Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-11-10

pile Friday. about 81, 200 worth Of
cured fish going back to the deep
from which they came.
James b. Petrie, who was married at
Walla Walla Sunday to Miss Oracle
Olinccr. is a brother OF the late Charles
Petric, who was murdered on llnktOn
mountain about one year ago, and the
bride is Il sister to Frank OlingCr, who
was shot in Petric's cabin when the
murder occurred.
The Great Northern railroad has
issued notices warning employees not
to carry wild game except in compli-
ancc with the game laws Of the several
States through which the road runs.
The notices give in brief the period
during which game may be lawfully
killed in each State.
H. Nooksack, rancher, opened up
his heart in Seattle the other day and
took a poor friendless girl home with
him to save her from the dangers OF
the great city. Alter a two-days
drunk on the ranch with her, he
sobered up to find the good girl gone
with $50 OF his good money.
Joseph Nodir, an Arab peddler from
Seattle, while walking with his partner
on the lonely trail from the Snohomlsh
Indian reservation to HoOdsport, was
shot and instantly killed last Wednes-
day. The shooting was done by a
rifle ball from ambush, supposed to be
a stray shot from some hunter.
At SnohOmish the trial of young
George Robinson and John Livingston,
the murderers of George Shoultes and
Fred Schmidt, at Dubuque, December
- last, resulted in verdict OF man.
slaughter. John White is now under
sentence OF death for the crime, and
james Robinson has been acquitted.
An unknown man, supposed from
memoranda found ON him to be Dan
Mckenzie, was run into by switch
engine in the Seattle yards at night,
and when found had nearly bled to
death. A vain attempt was made to
resusctate him, and he died while I'M
conscious. Nobody seems to know
him.
Il. NJ. Palmer, of Walla Walla, while
hunting geese on Snake river, acct
dentally discharged his gun, the shot
taking effect in the calf of his left leg
and tearing away the entire muscle.
BY timely assistance OF comrades III
bandaging he was saved from bleeding
to death and taken to Walla Walla in
a wagon, a distance of 40 miles.
They had spirited trial at Golden
dale, last week, the defendant being
one w. H. Hitchcock, who broke open
a schoolhouse to hold the Good
Templars' lodge meeting. There was
any amount OF evidence, and lawyers
argued the case ably, but the court
instructed the jury to find not guilty,
as malice had not been proved.
An attractive looking girl Of Is, who
ran away from her home in Sound
city, was found by the police in
company with her older sister and the
proprietor OF dance hall at Monte
Cristo. The two were trying to get
the little girl to enter life of shame.
The mother OF the girl arrived in the
city and took charge of her daughter.
A horse belonging to P. F. O'Brien
was killed at Bucoda Saturday morn
ing by order of Justice Mason
Constable Girard did the shooting in
official capacity. The horse was pro-
nounced glandered. MI. O'Brien
valued the horse at $50 and writes
a letter to the board of county COM
missioners demanding pay for the
animal at his own valuation.
Stephen $. Bailey, formerly pro-
prietor of Spokane hotel and a
member of the city council, is now in
Washington, d. c., endeavoring to
project the title to large track of
valuable timber land on Puget sound,
sold to General Russell A. Alger.
The purchase price was $3.50 and
there still remains the sum of $40, 900
due Mr.. Bailey when the title is cleared
up.
The Pierce county bonds for $780,
600 have not been sold yet, although
there are three offers before the COM
missioners. The prospects are, how
ever, that the matter will be favorably
disposed OF in a day or two. This will
throw about 100000 into circulation
in the county, as over $4,000 worth
of warrants are held by Tacoma peo-
pie and the county owes about $780,
600 more.
The Cathlamet Gazette sums up the
results of logging on the Wahkiakum
river during the season just closed, in
its last issue, and gives tables showing
total output of 25,175,O0O feet, as
compared with 100000 feet last
year. Ten firms on Gray's river
contributed 100000 feet; seven at
Skamokawa, 7,425,OO0; four at Cath
lamet, 100000 feet, and three at
Deep river, 100000 feet.
Four inches OF snow fell at Tekoa
Friday night, and reports from other
points of the Palouse say that the
storm is general. Thousands of acres
of wheat are yet standing and hun
dreds OF farmers have not yet threshed.
The damage will be immense, and
comes with crushing force upon the
farmers, who were beginning to believe
that they would succeed in saving the
portion of their crop not destroyed by
the late heavy rain.