Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1892-07-01

ilrht thousand dollars were raised
throughout the various towns IN the
state fnf the benefit Of the Roslyu
mime snlrrrrs The money was dis
trihuiel through systematic plan
lail opt ~ the committee.
The Ara,ortc- H,elig Courier has
suspended H.. main financial hacker
\ T. -hafpslrin. leaving the city, his
support wa- Withdrawn. IL was ably
rdit.i hy W II McEwen. and its sus.
ransiun l. greatly regretted.
The school house at Norman, Sno.
homish county. was recently destroyed
y, tire. With all the books belonging
io tho children and the registers kept
y tho tra,h,rs The fire is supposed
Co have bccn Of incendiary origin.
The fret shipment of Galena ore
ifam the Snoqualmie mine has been
m,.b hs = u Gustin over the Lake
shore rad a. the Tacoma smcltcr. 1t
consists "i iD pounds. but Mr.. Gustin
expects spon to hc shipping carloads.
The growth If fruit trees is going TO
l'c ptuligious on the Columbia river
lliis sra-nn. Some Of the orchards
have already made growth OF two
io,i. aud young peach trees from the
-ce'l have grown TO foot in height.
The agcnt Of the Alaska CONNER
cial Company il in Port Townsend to
arrange inr the release on bonds of the
steamer Jennie and the schooners
/ iutiio AMI kudiac, recently seized by
the government for illegal otter seal
inr.
William Whitney, brick mason,
was struck hy train No. IL from Sc
| sitle at ruyallup Saturday afternoon
aud injured internally. lie died at
the Fannie Paddock hospital the same
night Nothing il known about his
relatives.
iiy the main belts slipping at the
| Tacoma Railway & Motor Company
pa~es houss SUNDAY afternoon, the
Hear IN the vicinity was pounded into
/ slivrrs, and armatures damaged TO the
eSten, of 500 The electric lines
WV WH'h'h wv lNtNt houIb.
The Methodist district conference at
Port Townsend adjourned Thursday.
I Ofton. John Stevens, J. b. Murphy,
81 Sratllc. and J. Mexican were
licensed a. preach. Education was
one 81 the principal subjects under
alteration At the conference.
De. e. l.. Miller one OF the most IA
niliar old characters in Seattle, died
ai Providence hospital. from paralysis.
Df Miller was about 90 years OF age
and a native II Germany. lie came
almost direct from his native country
I" the coast. nearly u score Of years
ago
Aberdeen. Montesano, Hoquiam,
Coemopolia. Elma, Ocosta and Gray g
iiafbof city have q total population
81 y. 100 and are growing larger every
day The railroad to Ocosta will won
dcTtully increase all Of these towns in
population aud wealth. Through
ifains are to put ON by the LIST of July.
Df Freshly. tha Goldendale snake
tanner, was bitten by huge RATHER
whieh IA member Of the doctors
snakery. II was first thought the bite
would prove fatal, but by cauterizing
ihe wound externally and applying a
number ot whisky plasters 20 the lin
ing ~ his stomach. he is about rs well
as ever.
E MeekcF, who has just returned
from trip In Oregon as far south rs
Eugene. says that there hop lico are
thick. more az than they are here, and
the growers are mt preparing TO fight
them ~ they are here. Out Of A
roller sprayers sold. 40 are used
In this vicinity and only four in Ore
gon. v. Mecker has . horse power
machines on the Puyallup Hop com.
pany's yards oi l3l acres ut Kent.
sheep shearing In the valley was
flushed up lsst Saturday says the FL.
lenshufgh iocaiiAsr. The clip Is M ore
than an average The sheep are in
hne condition and the fiber excellent.
Tho average pounds Of wool 10 the
sheep are more than usual. Dick
rensel clipped - pounds from q two
yesr-old eve that belonged to Hamil.
tons hand. This is an uncommon
yield loF . eve.
Adam nension, Jr., an old resident
~ Fierce county. presented at the
County Treasurer's Office the other
day . warrant for ~, drawn In the
year isTl. and signed by George b
HANDLE. Auditor. The fact that q
county warrant had been preserved
he ~ years and never presented for
payment created quite stir in the
courthouse. The records were investi
stated. and the stub Of the warrant
icund ,o correspond with the amount
n ts stated IN Tacoma commercial
circles that q party Of Portland Chi
nese merchants have discussed the
possibility ~ arrangements for small
Chinese colony there 10 secure trading
facilities With Chinese merchants in
the ORIENT Public sentiment ID
strongly adverse to Chinese again SO.
euFisg loigment there. although the
commercial advantages resulting from
such relations are acknowledged.
in Strengthening the channel OF the
stuck river, Frank X. Spinning. oil
rUyailup, alleged shat the engineer in
charge, fred y. rlammer, weakened
the hanks and caused his land Ia
overflow with water. The County
Commissioners esonerated Plummer.
flammet has hle,i . suit for go, 1000
damages against Spinning for SANDER.
iaE him, aud alleging negligence and
lsek II skill as an engineer and for
calling him . scoundrel. Spinning il
= member Of the State Legislature.
Old settlers la Western Washington
cay that the grass on the gravel prai.
RES this year " thicker and taller than
ever known In any previous year,
which u accounted for, OF course, by
The prolonged vet weather. Thil
meath year ago The grass on the up.
lands was dry enough 10 burn, and
pasture was quite poor, while now il ID
~ ir"sh and green ~ IL was In April
H,nse Tears are entertained OF prairie
ilFes vhea the present ncsvy coat dries
s'iitclcntly ~ burn.
Senator Allen. OF the State Of Wash.
inston. has received from the Score.
tssy n The Treasury for transmission
Al a uoessa In his Rlata n vna0n;6