Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1892-01-22
STATE ELws.

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..I.a t'on ou , charge Of counter
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lM sat, land commission has Sc
F.. '.l $500 n,r.- fur entry ~ a part
~ i. grant o. 2uOoob acres for cduca-
i.HH 'h'ut'.l'. rcn,l and rc!orma-
t.f. H-ttut"n-
'lfup llWtrl Eldrlrc Is ncgoti-
tn.. erh tu E,-tcru firm for new
Mn.i uuil 80 Slunlicum creek, in
N'.t'..W county,. with daily ca
rtIi1 of sloWD
q ~ i.l,r one Of the best known
..u.,u- of Vancouver. died ut his
hW' ln HAT ,llS recently, aged 50.
NJ lolrf ~h~ goldsmith and en-
eh''f of pfr ability
~, recent find OF building stone
mtl, 80 A-"tin county turned out To
lf Ud scotch stone. \ large stratum
ht' been found. and It promises largely
90 hc used for ornamental work.
n thr last SESSION Of the City Coun-
90 H ~unh"mi-h the adNisahility of
i-sulug huud- tu cover the floating
.i,lt ~. .otiou-ly discussed and it is
lffi1ll" that the Council will decide
o. i..u, -ud bonds
~, ritlrn- oi Wlllapa. in Pacific
county. tr -tll engaged IN condemn
iur their count, Assessor and commits
sian,fs claiming that their portion Of
that county hi- had 90 pay nm unjust
proportion of the taxes
- camp. who l. charged with
having committed an outrageous AS
sault upon a gltl ia Cowltl county,
Will ir brought back there for trial, Il
fuwisitiou having been made upon
uu',ru"t r,uuolcr and granted.
Andrew Chambers. OF Anacortcs,
f,il ltrm wagon under the horses
fr,i liz bead was cut in several
Fa,,s aud a wheel ran over his right
tfm. Featuring the bone in several
place. the bone sticking out through
Do. ,'at
iu tie superior court. Wednesday,
W calder commenced suit against
90, ,ii, of Nallt Walla and George X.
I tfnv" 80 recover damages in the sum
|oi 700 The plaintiff was injured 10y
falling on "a sidewalk. which lac claims
was ,,k,rrd with ice.
%, seattle high school pupils have
8dlt,se'd petition toGnvcrnor Ferry,
F a-ltue that arms lc granted the com
PAW cd cadets recently formed. The
/ tftitiun va. signed hy all the members
ul th' company. some oi the school iii
f,Ctofs and superintendent Barnard.
nuuug the past year 3G2 ISIS tons of
coal Wvfo taken out Of the mines Of
thr Northern Pacific Coal Company ut
/ iatsl,n During the twelve months
Iui 1850 the output was i2iO10 tons.
| lho company has | OBS men on its
rat roll aud during 1891 total of
toll 30 ~ Wa paid out in wages
j Ihuf-day morning John X. Hood,
who ha- l~"u very i'll for several
months. died 1t hi. residence on the
I Cottonwood cf,,k. Mr. Hood is well
and ia,ufsblv known throughout the
+ inland Emuir,. aud was one of Walla
Whlla- pioneers lie was horn in In
trfnc-s. scotland. on the eth Of June.
lsiI
Wen RYAN. IN old man, was found
dead saturday ~ the Hunt warehouse,
~ tcutfalin. where he had been given
permission tu sleep, aud which he had
'nrrupird several months lie had fall
lea 80 the iluor On attempting TO rise
Ia the morning. hruising his face. An
inquest was held. showing that he had
died IF heart disease.
The Culiax Mill and Lumber Com
pany y preparing for big log drive
down the North Pnluuse river in the
spfing. The drive will begin about the
first 1T March. and 3.OOO,OO0 feet will
i'u received a. hc worked up into lum-
i'cf aud furniture during the summer
New machinery Is being pat in place
/ preparatory for work.
Tho .uit Of Frank Young against the
city uf Port Townsend for 81, 600 is not
likely to come 10 trial at this term OF
court. Since beginning the suit he
was caught smuggling opium. and be-
ing admitted 10 bail in the sum of $500
he hs. taken upfiis residence in Vic
tufih. u G.. where the climate is more
cnngrnial 10 his health.
claude Fills. of Dayton, broke
I match I'll a bunch Of matches in his
vest packet. aud nj the same time
ignitei the whole bunch. lie had
SOME chloraic of potash in his pocket,
which helped the conilagraiion along,
aud before the fire was put out his
vest WIS ruined. besides u portion of
his cuiiclo which he could not well
spare
Frank T. Morley has brought suit
fpf $50 ~ damages against the city of
Port Townsend. Morley stepped into
. hole where plank was broken on
Tyler street wharf in October. 1889,
aud received fall from which he sus-
tanned -rfIous injuries. He sues for
~ Wm damages The cify's defense is
that the scene oi the accident WAS not
"n u public street or upon any prop
cfiy belonging Ia the city and hence
tho clly j. guilty Of no negligence.
suow ia foot deep ut Watcrville, in
90" lliE ~ nd country The Big Bend
country practically includes Douglas
county, with ESQ square miles; Lin
coin. With $50 square miles, and
Adams aud Franklin. with $50
square Mules Thus The Big Bend
country contains | 100 more square
miles than y embraced IN Connecticut,
Delaware and Rhode Island combined.
tcw people can realized the immensely
uf this one district of the State o
Washington without such compari
SON
Secretary Noble il preparing a rcso-
luton 10 send Ia Congress containing
= recommendation in regard To- selling
certain lands belonging To- the Puyallup
Indians, uf Washington. The rescrva-
ton Of these Indians is situated near
Tacoma aud the town has, in the last
lev YEAR,. grown to such extent that il
has spread about parts Of the rcscr.a.
tion, aud 10 enable the city To continue
- growth, II - thought advisable TO
huy parts Of u from the Indians. for
which fall value will bc paid. Some of
~ u valued ~ high M 80 600 per acre.