Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1888-05-04

will commence at once, and coal will
soon be ready for shipment. The Port
Townsend Southern railroad will con-
meet with the mine. The vein is large
and the coal is claimed to be of supe-
rior quality.
Oregonian: An Ilwaco gentlemen
says it is the opinion among several
army officers at Vancouver with whom
he has conferred that Fort Candy will
be re-garrisoned at some time in the
near future. They think it was not
the intention to totally abandon so i'm
portant station. The reason for this
belief is that the channel is shifting to
the north side of the river, and if any
hostile ships try to cross in they would
have to pass under q direct fire from
the guns Of the fort.
Daylight will shine through the big
tunnel in the Cascade mountains next,
week. 1t is expected that the work
men will shake hands with each other
about May 5th, and the air will be cir.
culating through the big cut. "Trains
ought to be running through the tun-
mel by the Goth of next month";" said
Nelson Bennett recently. There will
be no celebration of the event. No
visitors are wanted until the work is
completed, as it annoys the workmen
or tends to excite them.
Surveyors were surveying the Ellens-
burg, Big Bend and Salmon River
transportation Company's railroad
April IL. They expect to complete the
survey in 10 days, and the line is ninety
miles. The road will strike the Co.
lumbia river thirty miles from there,
and connect with a steamer, which will
be ready to launch the first of May, at
Pasco. immigration is very heavy to
the Big Bend and Salmon river, and
rich strikes are made daily in the mines.
Fully $4,000 miners will be there this
year.
The monster milling establishment
to be erected on the flats near Tacoma,
at the mouth of the Puyallup river,
will be by far the greatest combination
OF the kind on the Pacific coast. These
mills will cost about half million Of
dollars, and will consist of large saw
mills, planning mills, sash, door and
blind, and shingle ma chinery. Every
thing pertaining to the structure of q
house will be made upon the spot.
The daily capacity of the mills will be
100000 feet, and houses will be con-
structed in parts, with a view to the
eastern trade and for exporting.
VIM. Holmes, son of A. T. Holmes
of Elberton, met with an unfortunate
and painful accident, last week, which,
while not necessarily fatal, will cripple
him for life, says the Palouse Gazette
He was out hunting in the mountains
near Palouse with a rifle, when by
some means not learned here, his gun
was discharged, the bullet passing
through both legs at the knees, and
blowing one Of the knee caps off. He
was brought to his home and every
thing possible done for him, but the
nature of the wounds renders it certain
that it will be impossible to do more
than preserve the use of one leg.
,Jochin Henry Zimmerman who was
publicly executed at Goldendale wrote
to the editor of the Sentinel, reiterat-
ing his denial of the crime ON which
he was convicted, the murder of Ster-
ling, but admitting that he killed Geo.
Lister in 1886, stating his regrets that
he had not killed several more of the
gang. He closed his epistle with the
following piece of bravado: elf there
are such places as heaven and hell, I'll
be in either one place or the other,
and if l am wanted just give me call,
l am always ready to help anyone
that needs help, and you will be well
coined ut my camp, wherever it may
be. So now will bid you all good
bye"