, 1888-11-29
THE TERRITORY.
A Sheriff Who Will Have to
Grind an Organ.
Centralia Declares War Against
the Town Of Chehalis.
List ofthe TerritoriaIlL Legisla-
ture-Eiect.

The town board of Centralia has issued,
but gives no reason for its action, the fol.
lowing order At o special meeting of
the board of trustees OF the town OF Cen
tralia, Washington territory, held on the
10th day of November 1883, 1t was ordered
that the marshal use all due diligence to
keep any and all persons who may come
from the town of Chehalis, Washington
territory, from entering or remaining
within the limits of said town of Centra.
lia, Washington territory, for fifteen days
from the date of said meeting.
1t is almost settled proposition that
Chewelah will have a newspaper. This
will be valuable acquisition to the pro.
gressiye business enterprises of the city.
Articles have been filed Incorporating
the Cascade Fire and Marine Insurance
company of Seattle. The capital stock is
500, 900, divided into 1000 shares of 800
each. The incorporators are MIR. Angus
Mcintosh president of the Merchants Ma
tional Bank; MIR. j. A. Gould, capitalist;
MIR. w. l.. Gazzam Of G.. h. Miller 4 Co.,
bankers; Mr.. w. r.. Ballard manager of
the West Coast Improvement Co.. Abram
National Bank, and MrF. II. WhiJworth,
civil engineer. The officers are: Presi.
dent. Angus Mcintosh; yice-president.
w. X. Ballard; secretary j.. A. Gould;
treasurer, w. l.. Gazzam. These gentle
men, with Gen. g. w. Tibbets of Gilman,
will constitute the board of trustees. The
principal stockholders in Seattle include
the leading capitalists and the enterprise
could scarcely have more solid founda-
tion.
Last week number of citizens of
Pennington formed a company, which
will be known as the Townsite Company
of the Cowlitz. Their object will be to
clear the shrubbery and prepare the ground
in general. ready tor city on the head
waters of the Cowlitz river, some Fifty
miles below Portland, where Two railroads
have surveyed their crossing. The land is
now owned by one of Farmington's citi
zens, and surveyor will be immediately
sent to that place to commence work.
1t will be remembered that Sheriff
Cocnrape of Seattle, early in the presi.
Dental campaign, agreed with General
G. w. Tibbetts of Gilman, in case Harri-
son was elected, to grind a hand organ for
two hours in front of the Merchants Ma
tional bank in Seattle. Tibbetts agreed to
do the same in case Cleveland was elected.
A collection was to be taken up. which
should be equally divided between the
Children's Home of Seattle an1 the
Women's Relic. Corps of the G. A. II.
General Tibbetts has made arrangements
with the sheriff by which the terms of the
bet will be complied with this afternoon
between and o'clock in front of the
Merchants National bank.
A man named Hawkins. who pretended
to be u gambler, walked into the back
room of the Central saloon at Pennington.
where George Bentley was counting the
banks money, as he had closed for the
night, and drawing six.shooter, de-
manded one hundred and six dollars which
he said belonged to him. Having what is
called "sinch" on the dealer. he was al.
lowed to help himself TO the stack of TWEEN.
j ties which he hurriedly placed in his
pocket and ran out of the door.
Ferguson X johnson commenced carry
ing the mail between Murray and Thomp-
son Falls yesterday. The contract was
signed and the requisite amount of bonds
given last THURSDAY. They will carry
express and passengers, and travellers from
the east can now come direct TO Murray
and reach the South Fork mines or any
other part of the Ceur d'Alene without
losing from one to two days time
Tacoma papers seem to be fond of speak
ing Of that city as the City Of Destiny"
The Port Townsend Argus asks: Pray
tell us. destined to whatp Sodom and
Gomorrah were cities of destiny"
s. j. Finch, representing the Davis &
Rankin creamery supply house of Chicago,
is in Sprague for the. purpose OF organic
ing creamery company.
A new paper, the Tacoma Republican,
will be issued at the City of Destiny about
December lat. 1t will absorb the Weekly
World and the Morning Globe. The new
paper will be owned by stock company,
having $4,000 capital, and j. M. Bit.
tenger will be the managing editor.
Following ia complete list OF the new
! territorial Legislatures:
Council: First district, James M. Dewar;
Second. ID. T. Welch; Third, L. s. Smith;
Fourth, E. B. Hyde; Fifth. j. M. Snow;
Sixth, Chas. Brown; Seventh, G.. r. For.
syth; Eighth, Jno. F. Soule; Ninth, W. j.
Thompson; Tenth, Jno. X. Kinnear; Elev.
entb, Jno, b. Ault; Twelfth, Allen Weir.
All republicans.
House: First district. w. II. UPTON
and =. l.. Powell, republican; Second, A.
n. Weatherford, democrat; Third. w. s.
Oliphant, republican,; Fourth, ]. s. Fem,
republican, and j. V. O'Deil, democrat;
Fifth, Charles E. LauRhton, republican
Sixth, democrat; Eighth, L.
n. Power, republican; Ninth, G. s.
Reinhart, republican; Tenth. L. b.
Clough, republican; Eleventh, G. H.
Stevenson, democratic; Twelfth. Thomas
Irving, republican; Fifteenth, J. q. Tay-
lor and Ira A. Town, republican; Six
teenth, ]. T. Blackburn, J. a. Jones and
w. v. Rinehart, republican; Seventeenth,
j. ]. Edens, republican; Eighteenth. j.
Il. Tucker, republican; Nineteenth, Will
lam Payne. democrat.