Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1888-05-25
WHOLE NUMBER 1,256.

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tunnel workmen with a box of cigar
each and turkey dinner. All the mer
who had worked continuously for thre,
months were presented with new suit
OF clothes and i pass to any point OF
the NoItiiern Pacific railroad.
The body of man supposed to have
been, from papers found upon it,
Men'ielin Mauras, WAS hauled up from
the bay, at Yesler's dock, Seattle, by a
fisherman, one day last week. 1t will
probably never be whsthss-his
death was the result of accident, foul
play, or self destruction.
Port Discovery sawmill is running
night and day, and probably will con-
tlnue to do SO for the next sixty days
at least. There are at present ten
vessels loading at that port, and one,
the ship Ed~ard O'Brien, has Just
sailed with a cargo of 100000 feet of
lumber. Six OF the vessels in port are
iron ships.
A company of ship captains has
been organized in Seattle to improve
5O acres of mud fiat land in that CITY.
The tract will be enclosed with piles
at deep water frontage and all ballast
will be dumped in the enclosure un-
til it is filled up, when it will make
good locations for warehouses and
business houses.
Walla Walla Union: The Peniten-
tiary brickyard now has thirty con-
victs at work in it, and they are max
ing l2'OOO bricks day, which num-
ber will be greatly enlarged in a few
days. About $4,000 brick have been
made so far. Charles Berg, the over
seer, says that when he gets his hands
trained to the business the output will
be very large and ofthe first quality.
Ex-Governor Squire has returned
to Seattle, having been on an Eastern
trip since last November. He seems
to be full up to the brim with protec-
tive tariff politics. On return no was
served with papers, giving notice of a
suit commenced by Junius Rochester
for $25, 900, on account of his arrest
and imprisonment at the time the
city was under martial law, during
the anti-C Chinese riot.
Whatcom RepeiIe: Never before
did the county of Whatcom enjoy such
a steady and permanent growth. New
settlers come in crowds and make
their homes in various portions of the
country. All the houses around Bel
lingham bay are occupied and there
is demand for more. The crops prom
ise well, and the hum of industry in
the country is encouraging. Railroads
will not De far behind the demand.
The Granite Mining Company has
made arrangements to erect 1OO-ton
concentration at Davenport, one and a
half miles from the mine. A bucket
tramway one and quarter miles long
and costing $4,000 will be built from
the mine to the concentrator. The
latter will cost 100000. At the Gran
ite there are 5000 tons of ore ON the
dump, worth 100000. The company
will begin to haul ore in about three
weeks, and continue to do so until this
tramway is completed.
Last fall Ben Bendejus, Alex. Agren,
Ben Fredrickson, Leonard Brown, F.
U. Nelson, Albert johnson, Robert
Stagland and John Thomson were ar
rested at Hoquium, on Gray's harb6r,
charged with malicious destruction of
property. They were brought to Olym-
pia and indicted by the grand jury.
Each gave bonds of $500 for appear
ance at the next term of court. The
trial came off ON the 14th at Monte
sano, and the men were acquitted and
the cases dismissed on motion of the
prosecuting attorney.
The new Board of Trustees of the
Territorial University have passed a
resolution requesting the Governor to
have investigated the status of all lands
known as university Lands" granted
the Territory of Washington for uni
versity purposes, as declared in the
fourth section of the act of Congress
approved July II, 1854, amendatory Of
the act approved September ~, 1850
The Board of Trustees is composed Of
John Leary, Seattle; DR.. James s.
Wintermute, OF Tacoma; s. C. Herren
OF Winlock; J. B. Reavis, of North
Yakima, and Charles S. Whittlesey, of
Seattle.
The Seattle Post says that the defeat
OF the Blaine resolution in the Repub-
lican convention at Yakima was the
result of conspiracy, and that Judge
Turner, the president of the conyen-
ton, was the chief of the conspirators.
The Aberdeen Herald says "It looks
as though the convention fell into the
controlling hands who controlled not
wisely but too WELL There is one thing
quite apparent from the neck of the
timber, and that is if the Republican
party expects to gain victory this
year, the so-called' leaders of that
benevolent society will have to take a
back seat and men less designing in
character given the lcad.-Tacoma
Neus.