Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1891-07-17
STATE NEWS.

salmon cauucrv will hc erected at
N,u'''h' near Nout'>auo
louu. le1 horse thieves are giving
thc rnhc" 81 ~rokan, much trouble.
seattle wants I.olIce patrol system
similar To- that now IN operation in
Portland
~,l''lr police arc once more on the
VA path lh- time 1t l. the hoho>
ST.. mI-t g.,
Il' Dty "i Spokane proposes Ia
hu.i tN" h'd.'- ii til" county will
erect e third
Thcclty Of C"lfav attains it, MAJOR
~, thi- month. ha.ing been first set
u,I IA July. 1870.
Boar, are very numerous about
'"utrala, and scarcely a day pass, :
that ON" II not seen IN that vicinity
Arthur Hamlin, a grandson oi Ham
ulhh liamlin, i AT Franklin in camp
with Company b, OF which he i, Il
member
The report that squirrels and go
phcr, had seriously injured the wheat
crop IN Eastern Washington is en-
phlucaliy denied.
It has been finally decided that Il
hournc null will be built at Tekoa,
the citizens having pledged subsidy
of ! uun IN cash and suitable site.
The total output of oysters from
south Bend during the past season was
i!Gn sacks Most Of these were
shipped to Portland and San Francisco.
The manufacture OF frebricks was
commenced Saturday at the Ellcns-
hureh iron works. The pig iron fur
nae" will Ice IN operation before the
close OF the year
\ wealthy lady Of Boston has gone
e. live with the Indians on the Yakima
reservation. in order that she may
take care of the aged and iniirm mem
, hers uf the tribe.
The Indians Of Eastern Washington
complain that there was a light run of
salmon at the Gle Elum fails this
season. They will be considerably
short on salmon when winter comes.
For the year ending June 80 there
were observed from the Cape Flattery
light station 3, i39 vessels. This num-
her does not include the vessels that
passed IN the night or in fOggy weather.
The iron has reached the Chehalis.
The construction train will be put
across Immediately, and the work con
tInucd toward OcOsta. Its about four
teen miles from the crossing OF the
Chchalis To Ocosta.
Ellchsburgh has woman barber
who has been in business for several
months. Many incipient boards and
mustaches, as consequence, have
been sprouted since the advent of this
new tonsorial artist
Probably no other region in the
world produces such wealth of the
rare blossom Of the native rhododen-
dron rs the region in Kitsap county
known AS the Black hills, lying north
of Port Orchard bay.
One sheep raiser in Kittitas county
has shipped 10000 pounds of wool from
his flock of 5000 sheep this season.
Nm immense quantity of wool of SUI
perior quality will he shipped from
that county this summer.
The Pcshastin mines in Kittitas
county, which were discovered 80
years ago, are again attracting much
attention. From 500 to 1000 paying
/ placer claims will be located on the
, Peshastin and Eagle creeks.
r.. Mecker & Co, has ordered a car
load Of quassia chips from New York
besides the 500 pounds ordered for
their own Use. The latter order has
arrived and thcy have begun spraying
This company has the control of $50
acres Of hops
George Francis Train arrived at
Whatcom Tuesday having made the
trot around the world in 62 days and
n fraction. lie says he lost four days
in a monsoon, three days on the Eng
lish mail and three days in London.
Joseph johnson died last Friday
morning at Ellenshurgh, after linger-
ing many weeks with consumption. A
pathetic incident connected with his
taking off was the fact that he died on
his twenty first birthday and within an
hour Of the time of day that he was
born.
The discovery of tin ore in the Gle
Elum country again serves as an illus
tration of the varied resources of that
region. An assay gives very rich
showing of tin, considerable silver and
traces Of gold. The owners of the
property do not want TO sell and will
develop it themselves.
Mrs. David Dowden, while a guest OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Slocum in Tacoma, ate
corned leef and was Immediately taken
sick. Mr.. Slocum and wife also ate of
the corned beef and are still confined
10 their beds, while Mrs. Dowden has
fully recovered. 1t is supposed that
the food was poisoned in some way.
4 Frcnchman known as Antoine,
propeller Of the iron refuse car at the
Gilman mine, met with a serious acct
dent Saturday evening. The car left
the track, throwing Antoine on the hot
cinder heap, inilicting severe burns and
breaking his arm between the elbow
and wrist He is, however, expected
To recover.
George Perry, negro miner and
stable boss at the Franklin mines, was
the victim Of an accident Thursday af-
ternOon in the mines there, and by
which he has lost his left leg. Perry
was going down the slope to the mines
on a coal car and in some manner los t
his hold and fell off. The wheels of
the ear ran over his leg and crushed it
irightinlly below theknee. 1t was am
putated.
John Roster had narrow escape
from being cut To pieces by freight
train, while crossing the trestle ap-
proach To- the Skookumchuck railroad
bridge, near Bucoda, Wednesday. He
stumbled and fell between the rails
when the train was not hardly rod
behind him. BY an almost superhu-
man effort he rallied and threw him
self over into the meadow. He was
not injured.
The mcanest man on record lives
IN King county, says the Orting Oracle