Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-12-06
STATE NEwG.

The Unitarians have raised $500
towards building A,O0O church in
Puyallup.
The County Commissioners of Kitti-
tas have bought 200 acres of land on
the Yakima river. and will establish
poor farm.
The firm of w. C. Gibbs & Co., of
Puyallup, have failed. A number of
bad debts was heavier load than
they could carry.
The tower, or the cupola, on the
Kreldel block, Ellensburgh, will cost
alone $2,4O0. It will be seventy feet
from the base to the pinnacle.
Ex-County Auditor William B. Kelly
has struck gold in the foothills near
Sumner, and located four claims, said
to assay rich in gold and silver.
The Herald estimates that the acre
age of hops in the Sumner district
next season will be at least one hun
dred acres less than that OF last year.
An agent of the New York Life In
surance Company proposes that that
company will build 500, 600 hotel if
the citizens of Colfax will take insur-
ance to the amount of 81 100000 in
the company he represents.
A family in Whatcom not liking the
taste of the water they were drawing
from their 80 feet deep well, sent a
man down to inspect its depths. The
we'll was in tolerably good condition
but dead Indian was hoisted out.
The Hoquiam Washingtonian took
the diminsions of of log in a boom
that reached that place last week. 1t
was % feet long, measured liz inches
through the butt, and the surveyor
scaled it at 5000 feet, which called for
SAT so from the buyers.
Aramah Kallock, of Mt. Vernon,
who fell from steamer at Seattle, a
few days ago, and sustained injuries
from which he afterwards died, was q
brother of Rev. 1. NJ. Kallock, whose
controversy with the De Youngs
created so much talk few years ago.
A divorce suit ended, lately, with
nothing to add to the argument but
a disposition of the property. The
judge inquired! "What property
have your" The lady replied, II have
town lot in Whatcom," and after
slight pause, and two children" The
attorney, who had not heard the last
of the answer, turned to her with a
lWebsterian air and inquired: "Was
this property acquired by your indi-
vidual extortions% Mr.. Donovan
and several others enjoyed quiet
Whdtcos Rereille.
The Hamilton Logger says that in
driving the tunnel into the Skagit
River Cumberland Coal Mines, the
wOrkmen encountered a subterranean
lake, which was soon emptied into the
tunnel, the workmen barely escaping
when they heard the rush of water,
the force of which carried stones
weighing two tons out through the
mouth of the tunnel and tore the cars
to pieces, breaking the castings with
apparently as much power as a cy-
clone. The course of the tunnel has
been visited and no more trouble is
anticipated.
A gentleman who was on the train
with Latin, the murderer who was be-
ing conveyed to the Walla Walla PEN
itentiary, informed the Union that
Latin, who is little more than
smooth-faced boy, was evidently de-
termined to have every one within the
car know just who he was, IS he was
constantly talking in a Lord tone
about his crime, detailing just how
the deed was done, and holding up
the manacled hands for the passen-
gers to admire his "jewelry," as he
termed the handouts which held his
wrists. He seemed to glory in his
shame, and was SO shameless as to
boast of having killed his victim in
cold blood. When the train pulled
into the depot he arose in his seat,
and with a pretended serio-comic air,
bids goodbye to the railroad car and
track, saying that it would probably
be many years before he would get
an opportunity to see them again.
His behavior is described as having
been extremely disgusting.