Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1893-06-22


ings.
Tuesday Harvey Douglass was arrested
on complaint Of Charles Heck for burg
larry. The case was tried in Justice
Roundtree's court Tuesday. Douglass
was first held in $4,000 bonds to appear
before the grand jury, but upon reconsid-
ering the evidence the prisoner was dis
charged and the costs taxed to the pros
ecuting witness.
From Elma Chronicle:
Thirteen carloads Of lumber and shin
giles were shipped from Elma this week.
T. Winston, who formerly logged for
the Hays & Hughes sawmill, is now
opening logging camp on the Chehalis
river a short distance below the new
bridge. His family have moved into
town and occupy the Samuel Smith resi-
dence.
The contracts for the improvement of
the water system were let Wednesday
evening as will be seen by the proceed
ings of the council. The contract for the
construction of the reservoir was let to
F. E. Tompkins for $4,000. and for the
laying of the pipe etc., to McSperitt and
Lowell for the sum Of $4,000. Taken al
together the town is to be congratulated
upon securing the improvement for more
than $4,000 less than was anticipated.
From The Washingtonian:
Miss Ada Sargent of Aberdeen is this
week visiting here with Miss Mamie
Smith.
Miss Mabel Whitney was selected by
the Kickapoos as the handsomest lady at
the theatre last evening.
Steamer Cosmopolis sailed last week
with lumber from both mills and a large
consignment Of baskets stuff from the fac
tory.
Fred Sprague has accepted the position
of engineer on the Clan Mcdonald, and
Olaf Hanson goes as mate on the same
boat.
| A Mr.. Schultz, working in the Slade
mill, was quite severely injured last
Friday morning, by the blowing out Of
the steam feed cylinder-head.. He was
bruised and scalded. However, his
hurts are not considered serious.
From Montesano vidette:
The teachers institute OF this coun4y
will not be held until some time in au-
tumn-probably in October.
Cochran Bros, the contractors for the
construction of the city sewer, will have
everything in readiness to begin work the
first of next week.
Marriage licenses were issued yesterday
as follows: VIM. B. Crumley and Jennie
L. Hume, both Of Montesano; Theodore
A. Otis, of California and Lena A. Ring,
of Aberdeen.
The Aberdeen Bulletin says that ''Will
Bust was in town this week. He is Civ
ing grand carnival at his Hoquiam
skating rink tonight" When Will Crist
sees this he is likely to "bust" something
in the Bulletin office.
1t is expected that the plat of the town.
ship, just south of town on North river,
surveyed last year by E. L. Wade, will
soon be filed in the land Office at Olympia,
and filings received. The government in
spector and surveyor general have both
approved of the survey,
From Westport World:
The family and household goods of M.
j. Pearson were moved into the Beard
slice house on Pacific avenue yesterday.
Miss Martha Richmond met with a
painful accident while skating yesterday
at the rink. She fell in such a manner
al to badly sprain her ankle.
! Mr.. Waiter, has made proposition to
the people Of Westport and Ocosta that if
they will drive the piling he will cap and
plank bridge twenty-five feet in width
from the Ocosta side to deep water oppo-
site the Westport dock.
Title to the land on which the life saw
ing station is to be erected has been Sc
cured by the government. and the con-
tract will be let at once. This means an
other attraction for Westport next season.
If the light house is secured, as it proba-
bly, will be, we will have enough attrac-
tions to draw visitors from all parts of
the world, and interest them during their
stay in Westport.
M. J Pearson, while at work on cot
tage near Cohassett fell to the ground a
distance of fourteen feet, the scafolding
giving way. While lying on the ground,
! N Ioroa haavv Dlank in Some unacoOunt-