Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-09-01
WHOLE NUMBER 1857.
STATE NEWS.


About 100 families camped at the
WeStport G. A. K. reunion.
The manufacture OF vinegar has
been started at Ellensburgh.
Elma is shipping fence posts by the
carload to Bismarck, Dakota.
The Sprague Mail is making despe-
rate wa. on the towns loose charac-
ters.
A New Whatcom mill turns out
10000 shingles daily for Eastern or
ders.
Thirteen carloads of machinery for
Ocosta's new sawmill are on the side
track waiting to be unloaded.
Burglars pried open the back door
of Taco ma store before daylight and
stole bolt of cloth and several city
warrants.
H. B. Morey. of Montesano, received
a check for $25 in payment OF money
he loaned a man in Wisconsin 10
years ago.
The bond of John Breckenridge, the
contractor for the first western section
OF the Ruby creek trail, has been ap.
proved. The amount is $2,5OO.
The semi-annual meeting of the
Pierce county w. C. T. U. has closed
its session at Edison. 1t was q sue
cessful and we'll attended meeting.
10. Alger, of Alderton. has charged
Jerry O'Conner, a Northern Pacific
Railroad conductor, with criminal
libel because he called him a thief.
The Bellingham Bay Water Com
pany will in all probability be ready
to turn the water works over to the
city OF New Whatcom on September L.
Pendleton's telephone subscribers
are combining to have their monthly
rental reduced from IS to SO, on PEN
atty Of Withdrawing their united pat
ronage.
Daisy Draggoo, Of Oakville, IL years
of age, started TO the reservation on
horseback. The horse ran away with
her, throwing her, breaking her leg
and badly injuring her about the head
and shoulders.
Joseph Roberts, who has lived in
the Colville valley for the past 80 years
or more, was thrown from vicious
horse last Sunday and sustained such
severe injuries about the head it is
feared he may not recover.
E. L. Paine, of Tacoma, convicted
of grand larceny and sentenced to
seven years imprisonment, was
granted q new trial by the Supreme
Court. Prosecuting Attorney Smell
cannot find. enough evidence to con-
vict Paine and he has been discharged.
The Montesano Economist under
stands that the Simpson logging
camps near Kamilchie have closed
down and about 800 men are turned out
of employment. This is one of the
largest logging companies west of the
mountains, averaging about $4,000
feet q day.
The Union Electric Company, Of
Seattle, has decided to drill an arte-
sian we'll eight inches in diameter on
the shore of the bay near its station B
on the Grant.street bridge, to furnish a
supply of water to the station. 1t is
expected that water will be struck at a
depth of about 200 feet.
Mrs. Pelegrean and Miss Vallette,
the two women who were 20 seriously
injured in the runaway accident at
Fairhaven, are somewhat improved.
Miss Vallette's injuries are more seri-
Gus, and she suffers considerable pain.
1t is not now thought, however, that
her injuries will prove fatal.
Peter Miller and wife, of Tacoma,
have transferred their interest in the
2O-acre mining claim in school district
16, in the southern part of the city, to
Frank and Fred Fuchs, the considera.
ton of the sale being $75, 900. This
is part of the famous Mcbride claim
which has been in the courts for sew.
eral years.
The body of Frank Switzer, oil
Kaslo, the last of the two men killed
by the snowslide on the Freddie Lee
mine last January, has been recovered
by his brother. 1t was in y perfect
state of preservation and showed little
mark of injuries. The body was
buried near the graves of Flaherty
and the man killed by lightning ON
the same mine last summer.
The water system of Seattle is
owned by the city and is very exten-
sive. 1t comprises about 81 miles OF
water mains from three-quarters OF an
inch to 30 inches in diameter, besides
one reservoir, one tank and two wells,
the total capacity Of the whole being
about 6,OOO,COO gallons. The water is
taken from Lake Washington, the
pumping capacity being in a hours
about 100000 gallons, and the
average daily consumption about g..
100000 gallons.
The gross receipts OF the Seattle
post-otfice for the year ending June
30, 1898, were $l01,151.10. This i. an
increase of several thousand dollars
over the previous year, and nearly
equals the net increase of the state.
The total number of registered letters
and parcels handled were: In 1890,
136,O34; in 1891, 155,419: in 1892,
164 ,149; in 1898, 1859. The total