Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-01-17
STATE NEWS.

DALE NEWO.
Richard Brown, logger OF Jefferson
county, will try the experiment OF
using horses instead of oxen in his
camps. Mr.. Brown already has orders
for Is, 10000 feet OF logs.
These are days Of "d;cker" anil
"trade" in Yakima. Last Tuesday a
well-known citizen was trying to ex-
change 81 200 new house, with 80
foot lot, for an amount OF alfalfa of
equal value, says the Herald.
The receipts for Spokane county
during the quarter ending December
81, 1895, were $l75,3O7.52, and the
disbursements $84, 42471. Warrants
outstanding amounted to $273, $3.50
and the bonded debt was $4S3,0OO.
Twenty-seven vessels, steam and
sail, are now in Grsy's Harbor, in adj
dition to the regular fleet. These ves-
sells are all taking ON lumber for
coast or foreign markets, and twelve
of them are loading at Aberdeen
wharves.
Thomas Monahan, who WAS en-
ployed in the work of protecting the
Bellingham Bay & British Columbia
railroad bridge at Everson, Sunday,
fell from the piledriver, twenty feet,
breaking his collar bone and severely
iniuring his shoulder.
According to the Auditors records,
the births in Whitman county occur
ring during 1895 were 232, OF which
number 1l3 were boys and 1l9 girls.
Deaths to the number OF 50 are re-
corded for 1895. Ninety marriages
are recorded as having occurred.
In considering the proposition to
purchase $500 worth of stamped
envelopes for the use OF officials for
county business, the Whitman county
commissioners came to the abrupt
conclusion Friday that the various
county officers could furnish their own
stamps and envelopes.
Alfred Conrad, Pierce county
farmer, was shot in the thigh on Mon
day by Louis Glukow in row over a
canoe near Eatopville. The trouble
was the outcome of quarrel of long
standing. Conrad WAS taken to Ia.
coma Tuesday for treatment. His
wound may result fatally.
If Symes, who was found guilty oil
murder in the first degree ut Ritzville
for killing Constable Conlee, and who
was sentenced by Judge Upton to l9
years in the penitentiary, gets the
benefit of all possible credits for good
behavior lie can get out at the end oil
10 years, at tue age of about Al.
Mrs. Olive Waldron has given deed
OF the Waldron block, in Fairhaven, to
the county in satisfaction of a
mortgage held by the county, and has
taken back an option to redeem, good
for about one and one. half years. Over
one-half of the $4,000 mortgage
originally taken by the county is now
paid.
The body OF a man was found Sat-
urday night on the beach west Of Port
Angeles. 1t had evidently been in the
water for some time, as there was no
clothing on it, and the face and one
arm were missing. 1t is supposed to
be that of sailor who was lost over
board in the Straits from Victoria
sealing schooner two weeks ago.
Rev. J. H. Acton, d. D., pastor OF
the First Unitarian church of Seattle,
and we'll known in Portland, has
resigned his pastorate to take effect at
the close of the regular church year,
which is about the middle of next
month. He gave no reason for
rendering his resignation, but the
Post-Intelligencer says there has been
friction in the affairs OF the church.
The Pacific Coast Mill Company, OF
Fairhaven, has just received an order
from Oshkosh, Wis.,, for about $500
worth of clear cedar lumber. They
have on hand orders for 10 carloads OF
lumber for different points in
Massachusetts,; one for Kalamazoo,
Mich, one for Camden, N. j., and
several for points west of Chicago.
They also received an order for 300, 900
feet of Car roofing.
Captain Archer, OF the Lorton, re-
ports passing a large quantity of
wreckage a week ago in the vicinity
of Cape Flattery. 1t consisted of sew
eral sticks OF cut lumber and what
looked like large vessel bottom side
up. The weather was so rough that
it was impossible to make close obser-
vations, and the wreckage quickly
passed out OF sight, running in a
strong coast current.
Mr.. J. E. Finke, of Brookfield, owns
a fine plant for manufacturing slaves
and fish kits. The plant has capacity
of 5000 slaves per day, and heavy
shipments are made to San Francisco.
The firm employees Is men, and will
soon have to employ more if business
keeps up. Fir and spruce are EN-.
ployed in the making of these slaves,
OF which there is an unlimited supply
on Mr.. Finke's ranch.
The Blue Canyon Coal Company
was bidder for the contract for SO.
plying the government coaling station
at Honolulu, but it is supposed that