Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1891-01-09
STATE NEWS.

David Montgomery, q farmer living
near Snohomish City, shot and mortal.
ly wounded Oscar E. Carr, a logger,
last Monday.
The machinery for Centralia's iron
and brass foundry has arrived, and the
works will be put in operation in
about ten days.
Additional government surveys in
Pacific county has just opened to
settlement two townships of fine
agricultural land.
Hugh G. Wallace, Of Tacoma, was
married in Washington City, las,
Monday, to Miss Mildred, daughter Of
Chief Justice Fuller.
As two workman were removing
grain in warehouse at Pomeroy, the
pile of grain, which was twenty-eight
sacks high, suddenly gave way, COM
pletely covering one man, and but
two sacks struck the other, breaking
both legs below the knees. Upon
digging the other out, it was found
that he was alive and only sustained
few bad bruises.
The Holsters spoken of some time
ago as being planted in the Sound have
been heard from. The Kitsap Pioneer
says: A former employe Of the Unit
ed States fish commission vessel, the
AIbatross, stated that he had recently
found some of the Holsters in the bay
of Utsalady, across the Sound from
where they were planted, and that he
found them in several other places,
showing that they are rapidly propa-
gated. Several other persons have re-
ported finding Holsters at various points
ON the Sound.
The Tacoma Coal company have
opened an immense vein OF coal at
Wilkeson, nine feet two inches thick,
and can be distinctly traced for 10000
feet. 1t was struck 500 feet below the
surface. and estimated the vein to be
1000 feet deep, the deposit contains
100000 tons. Rober. Wingate, the
former owner of the Carbon Hill
mines, stated he had traced many coal
veins thirty-fve miles south and
twenty miles north, mainly in range
six east. The coal fields known to ex.
ist southeast of Ortiug are a part of
this mammoth coal deposit.
Walter B. Webb, who was cashier OF
the Northern Pacific Express Com
pany at Spokane Falls from May, 1889,
until last Sunday, committed suicide
at Coulee City by shooting himself
through the head, Tuesday. He
played cards in saloon, losing sll the
money he had. Then he began play
ing on borrowed capital, and lost $40
in two hours. At $50 he rose from
the card table and walked sout to q
back room. In less than q minute
from the time he left the saloon, pis.
tol report was heard, and the dead
body of Webb was found in the room
lying in pool of blood. Webb was q
nephew of William B. Webb, now q
prominent citizen Of Tacoma, a nd for
merly Secretary of Montana under
Cleveland's administration.
The garbage scow, according to the
Seattle Times, seems to be the maiu
support of the sea-gulls. Never have
so many of these storm birds beer
on Elliott bay as tl're are at present
They are coming from all directions
and once they arrive, they make thi.
their headquarters. The main attrac
ton is the garbage scow. Whenevel
this is towed out from 1900 to 2OO(
follow it to its destination, and tn,
men employed on it claim that they
scarcely have room to work, as tht
gulls cluster around them in swarms
all fighting one another to get on tn,
scow and select their food. Thes,
birds are very useful, as they generally
eat about one-quarter Of the garbag,
, ] that la dumned