Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1888-06-01
TERRITORIAL NEWS.
Toledo celebrates.

Toledo celebrates.
Dayton is to celebrate the Fourth.
The street railway at Tacoma began
operations this week.
The new cheese factory uses 5000
pounds of milk daily.
Mrs. Langtry will appear at Spo-
kane Falls in September.
Strawberry shipments from Walla
Walla now average four tons daily.
The reported attempt of suicide by
w. II. Babcock, at Eureka Flats, is
denied.
The King county poor farm has 81
inmates, all but one of whom are from
Seattle.
The Yakima river is running full
and the snow is melting rapidly in
the mountains.
The ~ 600 bonus for the purpose of
establishing distillery at Walla Walla
has been subscribed.
All contracts for the new peniten-
tiary additions at Walla Walla have
been signed. Work will be begun this
week.
The stone quarries near Pennington
are being rapidly developed and fine
article of hard building stone is being
taken out.
VIM. Huntley, an Endicott farmer
and stock raiser, proposes to ship both
horses and cattle to the Puget Sound
market soon.
The locating survey of the Ellens-
burg and Conconully Railway and Nav
igation Company was commenced the
first of the week.
Ferndale, Whatcom county, is agi-
tating the fruit cannery question, a
Mr.. Fairchild, of Whatcom, being the
inspiring genius.
Nelson Bennett has bonded several
copper claims on the upper Cle-elum
belt and will put men on them soon
with the purpose of developing them.
The Congregational church at Endi-
colt was dedicated recently. Some
thing over $3.50 was assured, leaving
the church out Of debt and money in
the treasury.
Among the patents reported by
c. A. Snow & Co., patent lawyers,
Washington, d. c., is one granted to
J. V. Koss, North Yakima, w. T.,
for a rail joint.
A lighthouse tower is to be built ON
Destruction Island, together with two
dwellings for the keeper and fog-sig.
nal house, two oil houses, water basin
and fire cisteIns.
1t was rumored at Endicott last week
that grading was Immediately to be
commenced on the branch road OF the
o. r. & n. which is to connect with
the Coaur d'Alene country.
In weight, per ,bushel, wheat grown
on the Pacific Coast is heaviest in
America. That Of Oregon is ST.
pounds, that of Washington the same
and that of California trihe less.
Fig-raising is becoming a successful
industry in the vicinity of Spokane
Falls. Already thousands of fig tree.
are growing in Spokane nurseries,
which will be in the markets next
fall.
All the salmon catchers near TlwacC
look very smiling this spring, and NJ
wonder, for good weather, smooth
water and plenty of fish, make 4
pleasing combination for the fisher
| men.
Fifty-two Clarke county Republican.
were interrogated as to their presiden
tial preferences, with the following re
suit: Blaine Is. Lincoln IA, Gresh
am s, J. Sherman s, w. I. Sherman 6
Allison l.
Mrs. Pyle and J. o. Hurn, accused
of murder, in burning the Aurora
house in Walla Walla two months ago
by which George Herold perished, were
found guilty of murder in the first de-
gree by the jury May 20.
The citizens of Ellensburg held q
jubilee meeting last week on receiving
news of the letting of the contract fol-
construction OF the Seattle, Lake Shore
& Eastern railroad, which will pass
through that city, thus giving it four
lines OF road.