Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1892-09-23

Washington cedar shingles, on the
roof of John w. Donnelly's house on
Sequim Prairie, Clallam county, since
1873, will be sent to the Worlds Fair
to illustrate their lasting qualities.
Elizabeth Williams, of Seattle, has
secured a judgment for $3.50 damages
against the Columbia & Puget Sound
railway. She sued for IS 900 for injur-
les sustained in a wreck December 3,
1891.
The Passmore and Morton build
ings on Tenth street, Fairhaven, were
destroyed by fire Saturday. The loss
foots up $500 and the insurance
$500. The origin of the fire is I'M
known.
Judge Valentine Briegel died at his
home at Ellensburgh Thursday morn
ing at the advanced age of G4 years
and months. Mr.. Briegel is an old
resident there, and was at one time
newspaper man.
At Wenatchee II large tanks have
been constructed, and four more are
being built, each holding 900 gallons,
which will be placed at different points
over the town to hold water to be
used in case of fire.
A new shingle mill, which is being
built along the electric line to Stella
COON, will have capacity of l25,000
shingles per day. The builders are
L. l.. Richardson, r. l.. Todd and Karl
Thompson, all of Tacoma.
The Prosser Falls Land Company
has been incorporated with capital
stock of 100000. The company is
to buy, sell, build and operate railroads,
electric light plants, water power and
steamboats,. Its headquarters are to
be in Prosser Falls.
A boy named Wiley Combest, aged
IL, killed a tramp while the latter was
trying to come into a barn where the
boy was sleeping, on hop ranch at
South Prairie, Pierce county, last
Monday night. The boy gave himself
up and is in Jail at Tacoma.
The decisive steps taken by the
South Bend City Council to declare
the waterworks franchise forfeited,
have stirred up the South Bend Water
Company, and contracts have been
let for the immediate fulfillment OF
the terms of the franchise.
The hop-pickers, says the Centralia
Nems, are coming back from Puyallup
and other places tired and sick. They
say that they have made but little
money, and do not propose to go
again next year. Many only made
enough to pay their railroad fare and
expenses.
Tuesday of last week Colfax was
damaged to the extent of $4,000 by
fire. The individual losses were
James Good, $1,000; Guldager &
Smith, $3.50; johnson & Potelt, $3.50;
Thomas Symes, 5000; Harrison Bros.
Electric Light and Inland Telephone
Companies, $50.
Mrs. Elizabeth Scott has COM
menced suit against Port Townsend
for 5000 damages for injuries al
legged to have been sustained by her
from policeman throwing her down
on stone floor, breaking an arm and
inflicting other injuries. She went to
Port Townsend two years ago from
Eastern Canada.
A. Mansfield's real estate office on
Elk street, Fairhaven, was burglarized
in broad daylight, and checks and
cash aggregating $500 were secured
by the daring robbers. Mr.. Mansfield
left his Office to 60 to lucheon at 1915
p. M. When he returned at Is he
found that the Office had been entered,
the safe opened and the valuables
taken.
Alfred Wiswell dropped dead OF
heart disease at Union City last Fri
day night about IL o'clock as he was
walking out OF the Occidental Hotel,
only gasping once or twice after friends
reached him. He was 81 years of
age, a native of Maine, and an old
Puget Sounder, having come to Hoods
canal 30 years ago at least.
Thomas c. Ralston, postmaster at
Fremont, northern suburb of Seattle,
was killed Sunday morning, while I'M
loading sawlogs from a fiatcar, at the
Lake Union dump. Ralston had just
taken a contract for unloading the
logs, and went to work that morning.
The first log he attempted to unload
slipped and struck him in the chest,
inflicting injuries from which he died
u few minutes later.
picking is now general through
out Yakima county, and many of the
school children, lads and lassies, are
engaged in the picking. Many of the
yards are turning out better than was
anticipated. The yard of Charles
Carpenter, from which he did not ex.
pect over 1890 pounds to the acre
is yielding 1900 pounds, while the
yield from another yard is averaging
1900 pounds.
Andrew, the 4-year-old child of Mr..
and Mrs. Even Tweit, was drowned
about o'clock Tuesday afternoon in
q spring at the rear of the old Palace
restaurant on Harris avenue, Fair.
haven. The spring is under the rear
porch of the building, and is of clear,
ice-cold water and about four feet deep.
The child fell into the spring through