Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-06-28
WHOLE NUMBER 1872.

8 Fairhaven is now on the eve of a
lively building boom.
: A German laborer named Hess, late
J. of Newark. N. j., attempted suicide
! at North Yakima yesterday.
Fred E. Stearns, of Missoula, Mon
tana, has leased hotel at North Yaki-
ma, and is arranging for its early open
! ing.
+. C. Cline has been acquitted of
the murder of G. Basler, by the jury at
Seattle, after only 25 minutes delibera-
ton.
. Above Dayton there still exists an
old beaver dam, extending across the
Touchet valley for a distance of 800
feet.
/ The Seatco mills beat all the runs
ever made before on the 18th inst,
saving on that day $1,000 feet of
lumber.
| Woolgrowers in the vicinity of Nc
Coy, Polk county, "pooled" their wool
and effected sale of 10000 pounds at
20 cents.
F. Clauson was badly injured by a
flying brick hitting him ON the head
Thursday, while at work blasting in
the ruins at Seattle.
A party from Tacoma will illumi-
nate Mt. Tacoma ON the night of the
4th, and party from Seattle will do
the same with Mt. Rainier.
NJ. w. Woods, a forger from Butte,
was arrested at Ellingsburg yesterday.
He was out under bail and was at
tempting to reach Victoria.
F. w. Pettygrove, one of Port Town
sends live business men has sub
scribed $1,000 to the railroad that is
intended to run into that town.
The Seattle City Council held a
meeting Monday night at which the
proposition to decide upon the fire
limits was laid over until Friday night.
tits reported that S. G. Cosgrove, of
Pomery, will be candidate for Presi-
dent of the Constitutional Convention
Judge John P. Hoyt is also candi-
date.
At Walla Walla the other day, a
little boy who was given to riding on
the cars around the depot, slipped and
fell under the cars thereby losing his
right leg.
| Puyallup is the latest to come for
ward and ask for capital honors. The
Commerce, in setting forth her claims
answers no, to her own query Of,
"Will she get it?"
| John Church has been sent to Port
Angeles by Collector of Customs Brad
shaw, to guard against the landing of
Chinese and smuggling, of which there
is considerable going on.
The wheat crop over near Mayyiew,
Garfield county, says the East Wash
ington, is injured more than has ever
been known before. Hundreds of
: acres will only make hay, and very
, poor hay at that.
The petition to have q bonus for
$25O,O00, authorized by the next legis-
lature for the building of the Grand
Ronde Valley railroad, has been signed
by LOO resident tax payers out of the
| 800 at Walla Walla.
u Although the registration for the
coming city election in Seattle will
close on Saturday, only 800 voters
have registered up to the present time.
1t is supposed the fire has driven the
matter from the minds of great
many men.
i, The body of C. G. Harrell was found
near the spot where he sunk when he
fell from the steamer Undine on
Thursday evening, at Vancouver. The
coroner's inquest developed nothing
with a tendency to fix the blame Of
the sad accident.
i Latah Times: "The mica mines in
which o. w. Ames, w. H. Calavan and
Charley Blame are interested, ON Mica
Peak, promises very rich returns, as
the work of development is prosecuted.
They have also tin strike, over which
they are very enthusiastic, which they
say assays 80 per cent"
An exchange says: "There is not
the slightest doubt that Washington
will be divided into two States at no
very distant date. Then why take the
capital east of the mountains. The
and the can;toI of atoto sho,,,d 10
located neares. the confer - ron,,,s :.
t;on" = 'f's'--
located claims in tp "a, range 80, in the
Big Bend country. They will irnmedi-
ately erect homes and ORGANIZE n
school district, as they have enough
Young hopefuls among them to make
louite a school Their nol;t;cs stand
ten Republicans. two Democrats and
one Prohibitionist.
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| Inc ieading papers OF the Ierntory
are agreed tnat according to the
of county officers mnsf he elected this
fall with state Iec;s,at;ve and Conn.
tv officers IN elect and the rsm;rc of
two II s senator's hv the loc;siat,,ro