Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-03-15


man and a competent officer.
Ecpr, sentative Bash gave an oyster
banquet to the Legislature at the
Olympia, "Wednesday night. Mr.
Bush represented the uystcrmen' :
interests - we'll that they received all
the legislation they asked, and the
banquet WI. in Acknowledged, OF
the service
Chas Northup, while AT work in the
sawmill on jefferson street, Friday.
met with Il severe accident. While
working at the carriage his arm was
caught by a cant-hook and thrown
against the log, breaking i bone At the
elbow. lie WAS taken to st. Peter,
Hospital for treatment.
DIR. A. d. Newell, OF New Brunswick,
y. j., "A brother OF DR.. w. \. Newell. Of
this city, died at his home i'll that
State, Saturday, alter a brief illness.
The deceased had attained great emf
nence in his profession. He was n
graduate OF the medical department
of the University OF Pennsylvania, in
Philadelphia.
Lettuce sold in this city last Satur-
day for l. cents a "slip," or two for
- cents. As it would take about a
dozen of the slips for meal, some
force is given to the adage that
there might be many slip between
the cup and the lip" when it came to
payment for such costly luxury.
Who said times were hard?
Noschka's saloon was entered by
some nocturnal prowler, Wednesday
night, who removed apanel from the
rear door to the restaurant and pane
of glass from screen in the partition
separating it from the saloon. About
$40 in small change was taken from
the till, but further than that there
was no perceptible loss.
Miss Kite Breen, optician, of New
York city, arrived to day and will
open her trade here for a couple OF
weeks. She made decided success
of her business at the Worlds Fair at
Chicago, and also at the Midwinter
Fair in San Francisco and at the
Interstate Fair, Tacoma. She is an
enterprising and cultured woman and
eminently deserving OF patronage.
Among the priced dogs that have
fallen victims to persons who seem to
be bent upon their total destruction
the past few days, were pets owned by
A. A. Phillips, Joseph Cheim and W.
w. Benhei mer. In two instances dogs
have been shot down hy riders on
bicycles, who urge in justification that
dogs ran after their wheels and en-.
deavored to bite the legs of the riders
Mrs. Elzira Mills died at the resi-
dence of her daughter, Mrs. f. M
Fsrquhar, Wednesday morning. Her
death is directly due to fall she re-.
ceived a few weeks ago, from an ele.
waited walk when overcome by \ sud
den fainting spell. Since the acciden,
she had not left her bed. The funeral
took place yesterday, and interment
was made in a cemetery near Bucoda
beside the grave OF her husband.
The Aberdeen met with an accident
yesterday which will lay her up fol
several days. A flaw in the crank pin
led to a break which released the pis.
ton under a full pressure of steam
and it flew back with such force as te
push out the cylinder head and inflic'
SO much injury to the cylinder itsel
that it is thought new one will have
to he made. She has been placed in
the hands OF competent machinists fol
repairs.
A well-devised attempt to break jail
was discovered by Sheriff CASTOR and
Deputy Mills, Tuesday morning, and
nipped before the time had arrived fol
putting the plan in execution. A saw
fashioned from a corset steel, two files
and other implements were found and
it was discovered that the window-bar.
had been sawed almost in two and the
cracks filled with soap colored to re
semble the iron. The project was
doubtless instituted by Evans and
Manning, who cut up the brewer,
malt-ran. These enterprising gentle
men will hereafter occupy the cage
until such time as they are ordered tt
take trip to Walla Walla.