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

There are 1OO veterans in the
Soldiers home at Orting.
A sash and door factory has been es.
tablished by r. B. Goddard at Elberton.
General James B. Weaver is ex-
pected to speak in Spokane this sum-
mer.
Spokane has difficulty in keeping
telephone girls, they are married off
SO fast.
Since the late rains all the farmers
of the Palouse country look for good
harvest.
The Ellensburg cheese factory is
to be enlarged to double its present
capacity.
The school census OF Seattle shows
1881 children of school age in that
city, an increase Of GOO over last year.
The old settlers held n meeting at
Cheney the day before the Fourth,
about 1000 people being in attend
ance.
Hoquiam prefers darkness, it is said,
to renewing their contract with the
electric lighting company for street
lights.
Spokane is endeavoring to organize
. new militia company to take the
place of company 6, recently dis
banded.
In the Yakima hop market, no con-
tracts are being made. All yards are
in good condition, so far as the health
Of the vine is concerned.
w. H. Harris, who is attempting to
demonstrate that hops can be success
fully raised in the Palouse country,
will harvest his first crop this year.
The Washingtonian reports that 100
sticks Of giant powder were discovered
under . sidewalk in Hoquiam, near
the business part OF town. recently.
The board OF commissioners OF Spo-
kane county has about decided that
the county will put in . plant for
lighting the courthouse by electricity.
The exact location OF the fish hatch
cry lie stated by a Cowlitz paper to be
on Talent creek, about one-half mile
above the bridge. Title to the site has
been secured.
Mrs. Ann c. Rhonimus died in Sc
attic last Monday, at the age of 80.
She was born in Frederickstown, Nd,
and well remembered the visit there
OF General Lafayette.
The board OF County Commissioners
of Lincoln county have offered re.
ward of $500 for the arrest, dead or
alive, of Alfred ]. Symes, the murderer
of Constable Lou Conlee.
Some of the militiamen of Tacoma
are discussing the qualifications OF
Captain Boutelle for the position OF
acknowledgement. They claim the cap
tain is not a resident OF Washington.
A. McMaster is building Q new
creamery at Chehalis and has ordered
the machinery. Thompson & Hulce
are building creamery at Sumner
and this will be in operation very soon
A Sprague bicyclist made the Jour
ney last week to the coast on his
wheel. He had the silent steed so
rugged up that he could run on the
rails OF the railroad track. He made
a quick trip.
The first galvanized iron and air
tight compartment lifeboat to be made
on Puget Sound has been constructed
by Mr.. Alger at Tacoma. He says
that the boats can be made as we'll
here as in the East.
Persons who have recently returned
to Ellensburg from the White Bluffs
of the Columbia say the river is fairly
alive with trout, which can be caught
by the hundred. They also say that
there are thousands OF grouse in that
region and they are rs tame as barn-
yard fowls.
The relatives of Lysannus Anderson
paid no attention to the notification
sent them of his drowning. When his
mother was informed, it is reported, she
said al might as we'll dance as to