Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-07-12

The cost to Walla Walla county for
the last term Of court was over $50, 600.
Ellensburgh is the first city in Cen
trail Washington to purchase steam
fire engine.
Columbia county has miniature
river sporting the euphonious name of
Whiskey creek.
The Orting Oracle puts in two col
umn bid to have the state capital To-
Gated in that city.
Cornwall will SOC n send Tilt Sheets
and party to find a pass through the
Cascades eastward.
shelton, Mason county, school dis
trict has about $50 school children
against a five years ago.
The forest fires in the vicinity of the
Peshastin mountains are more extern
sive this season than ever before.
A horse ran into a crowd at the
LINDEN celebration on the Fourth and
seriously injured man named Drake.
Mr.. links house, ten miles from
Port Townsend, was burned by fire.
crackers, last Sunday night. Loss is
81 900; insurance $400
The State of Washington's future
largely depends on the man
ner in which her iron industries are
developed This fact should not be
lost sight of.
The Palouse Gazette estimates the
value OF the late rain Whitman county
crops at nearly 81 100000. 1t is believed
that the total WELD OF the county will
be fully up to the standard.
BY kind equalization between ex-
tremists on crop estimations, we now
believe that Columbia county will
have between one-half and two-thirds
of crop of inferior quality.-Inlander.
The Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern
Railway Company have rebuilt their
main road treslle as far is Madison
street, and have relaid side tracks for
the Iesler Lumber Company, at Seat
tie.
A party of Eastern men are now
prospecting the Conconnully country
with view OF building a smelter there
Lime has been found i'll abundance
and coal, but not OF quality suitable
for coking.
A Portland exchange says: Pres
colt, Walla Walla county, is the only
prohibition town in Washington Ter
ritory." The reporter who discovered
the above never had to lay over SIN
hours for train at Bolles junction.
The steamer I. j. Potter has beer
taken around. to Portland. The Potter
is to be placed on the route between
Portland and Illwaco for the summer
The Emma Hayward is to take thu
place of the Potteron the Olympus
route.
The Northern Pacific has received
twenty new colonist sleepers which arr
to be put in service on through. train
this month. They are models o
beauty from Barney & Smith, and con
tain many improvements over colonis
sleepers now in use.
On the LIST OF July the residence O
Mr. w. Arms, at Maple Valley, tool
fire from defective stovepipe and wa
totally destroyed, burning so fast tina
little OF the household goods was saved
There was n partial insurance. MI
Arms recently lost his sawmill, at tn
same place, by fire.
The national holiday was celebrate
at Vancouver last Thursday wit
more than usual eclate. There tbein
no celebration in Portland of an
kind, many of the citizens of Portland
East Portland and Albina. spent tn
day away from home, most, of, then
however, going to the city OF soldiers.
Mr.. L. F. Thompson, of Sumne
says that Pierce country will produc
, at least 1900 bales of hops this yea
which at the lowest figure will brin
$50 bale. Half a million dollar
coming into the Puyallup valley du
ing the coming year will be a motto,
able help to its already rapid develop
ment.
The bonus of fifty thousand dollar
has been fully raised to build a railroa
from Westminster to Whatcom.
committee from here is arranging prt
liminaries in British Columbia. Ne
son Bennett. also ut Westminster, O
fers to build the Garfield road. "A
several parties desire the franchise, tn
road will surely be built.-RcceiHe.
A construction company has bee
formed by Mr.. John A. Shoudy, Tho
L. Nixon, w. r. Abrams, S. L. Geddi
George w. Elliot, J. NJ Maloney, L. Il
Lloyd and L. P. Caldwell, of whic
Shoudy is President and Nixon Vic
President. The company will con
mence the work of construction O
the Conconully railroad at once.
Seattle is indicating the estimate {
its energy and enterprise by the vigc
with which its rebuilding is undertake,
The journals are emerging from til
debris full of confidence; schools an
churches are being put in runniu
order, business houses are hanging OF
their signs from tents and sheds, an
the place will soon be livelier than eve
Last Saturday the game of base ba
for the championship of the milan
empire and 800 between the Wall
Walla and Pendleton clubs, was wo
by the Pendleton. Score Ii to3. tn
local club claims that the Pendleton
importations, Barker and Carson, tw
experts from Portland, was the caus
of their defeat. The playing was ma,
nificent on both sides.
! The general relief committee of Sea
tie has turned over 100 tents to Col .
c. Haines which he will forward {
Ellensburg as soon as the necessary pc
mission can be procured from Gener,
Gibbon. The tents were among thos
furnished Seattle Immediately after Il
late fire. Last night Colonel Haint
telegraphed to General Gibbon for pc
mission to forward the tents to Ellen
burg.
On the night OF the 4th a freigl
train, coming up the line, ran ov,
and killed four horses belonging
the Whitesell brothers, who reside ju
below Orting. They were found dea
along the track the next mornin
Two others are missing. The Messr
Whitsell have been particularly III
fortunate in the matter OF losing hors,
and cattle on the railroad in IL
manner
A carpenter working on a buildin
under construction ut Lake Uniol
near Seattle, last Thursday, cut hin
self severely with an adj, with whic
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