Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-09-13
STATE NEWS.

rollment OF 965.
A war against gamblers has been be-
gun by the Colfax council.
Since the advent Of diversified farm
ing Douglas county owns $4,000 hogs.
Sprague's roller mill has been i'm
proved to a capacity of 300 barrels a
day.
Grandpa" Nelson, popular Walla
Wallan, celebrated his goth birthday
last week.
The McGlinn House, at La Conner,
was destroyed by fire early Monday
morning. Loss about 5000. Fully
insured.
The county commissioners have in
creased the assessed valuation OF
Jefferson county from $2,9S4 $50 to
$3,O25,66
The town of Sprague has ordered
500 feet OF hose aud advertised for bids
to build bridges to take the place of
some of those burned in the late fire.
The Weston postofiice was robbed
eff 1870 in cash and stamps, in open
daylight, while the Deputy Postmas-
ter was at dinner, on Thursday of last
week.
Deputy Sheriff Chas. L. Bartholo-
NEW, of Spokane county. last Wednes-
day, killed large eagle on Walkers
prairie. The bird measured six feet
from tip to tip.
William Henry Bird fell through a
shaft Of the Pacific Meat Co.'S packing
house, at Tacoma, Sept. I'd, and was
instantly killed. He fell thirty feet
dislocating his leg and crushing his
skull.
E. B. Whey, an early settler in Whit
man county, was found dead in hi.
barn near Deep creek one day last week.
Bad health and trouble had unbalanced
his mind, and the theory of suicide is
accepted.
The East Hoquiam Land Company
is said to have recently paid $4,000 in
cash, the balance due on land con.
tract made during boom days with Ed
ward Campbell for 30O.acrs track OF
land in Hoquiam.
The threshing men around Garfield
have commenced cutting the price OF
threshing. q reduction of a cent a
Tbushel being freely offered, while large
crops have been engaged at It cents off
from last years price.
J. H. Psrker's fine shingle mill at
Lawrence, Whatcom county, was en-.
tirely destroyed by fire, Thursday of
last week, together with about $1,000
worth of shingles. It caught from a
forest fire. The total loss is about &c.
600; insurance, $1,000.
A sample of Alaska cedar, from the
the top of Bald mountain, near Lake
Quiniault, is on exhibition in Aberdeen.
1t is fine-grained wood, susceptible
of high polish, and would make hand
some furniture. 1t grows to q large
size in tire Quiniauk country.
The storm that visited Spokane the
other night was general in neighbor-
ing towns, causing some damage and
good deal of fright and Inconvenience.
A number of orchardmen about Farm
ington report that so to 60 per cent. OF
the winter apples were blown from the
trees.
Trinity Episcopal church was
dedicated at Spokane Friday. 1t is the
outgrowth of a mission established
four years ago. Bishop Wells officiated,
assisted by Revs. Canon, w. C. Shaw,
Wright of Colfax, Barry OF Palouse,
Marvin OF Fort Spokane and Sholte OF
Occur d'Alene.
George A. Gates, an old resident of
Seattle, committed suicide at that
place, last Friday night, by drinking
. solution OF chloral and morphine.
He had been respondent for some
time over the loss of property. He
was an avowed spiritualist and =
prominent A. P. A.
James 7. Dempsey, a Monte Cristo
mineowner, 81 years of age, was struck
by timber sliding down the mount
ain-side, on the 2Sth OF August, and
death was almost instantaneous. His
partner, James Lillis, OF Tacoma, was
killed at Monte Cristo in a similar
manner, almost exactly two years ago.