Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-08-04

Vein number seven is still wider. being
over eight feet across, but not of d
good quality on the surface.
A man standing in the street stop
ping the flight OF a swarm of bees was
one OF the sights witnessed in Fair.
haven the other day. The Herald
says: "The bees were coming toward
him in direct line, and he evidently
knew his business. Hastily he
gathered earth and debris in his hands
and threw it into the open air, thus
diverting the course of the bees. I'M
mediately they began to settle down,
aud in very short time he had near
ly every bee safely lodged on a plank
by the side OF the street. A biscuit
box was procured, and soon the bees
were safe"
Hon. L. T. Erwin, of Everett, the
newly-appointed Indian agent at the
Yakima reservation, has only been a
year in this State. He comes from an
old and highly respected family in
Georgia, and for period lived in Ten
nessee, where he was called to high
and responsible Office in the State.
OF distinguished ability az a public
speaker, to his efforts can be accredited
i'll no small measure the successful
work done in his county during the
last campaign. He has always been
actively identified with the Democratic
party, and is an old and intimate friend
of Secretary Hoke Smith.
The litigation in regard to the estates
OF the late Captain w. Renton and his
wife has been reduced to a single
question by decisions of the superior
court of Kitsap county, rendered by
Judge John q n~--.- T:i-- Ui--
claim OF Mrs. E. w. Sackman and Mrs.
M. A. Gaffney that they were the
adopted children of Captain Renton,
was dismissed, as also was the petition
for the removal of Maurice McMicken
from the Office Of administrator OF the
estate OF Mrs. Renton, and thus no
question remains to be tried but that
involved in the suit brought in the
King county courts as to whether the
Renton estate is to be regarded as a
trust for the heirs of Joseph Sylvia, the
first husband Of Mrs. Renton.
Joseph Sinclair, who was recently
elected Department Commander of
the Washington G. A. r., was born in
Nova Scotia in 1S47, coming to the
United States in 1868. Two months
afterward he enlisted in the United
States marine corps. Under Admiral
Farragut he participated in the bonn
bardment and capture OF Fort Fisher
in January, 1865. He received a
severe wound, and was also taken
prisoner. For gallant conduct in the
fight he was presented with medal of
gold by the city of his adoption,
Brooklyn. He escaped from prison,
but was laid up in the army hospital
until late in 1865, when he received
his discharge. He has never recovered
entirely from the wound he received.
He came to this State in 1879.
Set lines are being used on Lake
Whatcom. They are bated with live
minnows and spoil trout fishing in
their vicinity. They should be cut by
visiting anglers. Some fishmen also
use " FLOATS" slab several feet long
strung with hooks and bait. This
they set in the water many yards
from their boat and then brag of the
big string of fish they have captured
by their skill with the fly, and riddle
legitimate anglers because they are
net avaricious enough to employ the
same pernicious methods. Even at
this early day man who goes to Lake
Whatcom with the expectation OF hav-
ing good days sport with a fly makes
sad mistake. The set lines and
floats" paralyze trout fishing for the
simple reason that the larger fish,
principally, are caught on them, but
about two out Of three after having
tussled with the hook half an hour or
so manage to get away. Therefore it
takes a powerful lot of coaxing to in
duce one of them to allow himself to
be thus tortured again. The What
com Rod & Gun club should take some
action in the Observation-Disclosures Bay
Express.
Three hundred residents of Sidney
and vicinity have signed a petition to
the Secretary of the Navy, asking for
an investigation into the affairs of By
ron Barlow & Co., in relation to the
establishment of the headquarters of
said firm under contract with the
Charlestown townsite company. 1t is
complained that the workmen on the
drydock are forced to live and board at
Charleston, with inferior accommoda-
tions, under fear of discharge; they
are forced to take part of their wages
in town lots at exorbitant prices, and
that every industry in Charleston, in
cluding the store and saloon have to
be patronized in the same manner.
Byron Barlow said to a reporter
"The government has employed me to
build dry dock; there my obligation
ends to the government" he said.
"The whole matter is a fight between
Bremmerton and Charleston, and the
fact that am selling land does not in
terest the government. am not an
officer of the government, but a con-
tractor employed to build dry dock,
and if do it properly 1 will have dis.
charged my duty"
George Fl. Smith, a Long Island
Sound oysterman, has been prospect.
ing Puget Sound for the past three
months for oyster beds. He has To-
Gated several hitherto-undiscove,