Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1888-07-06
TERRITORIAL NEWS.


Por, Townsend will receive $50 900
for Il quarantine station.
Hay is reported to he a very heavy
crop throughout Whatcon county.
\ 5000 school house and TWO
churches are to be built in Wallula.
Gray's Harbor has had low water
recently, and two or three ships have
been stuck on the bar
La Conner, Skagit county, il 10 be
competed with Mt Vernon by the
Postal Telegraph hne.
Grading on the Seattle, Lake Shore
and Eastern Railroad is completed
half way to Davenport.
4 family afflicted with diphtheria
at Tacoma has been placed in the pest
house to guard against spread Of the
infection.
As high as - cents are being
offered atPuyallup for this seasons
hop crop, which viii be large all over
the Territory.
Commissioner Groat SAYS that the
great preronderance OF the emigration
over the Northern Pacific this year is
destined for Washington.
Whatcom RereiHe: On Wednesday
Will ID. jenkins sold twenty acres of
land Il mile back OF Sehome for 81 :
500. A Victoria party purchased it.
The friends OF Delegate Voorhees,, it
is said, are trying to persuade him to
| recall his determination not to be a
candidate for reelection to Congress.
One million shingles were shipped
from Buckley one day last week, 4
w. Hight shipping three carloads
and the White River shingle company
five carloads.
The citizens OF Spokane Falls are
highly elated over tie succ 8 of theil
are boys at Seattle, and will tender
them hearty reception on their re-
turn home.
/ Mrs. NJ. F. Lysle, of Whatcom, ha.
contracted with Hon. David Glass, tt
sell her donation claim lying east o.
Beliingham Bay. Consideration $3l,
700 for BIT acres.
| The commissioners appointed by the
President to inspect the tunnel ant
western extension of the Northern Pa
cific viewed the work on the Goth ult
and pronounced it excellent.
Isaac Dunlap, of La Conner, recent.
leased forty acres of hay land at al
annual rental of $1,000. 1t is sait
hat this forty acres produced 200 ton
If hay last year, which sold for $2t
per ton on the ground.
d. S. Richards dug twelve-pount
cannon ball out of the sand on the spi
near Blaine recently. It was covered
with rust, and must have been Their
for the past thirty years, or since thu
boundary commission.
Nelson Bennett has secured an op
ton o.. the Knox seven acres OF waite
; front ut Fairhaven for twenty days a
the price Of $1,000. This indicate
that Mr.. Bennett desires to terminate
his coal road at that point.-,Vhatcon
Rereille.
Prof. Watson, director for the Wash
ington School for Defective Youth
recommends that the Board of Trus
tees consider the feasibility of intro
ducing the trade of shoemaking int
the institution. The girls have beer
profitably instructed in needlework.
Wednesday night the quarters Of I
troop at the Walla Walla garrison
! burned. All the property and effect
were destroyed except the compan.
papers, 5000 ball cartridges explod
ing. The cause of the fire is unknown
The troops are now on q summe
r campaign. The loss is serious on tn
] troopers.
:. The losses IN the Aberdeen Ere wer
]. w. Allen, Aberdeen House, Sc, 500, in
surance $500; L. J. Weatherwax, 81
:, coo, insurance $1,000: Morgan O'Nei
81 600; John Pix, 81 600; J. w. Ma,
well, $500; J. A. Hood, damage t
goods, $500; ]. w. Walker, 81, SOC
e David Keath, $1,000; A. C. Willie.
p 500; J. w. Tolman, 500. Leak
4 Smith, J. c. Pearson and Jake Myel
:. each met with losses, but the amour
=. is not as yet known.
. Charles Evans, deaf mute, aged
=, years, was run over by the cars on tn
"a West Shore railroad the 18th ult., an
a. instantly killed. An engine was bacl
,e ing car loaded with lumber. Whe
.. near the west coast the engineer III
ticed Evans step on the track to crol
the trestle. Not knowing him /,
be deaf, the engineer continued, BIT
- blew his whistle, thinking Evans woul
step aside. He then whistled dow
y brakes, but too late. The Car struc
v him across the thighs, nearly SEVERN
~. them, and also fracturing the skull
- Death was instantaneous. Evar
ie worked in logging camp and was r
al turning from visit to another de,
t. mute. His father was working clos
by.
81 A most unfortunate accident
;. shooting occurred on Lopez island 81.
uIuoy tOiuluS. ~ pcIeOu NAME
p Wyatt, who halls from Seattle, an
a who has been on the island few day
=. started out on deer hunt. The foe
: killer should have followed him. In
% grain field, about quarter OF a mi
.. from the town Of Lopez, he saw som,
thing moving, which he supposed t
re be deer, fired, and seriously, probabl
IN fatally wounded Miss Henrietta Blak
an estimable, young and comely lad,
Miss Blakewas accompanied by HI
's sister Martha, who screamed when III
80 sister fell, and Wyatt, mistaking til
d noise for the cry of startled deer, fire
again, shooting Miss Martha Blake i
the body and face. He then disco,
n cred his mistake. The young ladie
were conveyed home, Miss Henriett
. Blake rapidly sinking. and her siste
. dangerously, if not also fatally WOUND
e ed. A physician was sent over fror
: this city yesterday. The feeling anon
the islanders is very strong agains
Wyatt, and considerable talk of lynch
= ing was heard. He was immediatel
placed under arrest NV Sheriff KelI,