Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-09-08
STATE NEWS.

The Earle mill at East Clallam ha.
resumed operations.
/ Puyallup shipped out $4,000 pounds
OF freight one day last week.
| Peter Chearpa, a Tekoa Indian, los
four fingers on circular saw.
Court Walla Walla, A. O. F., is tc
be Instituted tomorrow night.
The total assessed valuation fo
Lewis county amounts to $G,l41 ,l67.
Tekoa is in the throes of campaign
over bond election which occurs Sep
TENDER -.
A. J. Smith, of Montesano, pioneer
OF 1888, died last week and was buried
with honors.
Il - announced that the Taeoms
National bank will likely reopen
September II.
The Hollingsworth school district
New Whatcom, sold 1000 in 8 pei
cent. bonds at par.
PaSco is to have a Judgment auc.
ton sale of 100 head OF horses belong.
ing to Chief Wolf.
Fairhaven's City Council has au
thorized the sale of $250,000 in bonds
to purchase and extend water works.
Tacoma shingle mills have cutting
capacity of 100000 daily and are cut.
ting at the present time about 700 600
Forty women OF i'll repute were ar.
raigned in Spokane's police court one
day last week and fined a total OF
$1,000.
Oscar Jung, road supervisor, is
under bonds to the superior court at
Spokane for issuing fraudulent
vouchers.
Twelve vessels are loading lumber at
Port Blakdy. A State road conyen.
ton to meet this fall is being general
ly suggested.
N. l.. CLARK, of Henderson Bay, fell
from a railroad trestle in Tacoma,
Monday, ard sustained injuries from
which he soon died.
Harry Lewis, Tacoma bartender,
quarreled with Il street bOotblack, who
bit off part Of his ear. The bootblack
was jailed for mayhem.
A warrant is out for Elmer May
berry, q Seattle bartender, who is be-
lieved to have gone away with consid-
cradle lewelry not his own.
The people in the vicinity of Shelton
are making vigorous kick against
fishermen using dynamite in the vari.
Gus streams and lakes to kill the fish.
George Larue, Treasure OF Whitman
county, has just threshed ITO acres of
fall wheat that yielded 6,030 bushels
a fraction less than 55 bushels per
acre.
A team of horses broke through an
imperfectly-covered cesspool on a
Walla Walla street and had to be
rescued from five feet of debris by a
block and tackle.
Tacoma's public market scheme has
been virtually killed by the councils
acceptance OF a proposition allowing
gardeners to sell their products at all
hours OF the day.
Mrs. J. b. Trimble, of Colfax, was
injured by an occidental fall from the
wagon in which she was riding. The
lady sustained smashed shoulder
and a fractured rib.
The Rev. Charles Holland Kidder,
formerly one of the editors of the
Churchman, of New York, has ac-
cepted call to the rectorship of St.
Peters Of Old Tacoma.
Messrs. Sarvent and Lowry, men,
bers of the Washington Alpine Clubs,
OF Tacoma, have Just returned from
successful ascent of Mt. Rainier, by
way of the Winthrop glacier.
Miss Alice Belden, of Seattle, is
another victim of the coal oil lamp.
One was accidently upset and her
clothing took fire from the burning
oil. Her injuries may prove fatal.
The Umatilla took away 1900 cases
of salmon from Semiahmoo on its last
trip. Thousands of tins were brought
to the canneries, and Semiahmoo will
be visited by the steamers of this line.
The vile of Representative Corne-
Illus F. Westfall has obtained divorce,
at Spokane, and an order awarding
her the youngest child, SIS per month
alimony and their beautiful home on
Medical Lake.
Seven placer mining claims notices
were filed at Walla Walla last week.
The land is situated on the sandbars
OF the Columbia river and contains
1,l2O acres. Locaters are al CAPT.
talists from St. Paul and Minneapolis.
Five little boys were enjoying a ride
on load of wood in New Whatcom,
when the team ran away, throwing
them off. A piece Of wood struck 5.
year-old Virgil Johnson on the head,
injuring him so he is not expected 10
live.
Mrs. Thomas Mosgrove, of Walla
Walla, pluckily held on to the bride
OF skittish horse while he dragged
her across the street, and eventually
landed him in his stable, though she
was considerable bruised in the
struggle.
The $75 paid by the school board of
Bucoda district for school clerk, last
year, was the total amount expended
for taking the school district census,
keeping the books, making out the re-
ports, furnishing the necessary post
age, stationery, etc.
The county commissioners of
Stevens county met at Colville for
the purpose of opening the bids for
the $4,000 current expense bonds
voted by the county on July 6, but
there were no bids, and the matter was
deferred until October.
The total assessed valuation of
property of Skagit county, this year,
aggregates $6,476,O6O. Last year, the
assessments, after raised by the State
Board OF Equalization, was a little
over 100000. There are 119 miles
OF railroad in that county.
The residence Of Charles H. Mour-
house was totally Destroyed by fire at
Rockford. Mr.. Mourhouse was absent