Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-07-12
TERRITORIAL HAPPENINGS.

SteliacOom asylum has now about
loo inmates.
!, In Eastern Washington the harvest
is under full Roadway :. 49,
: Yakima and Ellensburg will both
: have electric lights soon.
At Coliay, II W. Livingston is pre-
pairing to sink an artcsian well on his
property.
Several robberies are reported as
: having occurred at Walla Walla, on
the Fourth.
"Quecna" Was put on the stage at
Dayton by home talent, for the benefit
OF public library.
The total relief received at Seattle
lacks but few dollars of amounting
to round 800, $50.
Walla Walla has shipped strawber-
ries this summer as far east a; St. Paul,
also to Des Moines
DAYTON WAS illuminated for the first
time by electric light on the evening
of the glorious Fourth.
\ man named McAlpine was arrest
ep at Winlock the other day, for as
saulting an eight-year old boy.
The Colville Mining Company are
now over 200 feet in the hill and eX-
pect good showing in about 30 days.
At Ellensburg -four is selling at 1915
per barrel, eggs 70 cents dozen and
butter at 30 cents per two-pound roll.
The age at which young ladies can
marry in this Territory without asking
their pas and mas anything about it is
Is.
Cinnamon and black bears are re-
ported to Toe very numerous at the
headwaters of the Yakima and Gle
elum.
On the Fourth, ut Rockford, Day
ton Council, single, aged %, was struck
in the throat with Il rocket. He can
not live
Miss Helen McCarty has been gored
by bull at Walla Walla, and seriously
injured, having both arms broken and
internally injured also.
According to the Assessor, North
Yakima now has population of from
300 to 800. Three years ago the
Town population was 600.
Two hundred couples attended the
grand 4th of July ball at Sprague.
Everybody speaks very highly of the
fine mu sic furnished by the Elite
orches ira.
An elderly gentlemen named Full
ton was robbed on the streets OF Taco
ma, of $3.50 by Il couple men, on the
night of the Fourth, as he was on his
way home.
The union stonecutters of Spokane
Falls have struck for reduction of time
to nine hours, at former prices, 70 per
day. One firm acceded to the demand
and the men resumed work
Mr. Micheal Schultheis, of Union
town met with quite mishap last
week while trying to separate lot oil
young horses. He was p led over and
had three OF his ribs loosened.
On July Sd Governor Moore issued q
pardon to Edward Wales, sixteen
year old boy who has been confined in
the Jail at Walla Walla for six months
J In this case the Governor did well.
Veterans of Orting are talking seri
ously OF organizing G. A. r. posi-
there. There is said to be sufficient
number of army veterans there to or
: ganize in good shape.
1t is said that the Ship Harbor roat
will build across the Skagit pass to ;
connection with the Union Pacific il
Eastern Washington, as fast as meI
nd money can push the work.
The cornerstone OF of the new Pre-
byterian church ut Port Townsend wa
laid on the 9th inst, with imposing
a ceremonies. The Masonic lodge wa
!. in attendance, in uniform. The exer
cises were witnessed by a large numbe
e of people.
If the Moss Bay Iron Works which
are to be established in Seattle will cos
d as much as is estimated, s2,OOO,OOU
e this one enterprise will add to tn,
wealth of Seattle an amount of owe
4 one-fifth of the total loss by the lat,
: conhagration. -r
Rev Mr. koontz, pastor of the NJ
+. Church at Sprague, has succeede,
. in building two fine churches the past
year, one at Sprague and the other a
o Ritzville. The one at Ritzville wa
o dedicated Friday, Mr.. Koontz conduct
ing the exercises.
= At Simcoe, Saturday morning, fir,
! occurred in the stable of ex-Mayo
5 Hayes, and quickly spread in all di
o rections. destroying the stable ant
out-buildings and badly damaging
. several business places Losses aggre
gate 10000, partly insured.
. A horse walked out ON the trestl,
3 works ON the Hunts railroad nea
! Walla Walla, one day last week, an,
! when about half way, the train cam'
snorting along, but the horse being
3 discovered i'll time, it was saved an,
o taken Off without even a scratch.
e The Northern Pacific Railroad ha
u commenced work on the connecting
link between the recently leased Wis
t consin Central and its own system
e and in few days the Northern Pacih
e continuous rail route between Tacom
t and Chicago will be fully established.
4 A brakeman named Richards wa
knocked down and run over while un
coupling cars at Sumner, last evening
He was brought into town and takeI
to the Fannie Paddock hospital, wher
= it was found necessary to amputat
one leg. He was resting easy at las
y accounts.
II There were fully 100 people il
i Walla Walla assisting in the celebra
Q ton, which was on the most EXTENSIVE
e scale ever attempted there. Four com
|, panies of regular cavalry, Columbi
lodge X of Z mounted, and ten post
$ of the Grand Army men formed part Q
@ the procession.
Notwithstanding the fact that Sum
ner is a prohibitation town, the mar
shall OF that village declares that som
yonug men in that vicinity will &c
into trouble If they do not cease goin
e into the suburbs, filling up with tn
/, oil OF JOY" and recklessly shooting
q firearms while in that conuition.
: Mr. NJ. Stixrud, locating enginee
q writes to Manager Holorook that IA
mas, by running nearly thirty miles q
survey located about eight miles oil tn
e seattle Lake shore and Eastern rail
= road north OF the Skagit river. Tn
country through which Mr.. Stixru