Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1888-03-23
TERRITORIAL NEWS,

Sprague claims 2,5O6 population.
Seeding has been finished in Asotir
county.
Cordwood is worth 81 cord at Col
fax, and scarce at that.
The First National bank of Sprague
has resources amounting to $131 JOB
Tacoma is to have q first class opera
house and a large brick yard this sum.
mer.
The progressive people of Roslyn
are endaavored to incorporate their
town.
The liquor license has been fixed al
$500 a year by the Spokane Falls
Council.
The Home fire insurance company
of Seattle has organized with a capital
of 100000.
Mrs. Bridget ]. Walsh has been ap.
pointed postmaster at Oakdale, Whit
man county.
Quite a colony of German people
arrived lately and are settling in the
vicinity of Okanagan.
Improvements are being prosecuted
at lively rate in Seattle, several
hundred buildings now being under
way.
The total shipments of lumber
from Chehalis county, during the
month of February, aggregated l.
$4,000 feet.
Mildred, a settlement on the line oi
the railroad between Tacoma and Sc
attic, four miles from Sumner and
Stuck, wants q post Office.
The nomination of L. B. Nash to be
Associate Justice of the Supreme
court of Washington Territory was
confirmed on the 14th inst.
Walla Walla county has selected
Hon. H. NJ. Chase delegate to the
Democratic Territorial Convention
which meets at Yakima, April 18th.
Roslyn is now the largest coal city
in Washington, and the production
of the new mines promises to exceed
any other district in the Territory this
year.
A grand horse show will be held al
Colfax March 31st, followed by a stock
sale. Owners of fine horses, especially
of stations, are requested to bring
them in for display.
About $4,000 worth of unstamped
opium was seized from the Epange
in Seattle, last week. 1t seems thai
the Gospel ship" has fallen into evil
habits since her change of owners.
Alimus Lodge, No. Is, 1. o. o. F
was instituted at Goldendale, April 19
1879. Death has never invaded it,
portals; large surplus is in the treas
ury, and it is rumored it will soon
build temple.
Track laying has been resumed on
the Oregon e. Washington Territory
railroad with force Of sixty men.
The company has received another
new engine and has 1900 tons of rails,
and all the ties they need.
During the past winter the city has
assisted poor families to the amount
of $93 so, paid for groceries and others
necessaries, says Walla Walla paper.
This is in addition to the large amount
of relief afforded by the Ladies' Relief
Society.
Walla Walla Union: A petition is
being circulated asking the County
Commissioners to change the name Of
Frenchtown precinct to Whitman
precinct, in honor OF DIR. Marcus
Whitman, the martyr. 1t is being
numerously signed.
The bridge across the Yakima river
at Cle-elum is finished and is now
open for public travel. 1t is q sub.
stantial structure and will prove a
great benefit to Cle-elum and q great
convenience to the people living on
the west side OF the river.
Two new light-draught steamers are
being built over in Chehalis county
for the Chehalis river. The Aberdeen
was launched last week and will soon
be ready for service. She is being
built ut Aberdeen, A" engines and all. >
She is to draw fifteen inches. The
other is being built at Elma, and will
be 80 leet long and % feet BEAM.
There has been q total of 23O inter
ments fin Colfax cemetery, since 1873
up to date. This speaks well for the
healthfulnees of this community
Where can you find less death rate
than 230 in IA years, considering the
large scope of country for which the
cemetery has done service, and ada.
cont to a town Of 1000 inhabitantsl
l-Commoner.
Whatcom Rereille: The expedition
which Capt. Roeder recently sent ovel
the trail through the Cascades to the
Okanagan country have not beer
heard from for a long time, and fear
are entertained that they have LOST
the blazed route surveyed through
the pass by the Cascade tollparty two
years ago. The captains enterprise
should be appreciated, however.
A special car. laden with Iowa
tourists was side-tracked at North
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