Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-03-17

great. ND county III liit sldtc l.
u,h,rin timber, mineral and acricul
tural laul than Skagit. With the adj
vent 81 railroads, the outlook for the
: acit river country is becoming more
i:,mi>iLg than ever.
J. i. Hunt. the pioneer who was
FOUND dead AT his place OF business
at Port Townsend, from an overdose
Of mprphinc. came to the Northwest
damn. the Fraser river gold excitement
and IN l>G7 and to Port Townsend,
whore lie opened a hotel. The deceased
va, a Mason in good standing, Il
mcmhrr OF the pioneer association OF
the State OF Washington and of the
\. -. | W.
James II. Cottcll, young man who
recently came to this State from Chi
cl.o. WAS drowned i'll Hines lake, / !
milt, back of Sidney, last Thurs lay
afternoon, while fishing and hunting.
Cottcll WAS subject to epileptic fits,
and il is thought that while fishing he
WAS seized 10y one and fell into the
water and WIS drowned. He leaves IA
brother, two sisters and mother, all
residing in Chicago.
Alfred Welfare demands $1,000
damages from the Seattle Front street
( Gable Railway Company for injuries
received on October / last. He was
passenger on II car that, in making
the sharp turn from Front to Pike
street, came to Sudden halt. In con-
sequence, Welfare was suddenly
thrown from the car to the ground,
and 10y reason thereof his head and
body were injured.
Robert Dance went to Spokane
about two weeks ago and stopped at
the Cosmos hotel. He was employed
IN selling tailors' cloth, which he
claimed TO be Canadian goods Of a
very fine quality. March 8 Sheriff
Pugh received a telegram from Sheriff
Woolery, of Seattle, requesting that
he arrest Dance upon charge of EN-
hclzlement. He is now in Jail. The
charge against him is not known.
John Collins, OF Seattle, was taken
by Senator Squire on March l. to call
ON President Cleveland and Postmaster
General Bissell Mr. Bissell told Mr..
Collins that Republican postmasters
would hold their Office during full
term Of four years. Mr.. Collins, who
wants To be postmaster Of Seattle, is
on his way home with saddened
spirits, rs Mr.. Davies, the present in
lcumbcnt, has about two years more to
serve.
The Walla Walla Spectator learns
that one object of Chief VOLTS recent
visit To- Washington City was to have
set aside for the use of his tribe a
tract of land, the old chief claiming
that his band has never signed a
treaty with the government. The
tribe, which numbers between 400
and 800, has been broken up into
small bands, and these now wish the
Lands at and about the mouth of the
Tukannon set aside for them.
IIumcs 4 Buschman, experienced
cannerymcn of Fairhaven. are orga-
nizing n stock company for the fish
business. They claim Hale's passage,
located six miles west OF New What
com, between Lummi island and the
Indian reservation on the mainland,
Is the finest herring fishing ground to
be found anywhere on the Coast.
The company will have a capital stock
OF 50 600, $l5, 800 of which has al
ready been been subscribed.
George Patton, a prominent farmer
OF Whitman county, was walking on
the railroad track near Endicott, when
hc was struck by the locomotive of a
Union Pacific passenger train. His
skull was fractured, his collar bone
dislocated and the body paralyzed.
pattcn was taken to Colfax and died
about > o'clock. The engineer says
he saw Patten on the track, whistled
and rang the bell. but Patton made
no effort TO get off the track.
The Worlds Fair Commission,
while not having taken definite &C.
ton, favors the proposition to leave
the Washington Worlds Fair build
ing in Jackson Park, Chicago, as a
permanent advertisement for this
State. If the park officials don't OBJ
jet, the building will be left for such
use as the park commissioners wish to
make of it. Ii this is done all exhibits
not desired for permanent exhibit in
this State will be left in the building
mt Chicago.
Mining men at Spokane are greatly
excited over the rich gold strike made
near Hayden lake. A well-known
mining man came into the mining
exchange and exhibited some ores that
are rich in free-milling gold. 1t is an
extension OF the Murray belt, and was
discovered several months ago. Four
claims have been located on the ledge,
and work has been going on quietly
in developing one of the claims, with
the result that a rich gold mine has
been uncovered.
Sheriff Requa, OF New Whatcom,
discovered an attempt of prisoners to
escape from the county Jail just in
time to Illustrate it. By unknown
means they had secured saw, and by
using grease from their food to deaden
eho oouhui t'cy SuCCteucu III saving
hole through the cast-irou cell. Their
work was completed and they
would undoubtedly have tried to
escape that night. The prisoners
have been allowed the freedom of the
corridors, but they are now confined
to their cells. The saw can not be
found and the sheriff has no idea how
it was given to them.
The construction of the long dist
ance telephone from Spokane to
Portland has been begun by the Sun
set Telephone and Telegraph Com
pany. The line will run along the
banks Of the Columbia river nearly
the whole distance, and the construc-
ton gang is coming down on flat
boat, which carries down all the mate
rial and on which is house for the
men to live in. This line will make it
possible to talk clear across the State
by way of Portland, distance OF go
miles, nearly double the distance by
the Great Northern road. The line
will he rpadv for nee this war