Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-01-04
TERRITORIAL ITEMS.

Colfax's sole smallpox patient has
entirely recovered.
Puyallup's streets are being coated
with ten-inch layer of gravel.
Major Hilton is conducting revi-
val meetings in the Bijou theater in
Seattle.
Alexander Gillis, u smallpox patient
in the Seattle pest house, died on the
9th ult
Vancouver, this Territory, has clos
ed a contract for lighting the city by
electricity.
w. H. Clark who was so severely
stabbed ut Shelton, is recovering from
his wounds.
The new daily paper of Tacoma, the
Republican, will appear about the 10th
of February.
Waitsburg has foundry in success
full operation, the first castings being
made last week.
One hundred and twenty-five con-
victs in Walla Walla Penitentiary
have been vaccinated.
Puyallup will soon have another
fine street. 1t lie to be called Union
avenue and is over mile long.
Fifteen thousand dollars have been
subscribed for creamery in North
Yakima toward the $4,000 needed.
Rumors of the prevalence of small
pox to an alarming extent at Spokane
Falls are declared to be unfounded.
The King county school directors
have succeeded in placing $3.50, 900 ol
bonds with New York parties at par.
Flora A. Langt has been appointed
postmistress at Chataray, Spokane
county. Robert P. Cowgirl resigned.
A Kitsap farmer has raised two
good crops of potatoes and turnips
this year off the same piece of ground
The late drive was the largest evel
made at one time ON the Snohomisf
river, and contained over 22,O0C, ,OOC
feet.
The outfit for the newspaper at Ly'
man, Skagit County, was lost with the
steamer Nooksack in the river of that
| name.
H. Sackville Treberne, an architect
and civil engineer, and a cousin o
Lord Sackville West, died at Spokane
Falls December Goth.
Prominent men at Tacoma have
purchased 500 acres of land on Wash
on Island, nearest the city, to lay Out
a suburb for that city.
The Seattle City Council last weel
took steps to compel the property
owners to make connections with sew
ers under penalty of heavy fine.
The steamer Olympian was recently
placed in the dry dock ut Esquimalt
and thirteen and half tons oI
barpacles were scraped off her bottom.
The captain of the steamer Idaho
was arrested in Seattle last week by
the harbormaster for allowing that
ship to obstruct the ferry-boat City o.
Seattle.
Judge Nash lately declared the Col
fax Jail unfit for any human being
and ordered the county prisoners to be
sent to the Walla Walla jail for safe
keeping.
Hugh White claims to have found a
vein of anthracite coal at the head OF
the Puyallup river, which is as good
as any of the eastern anthracite.-
Tacoma News.
The Statesman claims that the ship
pers of Walla Walla have this year
paid for outgoing freight to the Ore
gon Railway and Navigation company
about 81, ,25O,OOO.
The young men of LaConner have a
novel way of getting the young ladies
to the dances. They 60 to the school
house, where the festivities are usually
held, and get everything in shape, and
then ring the bell, and soon after the
young ladies commence to put in ap-
pearance and the fun commences.
We have not learned how the girls get
home.
The Ladies Benevolent Society oi
Spokane Falls is doing q good work.
During the year about 81 600 has been
contributed to its funds, and aid has
been given to about 800 persons.
There are ninety-seven members. Mrs.
A. ]. Ross is President and Mrs. J. NJ.
Armstrong Secretary. The ladies talk
of establishing a home for the friend.
less.
The Waitsburg Times says: Ayoung
chap named Frank Merit. who, it will
be remembered, made feint of hang
lug himself in this city last spring, be-
cause as he said, certain young lady
refused his attentions, has again got
his name in the papers. He was re-
Gently arrested by Sheriff Bowles at
Wallula for horse-stealing. When ar
rested he had in his possession three
horses, all OF which are supposed to
have been stolen. They are now in
the possession of the Sheriff.
At Frazer's crossing, on the Touchet
on Christmas night, C. Davidson,
while handling pistol. discharged it,
the ball fearfully wounding his left
hand. Almost crazed by excitement
and agony, he discharged the remain
der of the cartridges right and left,
narrowly missing several persons in
the room, one shot going through the
shooters hat, just grazing his head.
Coming to his senses he threw the re-
volver in the fire, swearing he was
done with fire arms.
i Since the organization Of Pierce
county in 1252 55fs cases Of settle.