Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1892-11-25

''-.'f-'i lNf tapping To- ran, aud
pr"I,t'dA graf future for the bust
ur..
Owing 90 f"c. and storms in the
WUuniaiu-oi \suiiu county. the work
"' ihc cKprtts engaged IN examining
tho watershed nuI making other cs,i-
mates iur the irrigation company,
have lcru greatly DELAYED. II has,
however been learned that an ample
,uluW, ui water can hc Obtained for
the purpose required.
" Sutherland reports 10 the
Nhat'pm Eerr.He the fact that hc has
bonded Sth acres 81 land aud several
mining claims On Texcda Island. %
mll,s northwest Of llrllingham BAY.
+ ho iron ore shows GS per cent. of
pure iron. The poorest piece Of gold
quartz assays $2l0 per ton. and the
richest piece $4,000 per ton.
ftcl Hump. Of Wilbur, captured
large owl ia the timber below that
town last Sunday. IL il what j.
known ~ thr cat owl. an immense
bird with eyes the size Of quarter
and wings measuring five feet from
ZAP Co tip Mr. Bump shipped the
luul tn spokane To be mounted and
will coil It Grover Cleveland.
Michael Alho IL n boy Of II years of
age ard was IN the employ of V. W.
smith 4 Co. who were subContractors
under Hugh a. kirkcndall and Shep-
ard. Stems 4 Co. in the building of
the Great Northern Railroad. BY the
premature explosion Of II blast he lost
hia cycsight and now brings suit at
Spokane against the contractors and
railroad company ior $4,000.
William Monroe Kickoff, who was
drowned from q canoe near Anacortes
recently, was sn expert boatman and
swimmer The craft was capsized by
sudden sIuall. after Kickoff and his
companion had been out for an hour.
Ricko1 took of his hat and overcoat in
the water and. with paddle in his
hand was treading water, when sud-
denly hc was seized with a cramp and
sank. when relief was close at hand.
The ralaha Farmer states that the
opel onyx mines, owned by Spedden
hfns will prove veritsble gold mine.
\ gentleman IN Portland, Or, is anx-
ipus to purchase $50 900 worth OF the
stone for the completion OF several
fine buildings The value Of the find
can h. judged when single slab, DIX
o. inches and one inch thick, is worth
900 The ad,isability Of erecting a
plant 10 complete its finish for market
- hcirg discussed.
Tho diking on the upper Sumas,
which seemed likely 10 fail through
Tor a time on account OF the large
amount Of money required to COM
pete the enterprise, has been given
new lite by the return OF Mr.. Lums-
den frim ottawa. The engineer esti-
mated the cost at $350,000, which
would ie an expense OF between $ll
aud tl2 per acre for land 10 be re-
claimed from the Fraser river over
ilow. Work has commenced, and will
be- pushed Ms rapidly as possible.
Mosday night the store of the Endi-
colt Mercantile Company at Endicott
was catered by burglars. When the
clerks came Tuesday morning the safe
was found blown open, the door having
been torn entirely Off the hinges, and
from the appearance of things, il was
evidently the work Of professional
cracksmen. A number of notes and
other papers had been taken, of no
value 10 any one but the company,
aud their theft, aside from some
trouble. will cause the company no
losa. Three hundred and fifty dollars
in money WAS taken. aud about the
same smount In checks was left in the
safe.
Sun lay morning George f. Dewitt
was shot and IL supposed to be NOR
tally wounded. by Thomas Campbell,
on the road about one mile south of
Kent A - caliber bullet entered the
conter and lower portion OF the abdo-
men. Tho men, who are farmers, had
becn to Kent and were drinking, and
3. u supposed that they quarreled
over politics on the way home. De-
VII, who was taken 10 the hospital at
seattle. says the shooting was acct
dental that Campbell fired four shots
n his feet. The wounded man, who
u expected to die. il unmarried and
about 10 years old. Campbell is in
custody al Kent.
Mr.. John slambaugh, who has been
ifcighting 10 and from the mines this
fall, happened 10 camp near Alma last
week ~ the time Of the fire which con-
summed the bodies Of several Indians.
says tie Wilbur Register. The morn
INK following the fire Mr.. Stambaugh
says hr was viewing the ruins when
several young Siwashes came up, and
snd after getting warm they procured
a poic aud raked the charred head,
which had been burned from the trunk
81 their own fsther-Okanogan George
to the clear aud broke il 10 ashes
With the pole. They showed no more
concern over the fate OF their father
than II he had been dog.
tountcffcitcfs are reported TO be
making n very successful imitation of
the go gold piece at Spokane. The
Rrr'sE says the weight and size is per-
feet Ia any man only ordinarily used
to the handling Of money. The metal
u az alloy which, when thrown on
counter, will spring aud ring like the
genuine article. The two in the
police station bear the dates Of 1885
aud lasd The engraving cannot be
detected With the eye, In the smallest
lines, from the government work. To
sNoid possible suspicion, the makers
have taken the newness of, and they
have an exact appearance Of coin
that has been IN Use for some years.
I'D. iIill. the murderer Of Iangford
Summers, of Garfield. is still at large,
and reward OF 800 for his arrest has
been offered. He IL described MS ap.
Parcnily 20 years old, 4 feet Dor 10
inches high weighing about I6j
pounds Is "A decided blonde with very
rcd lace, light blue. dcep-sunken eyes,
With overhanging brows; is smooth
shatvn. except "a moustacho of medium
weight He ~ a man Of little educa-
ton. tat uses very fair language; has
marked cowhoy swagger. usually
soaring . wide trimmed white hat
pulled down over his eyes; smokes
cigarettes almost continuously, is a
hart driukcr aud an inveterate gamb-
Ter
\ very important community prop.
efty ease was decided 10y the Supreme
Court lew days ago. that OF Sadler