Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1890-09-19

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Felix and Eva Vincent theatrical
troupe, dropped dead at Colfax, Mon
day morning, in the Office of the Bald
win house, of heart disease.
An old miner has discovered wash
ings of almost pure gold in the south
eastern part of Centralia. He believes
there is an abundance of gold in the
Hannaford valley, just above Cen
tralia.
William Varker, who held lease on
the Eagle mine, near Colville, gave it
up on demand from the stockholders
on the Cd. Mr.. Varker is reported to
have made something over $1,000 on
his one month lease.
The bank of Puyallup has been Or
ganized at Puyallup, Washington, with
a capital stock of 100000. The new
concern is the result of a consolidation
of the Farmers bank and the bank o!
Stewart & Masicrson.
a company, capitalized at 100000,
has been organized in Fairhasen,
Washington, TO work the graphite and
asbestos found in that country. The
mines will be developed, and the pro-
duct either marketedin the crude state
or manufactured by the company.
The upper Puyallup valley is fairly
alive with hop pickers, and the growers
are rapidly perfccting plans for the
harvest. The yield is unusually GOO,
and those who assume to know say
that the quality, unless injured in the
harvest or the curing, will be very good.
Matthew Bridge, son of Mrs. Matte
A. Bridge, the reader, suddenly disap.
peared from his home at Sehome sew
eral days ago. Detectives found him
at hotel in Tacoma, having good
time. There was nothing serious about
his actions, although his mother was
much worried.
An employe of the steamer Erangel
saved his life by his presence of mind.
A lamp in the engine room burst,
throwing the oil over him and enyelop-
ing him in flames. He Immediately
sprang through window, taking the
glass and sash with him, and falling
into the water was OF course "put out"
in jiffy.
The contract for the erection of two
residences and boarding house for
the Washington State Reform School,
at Chehalis, has been awarded by the
board of trustees of that institution to
Christopher Kuppler, of Seattle, for the
sum of $14,35S. The buildings are to
be completed in 100 days from the
time of signing the contract.
An unknown man was murdered at
Gray's Harbor City Thursday night of
last week. Three men who had heard
that he had drawn $500 from the bank
at Hoquiam, entered his cabin at night.
They were masked and armed with re-
volvers. The man refused to give up
the money, and was beaten over the
head and died next morning. The
murdered mans name is not known,
Permission has been granted Mr..
Charles Butler by the city council of
Port Townsend, Washington, to erect
butchering and cold storage estab-
lishment in that place. The killing of
animals will be accomplished entirely
by machinery, and all offal will be
utilized on the premises in such man.
ner rs to prevent any offensive odors.
The works will represent an invest
ment of $4,000.
A deposit of fire clay has been dis
covered in King County, Washington,
on the line OF the Seattle, Lake Shore
& Eastern railroad, which is said to be
the equal in quality ofany of England's
production. A company with capital
OF $4,000 is being incorporated for the
purpose of developing the find, and as
soon as possible will begin the manu-
facture of brick for furnaces and orna-
mental purposes.
So much has been said as to the
burning and steam-making qualities of
the anthracite coal from the Cowlitz
district, says the Yakima Herald, that
Messrs. Whitson, Baxter, Reavis, Vim
son and others had thorough test
made of it lately. 1t was placed
in an engine belonging to the Northern
Pacific, and not only burned with very
little ash and no clinkers, but the en-
gineer stated that it developed three
times as much steam as the Roslyn
coal.
A Port Townsend dispatch OF the
Sth inst, states that Gen. N. A. Miles,
accompanied by Lieutenant Mans, of
his personal staff, had arrived in that
city on the City of Kingston, to make
an investigation of the best site for the
proposed gun foundry on Puget Sound.
General Miles will recommend that the
land some years. ago reserved by the
government be used for the purpose.
His report will be supplementary to
those made, and will probably recon-
mend Port Townsend for the site.
1t Is reported that number of Ia
coma Democrats are negotiating for
the purchase of the Tacoma Ledger.
The price asked for the newspaper and
business, not including the real estate,
is 81 10000. Rumor has it that Mr..
McMans, for many years business
manager of the Philadelphia Record, is
to assume like position on the Ledger
if the deal goes through. The syndi-
cate is composed of Edmund and
Stuart Rice, Henry Grum, Nj. Kauf-
man, John Mayo Palmer, and few
others.