Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-07-12

cry, and have good time while you
are hunting for him." Anderson is
the man who was acquitted of the
charge of numbering A. A. Bull.
One ar" too many inserted in H.
w. Bakers name promises to cost the
Western Union Telegraph Company
about $1,000. In suit brought by
Baker in Seattle to recover 81 ,l6O, loss
caused by the delivery of dispatch to
Abraham Barker, jury in the United
States court Friday returned verdict
against the company for $5,S41.5l.
Manager J. C. Lawrence, of the Far
mers' Warehouse Co. of Garfield, late
ly made . sale of 5000 bushels OF wheat
for 46 cents bushel. bulk, equal to 40
cents, sacked, as it is usually quoted.
The purchaser was f. Cardin, and it
was bought for the Eastern market.
That is the highest price paid for wheat
in the Palouse country for over two
years.
The board of regents OF the agri-
cultural college at Pullman have ap-
propriated $500 for the Ross ex-
perimental station at Puyallup. the
deed for the land having been received
and the title passed upon by the At
torney-general. Chairs we're also
created as follow: Modern languages,
assistant mathematician, instructor
commercial department, including
stenography and typewriting.
The annual exodus of laborers and
thseshing outfits to Walls Walla and
Pendleton has begun from around
Oaksdale, and the roads are lined with
teams and men going to work in the
harvest fields. Four steam threshers
have been shipped from Oakesdale to
Walla Walla. These will begin thresh-
ing there and work north as the sea-
son advances, thus being able to get
in about four months threshing.
During the trial of Gushing, in
Spokane last week, Sergeant James
Harris was showing Mr.. Pedicord, Of
the Hotel Pedicord, the workings OF
the new army rifle. While in the act
of throwing out a shell it exploded,
and the bullet went through the cell
ing into the room occupied by the
Gushing jury. The bullet passed be-
tween Juryman Albert and Baliff o.
w. Lewis, who we're not y foot apart,
and lodged in the ceiling above,
Colonel Patrick Henry Winston has
brought suit to restrain the city of
Spokane from carrying out its con-
tract with Theis & Barroll for the sale
of $15S,154 waterworks bonds issued
for the purpose of taking up outstand-
ing warrants and for completing the
waterworks, for the reason that it is
exceeding the limits of it's indebted
ness as prescribed by law, and for the
further reason that Contractor Jones
has failed to complete the work in the
specified time.
Jehu Switzler, OF the Columbia river,
who probably has more horses than
any other man in the Northwest, has
entered into q contract with the Port
land Canning Company to deliver
5000 head of horses on the north
bank of the river at $3.50 per head.
IT he takes them across the railroad
he is to receive So per head. 1t is I'M
derstOod the horses are to be slaugh-
tered and packed for the Chinese trade,
but they may find their way into the
home market under the guise OF choice
corned beef, says the Yakima Herald.
Arrests were made at Spokane, Mon.
day, in connection with gigantic
conspiracy to rob the government by
the issuing of illegal Chinese registra-
ton certificates. Those arrested thus
far are James Graham, Register of the
Land Office at Ceur D'Alene City and
Edward Rick, an engraver in the
Ziegler block. Warrants are also in
the hands of deputy United States
Marshal Sam Vinson for the arrest of
w. Floyd Pollard, who resides in Bodie
block, and Harry Tolton, formerly OF
Spokane city, but now at Kendrick,
Idaho.
The board OF trustees OF the Cheney
State Normal School Tuesday awarded
the contract for building the new
normal school building to Thomas r.
Nichols. His bid of $54,534 was the
lowest. By agreement with Mr.. Nichols
Puget sound or Oregon fir was sub
stituted for oak furnishing, and some
other changes were made, which re-
duced his bid to SILICA. The board
fixed April l, 1896. for the completion
OF the building. Mr.. Nichols proposes
to commence work at once. All brick
except the pressed brick, is required to
be made in Cheney.
The promoters of the new railroad
across the Kitsap peninsula to con-
meet Seattle and Olympia met last
Saturday in Watson's schoolhouse,
midway between Vaughn and Colby.
Matthew Bliss presided, and there
were present, in addition to many rep
resentative farmers, r. w. Taynton
and William F. Wright. Pledges for
quite large block Of the right-of-way
were secured, and those present an
nouuced themselves as emphatically
in favor of the road. The project
meets with great favor among the far
mers along the proposed line.