Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1892-01-28
A GENERAL REVIEW
TENS Abstracted and Extracted
From Our Exchanges
The GoLD1N STREETS OF YAKIMA
Preparations for War-Sound to Be Pro-
tected-Murde~ In Colfax-
Millionaires Wed.

COUNTY.
The Hoquiam sons Of Veterans are or
ganizing military company.
Hoquiam has but one restaurant where
meals can be had at all hours.
Nearly $50, 1000 in 1891 taxes were paid
into the county treasury in December.
The steamer Scotia left Cosmopolis last
week lumber laden for san Francisco.
About fifty men are at work on the
schooner Cleaner at the Hoquiam slip
yards.
Tho Union club has been organized at
Hoquiam with fifty members. 1t is a
combination business and social function.
1t is rumored that the county COM
missioners contemplate appointing j.
w. Milroy as superintendent of the poor
farm.
James Gillies, Of Hoquiam, is establish
ing logging camp OF the mouth Of the
Humptulips river He will remove the
log jam in the river.
George d. Scofeld has been appointed
by the county central committee to the
position of republican club organizer and
county fence repairer.
John Candy, OF Montesano, has offer
ed to donate half block of lots as a
bonus for any manufacturing plant en-
ploying not less than a dozen men.
The general government has placed an
order with the Cosmopolis mill for tim
Der to be used in the construction of gun
carriages at Fort Point, San Francisco.
1t is not generally known that Judge
Griswold has patented twelve useful de-
vices and now has three more on which
he is endeavoring to secure patent right.
Democrat.
Mrs. George B. Co,lett died at Monte
sano last Thursday leaving husband
and six children, five o! whom are confin-
ed to their beds with typhoid fever. 1t
is a sad case.
Apples. nice and sound, are still hang
ing on the trees in q. G. Witzman's
orchard at Porter. Uncle Zimri says he
will gather them before the trees bloom
in the spring.-Oakville Globe.
The seven-month' Sold infant of Mr..
and Mrs. ]. F. Hiner, of Ocosta, got the
third finger Of the left hand caught in a
clothes w,inger and it was crushed so
badly that DIR. Walston had to be called
in to amputate it.
Arrangements are being made by the
people of the Summit school district to
build new schoplhouse. The site has
been donated by the Port Blakeley Mill
Co., and will be near the central part of
the Observation-Disclosures.
Mr.. Stoneroad heretofore editor Of the
Hoquiam Tribune has served his editorial
connection with that paper and will prob
ably engage in the real estate business in
Everett. The good wishes Of many har-
Dor friends will go with him.
The race in Elma Saturday between
horses of G. Williams and d. l.. Wood
land resulted in the former winning the
race by few lengths. George takes both
horses according to the agreement. Great
interest was manifested in the race
Democrat.
Mrs. j. w Milroy, OF Montesano, pos
'sesses fife which was played by her
ancestors IN the revolutionary war and
sounded gladstone notes at the surrender
OF CORVALLIS at Yorktown. 1t was also
played by her father and uncle in the
war of 1912.
The Hoquiam Sons Of Veterans have
been presented with handsome banner
by Governor Ferry, after whom the post
was named. 1t will be presented on
February IL, Union Defenders day, by
Commander Philbrick of the Hoquiam
G. A. r. The Sons have leased the rink
and will celebrate the day in an appro-
pirate manner.
A. A. Smith, the photographer, went
out west of town to take picture OF a
monarch OF the forest whose rings in
dictate it to be BOG years old. 1t is about
So feet in circumference twelve feet above
the ground. 1t stood ON Mr.. Craig's place
and that gentleman intends to arrange
an approach to the stump so that he can
put horse on it and have a picture
taken.-Temocrat.
Our neighbors at Porter are iubilant
over recent assays OF the mineral find at
that place. They report twenty-foot
ledge carrying from 1880 to $50, in