Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-03-22

The street railway company of
Walla Walla, have 100 tons of rails
and track material en- route from the
East. The work will begin at once.
The city council announces that all
the franchises of the street railway
heretofore granted will become void
: after April 18th, unless work is begun
thereon by that time.
Postmaster Roby, of Portland, re-
ceived dispatch last Tuesday, from
d. III. Gunner, postmaster at Castle
Rock, this Territory, stating that the
mail-carrier. between Castle Rock and
! Toutle was robbed by footman over
fS rfaYi. Difs chat the msif n hardly
likely to contain anything worth run
ming the risk OF mail ROBBERY.
A warehouse 36x76 feet has been
built by the Aberdeen Harbor Dock
Company, at the junction of the
Wishkah and Chehslis rivers. A
wharf is being built by the same COM
pany, fronting $50 feet on the Chehalis
river and $50 feet on the Wishkah
river. On the Chehalis river front
there viii be floating dock, 25x60
feet, made strong enough to permit
the loading and un,oa ing of cattle,
and all the raraphernalia OF logging
teams.
The Bulletin will so n be issued at
Kalama.
Seattle's electric railway will be ex-
tend d 10 Lake Union.
The n wipaper mill at Walla Walla
viii shortly be ready for business.
Wo:k has been suspended on the
Anacories and Ship Harbor railroad.
The work of filling in the railroad
fiat at Port Townsend will b gin next
week.
Tie cornerstone OF the new Sws dish
Lutheran church, Tacoma, was laid
Sunday.
A railroad will probably be built
from E'lensburg to Port Eaton this
present year.
Much complaint is made of the tide
flat jumpers at Whatcom gobbling up
ali the tide lands.
| Work on the terminal buildings cf
the Columbia and Puget Sound rail-
read was commenced this week at Sc
attic.
C. S. Miller and B. N. Danskin, two
cowboys in the Rcck Greek country,
succeeded in capturing a niue-foot
cougar alive by means of their iassoes.
| About 60 men are connected with
the work of getting out stone few
miles above Vancouver for use on the
Jet les at the mouth of the Columbia
river.
| Jack Hazeltinc, who is charged with
absconding with considerable money
belonging to his wife, has been cap
tured near Helena and takea back to
Pomeroy.
| Work has progressed SO favorably
upon the new building of the Wash.
ington School for Defective Youth
that Contra ctor Maxson expects to de-
liver it to the board in May or June.
On account Of the lack of rolling
stock on the part of tie Puget Sound
Shore roai the Northern Pacific road
was oAligel t. discontinue the extra
train to Seattle AMI W II return to the
old sche .ule.
The d ad body of an infant was
found on the beach Mt Port Angeles,
ne'r the colony, the other day. 1t is
supposed to have been thrown into
the bly and W shed ashore. There is
no clue to tn, parents.
Endicoit had small bomb last week.
IL was thrown into the house occupied
10y the Chinese section gang by I'M
known parties ut night, probably with
The intention of Tightening the Mon
g'lians into migrating. They refused,
however, to Ike the hint, and still
stay.
The dill at the artesian well is
again in full operation, piercing the
rock, through which great volume of
water may be looked for. The con-
tr'ct has secured a large supply of
coal and there is not likely to be aay
more vexatious delays.-Pasco Head
light.
Five lime kilns at Roche Harbor
are burning night and day. The out
put is about $50 barrels day and 60
men find employment around the
lime kilns. Two more kilns are in
course OF construction. The price of
lime ut Roche Harbor is $3.50 per
barrel.
Forty acres OF land at the mouth of
Little Skookum bay has been slashed
of, and no doubt several buildings
will be erected at that point before
long The rail DAD is about com pleted
to the point, where the steamer now
lands those bound for Gray's Harbor.
l-Sheiton Journal.
During the Uncle Toms Cabin per-
formance at the Standard thea,er in
Vancouver the other evening, the dogs
Knocked down a lamp, which burst
and came near setting the whole stage
on fi,e. 1t WIS so close call that the
audience commenced to rush out, but
were restored to confidence finally.
The highwayman, Welch, recently
received at the penitentiary from
Seattle, acts the insanity dodge, and
has made the officials there believe
him insane. Col. Parker, President of
the Board OF Commissioners inclines
to the opinion that it is a dodce, and
will insist upon his being worked regu-
larly with the other conv.cts.
A Walla Walla paper says that from
200 to 300 immigrants arrive in this
city daily, by the various lines of rail-
road from all sections of the country.
The Oregon Short Line trains come
with five or Fix cars AIDED. Nine
tenths OF them are bound for some
portion of Washington Territory.
Very few indeed 60 to Oregon.
A dwelling house, the property of R.
NJ. Rylett, Of Montesano, was totally
destroyed by fire Thursday of last
week. The building Was occupied by
Wallace Price and family, who lost
heavily i'll their household goods ard
wearing apparel. The adjoining dwell
ings were injured, one being badly
burned and near'y ruined. The total
} lss WAS al out $1,000, partly insured.
the eau e of the fire was a heated
stovepipe.
|. Robbers are plentiful at Whatcom.
A new shingle mill is soon TO be
erected on Port Discovery Bay.
| Work oa a $1,000 public school
has been commenced at Centralia.
/ The steamers Eliza Anderson a..d