Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-10-13

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have been seen on Dry creek, six miles
out, where they slept in straw stack
The infant deserted by the Burnett
couple at Walla Walla has been adopt
ed by the county court. The Sheriff
was unable to catch the heartless par
ents.
a shapeless mass containing about
$6 worth Of silver was picked up in a
vacant lot in Goldendalc, and is sup.
posed to be a relic OF the big fire there
in 1883.
Z. Hatfield has begun suit against
the Metropolitan bank of Tacoma for
$l5,750 for services as President and
Vice President from January, 1889, to
June, 1893.
Rev. S. S. Sulliger, Presiding Elder
of the Vancouver district, has been
holding very successful revival services
in the South Bend Methodist church
the past week.
Information has reached Cle-Elum
of the death OF A. GruAden, a widely
known miner, who was killed in the
Blewett mine, Peshastin, by the shift
ing OF mine timbers.
Merchandise exports by water from
Tacoma during September were $780,
600, the largest amount since March.
Imports, including teas, for the month,
fall little short of $3,OO0,OO0.
William Stiles, the deep sea diver, is
searching in the Chehalis river at Abb
erdeen for the boiler lost from the
steamer Wishkah Chief several years
ago, but so far has been unable to To-
cate it.
E. Mitchell, a Seattle laborer, made
two unsuccessful attempts at suicide
by throwing himself before a switch
engine and afterwards by attempting
TO jump into the bay. He was re-
strained and arrested.
Frank A. Smalley, of Tacoma, who
was recently named Deputy Collec-
tor of Customs, has been notified that
he would be required to report for duty
at once at Oroville, Okanogan county,
relieving P. B. Keany.
They had lively fracas at the Seat
tle-Snohomish baseball match at the
latter place in which Is or 20 men
participated, and Rogers, seattle's big
center-6elder, received a cut with a
cane that laid his head open.
August Duddenhausen, Secretary Of
the Port Townsend Chamber of Com.
merce, was granted a divorce from his
wife, Mary L. Duddenhausen, now OF
Chicago, who was allowed to resume
her maiden name, Mary House.
AS finally corrected, the assessed
valuation Of Jefferson county now
stands: Real property, $3,9S7 ,294
personal property, $640, 1893; railroad
property, $126,35O; total $4,754,O37
an increase of $36S,6S6 over 1893.
w. r. Grurly, who has been appoint
ed immigrant inspector for the district
of Puget Sound, has arrived at What
com. He is from Michigan and wal
appointed to fill the vacancy caused
by the resignation of Thomas M
Fisher.
The first honey ever produced in the
Kittitas valley was taken to Ellens
burg from West Kittitas by r. G
Hahn last week. Mr.. Hahn has II
stands of bees, one stand yielding 1O(
pounds of honey, though the averag,
was 40 pounds.
Anacortes, the boom town that wa
thought destined to become the great
est city on the Pacific coast, now ha
936 inhabitants, of which $40 ar,
males and 500 are females. There il
only one hotel in the town, wherea
once there were u.
A large package OF postage stamp,
and certificates, supposed to have beer
stolen from the Steilacoom postoffic'
recently, were found the Cd inst. unde
a log in Junette's addition to Tacoma
About $500 worth OF stamps wer
stolen, but there was not quite tina
amount in the package found.
The voters OF Blaine, by a vote o
l47 for and l3 against, authorized tn
School Directors to deed to the Episco
pal church the high school building
which cost the city $4,000. In return
the church agrees to establish a schoo
similar to the Annie Wright school O
Tacoma.
A coroner's jury returned a verdic
at Port Townsend that Henry A. Mai
son, the San Francisco liquor mer
chant, died from exposure near ther
May l, 1892. The deceased left al
estate valued at 100000. The re
mains will be sent to San Francisc,
for interment.
1t is reported that number @
farmers will construct warehouse a
the intersection of the Northern an,
Union Pacific railroads, Just east Q
| Oakesd ale. The capacity of the ware
house is to be 100000 bushels. Thei
object is to store their grain, in hope
of higher prices.
A large meteor is reported to hav
struck the earth about two miles ives
OF Connel. 1t fell about 800 yard
from the railroad track and the train
men on an extra freight were blinde,
by the brilliant light it made. Th
country for miles about was lighted u
and it made a loud Kissing noise as i
passed down into the earth.
Secretary Flynn, of the defunc
Washington Farmers Insurance Com
pany, was arrested at Spokane on
warrant sworn out by Receiver NJ. i
Smith charging him with embe zzle