Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-06-07
TERRITORIAL HAPPENINGS

lERRllOklAI nAIIENlNUS.
Yakima i, to have a hall ylul,
J. ". DOR has purchased the Blaine
JoUiHri
Rockdalc Is anxious to have new
/ schoolhousc
The Big Bend Empir, j. to get out a
i"pm edition.
The Steamer Mali. Wa launched at
seattle Friday
Kent is To have grand Fourth al
July celebration.
Much street grading is now Icing
done in El'u-hurg
The Congregational association met
NJ Yakima last week.
\ new Baptist church WAS dedicated
at Ellcnshurg sunday.
>s.Thc peach crop will +" large al
through the Territory.
The Yakima land office has been re
moved To its new quarters.
An agricultural society is to he
staItc, in Douglas county.
Last Monday night the now City
Council ri Yakima took hold.
\ new town is being plated on
WILDLY island, called san Fuca.
Work will soon hc commenced on
the new opera house at Yakima.
The crop prospects OF Black river
district are unusually promising.
Two brick kilns at Snohomish are
turning out brick at a rapid rate
The Wasco hotel, at the terminus,
has swung a shingle to the breeze.
The new saw mill at Kent will COM
mence saving lumber in few days.
Prospectors have discovered Il new
, coal mine near Dudhah ON the n. p.
railroad.
Hardware dealers Of Seattle have
agreed to close their places of business
at & o'clock p. NJ
The G.. \. II. will hold IL camp fire
lasting three days, ut Waitsburg, be
ginning June 18th.
About one thousand acres of sod is
being broken in the ncighhorhood of
Parnell, Douglas county.
Thcswagon road from Hoquiam to
the terminus in about finished twill
be one of the best roads in the country
Paul Piapp, Of Snohomish, has made
several attempts To commit suicide
and, being declared insane, has been
taken to the asylum.
/ One day last week pot Of hot tea
overturned ON the head OF little child
of Mr.. Matt Berringer, at Pomeroy.
Death ensucd in few hours.
A number Of those that went from
Hoquiam To Oregon to take claims
are somewhat disappointed, as they
found nothing that suited them.
Mr.. c. 0. Barnes, bookeeper of the
Gig Harbor Lumber company, was ar
rested Thursday on charge of threat
ening to kill County Commissioner
A. f. Tullis.
| The directors OF school district No.
Is, on the Wynatchc, in Chclalis
county, are preparing to build new
school house, and have made Il call for
bids for its construction.
Assessor Custer has been interview
ing the citizens of the Bay in his Of
fetal capacity He says that What
CONS population is little more than
1900; Sehome, about 800; Fairhaven
and Bellingham combined, about
1000. This shows population on the
entire Bay of about 3,4OO The Asses
sor estimates the population of What
com county at 7,0OC.
The annual catalogue of the Uniyer-
sity of Washington is recently issued
and shows an attendance for the col
legiate year of 217 students of which
Ii are in the classical department, IS
in the scientific, 102 in the prepara-
tory department and % in the normal
department, the remainder taking
courses in business, music or art.
The first term Of the next year begins
August 10, 1889.
A party of fifteen West Coast sur
veyors i'll charge of Engineer Hall
have been sent to Blaine, and from
there will proceed to the point on the
boundary line where it is proposed to
connect the Canadian Pacific spur
from Mission with the West Coast.
They will survey line southwark till
they meet n similar party under Engi-
neer Stixrud who has been sent to the
Skagit river and will work toward
them.
Sam |. Silverman, who came in
yesterday from the Okanogan country,
states that the road between Spokane
Falls and the Okanogan river is lined
with immigrants pouring into the Big
Bend country. Most of the wagons
are occupied by thrifty looking families
who brought with them good horses, a
few cows and necessary farming inn
plements. Everything looks prosper
Gus and promising in the Big Bend
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