Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-10-20

John Hanson, u years Old, acct
shot himself in the head
while hunting near La Conner and
Will likely die.
A university association has been
at Blaine as the outcome
II the recent gift OF the city high
school building.
Workmen on the new brick school
house have quit work because they are
not paid, and the trustees are after
the contractors.
J. A. kellogg has purchased NJ. X. .
Hangers ranch of 800 acres near
Goldendale for $4,000. Hanger re-
serves the crop.
The body of Mrs. Mary Martin, who
disappeared from Nooksack last July,
has been found floating in the river
below Everson.
a cooperative arrangement has
been perfected at Ocosta to resume
operations with the old Ocosta Com
pany's saw mill.
For the third time this year J. A.
Theurer, OF Snohomish, got his hand
in contact with a band saw so as to
lose portion of it.
Mount Vernon's tax is 10 mills
for general expenses, 22-10 for interest
on bridge bonds and SO for interest
on its funded debts.
The Everett city council has fixed
the tax levy as follows: General fund,
GO cents per 800; street fund, 80 cents; ;
sewer fund, 10 cents.
Demands are being made upon City
Treasurer Boggs, of Tacoma, that he
tell in what banks the city funds are
and the various amounts.
Walla Walla is doing without street
cars, and the Statesman says the peo-
pie who made the most complaint
we're those who never rode.
DIR. Walstan, of Ocosta, was driven
out on railroad trestle by bear and
had to hang from the end of beam
while freight train passed.
The Kennewick Columbian, by
Winfield Harper, is out and provides
hitherto unrepresented community
with bright and newsy paper.
George Miller, a night Waterman at
the Blankenship mill, Bellingham Bay,
dropped dead on the floor of his home
while building the morning fire.
Colonel Coolican is expecting some
Eastern capitalists again to build a
railroad to Portland. He was in
Seattle this week to meet them.
They are making q road to st. 10.
seph hospital on the heights at Fair
haven by road bee" Some 500 feet
was cut and graded the first day.
The Lewis county w. C. T. U. semi
annual convention at Winlcck was
well attended. The next meeting
will be held at Napavine in May.
The Puget Sound National bank, OF
Everett, has been authorized to re-
sumo Monday. 1t starts out with
$50, 900 cash and $4,000 extensions.
Mr.. Chopper, of Stevensone, Wash,
lost 81 cords of wood during the recent
heavy rains. They were forced out of
the boom and drifted down the river.
Port Townsend is surprised and
somewhat panied that its four council
men who sat as board of equalization
have put in bill of $3.50 for the SER
vice.
w. T. Nelson, n Prescott farmer, has
assigned with assets of $4,000. His
action was precipitated 10y several at
tachments and punishment proceed
ings.
Over 500 cases are awaiting trial on
the Superior Court docket at Snoho-
mish, and Judge Mcbride has been
ordered to divide the work with Judge
Denny.
Joseph Stockhammer, a Hoquiam
clarionet player, has been adjudged
insane and was sent to Steilacoom.
He has periodical its OF thinking he is
being poisoned.
]. H. Jackson, of Marengo, has just
shipped 1,14O head of sheep to Chi
cago. He has shipped to that market
once before this season, and still has
$500 sheep to winter.
Henry Thurman, charged with
Adolph Krug in diveriing Seattle's
city funds, waived examination in the
preliminary court and gave $4,000
bail for his appearance.
Peter Larson, of Tacoma, has prefer
red charge of vagrancy against his
l6-year-old daughter, who has been
leading fast life for several months,
in spite Of all he could do.
The wind was 80 high on the road
between Belfast aud Edison that il
blew down over 200 trees, and six men
have just finished a two days task
clearing them out of the way.
The Union Pacific paid $7lS.6l at
Centralis last week, taxes due from
1891 on its grade through Lewis
county for the contemplated but un'
completed railroad to the Sound.
J. NJ. Warner, the Skagit county
rancher who was arrested on Monday
for sending obscene matter through
the mails, waived preliminary hearing
at Seattle and gave $4,000 bonds.
Blaine turned out to fight fire at 8
o'clock one morning recently, owing tC
the false alarm given by an inexperi
enced Waterman who was trying tt
turn off the steam at the single mill
The North Lincoln County Teachers
|, Association has been organized a
Wilbur. DR.. w. S. Holmes, of Crane
Coulee, was elected president and Mis-
! Lulu Thompson secretary and treas
} urer.
Harry Carrolton made an unsuccess
full attempt to hold up the cashier o
Bank of Edison, and escaped to tn,
woods. He was subsequently, caugh
and sentenced to three months in tn,
} county Jail.
Ex-City Treasurer Isensee, of New
Whatcom has filed his answer to tn,
/ civil suit brought against him and hi
bondsmen, in which he claims that
/. balance of 81 ,306 is yet coming to hin
8 from the city.
D Thomas Carnahan has been bount
: over at Chehalis to the Superior Cour
an charge Of mayhem in chewing of
B. Stapleton's thumb and ear two