Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-04-19


Tue latter fired five shots at the
officers. Williams pistol was a self
cocker, and would not reyJlye when
he tried to shoot.
I he Bucoda coal mines are shut
down temporarily.
There is great opening for sash
and door factory at Mt. vernon.
The bank clearances for Spokane
Falls last week, amounted to $780,.
275.
The South bound train on the
Palouse road now connects at Garfield
with the o. r. & n trains.
Tacoma capitalists are going to
build hotsl that will outshlne the
proposed Hotel Denny at Seattle.
Capt. McMillan's new steamer
which is to run on the Skagi has
been christened tie Mountain
Queen"
The schooner Anna Beck, which
was sold at auction about three weeks
ago, has been named the the James
q. Swan.
There are now four differ; mt compi-
MES putting up fresh oysters in cans
by the new process, in Bay Center, near
Oysterville.
The fishing schooner c. H. White
has returned to Seattle with a catch of
$4,000 pounds of halibut, the result of
two weeks work
Oliver Shead, of Seatco, the first
man who took up a donation land
claim in that S ction has gone TO Ash
land for his health.
Oregon and Washington Territory
railro ad engineers are now encamped
on the Blue mountains, thirty five
m les from Wala Walla.
A number of Territorial papers APP
pear to be warning ever the fact
whether or not lottery advertisements
should find space in their columns.
The Port Townsend sub cribers to
the write-up in the Vest Shore ma ga
zine find considerable fault with The
manner in which the work was done.
A new broom sweeps clean. Chief
Willard, of Seattle, is making great
efforts to rid that city of the gamblers
and prostitutes who have overrun it OF
late.
Captain P. b. johnson, of the Wala
Walla Union, has just received
voucher for 1920. 20 back pay due him
for services performed twenty-five
years ago.
A foot race has been arranged be-
tween Abe Watson, of Cape Disap-
pointment, and Amos Markham, of IL
waco, for 100 yards, the stakes to be
500 u side.
Col. f. J. Parker of The Walla Walla
Statesman has sold a piece of property
in Seattle for $4,000, which he fought
for $500 year ago. Extraordinary
luck for a newspaper man.
The Idaho has left Seattle for Port
land. In few days she will make
her first trip between the Columbia
and Puget Sound points, between
which she will hereafter ply.
A band OF pugilists who have for
long time disgr ced Seattle and
vicinity were jailed last Tuesday +;
they were discharged on bail and an
impromptu reception was held in their
honor.
The barge Eectron, belonging to
Dominion government, has been en-
gagged by the Puget Sound Telegraph
company to stretch cable about 49,
OOO feet in length across the Sound
between Alki point aud Beans point
There seems no doubt that the dea !
burglar, who was shot at Prescott, is
Jim Lindsay, who worked at Walla
Walla last March for Thomas Quinn.
When there he claimed to have two
brothers, harness makers, living in
Texas.
w. r. Lewis is the name OF smooth
and oily .windler, who has be n wo k
ing acquaintances in Sc tile for various
sums. He was arrested for vagrancy,
but he was given five hours to get out
OF town. He accepted the invitation,
and was last heard Ct at Tacoma.
A remonstrance against the incor-
poration of the town of Ilwaco has
been in circulatio this week, claiming
that the permanent popula ion OF that
place is too small to support a town
government, and that the majority of
the taxpayers are opposed to incorpo-
iation at present.
Edward Tackhart, an old miner, we'll
known in that vicinity, died 5 80
Saturday afternoon at the Sacred
Heart hospital, at Spokane Falls,
where he has been for several day..
The deceased was from Kingston aud
was one Of the Oldest and best known
miners ON the coast
On John Woods Re turn to Oysterville
from Tacoma, where he had an inter-
view with Judge Allyn last week, John
r. Coulter was serv. d with notice to
appear before the court on Weines-
day the 10th, to show cause why X
B. Dyer had been appointed superin-
tendent of the South Bend mill, by
Mr.. Coulter.
Jacob Kamm has just placed an Or
der with the Pullman car mpany,
for seven cars for the nsaco Railway
& Navigation compauy's line. One #
these will be very fine closed coach,
finished up in fancy woods, nickel
trimmings, and Fix plush upholstery.
Six of them will be open and ARA ged
for tourists accommodation during
good weather.
Saturday night, burglars broke into
the warehouse of NJ. D. Dobson, APP
posite the Windsor, at Spokane Fails,
and bored hole in the safe for the
purpose OF blowing it open. But the
hole was to- long ard the powder
dropied down on he inside and when
the fuse was lighted it burnt out with
out touching the powder and the safe
remained firmly closed.
A. C. johnson, Swede laborer, was
garrotted and robbed early Wednes-
day morning by two men, near the
Commercial hotel, at Seattle. The
men secured between $40 and Sill and
silver watch. johnson notified a
policeman, and short time after
wards Frank Lepoint and William
Fair, both of unsavory reputation,
were arrested on suspicion.
Work on the Idaho and Washing
ton railroad across the Ceur d'Alene
reservation is progressing favorably.
Twelve bundled men and large num-
Der OF tea MS are said to be employed
The weather has been very favorable
for driving the bottom lands. and the