hard work they threw it
down ih"a SOFT spot and secured six
little orphan humble bees.
The Colfaxi4 Co,nnleaer ssaysx. This
kTerfitorv has,been known 81 tH name
Of Washington for nearly forty years,
and it would be foolish to change it
now. When it becomes the greatest
State in the Union, as it is bound to
ber it should also bear the. greatest
name kRown to every. American: citi-
zen.s - I.
| Robert Moran, Councilh,an Of Seat
| tie, has gone. to New York in the inter.
est of the Seattle Dry Dock and Ship
Building Company, of which he is one
of the largest shareholders. He will
return about the first of June with
plans for. the dry dock and skilled
workmen to superintend its construc-
ton.
Walla Walla Journal: A mouse
jumped out of II lady's lunch basket in
the depot at N'allula. She and her
two companions pursued it holly, but
it mysteriously and suddenly disap-
peared. That night, when the lady
came to disrobe, the cute mouse
jumped out of safe hiding-place. in
her hustle. >
The Fremont Building Company
has filed articles of incorporation at
Seattle. The incorporators are: l..
A. Griffith, of Fremont, Nebraska, and
L. H. Griffith, E. G.. Kilbourne and
Isaac Burlingame, of Seattle. The OBJ
ject is to erect n sawmill on the Denny
& Hoyt addition. on Lake Union, and
il is the intention to be cutting in
ninety days.
> The Grand: LodgeI. 90. r., in ses1
sion at Colfax. on the 9th inst, elected
the following Grand Officers: Grand
Master, o. c. White, of Dayton; Dep
uty Grand Master, I. J. Thompson, of
Tacoma; Grand Warden, George B.
Young, Of colfaxs Representative to
the Sovereign Grand Lodge, w. Il.
Dunbar Qe-electedl of Goldendale.
The next Grand Lodge. session will
be at Port Townsend.
{ Monday afternoon whiletl,e foundry
men at the peDitentiary were running
Oft heat, says the Statesman, u guam
ktityaed- molten metalEwas. spilled from
i ladle upon the limb OF convict
named Estes. The metal slipped down
the unfortunate mans leg and into
his shoe. In great agony, he ran and
jumped intoa tub Of water, where he
stood untilstIie metal was cooled: His
leg and foot were painfully burned.
The Vancouver Transportation COM
pany's new steamer Undine, promises
to take her place among the i" flyers"
on the Columbia. She made the run
from Vancouver to Portland few
days ago in IS minutes, running with
the cutoff and 100 pounds of steam.
The distance is eighteen miles and the
time has been beaten but twice, once
by the Lurline in 81 minutes and again
by the Telephone in IS minutes.-As-
toria Pioneer.
Following are the officers of the Re-
publican League of Washington Terri
tory: w. McMicken, of Olympia,
president; Paul Strobace, of Spokane,
vice-president; George Mills, of Olym-
pis, Secretary; John F. Convey, Of
Olympia, treasurer; executive COM
mittee-J. G. Hsines, Seattle; B. w.
Conner, Pierce; K. B. Milroy, Yakima
George Thompson, Walla Walla; II.
o. Dunbar. Klickitat.
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