Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1891-10-16
STATE NEWS.

Chehalis has decided to grant Il
water franchise to the private corpora
ton offering the best terms.
J. f. Gregory, saloon keeper OF
Castle Rock, has left that town carry
ing with him $500 borrowed money.
Warrants are out for his arrest.
Seventy-iivc-pound Goldfish are hcing
caught oil Port Angeles, Wash. Cape
Cod won't be in it when the Pacific
coast fisheries begin to be developed.
Lopez Island is said to he used as a
rendezvous for several bands of snug
glers, who are engaged in transporting
opium and Chinese into the United
States.
Liss Shoultz, OF Sehome, is under
arrest, charged with arson. His saloon
was discovered to he on fire by police
man, in time to eXtinguish the flames.
The floor and urniture were found
to he saturated with coal oil.
John Norton, Of Walla Walla.
formed the acquaintance of two gamb-
lers, Charles Andrews and f.. J. vii.
son, which cost him just 1910. Then
he called upon the police. and the
gentlemen of the green cloth are now
i'll Jail.
The Rochester Company, Of Kettle
Falls, has levied an assessment for the
construction Of Il wagon road from
point on the Columbia river, opposite
Kettle Falls, through the reservation
to Okanogan county. The amount of
money to be expended is 5000.
Thomas O'Neal, Il brakebeam travel
er, slipped from his perch underneath
IL freight car ut Yakima last Sunday
morning and was killed His legs
were broken in several places, all of
his ribs on one side torn loose, and
there were injuries about the head and
shoulders.
Pacific county, which is becoming
famous for its production Of oysters,
cranberries, salmon and other good
things for the palate, now furnishes
chestnuts of the Eastern variety.
Large numbers of the trees have been
found along Bear rive, across the bay
from Astoria.
Now comes Judge Turner, of Spo-
kane, and announces that he is not
candidate for United States circuit
judgeship. BY the way, if President
Harrison would only say to whom he
is going to offer his judicial plum, il
might save Others the trouble of de-
clining the Office.
Notice is given OF an application for
pardon i'll the case OF George W.
Francis, convicted on the 9th day of
March, 1881, III the Superior Court of
Pierce county, State of Washington,
OF the crime of forgery, and sentenced
to imprisonment in the State Pcniten-
tiary at Walla Walla for the term of
three years.
Articles of incorporation OF the
Northwestern Christian University
have been filed in the Secretary's of
flee. The institution has been located
at Tacoma, and its first board of trils-
tees consists of Freeman Walden,
William +. Cowden, Cornelius Cheet- |
ham, Jacob I. Eshclman, james :. |
McCallum, Eugene c. Sanderson and
II. l.. Moody.
Lieutenant-Coloncl Trotter, l.. $. A.,
assigned to duty us instructor of Wash !
ington National Guard, was yesterday
instructed to proceed to Goldendale,
Centerville, Waitsburg, Dayton, Pom
eroy, Spokane, Sprague, North Iaki- |
ma and Ellensburg, to instruct com
panies OF the Second infantry rcgi-
ment and the First battalion of caval-
ry in the use of small arms.
There are only twenty-four cigar
makers employed in Tacoma, two are
on the Out-of-wOrk benefit list of the
union, and this in II city of 10000
people is very small showing. TheI
number of cigars sold ut Tacoma would,
it is calculated, furnish employment
for 300 men, support 1,5O0 people,
rent 300 houses, and add $4,000 to
the bank clearances every month, or
$500, 900 yearly.
r. A. Peterson, who lives in South
Seattle, was terribly wounded by the
falling OF an immense cedar tree.
With two men, Peterson was at work
clearing land at the site OF the new
of Seattle. a large cedar
tree which had been burning. over a
week, fell and caught Peterson, tear