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

among the new enterprises Ot Seattle
The w. c. I. u, of Seattle, hav
fitted up new quarters i'm the Webste
block.
| A case of smallpox WIS discovered
in the Providence Hospital at Seattle
Tuesday. Z
Sixty foreigners decla ed their in
tention of becoming citizens at What
com Tuesday.
Patsy Cardiff, the pugilist, of Mime
apo'is, is in Spokane Fall en- route t.
the Pac fic Coast.
The town Of Avon las expe, iencet
quite . BON Of late {. ycral 6ne build
tingshavfng peen ere. .ted. ''''A'
The Srok ne Phonogiaph Company
of Spokane Falls, II 5 been formed
with cari al stock of 100000.
The farmers al ng the Nooksacl
river have their blowing we'll under
way, and the prospects are good for q
large crop.
VIM. l.. Be N, who was badly hurt
by being whirled around shaft eleven
times in a sawmill at Port Gamble
has died from his injuries.
BY scow colliding with wharf at
Po:t Townsend Tuesday, .wo men were
thrown overheard and one was nearly
drowned before being rescued.
Postmaster Stewart, of Walla Wal,a
resigned February 25th, but his iesg-
nation wAs not accepted by the Ad-
m;nistr.tion and it was Withdrawn.
The leading Republicans of Por,
Townsend have sent on recommen-
dation for Squire for Governor. They
are literally taking time by the fore
lock.
The b ard If trade 1T Ellensburg, is
ende svori?g to secure sufficient sub.
scriptions to secure the building o! a
railroad from that city to 'h1 Colum.
bia river.
United States troops are camped AT
Pendleton waiting for o d +, to move
ON the Umatilla re.ervation ~ d drive
OIL the whites who are occupying land
there.
Thomas Walters, vagrant, was
given 100 days in jail at Seattle, being
gwen the full penalty tf the city o
ordinance for be ng espe ialy obscene
and abusive in his coaduct.
On Monday last the Repubi lean,
Of Spoklne Fails telegraphed Ion:
list embracing several thousand sigma
lures urging the appointment of ex
Governor Watson c. Squire as Terri
torial Governor.
The hops raise in Washington Ter
ritory are much sought after IN Eng
land. The popularity may be judged
of, when it is st utd that the Englisl
are pulling up their vines and buying
the Washington hop.
A New minister dispatch s,ys
that Hon. +. Garfield, o. Seattle, Col
onel D.cken on, of New York, and
Charles King, General manager of the
Bel ingham Bay Railway and Naviga
ton companv, have arrived there tC
complete the Lu iqess in connection
with the tfansf o! til, New West
minister South rn railway to The
Northern Pacific railway.
The Tacoma Neus saws tht the
trunk factory lately es' ablishs d in that
city has to send to Portland for its
lumber, rs the mills there are not pro.
vided with machinery that can saw
planks less than an inch thick. There
is a growing demand I r boards I, &
J, { and inch in thickness, and il
would pay one Of the Tacoma mills to
put Itself in position to supply the dc
mand.
The steamer Fanny Lake, of S, attla
which was sunk in the Skagit river
several we,ks ago, and subsequently
raised, is on the gr;diron near the
boat house, in that city, having the
hole in her bottom repaired. The
Fanny Lake was 10 ding freight al
a point on the Skagit river, when the
tide went down and she settled with
it, smashing large place in her hull
Sheriff White and Mr.. G. H. Seven.
son came down fr,m the Cascades
Friday, bringing from Skaman a
county an eldeily man who has
been living alone in the mountains
for many years, and who was supposed
TO be insane as he was going about
saying he would h we to kill some one
pretty soor. The insane man, when
taken at his cabin, Was nearly naked
and was living upon cabbage soup
alone.
The Seattle National bank, with q
capital stock OF $25O,OOO, has begun
business.
Whitman College began a new term
Friday with a greatly inc eased a.
tendance.
The new fifty barrel -four mill
at Walla Wall,, is now compl tel at a
cost of $4,000.
The big mill at Tacoma has beer
shut down owing to strike among
its lumber handlers.
Chehalis has sent a committee oi
citizens to Portland TO attend to ad
vertising her resources.
The Wishkah Chief, a new steamer
built by Payette & Darling, Wa.
launched at Aberdeen ht week.
r.. d. Crocker, among others ir
Walla Walla, Is an applicant for the
receivership of the land Office in thai
city. ..-..:...
| Freight rates by steamer. between
Portland and Gray's Harbor, have beer
reduced from IS and 81 to SO 81
and $3.
Public Indignation in Port Townsend
is very strong against the McEhrses
who it is suspected poisoned thei
children.
Several parties suppo ed to be in til,
employ o. Chicago capitalists are pos
pccting for coal in The VIC nifty o
Chehalis.
The Mason & Cheha,is County rail
way is heading toward Olympia, ant
an early connection with Gray's Har
Dor is locked Tor.
Positive inf rmation is received il
this Territory, from Washington, tha
Lee Moorehouse Weston will lie ap
pointed Umatilla Indian Agent.
Mr.. J. Blumauer, of Tenino, who
went to New York some months ago t.
have a cataract removed from one O
his eyes, returned on the 9th instant
in perfect health, except having caugh
cold in one OF his eyes, from which h,
suffered considerable pain for time.
The emigrant travel westward con
tinues to be something marvel us
Every passenger train passing through
has crowd Of settlers, principally fo