Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-01-12
STATE NEWS.

Ialouse Clty Is 10 nave pottery.
The Fairhaven Herald has given up
its daily edition.
A vigorous war is being made upon
Seattle dancehouses.
Waitsburg's scarletfever quarantine
has been declared off.
There are 430 patients in the insane
asylum at Steilacoom.
Seven carloads of jute have just ar
rived at the penitentiary.
Everett enterprise will be making
nails at the Midwinter fair.
Wednesday is to be visitors day
hereafter at the penitentiary.
The Jarvis slingle mill, burned at
Mount Vernon. will bo rebuilt.
Smelt are being taken from the
Cowlitz at Kelso in large quantities.
The Duke OF Tacoma is to start East
this week to lecture on Washington's
resources.
Five Thousand sacks of barley are
on their way from Dayton to Port
land brewery.
A Whatcom firm has received an
order for 100000 feet OF cedar shingles
from the East.
A special grand jury has been called
at Tacoma, in response to the water
works agitation.
Report has it that the Union Pacific
will replace its iron tracks in Whitman
county with steel.
The first house built OF lumber in
the Touchet valley was torn down last
week. 1t was a pioneer of 1860.
The fifth artesian we'll, with large
flow of water, has just been bored or
"the Mckee" in Yakima valley.
Cyrus Mason, an unmarried mil
hand, Of Bothell, was killed Friday by
a train he was attempting to board.
There is no sign of Edmiston yet al
Walla Walla. Another warrant ha,
been sworn out and officers are tryin,
to find him.
Two Spokane variety girls spent
New Years in Jail. They could't furn
ish $500 bonds on charge of Robin,
a patron. It's hard life.
Four thousand acres of river bottom
above and below the town of Leaven
worth were located in three days las
week as placer-mining ground.
George A. Black, has succeeded F
H. Richards as receiver of the Puge
Sound Loan, Trust & Banking Com
pany at Whatcom, with bonds at $25,
600.
Johnny Macdonald, OF Skamokaws
lifted so hard on heavy timber as t.
send him to bed with an interna
hemorrhage, from which he is slowl
recovering.
| The Presbyterian church buildin,
at Waterville has been finished, an
will be dedicated in a short time, Re,
Mr.. Gum, of Walla Walla, preachin
the sermon on the occasion.
Officers of the Snake river steame
Almota say that from present ar
pearances the river will remain ope1
all winter, and that navigation vii
probably not be interrupted at all.
The Deer Greek Mining Compa n
have struck free milling gold ore o.
their property, near Silverton. The
are working day and night packing tn
ore from the ground to the railroad.
Spokane society is all agog over tn
promised appearance of Miss Alic
May Harrah as the weak -kneed fisher
man Grenechieux in home perform
ance of the " Chimes of Normandy"
Mrs. Priscilla Smith. living on Cham
bers prairie, is victim OF slow paralysi
being now speechless and almost help
less. Mrs. Smith is 76 years of ag
and one of Thurston county's pioneer,
"Young Gentlemen" is the diplom
attic form of address with whic'
Colonel Winston opened his Christina
Grafton to the Spokane newsboys, an,
of course they cheered him to the echo
Thirteen carloads of machinery wer
, received by the Great Northern. Sun
day, for the shops at Hillyari, the in
voice including lathes, drills and othe
J machinery. The force will be in
creased to GO men.