Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-08-11
WHOLE NUMBER 1.754.
STATE NEWS.

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Washington State University, has pub
lished German text book, which is
spoken Of very highly by educators.
w. E. Newton, of the Tacoma
Cycling Club, has made the l65 mile
run between Tacoma and Portland in
3fa hours, including 10 hours rest,
beating the Seattle mans record.
Apple trees in the vicinity of Van
couver are being cleared of woolly ap-
his by small birds. These are so in
dustrious that large tree will be freed
from the pest inside of two days.
J. R. Bradley, of Seattle, who was
arrested charged with completely in
robbery but proved an alibi, has
brought suit for $4,000 damages
against the Chief OF Police and a num-
Der of officers concerned in his arrest.
Citizens of Everett are complaining
about the extravaganza of the city gov
ernment. The expenses for the first
two months aggregate about $1,000,
and it looks like the first year of the
city government would cost close to
$50, 900.
Jack Downing, stockman, living
on the Palouse river north of Pampa,
WASH, has rare freak OF nature in
the shape of mare with colts born at
intervals of two months. Both colts
and mare are alive and apparently in
good health.
A mass meeting Of laborers in Seat
tie passed resolutions urging the city
to proceed with the Improvements for
which bonds were voted and Offering to
take their pay in bonds. 1t was also
urged that improvement bonds be
made receivable for city taxes.
The supreme court has rendered a
decision in favor of Walter D. Nc
Bride, who brought suit to restrain the
city of Montesano from issuing $25, 600
bonds, on the ground that the city was
exceeding its legal limit of indebted
ness. The case was thrown out of the
lower court on o demurrer to the COM
plant, and now the supreme court
sends it back.
The Columbia river boat in connec.
ton with the Great Northern railroad
will save considerable expense to the
Okanogan stockmen in shipping beef
to the Sound this fall. They can make
drives to Virginia City TO the boat, in
stead of taking the old route over
Wenatchee mountain to Ellensburgh,
saving several days time aud a shrink
age of 100 to $50 pounds per head.
Walton Walls, . colored man, has
been arrested at Seattle by United
States postal inspectors. The charge
placed against him is robbing the
United States mail. and though the Of
ficers are close-mouthed about it, it is
believed that the offense was commit
ted over in Montana. Others are con-
nected with the offense and the in
spectors are looking after them also.
Mrs. Mary NJ. Scott died at Cakes
dale last week. She told no one where
she came from, and only asked a few
moments before she died that news OF
her death be sent to the Spokane Re.
view, with request that the Rockford
and Palouse City papers please copy.
She came to Oakesdale last September
and was suffering from consumption.
She lost her little daughter about three
months ago, and after that sank rap
idly.
The five-year.old daughter of J. Ash.
worth, of Seattle, was seriously burned
yesterday by accidentally swallowing
some carbolic acid. The child, while
in q neighbor's house, saw the bottle
on shelf in easy reach, and childlike
she put it to her lips, and some of the
contents ran down her throat before
she could remove the bottle. She be.
came black in the face before medical
assistance could arrive, but is now in
fair way to recover.
Two pretty 15-year-o Id girls arrived
in Whatcom Sunday and registered at
the Bellingham Hotel as Rosie and
Nellie Richards, OF Mount Vernon.
The police were attracted by their &C.
tions and ascertained that their names
were Porter and Smith and that they
lived in Mount Venom. They said
they were dissatisfied and ran away
from home. The Sheriff of Skagit
county was notified and he sent dep
uty to take the runaways home.
Several papers published in the Will
lamette valley have printed q para
graph to the effect that the hop.grow.
ers of Marion county have determined
to keep themselves supplied with a
circulating medium, no matter how
scarce actual money may be. The
plan as outlined is this: Each grow
er will issue scrip to the value OF his
credit, not exceeding 500, in denomi-
nation, of 81. This will circulate in
the vicinity, and is redeemable at the
hop exchange, which is to be estab-
lished."
The Chilean bark Eritrea en- route
from Valparaiso for Moodyville, went
ashore on Dungeness spit during q
fog at low water on the 4th. A fresh
westerly wind prevailed and the vessel
was driven hard ashore and will proba.
bly, be total loss. The vessel came
up the straits in thick fog, and the
Captain being stranger in these
waters lost his bearings. The vessel
went ashore near where the Savona
was wrecked two years ago. The
Eritrea was in ballast. The crew got
safely ashore. She was formerly an
Italian bark, but subsequently hoisted
the Chilean flag, and was called the
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