Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1888-03-02

TERRITORIAL NEWS.
Garfield is to have $4,000 hotel.

Garfield is to have $1,000 hotel.
Goldendale has organized build
ing association to put up public
hall.
A carload of hops was shipped to
Milwaukee from North Yakima last
week.
During the last two years the pop
ulation of this Territory has increased
at the rate of nearly 10000, or nearly
13 per cent. per annum.
Leonard B. Cornell, OF New York,
has been nominated by the President
to be Receiver of the Public Moneys at
Spokane Falls, to take the place
vacated by Barney, the dishonest.
The Puyallup, the Snohomish and
the Nisqually Indian agencies have
been consolidated by the President
and the salary of the Agent fixed at
81 600. Agent Eells is reappointed.
The Port Townsend Call says:
The opinion of Collect or Brooks that
the duty on opium should be reduced
in order to prevent smuggling is meet
ing with good deal OF approval in
Washington.
The Port Angeles Commonwealth
publishes an official notice to several
hundred subscribers to the stock of
the colony that they are in arrears,
and must pay up before they can re-
ceive their certificates.
The piling of the Seattle tide flats
has aroused considerable litigation.
The Seattle Improvement company
has obtained temporary injunction
against several persons who have en-
gagged in this business.
Commerce says: Mr.. A. c. Campbell
this week was offered and refused the
sum of $4,000 for his Puyallup hop
farm of 1873 acres, of which SO acres
are in hops, with good buildings, and
is holding it for $4,000.
Mrs. Molloy is expected to arrive
at Port Townsend about the Sth of
next month from Missouri, to make
it her home. After all her persecu-
ton in that State she will doubtless be
glad to get away from it.
The Seattle Press is very anxious
that Hon. J. B. Metcalfe, our newly
appointed Attorney General, allow
the name to be used by the Demo
Gratis as candidate for Delegate to
Congress in the approaching contest.
The highest price ever paid for real
estate in Seattle was reached last
Monday, when Golstein & Co. paid
1888 80 per front foot lot, lot on
Front and Columbia streets. An
elegant four-story brick will be erect
ed Immediately.
Will d. Jenkins has sold the What
com RereiHe to T. G. Nicklin, and has
gone into other business, probably fine
stock and real estate. We also CLEAN
from special telegram to the Post
Inteliigencer, that w. M. Leach is
about to purchase the Democrat.
A letter to the Vancouver Indepen-
dent says that the County Commits
sioners, in session ut Kalama, find the
loss to the county by the robbery Of
Treasurer Martin to be $2,484 IS, of
which $1,677 58 was school money.
Mr.. Martins resignation will take
place March 30th unless he can put
up new bonds. The old bondsmen
have been requested to make good
the deficiency. 1t is probable that
Mr.. Van Name will succeed Mr..
Martin as Treasurer. Mr.. Abernethy
has resigned as School Superinten-
dent, and w. A. Berry has been appoint
ed to fill the vacancy from March 5th.
A gentleman who claimed to be
we'll informed, has made the following
statement to a reporter of the Seattle
Post-Intelligencer: The number OF
Cinnamon in the Territory up to the
1st of February was 2,795. Increase
during the past two years, l,548.
also claim to have positive informa-
ton that 1,227 came over the line
from British Columbia" He says
that his means of knowing this wal
that every Chinaman that cross et
the line was numbered, and upon his
reaching the American side in safety
that is, by evading the ofiicers-ar
agreed price was paid. Last year
only fifty were captured.
The purchase was consummated las
week, at Spokane Falls, of the Haver
male water-power, the purchaser be
ing E. J. Brickell, the President o
the Spokane Mill Company, owning
the adjoining water-power, and tn
consideration being $4,000. 1t il
understood the power has been pur
chased with the idea of improving ant
leasing it. The sale practically real
, ICES the unification of the chief water
power of the river, and places unde
one ownership the whole of the powe
lying between Howard street ON tn
east and Post street on the west. l
comprises a power sufficiently exten
1 sive to drive all the mills now operat
ed in Washington and Oregon.
The divers at Seattle are having
busy time fishing railroad iron and en-
gines from the bay. A short time sg
! the piles in the wharf, weakened b