Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-11-17

oycrAauigi him. brought him back,
and the farmer WAS arrligncd and fined
about four times as much as the inn
pounding penalty.
Henry LlndtAer, about l. years old
mad FrlnkWcinhart, about 10 years O
age, Snohomish boys, disappeared from
their homes The last word received
from them was from W0"dcuNille
Junction, On their way tn Chicago, and
their parents are almost distracted.
y Muntcaauo man has 60 hens and
gets but one egg day, and while he
would like to kill all OF the other -,
he dare not do 50 Tor fear of killing
the hen that lays the egg. The boys
saw he has been two weeks trying to
find out which hen is doing her duty,
but has 50 far failed.
People OF Ro>lyn were taken in last
week by a mute, name unknown, who
has been selling vile literature and
obscene photographs to boys. The
individual has been traced a few miles
east oi the town. but his whereabouts
are unknown. Other towns are advised
to keep sharp lookout for him.
Michael Hurley, deputy sheriff of
Skagit county, was badly cut about
the face aud hands in an alteration
at Everett with one Gibbons over Il
gold watch. The latter disappeared
through the rear door OF the saloon in
which the fight ACQUIRED and has not
yet been captured. Hurley has only
Just arrived in Everett and is said to
( have been lahoring under mental aber-
/ ration.
| 4 distressing accident is reported
from the Middle valley, above Ska
mokawa The little. son, Benny, Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Standard, while
PLAYING ON the bank of the creek, is
/ supposed to have fallen in and drowned.
As there is Il heavy freshct in the
creek, it is supposed the body OF the
little fellow caught in the drift.
Search for the body has so far been
unavailing.
The Deer Creek Mining Company
has been organized by a number Of
| Tacoma, Everett and Silvcrton men,
for the purpose Of developing and
operating a group of clainF, contain
ing high grade ore, located this season
on Deer creek, near Silverton by a
prospector named J. II. James. The
main vein is said to be an extension of
the now somewhat famous Memo,
which was located last year by Ben
James and Andrew Lochrie.
Captain Toilet, of Portland, has ar
rived at Alpowa, where he will search
for the safe that was lost at the time
OF the blowing up Of the Inflated Annie
Faxon, and supposed to be in the mid
die of the river in 10 feet OF water.
Six hundred dollars is in the safe,
5000 of which belongs to the purser.
Mr.. Follett will be assisted by his eld-
est son and two other men, and may
be compelled to spend a week at the
job. He says he can recover it if it is
not down over 100 feet.
A large jam of logs in Cougar creek
on Humphreys mountain, which had
been forming since last June, and
contained 100000 feet of logs, was
broken in the recent storms A head
of water 22x2O feet from the big dam
did the work. The logs were damned
in less than one acre OF space, being
piled from 20 to 40 feet high. Over
an acre of heavy cedar timber below
was moved down like cornstalks, max
ing a noise distinctly heard for FIVE
miles.
Word has been received by Coroner
Wykoff, at Port Townsend, that a
house at Port Discovery bay burned
down, and that the remains OF q body
were found in the ruins. He left i'm
mediately for the scene. A special
from Port Discovery announces that
the house was owned by Thomas
Berger, now deceased, and that the re-
mains were those OF his wife, an Indian.
1t is though that the building took
fire after Mrs. Berger retired, and that
she.was sutiocated by smoke before the
flames reached her.
The Cathlamet Gaeette's Knappa
correspondent sends in this item
"The Miller made a trip here last
Sunday, bringing DIR. Walker to see
f. G. Crow, who still fingers between
life and death. Although perfectly
rational, he steadfastly refuses to eat
or drink anything except water, and
has since Oct. 25th. 1t is matter of
conjecture how long he may live in
this way. He is simply tired of lie
knowing he can never be we'll, and get
about as he use to do. This is a sad
ending of useful and active life"
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