Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1890-07-11
STATE NEWS.
Tacoma is to have IL creamery.

Tacoma has 6OO0 school children.
The wife OF Judge Hanford, of Sc
attic, is violently insane.
During the month OF May there
were seventeen births and no deaths
in Walla Walla.
There is to be partial recount OF
the population OF Seattle and Ia
coma.
\ small cyclone passed up the Walla
Walla valley last week, causing con-
siderable damage to standing grain.
The Puget Sound Live Stock Asso-
citation has been organized at Stan
wood and is ready to commence bust
ness.
Walla Walla has expended for her
schools during the past year $40, l03. 81.
The total number OF school children
is 1883.
The Northern Pacific Railroad Com
pany is going to erect $4,000 hotel
on the ocean beach between Scaland
and Ilwaco.
The Washington Democrat, of Monte
sano, comes to us this week printed
in red and blue, as tribute to the
holiday season.
II. F. Garretson, of Tacoma, has
been appointed member of the board
Of harbor line commissioners, vice
Orange Jacobs, resigned.
The Roslyn coal mines employs a
thousand men and turn out |, 800 tons
OF coal per day. The output for tho
year will aggregate 100000 tons.
John f. Hearn was arrested at Por,
Townsend Wednesday, charged with
seduction. The victim was Miss Lucy
Guptille, of Pert Ludlow, Is years o
age.
Thirteen thousand five hundred
dollars has been subscribed by PascC
people to build boat to run on tine
two rivers. Tacoma parties will raist
the balance.
G. +. Bigelow, of San Francisco
shot himself in his room at the TIA
coma hotel ON the evening of July Sd
The bullet entered the brain an.
death Was instantaneous
The census returns will show thu
Bay cities of Whatcom to have abou
the following population: Whatcom
1900; New Whatcom, 5000; Fair
haven and Bellingham, $500.
C. Brookbanck and Mrs Van Emer,
were arrested at an early hour Wednes
day morning, at Seattle, charged will
adultery. In default of $500 bail they
were committed to the county Jail.
Ellensburgh claims that % per cent
of her population wasn't counted, ant
on application to the census bureau
received notice that a RECOMMENDATION
had been authorized.
Four tramps entered store at Cen
tralia the other day and nabbet
twelve blankets in the presence of the
clerks. The blankets were recovered
and one of the thieves was arrested.
1t is estimated that the courthouse
now under construction in Whitman
county will cost about 500, 900 when
everything pertaining to the building
is completed, with Jail, cells, etc.
/ A ride into the country near Che
halls will show that the hop fields are
nearly all in splendid condition. All
are entirely clean from weeds and
growing finely. The yield will be very
large.
The other evening a sneak thiel
succeeded in cutting his way through
the tent of the railroad men, near La
Camas, and secured a gold watch and
$40 in money, and made good his
escape.
It is reported that the Tacoma,
Olympia & Gray's Harbor Railroad
Company has acquired ownership oil
the Paget Sound & Gray's Harbor
road, running from Kamilche to Mon
tesanO.
The Videite says the first brick
building in Chehalis county will be
erected by the bank of Montesano, and
that the brick is already on the
ground. 1t will be 25x11O feet and
two stories high.
Horse thieves continue their depre-
dations in Spokane Falls. A valuable
team owned by Winsor Bros. was run
off between 8 and 4 o'clock Monday
morning. The sheriff and posse are
in hot pursuit.
The schooner Guide, lumber-laden
from Tacoma for San Francisco, lost
her rudder off Port Angeles. A tenn
porary rudder was constructed with
the spanker boom and she was then
towed into Port Townsend for repairs.
Hon. Walter J. Thompson who
some time ago gave $4,000 for the
establishment of o manual training
department in the public schools OF
Tacoma, q few days ago presented the
Tacoma public library 1000 volumes
Charles Henry, a section man on
the Northern Pacific, met with Sc.
we're accident last Friday, near Roy.
He was driving heavy spikes into the
ties along the track when spike head
flew off, striking him under the left
eye and causing an ugly wound.
Albert Hoagland was instantly
killed Wednesday at Port Townsend be.
ing hit in the head by q pile-driver ham.
mer weighing 2 800 pounds. 1t struck
a glancing blow and caused instant
death, breaking the neck of the vic.
tim.
N. A. ]. Ivester was caught by a
bolt in the machinery of the Capital
mills at Winlock, but escaped with q
few bruises and loss of pair of over
alls and pants. The machinery was
stopped and very serious accident
avertcd.
Three deeds for property on Lake
Washington purchased by General
Russell A. Alger, of Detroit, Michigan
from G. E. Miller, were filed in the
County Auditors Office of King county
this week. The consideration named
is $54, 800.
The Port Angeles Tribune says
Now that good coal Vein has been
discovered within seven or eight miles
of the city, the moment we utilize it
and begin the loading of boats with
the black diamonds, in our harbor, a
population OF $4,000 will be assured.
The engineering department OF the
Northern Pacific at Tacoma is still
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