Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-03-24
STATE NEWS.

is fast disappearing.
The tide of immigration to Eastern
Washington has already set in.
A cable ferry across the Columbia
at Chelan Falls will be in operation by
May 1st.
The new First Presbyterian church
in Seattle, to be built of stone and
brick, will cost $4,000.
The Cheney Sentinel makes its APP
pearance this week in an enlarged
form and in a bright new dress.
A greatly increased acreage of
spring wheat will be sown in the Vi
cinity of Ellensburgh this season.
Cora Burcham, 3 years old, was
scalded TO death at Cle-Elum last Fri
day by falling into tub of hot water.
A. N. Jones, salesman in the tea
store of G. Davies & Co., Seattle, has
gone astray and the police are looking
for him.
An attempt will be made to secure
a number of mountain goats from the
Lake Chelan country for exhibition at
Chicago.
A blast in rock cut at Northport
brought to light, six feet below the
surface, petrified tree three feet in
diameter.
S. A. Freer, an old war veteran liv-
ing near Wickersham, Whatcom
county, wandered from the trail re.
Gently and perished from exposure.
John S. Baker and 0. Halstead, OF
Tacoma, have purchased II. J. Bick.
nelps fruit ranch, in the Homework
district, Yakima county, for $2l, 500.
Some of the Columbia river spring
salmon lost their reckoning and got
into Gray's Harbor. A couple were
captured by c. E. Peterson last week.
Whatcom citizens are considering
plan OF damming the outlet of Lake
Whatcom to secure an adequate water
supply for the city during the sum.
mer.
A land bonus of $4,000 will secure
to New Whatcom a $4,000 woolen
mill, employing from 40 to TO people.
At a mass meeting held the other
night il was decided To raise the
subsidy.
The body Of Charles Watson, who
was killed by the cars near O'Brien
station last Monday night, have been
shipped to Toronto, Canada, accord
ing to instructions received from q
brother of the deceased.
Five hundred men will be put to
work at Wenatchee, as soon rs posi-
BILE, in building railroad spur to the
river, constructing wharves, etc., 90
that the transfer of freight TO steamers
may be easily accomplished.
Large numbers of blackbirds and
wild geese have made their appearance
in the Big Bend country, betokening
the speedy arrival of spring. The
snow in the northern part of that dis.
trict is rapidly disappearing.
The Clallam Bay Boom Company
has been incorporated, with capital
stock OF $4,000. Michael Earles and
F. c. Donahus are the incorporators
and trustees. The company is doing
a logging and numbering business.
Out OF 5000 Chinese in the State OF
Washington, less than 10 are under
stood to have availed themselves OF
the provisions of the Geary act, com.
pelling them to register, leave their
photographs and receive certificates
before May 6.
The city OF Spokane has attempted
to absorb a suburb known as the town
Of Denver, which doesn't wish to be
absorbed because Of the back taxes it
it will be required to pay. The trial
of the case is now in progress in the
Superior court at Spokane.
Isaac Woolery, a well-known old
pioneer who crossed the plains and
settled at Fort Steilacoom forty years
ago and lived for years in the Puyal-
lup valley, died last Monday night, at
Walla Walla. He had eleven children,
one Of whom is Sheriff Woolery OF
Seattle.
Miss Edna Shields, daughter Of Con-
stable George Shields, of Seattle, while
walking along an unfrequented street
the other evening, suddenly felt her
hair seized, and in another moment it
had been severed from her head by an
unknown man carrying a razor in his
hand, who Immediately fled.
A gentleman from the Wynoochie
came in last Thursday and reported
finding twenty-five dead elk near that
river. They had been snow-bound and
starved to death. No doubt the unu-
sual amount Of snow which fell in the
elk country has been the cause OF the
death OF very many of these noble ami.
mails.
At meeting of the Epworth league
at Dayton, there was disgraceful
scene, in which minister was slapped
in the face by young lady. This
action was caused by very sighting
remark by the preacher and perhaps
he deserved the punishment. The af.
fair has created quite sensation in
religious circles in that city.
The meteor which recently passed
over Oakesdale is thus described by
the Oakesdale Sun: cit was o little
out of the ordinary run of meteors, as
it was preceded by strip of flame
about foot long. The meteor itself
looked about as big as q baseball with