Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1891-08-21
had made up their minds to shoot each

other. On the face Of it. a hoax.
\ deal was closed Saturday whereby
W. f.. simpson, OF Tacoma, purchased
of J. II. Brown, OF North kakima, fifty
carloads OF watermelOns, thus giving
him control OF the entire watermelon
crop OF the state, which he says will
amount to about 80 carloads all told.
The woods about the mouth OF the
Squwak on the south side arcOn fire.
Fire Is raging northwest OF Clc-clum
also, destroying the timber. Fears are
entertained that it may reach the cord
wood in that section. The air about
Cle-elum and Roslyn are thick with
smoke
Theosophists OF Tacoma are agita-
ting Il proposition to establish Il ere
matOry on twenty-acrc tract i'll the
vicinity OF Kingston. 1t is also pro-
posed to establish near the crematOry
a theosophical college, where those in
terested in the study of the occult may
retire and live.
A suspension bridge has just bee n
completed across the klickitat river at
Veterans. 1t is 40 feet in length,
and four feet in width The floor hangs
about twelve feet above the water and
is swung from two cables, each one of
which is made OF six telegraph wires
twisted together.
Friday evening at Fairhaven while
Mrs. Dodson, Mrs. Pagan and her little
son were out riding the buggy was
overturned. Mrs. Dodson received in
ternal injuries which may prove fatal,
the boy was iearfully cut and bruised
about the legs and body, and Mrs. Fa-
gan received several severe cuts.
Puget Sound herring, cured and
packed at Point Roberts, are declared
to be superior to the Eastern fish.
The curing of herring is destined to
become a leading industry On the
Sound. The waters of the Gulf of
Georgia and all the bays and inlets
thereof swarm with this fish at GER
tain seasons OF the year.
Indian Agent Cole has completed
the work of enrolling the Cwurd'Alcne
Indians entitled to a share in the dis
tribution of $500, 900 paid by the gov
eminent for the lands recently coded.
1t is found that 526 Indians are emit
tied to share of this money, and that
each will receive 81, 100. Many of the
Indians are already well-to-do.
Captain f. l.. Marshall, a wealthy
real estate man OF Seattle, Wash, WAS
lost overheard from the steamer Arago,
which left San Francisco for Marsh
field, Or, last Monday. Captain Mar
shall was last seen Tuesday night,
standing by the rail at the stern of the
steamer. 1t is thought he jumped
overheard with suicidal intent.
Fireman Mills, of Tacoma, has
achieved an enviable amount of glory
by stopping runaway team, at the
risk OF his life, and thereby saving sew
eral other lives which were endangered.
The action of Mills in stopping the
horses was not only heroic, in respect
OF courage, but marvellous as a matter
of athletics, as he caught both horses
by the reins and held them by main
strength.
Clerk Reinhart, OF the State Su-
preme Court, has completed tran
scripts in the cases of III. l.. Yesler VS..
The Board of Harbor Line Commits
sioners, Tie county of King VS.. George
ID. Hill ct al, and F. NJ. Thorp VS.. the
Tenam Ditch company, the latter be-
ing an appeal from Kittitas county,
and will forward them to the Clerk of
the United States Supreme Court, the
cases having been appealed to that
court
The faculty Of the Puget Sound uni
versity in Tacoma has been chosen, as
follows: Rev. F. B. Cherington, Pres
ident and professor of history and Eng
lish literature; Pref. s. G Langdon,
Greek and Latin; Prof III n. OFT, nat
ural science; Prof. w. l.. Malone.
mathematics Miss II. S. Shera, French
and German; Mrs. NJ. +. Gates, iastru-
mental music Prof Max Meyer, art de-
partment. The university will open
September 18th.
Bids are being received in the office
OF Engineer McHenry for the construc-
ton OF the iron draw-span for the big
draw-bridge which will cross the Che
halls river below Aberdeen on the line
OF the Tacoma, Olympia & Gray's Har-
Dor railroad. The draw span will be
$50 feet in length. Bids are to be
opened in 10 days. There are also to
be built three 150foot wooden spans.
Griggs & Heustis are now putting in
the heavy piers of stone and masonry
work. The total cost will approximate
100000, and it will be the largest
bridge i'll the State until the Union Pa.
cific's bridge across the Columbia at
Vancouver is completed.