Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1892-09-30
STATE NEWS.

to the kernahan ranch before he
could receive surgical aid.
Walla Walla has decided upon n
shooting tournament. A number of
prizes both for target and live bird
shooting will be offered. The Ameri-
can Association rules will govern all
prize shoots, while the sweepstakes
will be shot under the McMurchy
rules. No date has yet been selected
for the tournament.
A contract has been signed for the
construction of the South Bend reser-
voir. 1t is to be completed by Oc-
tober 10Th. 1t will be AZ feet i'm
diameter, ITO feet at the top and II
feet deep. The embankment will be
10 feet wide on top, and the capacity
OF the reservoir, filled to a depth of Is
feet, is 100000 gallons.
The wreck of the Ferndale was sold
at Uniontown, Whitman county,
several days ago to Mr.. Ralph and
others of Tacoma, the parties who are
interested in an invention for the
raising OF wrecked vessels. 1t is sup
posed that the wreck has been pur.
chased for the purpose Of experiment.
ing with the invention.
William Dusten, who recently be-
came famous in suit for $40, which
he brought against Mrs. Hamilton
in Spokane for wages earned by wait
ing for her to marry him, has gained
a little more notoriety. He is now
charged by Mrs. Maggie Sillman, a
ranchress Of Beaver creek, with steal
ing some preserved fruit.
Edward Fallihee, the fireman who
was so severely scalded by the blowing
out of the boiler tubes OF the steamer
Monticello off Kingston, few days
ago, died of his injuries shortly before
noon Monday, at the Providence Hos.
pital. The body was prepared by
Bonney & Stewart and will be taken
to St. Paul, his former home, by a
brother for interment.
James Burns, of Silver, Okanogan
county, has bonded the Red Shirt
mine to Seattle parties for $4,000.
He already has a 15O-foot tunnel run
in on it. The new company are to
sink 100 feet on the ledge. This is a
new camp, and this is the first sale
made yet, but the prospects are very
flattering, and this sale encourages
prospectors 90 that they will begin to
develop their claims.
Mr.. Townsend, Of Anacortes, made
a peculiar catch the other day while
fishing. 1t appears that dogfsh had
swallowed the bait and hook, and q
shark in turn swallowed the dogfish
The shark-measured "A feet long, and
weighed about $50 pounds. In ap
pearance it was very much like the
man eating species, but was pro
nounced by some to be of the species
known as the "mud shark"
While prospecting along Salmon
river Eli Mason, of Garfield, discovered
a beautiful crystal cave. From the
ceiling and on all sides the rocks are
covered by a white formation, probably
largely composed of lime, the result o.
centuries of the drippings OF mineral
water. From the ceiling hang fan
tastically-shsped stalactites, but theil
counterparts, the stalagmites, are
missing, because the floor of the cave
is covered with water.
Allen Hunt, son of II. A. Hunt, o.
Port Townsend, met with a painful
accident Wednesday. While playing
with some young companions he wal
jostled against and fell on his lef,
arm, breaking it between the elbow
and wrist. About two months age
young Hunt fell from a tree, breaking
the same arm above the elbow. The
arm had scarcely regained its usual
strength, the first fracture having
probably weakened the whole arm.
c. B. Fetters, who resides on the
Nahum, has just finished statue o.
George Washington that is a wonder
full piece of work, and shows a perfec,
conception OF the sculptor's art. The
Ellensburgh Register says: at is
made of wood hewn out of a log, and
is life-size of Washington when he
was boy about years old. He il
standing with an ak in hand in the
act OF cutting down cherry tree, as
told about in juvenile story. The fig
ure is finished in bronze, and is con
tributed to the worlds fair from thi,
State"
The Great Northern's switchbacl
over the Cascades has been located
and is now under construction. Or
the east side it will be nearly finished
by October l on the west side it will
take little longer. The maximum
grade on the east side is 81 per cent
On the west side it is per cent, the
descent being more rapid and the OBJ
stacles greater. At one point the lint
passes back and forth six times on the
same sidehill. The difference in ele
vation between the summit and thu
point where the switchback joins thu
main line is 1000 feet.
A SO counterfeit treasury note ha.
made its appearance at Seattle. 1t j:
on the series of 1874, act of March 3
1868, John Allison, register; John C
New, treasurer. The paper is very
dark, portrait of Webster poorly en-
graved, lathe work fair, numbers pool
and OF a brick-red color. In the lint
"This note is a legal tender for ter