Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-04-26

Miss Olida Gillett, of 1Ol7 Third
street, Seattle, is one Of the heirs who
clam Il right to share of Trinity
s s,o 0d1 o property, New York worth
Rev. S. HaItwell Pratt, noted evan
geli-t, Of Springfield. Mass, has arrived
at Spokane for the purpose OF con
Quoting revival meetings in the First
Baptist church.
The Lebanon Shingle Mill Company.
OF Everett, has started up its mill on
the cooperative plan. The mill Is
crowded with orders, and will br run
to its full capacity.
At Walla Walla. the boys have made
themselves such nuisance climbing
on moving trains that the police have
taken to arresting few of them, as
an example TO others.
Two slight shocks OF earthquake
were felt at Port Townsend shortly
after midnight Monday. Heavy brick
buildings trembled and many people
WtIt IIlSliltutu DauiN.
A cedar tree 407 feet high and 20
feet in circumference was recently
felled near Ocosta. The first limb
started 60 feet from the base, and was
seven feet in diameter.
The Loomiston Journal has expired.
Enterprising capitalists bought the
plant, engaged the editor at very lib
eral salary, and have moved the outfit
and editor to Ashcroft, b. c.
George Steinbach, of Spokane, lately
died from a disease that is supposed
to be CHAMBERS, contracted from horse
This disease seldom attacks Il human
being, but when it does is generally
fatal.
Tacoma is making considerable pro-
gress in the Detroit plan of caring for
the unemployed. Offers of good
deal of vacant land have been made,
including one 10y Judge Stallcup of
26O lots.
Twelve well-dressed and intelligent
Nez Perez Indians attended the ses-
sion of the Presbytery of Walla Walla,
that has just been held in that city.
Special services were conducted by
them one evening.
Tacoma has reduced the expenses
OF her city government by nearly 60
per cent. in the last two years. The
monthly bills for February, 1898, were
$32 1862. For February, 1895, the
total was $13,700.72.
The building record at North Yaki-
ma indicates prosperity. Four fine
cut sandstone business blocks are in
course OF construction, and arrange
ments are completed for the erection
of new brick block.
The Northern Pacific will resume
the work of arching the Stampede
tunnel in the Cascades with brick this
summer. A contract for 100000
brick has been awarded to the Union
brick works, of Tacoma.
Last year one man bought 30'cows
on time and carried the milk to the
Rosalia creamery. The milk paid for
the cows in few months; now he has
a monthly income on the average of
Sc cow, or $3.50 per month.
A carload of water-pipe arrived at
Whatcom the other day. A portion of
the pipe will be used in extending the
citys main to the Blue Canyon coal
bunkers. thereby increasing the water
ront raoo,,., k.lDA ,<a. ,,n,,t,
Judge Pritchard, of Tacoma, has
sustained the demurrer to the answer
of ex-City Treasurer Bagg's bonds
men, thus facilitating the action OF
the city to recover the amount of city
funds tied up in suspended banks.
Thirty-six hours solid rain and that
no W already on the ground raised the
water at the Grand Forks, Wishkah
river, to such height as to flood the
big warehouses. Many logs are left
high and dry on the gardens and fields.
The largest, cougar ever killed in
Pacific county, or perhaps anywhere
else, was captured and shot by Sam
Club, on Fairchild creek, last Friday.
The beast measured 10 feet from tip to
tip, and was the wonder of all who saw
il.
Mis-. Kate Thiesen, wife of John
Thiesen, Spokane manufacturer OF
Office furniture, cut her throat with
razor Friday night, while suffering
from decisions occasioned by long i'll
ness. The wounds are not necessarily
fatal.
At Snohomish the incest fiend. ].
w. Halbert, has been refused new
trial and has received his sentence OF
ID years in the State penitentiary.
Halbert was convicted in March of as
saulting his two daughters, aged Ii
and IL years.
William II. Cushman. who has
been cashier of the N. p. Land Office
at Tacoma. handed in his resignation
Wednesday, in compliance with re-
quest from General Land Agent
Cooper. He had held the position the
past II years.
An unusual form of runaway was
| one a festive merry-gO-rOund took the
other day at Walla Walla, under the
bungling driving of new engineer.
The riders all held on, but were glad to
get off as soon as the engineer man.
aged to shut off the steam.
DIR. l.. A. Chagnon, of Colville, a
young physician recently from Mon
tana, killed himself from an overdose
of morphine last week. His act, which
was due to dependency over his lack
OF means and employment, was DELHI.
erately planned for weeks.
The total valuation OF transfers reg
istered at Spokane thus far this year
is 81 ,534 ,722.S1, while at the correspond
ing date in 1894 the total was but ST.
253,03l.11. Spokane's transfers thus
far this year are about $4,000 more
than those Of Pierce county.
Louis Harris has so squaws employ
ed in sorting potatoes on his ranch in
the Sunnyside district, Yakima county.
He finds that. squaws when given in
structions do exactly as they are told.
don't jaw back nor do they have any
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