Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1891-02-27

!, y fire at Coliax. on the morning o
the 3lst destroyed property to The
value OF 100000, o;.c-haf OF which wa
covered 10y insuram u.
\ turnip m"asuiAg four feet in cir
cumlcrcncc and weighing fifty pounds
is on exhibition in the New Whatcon
chamber u! commerce.
' W. W. sly, OF Fairhaven, while
going Town Hight OF stairs, Monday
fell and hart himself SO badly he will
be lail W Tor some time.
\ bowling gale which struck Tacoma
t Sunday night completely wrecked 4
row Of shacks on what is known As
Sawdust avenue, Old Town.
John Robbins Single mill at Cow
litz was destroyed by fire early Wcdncs-
day morning. About G00,000 shin. giles
and the building were burned.
The famous Quinauit and lIumptu-
lips country is being rapidly settled up
with Eastern people. y party OF
seventy. from Arkansas, arrived re-
Gently.
The contract has been let for the
construction of the Soldiers Home at
Orting, and work will begin on it as
soon as possible and he pushed to com
! piotion.
Henry Nilalson, Il Russian coal
miner, was killed at Bucoda last week
! hN- ~ III tnntlnr
who WAS with him, escaped without
injury.
II. f. Moody, prosecuting attorney
of Jefferson county, was last week also
! appointed prosecuting attorney for
san Juan county by the county COM
missioners.
Ed. Eastman and Charles Brown
were both badly injured by knife
thrusts given each other Friday while
engaged in 4 quarrel on Il ranch near
| Ccntraiia.
A strange man hired IL $500 horse
and buggy from a Tacoma liveryman
Sunday, and the outfit have not been
seen since. The police can find no
| trace vi Illli.
A man giving his name as f. A.
Johnson, victimized Il Port Townsend
saloon keeper Saturday with a worth
less 500 check, on which he got S67
and skipped.
DIR. J. F. Crop, OF Walla Walla, has
cloped with Minnie Caldwell, girl of
eighteen, leaving his family. The girl
doomed male attire to render her esca-
padc more secure.
b. A. Scabor2, of Ilwaco, has doubled
the capacity of his canncry for the
coming season, and now is able to put
up 1000 cases per day. lie expects to
put up G0,000 cases this season.
The following land appraisers have
been appointed Wahkiakum county
Thomas Irving, +. NJ. Sweet. J. J.
Foster; Pacific county, w. III. Taylor,
Thomas Roney, ii. f. Canadian.
The Seattle city council has decided
to discard the use OF the name White
chapel in that city. Police officers are
not allowed to use the word, and news
papers are asked TO discard it also.
Two months ago son OF O. b. Hall,
of Montesano, fell and broke his arm.
He was getting along all right until
last Monday, when he fell and again
broke it in the same place.
The hop crop of Whatcom county
figured at 30 cents per pound, aggre-
gated 100000 last season. The hop
growers of Sumas and Nooksack valleys
during the past four years have aver
aged 20 cents per pound.
About two weeks ago, Joseph Delor
OF Vancouver, fell from a spring board
while telling a tree and injured his
spine, from the effects of which he
died last "Wednesday. Deceased was
80 years of age and leaves wife and
two children.
Plans are being drawn for semi
nary to he erected by the Sisters Of
the Good Shepherd at Ballard. The
building will cost about 100000 and
will accommodate 500 pupils besides
quarters for the sisters. Work will be
commenced early in the spring.
Matson, the Finn who stabbed Billy
Carlson and another Finn. few
months ago at Gray's HarbOr, was let
off by the authorities at Montesano
last week. Every citizen in the city is
indignant over this action and thinks
that Matson deserved severe punish
ment.
Some time ago Councilman B. f.
Young, Of North Yakima, removed to
Summer, and as he did not resign the
city council declared his seat vacant
and ordered special election. Now
Young has returned to Yakima and
wants his seat, saying lie did not re-
move permanently.
The Vancouver city council last week
fixed the salaries and bonds of certain
city officers as follows: Assessor, $3.50
per year Marshal, 1920 per year, 50 900
bonds; Attorney, $500 per year, 81, 900
bonds; Treasurer, $500 per year $780,
600 bonds; Health officer, S. per day
when actually employed.
Wednesday, about mile from Mon
tesano, little child fell out OF coach
window of railroad train, and was
not missed until the train reached the
depot at Montesano. A rail road labor
err picked the little one up and carried
her to town. Strange to say the little
girl was unhurt, save a few trifling
scratches.
Captain Bucklin, of the tug Wasp,
says the Seattle PostInteHigencer, had
a little scare when off Ten-Mile point,
Friday, when he found his boat in the
midst of school of whales splashing
around in every direction and spouting
water all over the boat in such a man.
ner us to make the crew wish for few
seconds that the boat was in some
other part Of the Sound. Captain
Bucklin said there must have been
about 100 IN the school. He did not
think at first that there were as many
as there really were, and ran into them
before he realized it, He did not think
that there was any real danger, but
when he saw the torrents of water COM
ing down on his boat he began to feel
little shaky, and felt great relief
when the boat had passed them. He
says it is the first time he has ever
seen whale in the Sound.
On the first day OF March the Sat
sop Railway company will go out of