Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-07-05
TERRITORIAL HAPPENINGS.

house.
A new Catholic church and schoo
are to be instituted in Colfax thi,
summer.
The Bay City baseball club defeated
the Seattle club at Whatcom the other
day by n score of Z to 6.
Rockford, by vote of 40 to 4, has
decided TO issue bonds to procure
means to protect the town against
fire.
Mayor Wheelwright has been in
vited to deliver the Grafton on the
Fourth of July here and has accepted
the invitation.
The two Grand Army posts and the
two military companies, at Tacoma
have made arrangements to build an
armory at once.
Northern Pacific passenger trains
are hauled TO Tacoma across the
Switchback, the tunnel having been
closed for repairs.
Eighty acres of valuable wheat be.
longing to Mr.. Cave, i'll Spring val
ley, near Waitsburg has been totally
destroyed by fire. No insurance.
The Hunt road has done one thing
for the farmers of the Inland Empire
1t has caused reduction in the rates
of pilotage and towage on the COlum-
bia.
Most of the people of Blaine are en-
gagged these days gathering cherries or
blackberries. the latter being very plen-
tiful in the woods surrounding that
town.
Edgewater has just been provided
with a new depot building by the citi-
zens of the town. 1t is 30x6O feet
and contains a telegraph, ticket and
freight office.
The new steamer Fairhaven is now
leaving Seattle, Monday, Wednesday
and Friday, at 8 80 A. NJ, for Whatcom
and points en- route. She makes the
trip by daylight.
f. f. Virgins, arrested at Farming
ton few days ago, charged with burg.
larry, and who gave bonds for his ap'
pearance at court, has been indicted
by the grand jury.
The city Jail of WhatcOm now con.
tains six prisoners, the last acquisition
being young man who was fined $lOC
and costs for working the "nut SHELF
game on the boys.
An interesting feature of the Walls
Walla Fourth of July celebration, will
be ten mounted Knights of Pythias, in
full Pythian armor, as worn in the
time of King Dionesius.
The Seattle City Council has decid
ed to allow the circus to exhibit in
that city next week, the agent offerine
to give $500 license fee, instead of the
usual $275 demanded.
A forest fire at Green river, near Ia.
coma, destroyed the private residences
of j. P. Judson and A. F. Fahquarson
one day last week. The sawmill also
caught fire but was saved from destruc-
ton.
The Spokane Falls Chronicle say.
that $90l.50 of Spokane money ha:
been sent to relieve Seattle. that has
not been acknowledged. The Chron
tcie would like to know what has be
come of it.
The Lewiston baseball club carried
off the $75 purse given last week al
the Genesee fair. The tournament
was composed of the Lewiston, Mos
COW and Genesee miners. Moscow
came out second best.
Mr.. r. Merchant, manager of tn,
Seattle Steam Candy Company, wa,
burned out in 1882, in Cherry street
in 1884, in the cracker factory, and in
the late fire lost everything but his
energy and faith in Seattle.
Mayor Wheelwright, of Tacoma
sent the following dispatch to the May
or of Vancouver shortly after the fire
" Repeated disasters have not exhaust
ed our sympathies in eases of actua
distress. ii such exists, advise u.s."
Mr.. James Parkc, to whom wa.
awarded the contract for the erection
of the Denny hotel, at Seattle, has
been released from his contract, as he
is not willing to comply with the stipu
lation that it is to he finished by the
first of next May.
Mr.. Geo. Sutherland, a druggist at
Colfax, met with a severe accident at
Rocklake, 30 miles from Colfax, few
days ago. He was thrown from a
buggy while riding with his wife and
baby, and had several ribs broken by
the fall. He is not expected to live.
The Sprague Mail is no more. 1t
will require nervy man to stand up
under the present adversely, and il
something don't happen several more
will keep it company in its lonely
watches. Who knows who will be the
next. Mail, farewell, if forever, then
forever farewell.
Hon John l.. Wilson, of Spokane
Falls will deliver the Fourth of July
Grafton at Ritzville. Mr.. Wilson has
the reputation of being one of the
most eloquent and forcible speakers in
the northwest, and the committee ha.
been very fortunate TO secure the ser
vices of so able man.
Joseph Bnnson, of Bloomington, Ill
has been appointed Timber Agent fol
Spokane Falls, Walla Walla, Lewiston
and Ceur d Alene districts, vice
Wayne Ferguson, of West Virginia
removed. Another example of the
way President Harrison enforces home
rule in the Territories.
Messrs. Amunds and Loomen, ol
Spokane Falls, well-to-do mining men
were visiting Messrs. Gilmore and
Adams the first of this week at theil
mine on the Mill and Deep creek di
vide. They are greatly pleased at the
showing there and will probably secure
property in that vicinity.
w. Stewart, living in the Stuck val
lev, about seven miles from Puyallup
has raised and sold from Garden con
tanning only three-quarters of an acre
over $50 worth of lettuce, radishes
spinach and otler garden truck so fal
this season, an states that the patel
will this season produce over 81 ,OO(
worth of vegetables.
Scattered about Seattle are many fun
nv signs which show as much as any
thing else the fact that the losers by
the fire are far from disheartened. One
sign reads: Forced to remove on ac
count of climatic changes" Other
samples are: "Glad to be on earth; :
" Slightly disfigured, but still in the
ring" "Our name is Phenix; ;
What is left OF us can be found with