Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-06-28
TIE RRI ICRIAL HAPPENINGS S,

visitation Oh nre.
The hay crop is reported short THU
year in kittitas county.
Census indications are that Norl
Yakima has population OF 900.
The Snohomish people think they
have a COmstock lode in their locality
Among :he presents at a recent
Cheney wedding, was a barrel OF salt
The $4,000 school house at Walla
walla will be Finished by the 18th o.
November.
A new brick and stone l1ostotiice
30x50 three stories high, is beinS Dun
at Ellensburg
On the first of July the Tacoma
Globe will begin the publication OF a
weekly edition.
Centralia Lodge No. 81, I. o. o. F.,
was instituted June 18th, with seven
teen charter members.
A fruit and vegetable cannery is to
be operated in connection with the
Walla Walla creamery.
Eighty horses were in training at
the Walla Walla race track last week,
preparing for the coming races.
The Kent saw mill, of large capacity
and valued at about 100000, was de-
stroyed by fire on the l1th inst.
Building operations at Walla Walla
are greatly retarded by the lack of
brick and other building material.
A Chinaman, who was SO frightiully
cut by one OF his countrymen at Walla
Walla last week, will probably recover.
Squirrels are overunning a goodly
portion of Douglas county, and strych-
nine is being used as an exterminator.
Stone cutters at Spokane Falls are on
a strike, demanding reduction from
ten to nine hours, at former rates, 70 a
day.
The Seattle Post Intelligencer has
ordered new perfection press which
will be the finest north of San Fran
cisco.
w. c. Clarke, a member of the Com
ique orchestra, killed himself 10y
shooting in the head, at Spokane Falls
Saturday.
A large number of Masons, who were
in attendance at the grand lodge in
this city, visited Seattle to take look
at the ruins.
The Herald says DR.. J. H. Webb, OF
Pullman, has a patent on a window
screen for the right of which he has
refused $4,000.
Miss Matte Joy, daughter of H. N
Joy of Kent, near Seattle, was taken
before Probate Judge Osborn Saturday
and was adjudged insane.
1t is said that Major Keefer, o.
Walla Walla. recently refused $40, OO(
for two lots he purchased in Spokane
Falls few years ago for 5000.
One of the attractions at the Pa
louise City Fourth OF July celebration
will be an Grafton by James Reubens
chief of the Nez Perces Indians.
The saloons were opened in Seattle
Friday for the first time since the fire
anu vi diit
prohibitionists were not verified.
Completion OF the Northern Pacific
elevators at Tacoma will make grair
center with a capacity of 5,OOO,O O(
bushels, able to load six vessels a
once.
Ezra Meeker heads a subscription
for new school house at Kent with
$500. A few such subscriptions a.
that and the special tax would be dis
pensed with.
Black bears are quite numerous this
year. One was seen the other day ii
the vicinity of Kent, and several have
been seen on the hill east of that towr
within the last week.
Colonel Prosser, OF Yakima county
has received telegram, announcing
the loss in the Johnstown food of hi.
step mother, two half sisters and {
number of other relatives.
Lewis river can't be beat as a frui,
raising country. John Schultz, who
lives below La Center, planted five
hundred peach trees two years ago
and now nearly all are bearing fruit.
1t is proposed to expend $1,000 in
the purchase of horses, hose carts, etc.
for the Spokane Falls fire department
and to employ nine men, three fol
each company, at $75 month each.
The trial of Charles Mint, OF Seattle
began Friday in the district court be
fore Judge Hanford. Mint is the Por
tugese who attempted to rape little
Mabel Clifford, couple of month,
since.
Chris Berger, residing about a mile
below Mt. Vernon, lost his house and
the entire contents by fire, Thursday
He was working in town at the time
and does not know how the fire origi
mated.
Mr.. Charles Rowley, who is the agent
for the Puget Sound Shore railroad al
Slaughter, has been indicted by the
grand jury for the embezzlement Of
funds of the Northern Pacific express
company.
The business men OF Cheney have
formed a building association and will
build Large hotel at that place. They
realize that good hotel is necessity
and that the lack of one is driving
business from the city.
Articles of incorporation were filed
in the Auditors Office at Seattle, Sat.
urday, by the Taylor mill company
The capital stock is 100000. The in.
corporaters are B. B. Denton, Erick
Ulin, Jr., and John Taylor.
This week Tacoma will be invaded
by small army of of miners from St
Louis, who have become millionaires
through the Granite. Mask and other
mines. They will bring their picks
and shovels with them and will pros
pect on Mount Rainier.
Several papers in the Territory have
given notice that hereafter they will
charge 81, instead Of rs as heretofore
for publishing finsl-proof notices, ow'
ing to the increased length of the no
tice. At the present price they dc
not bring the rates allowed by law.
The work of laying the double track
on the Yesler avenue cable line. at Sc
attic, has been completed and the de-
preston and other pulleys are in posi-
ton. The line will not be operated
for at least a month owing to the delay
necessitated by having to await the
arrival of new cable from San Fran.
cisco.