Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1890-01-17
WHOLE NUMBER 1867.

county, having settled at Bleckhouse
in 1854. All the towns on the lower
harbor have grown up since Mrs.
Smith made her last visit to her pio-
neer friends by way of the Chehalis in
canoe. She still looks hale and
hearty enough to live to see Aberdeen
city of $4,000 inhabitants.
Joseph and John Rigney, doing
business under the firm name of Rig
ney Bros, at Tacoma, have made an as
signment to Leroy Palmer, for the
benefit of their creditors. Rigney
Bros. have been in the flour, feed and
hay business, and were supposed to be
making money. In their petition to
the Superior Court, in which they
wish to assign under the State insol-
vency law, they state that they have
been running further into debt each
month for some time, owing to the
high rent they were paying and the
close competition and small profits.
They wish to turn over all the assets
for the benefit of their creditors, who
for the past two months had been
crowding them for payment. The as
sets they place at 81 200 and the liza
bilities at $14,917.
An accident occurred on the Satsop
Railroad, on the 9th inst, near Shell
ton, which resulted in the death of one
man and the wrecking of several cars.
1t was the log train coming in from
Bordeaux camp. When on a steep
down grade, the track being frosty,
the second car from the engine jolted
and jumped the track, followed by six
other cars, all OF which became o COM
plete wreck. The brakemen all
jumped off, escaping injury, except
Michael Droppy, who was thrown off
at the instant of the shock. His Jaw
was broken and he received fatal in
ternal injuries. He died soon after.
wards of hemorrhage of the lungs. He
was 30 years of age and leaves q wife
and one child. The wrecked cars
were soon cleared away and business
was resumed.
In 1865 by proclamation of the
President certain lands in the vicinity
of Port Townsend were reserved
Through an oversight tenth of an
acre was included in the proclamation
which really belonged to the Petty
grove donation land claim. This tentl
of an acre became very valuable ir
time, and the Pettygrove estate passed
in time by deed to Warren l. Hastings
Last spring Mr.. Hastings erected {
100000 brick building ON the piece
OF land. No sooner was it finished
than it was discovered that the lant
belonged to the government. During
his recent visit to Washington, At
torney John P. Gale presented the
facts in the case to the Secretary O
the Interior and the Secretary O
War. The result was that the title t,
the property was given to Mr.. Hast
ings.
The State of Washington lies be
tween the 46th and 49th parallels o
north latitude and the 1l7th ant
l25th meridians of longitude ives
from Greenwich. Its greatest widtl
north and south is 24O miles, and it
greatest length east and west is "a
miles, an area in round numbers O
10000 square miles, is about 45,O09
600 acres OF land, and being divide
by the Cascade range of mountain
into two unequal and entirely dissimi
lar sections. The former contain
$4,000 square miles and the latter 20
1000 according to statistical Classics
ltion. 1t is estimated that 0,OOO 90
acres are timbered, 10000, 900 graf
producing prairie land, 100000 acre
rich alluvial or river bottom, produ,
ing hops, hay and all kinds OF fruit
and vegetables, and 100000 acre
mineral bearing mountains, in grea
part timbered also.