Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-01-08

. Curly White,' en- route for Portland
~ tn" blind baggage of No. |. fell
from the train near Ritzvillc, last FRI
lay, striking hi, head on a plank cross
ing, ml!irt!n% several serious wounds.
&. ". Iiopkin>on has been appointed
postmaster at Fulton, Lewis county.
vl'" II. Fulton, resigned. ]. ~callon
f"~ been appointed postmaster at It.
Helen, F"wlitH c"unty, vice +. Scal!un.
rc'igncd. William X. Peterson has
received his commission us postmaster
nj Derby.
TIL" coroner of Walla Walla county
lays that after drying the card found
on thv body ui the unknown man
found dead on the banks uf the Walla
Nalla river and submitting the same
to several tests, the address i agreed t.
he as follows: Mrs. !. J. or J. J. Evans.
No, GOi Wyoming street Gone made it
Maurcc), and 2,029, or 2.l29, California
avenue. No city or State could be
made out.
The big shingie mill of the Puget
Sound Shinglc Company. at Old Ia
coma, burned late Monday night,
causing a loss OF over $4,000. which i
partly covered by Insurance.. The
nall had been under repair, for several
lays, preparatory to its operation bv
+. J. McNcclry, the nca lessee. 1t
had Il daily capacity Of $4,000 shin
-lcS. lnccndiarism is believed to have
been the cause.
William Ragcn, farm hand en-
Hloycd by W. VI. Babcock, Il farmer, at
eureka Flat, near Walla Walla, met
his death Saturday morning. Ragcn
was descending Il long hill with Il
load OF grain whch the horses became
unmanagcable and ran away. The
wagon WAS overturned, and Ragcn
was thrown under the horses feet.
His skull was crushed and he died
instantly. lie was ~ years old and
unmarried.
kaiama's new Opera-hOusc known as
" Fraternity Hail." was opened Tues
day night with the play of Damon
and Phythias," by home talent, under
the direction Of Professor w. NJ.
Rasmus, assisted b.; his wife A
crowded house greeted the PLAYERS, and
the universal verdict was that the play
was very well rendered. Good ap-
probation was shown all through. The
new opcra-house has complete set of
scenery, and everything necessary to
put on iirst-class plays.
The curiosity of little Carl Silzell, OF
Oakesdale, was the cause of his losing
two fingers and Il thumb last week.
The little fellow found dynamite cap,
and. not knowing what it was, held it
i'll his left hand while he applied
match to the powder in it with the
other, to see what the result would be.
The powder exploded and the shell
tore through his thumb and the first
two fingers of his left hand, mangling
them in such manner that amputa-
ton was necessary.
Mrs. Kelly, wife of Thomas Kelly,
prominent ranchcr living four miles
from Oakesdale, died very suddenly
last Wednesday. Mr.. and Mrs. Kelly
were preparing to go to Oakesdalc on
business, and the husband drove up to
the gate and waited for his wife to
come out. After waiting Il long time,
Mr.. Kelly went into the house to see
what detained his wife, and found her
lying on the floor unconscious. She
died three hours later. 1t is supposed
her death was caused by paralysis of
the heart.
While walking ON the beach the
other day, says the Ilwaco Journal,
Mr.. Monies picked up Il bottle Sc
curcly corked. On opening it, it was
found to contain one of the Oregon
Railway Il Navigation Company's
blanks, on which was
written the following, in lead pencil:
/" George McCullock, drowned OFT four
ship Mt sea, ON Oct. 81, 1893.
Home at 8 b East 10, Portland, Or"
The writing is rather pale, and it
seems curious that the writer should
bave failed to give the name of the
ship.
Miss S. c. Black, aunt of DIR. j. NJ.
Myers, dean of the Tacoma College of
Dental Surgery, was arrested Saturday
in that city, on n charge OF grand lar
ceny preferred by her nephew, who
alleges that she went away Thursday,
taking medals to the worth of over
$500. She was accompanied by the
doctors son, aged l3, and it was APP
parcntly that she wanted to keep the
boy that she went away. She has
taken care of him for years, but the
doctor has decided to send him to
Vashon College, which would cause
They were found at the
house of Il friend.
The Northern Pacific Railway Com
pany was several thousand dollars the
loser on Tuesday night through at
tempting to handle train of As cars,
drawn by two engines, says the North
Yakima Herald. 1t was coal train,
and when opposite the Yakima mill
broke in two. The ears were operated
with automatic brakes, which quickly
stopped the forward section. 1t was a
down grade, and the rear end of the
train, which, after the accident, was
uncomfortable, crashed into the sta
tionary cars, wrecking many cars and
piling coal, car timber and trucks in
an indiscriminate heap. Fortunately
no one was hurt.
The local grain market, in Colfax,
for 1896, closed Thursday, December
81, with top-notch prices for wheat,
oats and barley since the fall of 1892.
Quotations were 70 cents per bushel
for wheat, $1.1O per 100 for oats, and
81 per hundred for barley. 1t was
estimated that the aggregate of grain
held in the county January l, 1897,
was the smallest that has been held
in Whitman pOuptv in many Years