Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1888-12-21
WHOLE NUMBER 1.285.
TERRITORIAL NEWS.
The Indian name Wallula signifies
MANY winds. or shifting winds

many winds, or shifting winds.
Messrs. Dellinger & Mills are build
ing a new shingle mill at Whatcom.
| Walla Walla has a man 103 years o
age. The climate and soil are yer,
productive over there.
]. j. Browne is the heaviest individ
ual taxpayer in Spokane Falls. His
assessed valuation is $103,9SO.
There is much sickness in the Bi,
Bend country, caused by the frs
turning OF the soil by the plow.
Charles Francis Adams, of the
Union Pacific, has purchased large
tract of land adjoining Spokane Falls.
The Postmaster General has ordered
the establishment of free delivery at
Spokane Falls, w. T., and Walls
Walla w. T.,
A Spokane citizen says the meanesl
thing man can do is to break out oI
a new boiler-plate Jail which cost the
taxpayers $4,000.
According to the Port Townsend
Argus, U. S. Attorney w. H. White
has announced his intention of re-
signing in March next.
An unusual amount of snow has al
ready fallen on the high mountains
Upwards Of three feet is reported on
the Salmon River range.
Lake Chelan, the finest Lake in w
I. is 65 miles in length, running into
the cascades and navigable to the
Pierce river, its main tributary.
While Mrs. Johnson, of Asotin, was
killing a chicken, few days ago, a
large owl attempted to take it from
her, but was beaten off with club.
The Sun says that Snohomish man
ufactures as many shingles as any two
counties in the Territory; estimating
the value of its production to be $500,
OOO.
The erection of new Jesuit college
at Spokane Falls is contemplated
The idea is for structure to cost
100000 and have a capacity for 4OC
students.
Col. George E. Warming, the great
sanitary engineer of the United States
is at Seattle studying the problem o
putting sewers in that city. Thisis {
timely move.
The people living in Sehome, What
com and Bellingham are in favor O
consolidating those three towns int,
one city and incorporating it unde
the name OF Bellingham.
A dispatch forwarded to the Presi
dent last Monday from Wsua Wall,
was unanimously signed by the ba
recommending Mr.. B. L. Sharpsteir
for Chief Justice Of this Territory.
Near Snohamish is a beautiful
meadow, green all the year round. 1
has been mown consecutively fol-
twenty-five years, and has never beer
plowed and seeded but once. 1t j.
sodded with timothy and clover, ant
yields three tons to the acre.
On the Colville reservation in Ste
vens county there are less than 1OO(
Indians. The reservation is abou
100 miles square and is very rich il
minerals. The people of Eastern
Washington are anxious that the res
ervation be opened for mining pur
poses.
Hon. w. G. Thompson, of Tacoma
has made the generous offer OF 1000
well bound library books if Walls
Walla will establish permanent read
ing room and purchase 1000 extra
books, in which case he will donat.
1000 more. 1t is said Mr.. Thompson
contemplates purchasing the fine
mineral collection owned by F. j
Parker OF the Statesman.
Charles Bruce, of Spokane Fall,
committed suicide on Dec. 1st, by tax
ing an overdose Of morphine. He wa
20 years old and was at one time EN-
ployed by the telephone company. A
the time OF his death he was offic,
boy for DR.. Essig. He left quite
lengthy letter disposing of his belong
ings, and giving as a reason for hi
act that he had been in misery for
month and could stand it no longer.
The inhabitants of the Big Benz
and the Okanogan country have beer
visited by peculiar disease the pas
few weeks. The symptoms are some
what similar to pneumonia, and hav,
been extremely fatal. Several deaths
hay We occurred around Waterville an,
on the Okanogan. Physicians ar
unable to deal with the disease, ant
the inhabitants, with the poor dwell
ings and the great exposure they ar
subject to in new country, fall cas-,
victims.
Last Monday six prisoners arrived
at the penitentiary, at Walla Walla
in charge of Deputy Sheriff Martin o
Spokane Falls. They were J.
Forbes, burglary, six months Georg,
Miller, murder in the second degree
20 years; It. B. McCuskey, receiving
stolen property, one year; James Du
ran horse stealing, three years; Panty
Act, an Indian, burglary, one year H
B. Stebbins, forgery, one year. Thi
makes 135 convicts now in the insti
tuition.
THERE are propably very few peo
pie who know the name of the inven
tor OF the wheelbarrow. That sculp-
tor, painter, architect, engineer-in
| fact many-sided genius and universal