The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-02-21
SHELTON COUNTY, WASH, FRIDAY FEBRUARY p, 1ao
THE PACIFIC COAST.
Some Of the Losses CAUSED hv
the Flood.

The Body of Louis Cox, Who Was Drowned
with DR.. Minor on Thanksgiving Day,
Recovered at Utsalady.
The woolen mills at Roseburg are q
total wreck.
Yamhill county loses SIS, 900 to $40, ,OO0
in bridges.
The high water interfered with stur-
geon fishing.
White men murdered West Seattle
IndiaB and escaped.
Two Salem Jail breakers have been re-
captured at Newport.
The Oregon and California track is
washed away for miles.
Prentice Mulford, noted writer. has
been revisiting California.
Pete Mccoy fights Charley Gleason at
San Francisco this month.
Ten million logs foated away from
Portland during the freshet.
Six men were instantly killed in tho
Burke (Idaho) mine disaster.
The wagon bridge at Portland was dam
aged $40 900 in the high water.
There is strong case of arson against
Lewith, the Tacoma merchant.
Triplets have just been born to Mrs.
john R. Barham of Riverside, Cal.
The letter carriers at Seattle during
January handled 359,G69 pieces of mail.
The Portland Pressed Brick Company
has incorporated; capital stock, $lOO, 900.
At Albany the Union Pacific and Ore.
gon Pacific wharves have been washed
out.
j. L. Lewith, Tacoma merchant, is
under arrest for setting fire to his own
store.
From fifty to seventy-five mines have
been washed away from Salem and vi
cinity.
East Portland came out of the food in
good condition, no great damage having
been done.
San Francisco warehouses have 10000
tons of wheat, $4,000 of barley and 20,-
600 of oats.
The snly fatality near Portland in the
food was the drowning of Olney Chase
at Oregon City.
Smith Bros. lost about 100000 feet of
lumber at Portland. They expect to re-
cover most of it.
Stanley Craig fell down an elevator at
Victoria. thirty-fve feet, but miraculous
ly escaped death.
The First National bank of Puyallup
is authorized to begin business with
capital of $4,000.
Three-quarters of a million dollars
worth of Astoria real estate was trans
ferred during January.
Jacob Kamm, the Portland millionaire,
fell from gang plank at Astoria, sus
tanning severe bruises.
A cook has been hired at San Fran
cisco hotel who left the Vanderbilts at
salary of $4,000 per year.
A Michigan capitalist thinks of estab-
fishing shingle mill at Montesano, with
daily capacity of $4,000.
The government quartz-testing works
at Baskerville, CariboO, have been totally
destroyed by fire Loss, $25 900.
Alice Hill of Garfield, Wash, now at
school in Milton, Or, made an unsuc-
cessful attempt to suicide by hanging.
1t is reported that all kinds of house
hold goods are strewn along the Columbia
from st. Helens up to the. Sauvies island.
In the Senate the House amendment
inserting provision of $3.50 for i'm
provement of the Columbia river was
adopted.
Mrs. Dolph gave dinner in Washing
ton to Vice-President and Mrs Morton.
She will give series of dinners between
now and Lent
Rev. w. F. Nichols of St. James
church, Philadelphia, has been elected
Assistant Bishop of the Episcopal Dio-
cese of California.
The postoffice at Centralia having be-
come too small for the business, arrange
mepts have been made by which large
office will be secured.
The body of Louis Cox, companion of
DR.. Minor, drowned while hunting on
Thanksgiving day, was recovered at Ut
salady in boom of logs.
Vancouver, WASH, has appropriated
$1,000 for the removal of the sand bar
near that city, and will ask the United
States Govern ment to assist.
A catch-as-catch-ca wrestling struggle
took place at Vancouver between Charles
Hale and Bud Smith. Smith won the
first two rounds and the match.
Over 10000 tons of coal were shipped
from the Roslyn mines last month, the
largest by over 10000 tons ever shipped
from the mines in any one month.
Senators Kinnear and Wood in dis
patch to members of the Seattle bar seem
to think that two additional Judges for
King county will be secured without
trouble.
The bark Guy G. Goss, thirty-six days
from Kobe, Japan, has arrived at Port
Townsend, loaded with 800 tons OF brick
for Tacoma. The vessel reports splendid
weather.
The boat of George Snyde of Hoquiam
upset recently, and he was cast away on
snag about 300 yard, from the shore.
He was with difficulty rescued from his
perilous position.
Private advices have been received at
Victoria from an American quarter, warm
irg sealers that systematic police super
vision will be inaugurated for Behring
sea the coming season.
Navajo Indians in San Juan county, N.
NJ are harassing settlers on account OF
the recent killing of an Indian. About
500 warriors are off the reservation, and
the settlers are greatly alarmed.
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