Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1888-08-10
TER RITORIAL NEWS.

city.
The iron works of 1rondale will re-
sumo operations next month with 200
employees.
The population of Douglas county
last year was S43; this year it is more
than 1000.
The Oregon and Washington Ter
ritory railroad is graded almost to
Walla Walla.
A fishing schooner, with crew OF
sixty men, is now on its way from
Newfoundland to Puget Sound, to
engage in fishing.
--qhe-IHsaima S;ymrf- has sbeem-eela
to the Woman's Christian Temper
ance Union and the Rev. Van Tyne, OF
Seattle, is to be the editor.
1t is expected that over 10000 bales
Of hops will be harvested in the Ter
ritory this year, an increase of 10000
over the crop of last year.
Considerable counterfeit money OF
a very spurious kind is in circulation
about Seattle. The principal denom-
nations are quarters and dollars.
Preliminary surveys have been
made across WILDLY Island for the
purpose of building ship canal forty
five feet wide and nine miles long.
The Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern
railroad will be in operation from
Spokane Falls GO miles across the
Big Bend country before the snow
flies.
A Massachusetts, gentleman has
offered Whitman college $1,000 to
found free scholarship. This makes
nine scholarships subscribed this sum-
mer for this college.
The Satsop railroad puts out about
a million feet of logs each week in
good working weather. The Puget
Sound and Gray's Harbor road puts
out about 100000 feet.
Nelson Bennett has offered his entire
plant, consisting of all kinds of ma
chinery, tools, locomotives, ETC.. for
railroad building, for 100000. The
truck is all at Tacoma.
A black bear paid o. NJ. Annis' or
chard a visit the other night, and had
a fine time gathering fruit. Even the
bears are catching on" to the fact
that this is fruit growing country
Puydltup Commerce.
Prospectors are now securing the
Cascade mountains to search for
mineral wealth. 1t is believed that
these lofty peaks contain extensive de-
posits Of gold and silver. 1t lis known
that they abound in iron ore.
Various new veins OF coal have been
found in Whatcom county during the
past two weeks but have not been suf-
ficiently tested to show their value.
Many prospecting parties are now out
looking for coal in the foothills of
Mount Baker.
On Tuesday of last week, Mrs i.
Burgess, living near Walla Walla, was
bitten on the finger by fly. She was
taken to town the following Thursday
for medical aid, as the finger had
mortified, causing dreadful suffering.
She lost her finger.
Lumbermen from Michigan and the
East are rapidly taking what claims
they can find around Whatcom lake
and on the upper Nooksack river. In
this region there are half u dozen
townships that will average not less
than $50, ,OOO, 900 feet each.
Mr.. Thomas Donovan, OF White
river, sold 800 bales of his 1888 hop
crop to Isaac Pincus, of Tacoma, for
l24 cents per pound, the highest figure
yet reached this year. Mr.. Samuel
Livesley, of Seattle also bought four
teen tons at II cents per pound.
A reduction of about 10 per cent. is
being made in the wages of woods
men, on the Snohomish, on account OF
drop in the price of logs, for which
the mills offer Sc to $3.50 at their own
scale. The price of lumber still re.
mains at the top notch, however,
Snohomish Eye.
Spokane Reriew: Frank NJ. Gray,
q prominent Republican of Lincoln
county, and the Republican editor OF
the Times, has been in Spokane the
past few days accompanied by his
wife. Mr.. Gray donned a Harrison
hat yesterday. His wife Immediately
procured Cleveland and Thurman
badge.
Bridge Inspector Hayes, says he
expects to build the long-talked OF
and wished for bridge over the Mis-
qually river this season, at q point
one and one-half miles west of Yelm,
which will be great convenience to
the people of both Thurston and
Pierce counties. 1t will be built by
the two counties.
The Ellensburg Capital says efforts
to secure the removal of the capital
by legislative enactment will fail, and
legislators who attempt. to bring
around such . result will meet the
condemnation of their constituents.
The people of Washington are de-
termined to be heard on the question
at the proper time.
James NJ. Lawson, from Alabama,
o Southern Pacific Railroad civil
engineer, was killed at Carbon Hill
coal mines few days ago. He was
passing blast in the rocks rot know
ing of his peril. Friends cried to him
to beware. He crept beneath the
rocks near the blast, which an in.