Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-04-17
AYERS PILLS
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The receipts of Aberdeen postofiice
for the fiscal year ending March 80,
were 5000, show an increase of 90 per
cent. over last year. This will entitle
Postmaster Clark to raise in salary to
81 400.
d. B. Noble, father of Judson ID.
Noble, who was drowned recently by
falling through wharf which was be-
ing repaired, at Seattle, has begun q
suit against the city for $4,000 dam
ages for his sons death.
]. 7. Mcdowell, of Ellensburgh has
obtained patent for a fire.lighter. 1t
is piece OF mechanism attached to a
clock, and when the alarm goes off it
strikes match, and the kindling is
set on fire in the stove.
The board OF education of Seattle
has decided to sue the county com.
missioners for the penalties and
interest on taxes. The commissioners
wished to compromise on $13, 500, while
the school board wanted 1000.
The fasbionables who arrived at the
Auditorium theater. in Spokane, the
other night after the play was we'll
under way, were compelled by the
manager to wait until the end of the
first act before they were permitted to
enter.
George Letourum was arrested al
Colville Saturday for highway robbery.
He took from a travelling companion
two $50 gold pieces and IS piece,
and in doing so. gave the unfortunate
victim bad beating, including .
black eye.
Spokane is to have two Salvation
armies-one to follow the founder oil
the society, and new one to declare
allegiance to his seeding eon, Bal
lington Booth, to be known as Ameri.
can Volunteers. and to be organized
into posts instead OF corps.
Engineer E. G. Tanning, of the
Walla Walls paid fire department, has
perfected most useful invention for q
system Of fire alarm, and has made a
proposition to the city council for the
adoption OF the system. 1t has pecu-
liar merit of its own, and is highly
spoken of.
A freight train of the Oregon Railway
& Navigation Co. was wrecked three
miles this side of Wallula, in Walla
Walla county, Wednesday afternoon.
The engine jumped the track, and
several cars were telescoped. Engi.
neer Kimbsll and Fireman Rody were
badly injured.
1t is estimated that there are be.
tween $4,000 and 100000 bushels oil
wheat in the warehouses at Waits.
burg yet unsold, the owners OF which
feel themselves able to hold for better
prices. The price now is AZ cents
which is about 10 cents higher than
it was year ago.
The house OF w. II. Broome, OF Ev.
erett, burned Tuesday. One of the
children, sleeping in a crib, woke up
in fright and crswled under the bed
1t was some time before the distracted
parents could find the child, other.
wise they might have saved some OF
their effects. No cause is known for
the fire. They had no insurance.
Robert Scott has made close ex.
animation of the fruit trees with q
view to ascertaining if the buds have
been injured by the late freeze, saws
the Yakima Times. He says that
they are practically uninjured. Here
and there few apricot blossoms are
killed, but the trees will have all the
fruit they should bear, and be better
for thinning out.
Ed. Dexter and Joseph Curtis
farmers living about one mile north oil
Centralia, engaged in a brutal fight
Friday over Dexter crossing a field
which Curtis had sown to grain
Curtis was badly used up, having his
lace cut in several places and his eyes
nearly put out, and is at present living
in q dangerous condition. Dexter
was arrested and taken 10 Centralis.
John Woodman, q forlorn old man
died on Deep Creek, 10 miles east OF
Garfield, Wednesday. The old man
had gone out in the mountains three
miles from any settler, and taken a
claim. He spent the winter in q mis-
cradle hut formed by enclosing and
roofing over the end OF q hollow log.
Here he cooked, ate and slept during
the long winter. One morning he
built fire in his rickety stove and
then lay down beside it for q nap.
He awoke presently to find the cedar.
bark roof on fire and the room filled
with smoke. He ran out with his
blankets, and then returned to save
some other articles, when the burning
roof fell in on him, knocking him
down. and before he could extricate
himself. he was badly burned, particu.
larry about the head. His clothes
were entirely burned off, and in this
awful condition he made his way to
the house of John Bovey, three miles
away. His sufferings were intense.
He called upon those around him to
kill him and end his agony. A nurse
and medical attention were provided
for him at the expense OF Latah
county, but he died.