Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1892-03-25

them to place fir in the Eastern mar.
kets in competition with white pine ,
and are now turning their attention to
red cedar rs Il finishing lumber. This
red cedar makes very handsome in
terror finish, and is said to possess ex-
cellent lasting qualities for outside
work. 1t is somewhat lighter than
white pine, and therefore the high
rates Of freight are not so much of an
obstacle to the shipment OF this wood
East as they are to the shipment Of fir.
The elders of the Central Christian
Church at Spokane are investigating
charges against Rev. J. b. Dillon, who
has been conducting revival i'll that
city. The charges, preferred by Il Sis
ter i'll the church, are that while in the
company OF Mrs. Hardness and Mrs.
Arthur, OF Palouse, he conducted him
self unbecomiDgly; that he sent a note
to one Of the ladies after their arrival
in Spokane, asking her to meet him at
the head of the stairs ut the Pacific
hotel where they were staying; fur
ther, that he asked the ladies' to go to
the theater, and while in the parlors OF
the Pacific hotel with the ladies sug-
gcstcd dancing and cards.
The burglars and safc-blowers who
have committed dcprcdations i'll sew
eral towns north of Chehalis during
the past month, evidently paid Castle
Rock visit on their way south. Last
Saturday night the saloons of f. NJ.
Shntailer and +. l.. Gumm were en-
tered and robbed, and at the latter
place an attempt was made to open
the safe. Holes were drilled in to
some depth opposite the lock combina-
ton, but it is probable that the burg
lars were frightened away while at
their work. Had they been successful
in opening the safe they would have
been we'll rewarded, rs Mr.. Quinn had
good amount III his strong box.
Hon. ID. NJ. Jesse, State Fruit In
spcctor, visited Dayton. Columbia
county, last week. He found nearly
every orchard in town infected with
woody aphis, and some had codin
IIiplI lit lilSktCtoI OItCItl liC vi
chards disinfectcd or destroyed before
March -. While in Starbuck re-
Gently, Mr.. Jesse condemned the Nc
Alloy orchard. A large part OF the
trees of this orchard were obtained
about a year ago from A. Kneff. Nc
Alloy refused to pay for the trees, and
Kneif has brought suit. The case will
come up at the next term of court,
and is expected to be very interesting.
Inspector Jesse has been subpenaed as
a witness for the defense.
John Burns, one of the oldest pio-
The Eye says: Burns, like the rock
back of the Methodist church, was on
the ground when the average inhabi-
tant arrived. Only those who have
been here fifteen or twenty years re-
member when he came. He was al
ways distinguished for frugality, not
10 use n less complimentary term. He
earned money in the logging camp,
but what he parted with he either
loaned at n high rate of interest or in
vested in real estate. He never spent
it for personal comfort or adornment.
Milk and oatmeal has sutiiced for his
food, and clothing that a poor man
would throw away has always been
good enough for Burns. His income
is estimated at 800 month"
Four damage suits have been filed
in the Superior court at Seattle against
the Columbia & Puget Sound Rail
road, as the result of an accident
which happened on December 3, 1891
The Plaintiffs are Catherine Clark,
Mary A. Booth, Elizabeth Williams
and William f. Thomas, and each
asks 5000 damages. According to
the complaints, which are practically
the same, while the plaintiffs were pas
sengers on one OF the c0mpany's trains
it was derailed between Black Diamond
and Franklin and thrown down 125-
embankment. All of the plaintiffs
were injured. especially Lizzie Will
liams, whose collar bone was broken.
Each of the others alleges that he or
she suffered injury to the spine or
elsewhere.
South End residents, beyond Alki
are continuing their boycott of the
Tacoma & Puyallup Railway and be.
tween 30 and 40 of them are walking
daily from Larchmont and Fern Hill
to Alki rather than pay the increased
fare of 10 cents, charged to stations a
few miles beyond. Three young men
have secured bicycles and others will
have them next week. There is talk
of starting stage to bring the
walkers" to the city in the morning
and take them home at night. In the
meantime the conductors are request
ing the old patrons of the line to come
back and ride, fearing that if the re
ceipts to do not grow larger the assets
in Receiver Sprague's hand will not bt
sufficient to liquidate their demand.
Mt the end of the month