Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-12-30

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over $3.50 in cash has been sub
>cr.hrd for the erection of public
hail, at Ahcrde II, and a partial pay
mcnt on the lots has been made by
the fire department.
Co>mopoli> now has the best lumber
manufacturing plant ON t;ray'> harbor,
says the Enterprise, and with another
good plant, the town would soon grow
! to 4 city, and it would not he the
smallest city on the harbor
rupt. +. Il. Hyde, OF the forestry
reserve, has been instructed from
Washington City to remove his head
quarters from Spokane to Everett
The department believes that the SER
! vice will b. the better rendered from
Western Washington.
Herman Dubois, Boisfort, Lewis
county farmer, shot and killed HIM
self Saturday morning, near his home,
while hunting. Three weeks ago the
son-in-law OF Dubois met death in the
same manner and within few feet of
the scene of the last tragedy.
Mrs. Josie Carran, of Cathlamet, is
resting in the county Jail, awaiting
trial in the United States court, on q
charge Of sending obscene matter
through the mails. A comic picture
sent to Mrs. Alice Wampler, a neigh
| Dor, is the cause of her trouble
A gang Of burglars has kept the
Aberdeen police force busy during the
past week, and has caused considerable
anxiety III the hearts of hOusckeepcrs.
Several houses have been entered, and,
while the work looks like that OF pro-
fcssionals. but littlo booty has been
obtained.
Wednesday evening about s 80
O'Clock, Mr.. Riggs shoe shop, at Ka-
lama, was entered and relieved of six
pairs OF loggers' shoes. suit OF
clothes and u gold watch. Mr.. Riggs
had been absent only IL or 20 min
utes. He had locked the front door,
but had left the back door unfastened.
w. c. Painter, of Walla Walla,
raised squash last season that weighs
1iSi pounds, and won first prize at the
fruit fair this year This squash has
Il pedigree. Its grandmother won the
first prize at the Worlds Fair, Chi
cago, and its mother, weight l65
pounds, won first prize at the Spo-
kane fair last year.
Very few logs have yet been run in
any Of the Pacific county streams. In
North river there was sufficient water
to run about 10000 feet into the
boom. This made two RATS, 10th of
which were towed out by the Cruiser.
There is estimated to be between A.
600, 600 and 100000 feet OF logs in
the North river jam.
Death came quickly to John Nc
Carthy at Spokane, Monday afternoon.
Apparently in good health, Mr.. Nc
Carthy had finished the midday meal
ut his little home, and was resting in
favorlte chair by the fire. Receiving
no response to Il question, one of the
family sought to arouse him. 1t was
in vain. Life hid quietly slipped
away.
Two men were killed on the Great
Northern road near Odessa, in Lincoln
county, Sunday night, when west
bound freight ran into handcar on
which were four men. Hayden, n
section hand, was instantly killed, and
Thomas Ryan, who lost leg in the
/ IL 81. l.,
taken to Spokane for medical treat
ment.
Albert Conner was killed Saturday
i'll coal mine accident near Wilkeson.
Conner was attempting to do two
mems work as coal starter at the
time of the accident. Fou, carloads
of coal covered and crushed him and
he was dragged down the chute and
smothered. The young man was 90
years old and resided with his parents
at Wilkeson.
The Lake Whatcom Single Com
pany's mill has been closed down for a
general overhauling and rpmodeling.
An extra boiler will be put in and a
new dry-kiln built. An upright ma
chine will probably be put in for the
purpose of cutting 1S-inch shingles.
The mill at present contains double
block, and has capacity of about
10000 shingles per day.
Josie Brown has been arrested ut
Spokane for shoplilting. She con-
fessed to having stolen for living for
a long time past. When arrested she
had a number of small articles which
she had not purchased, concealed I'M
der the ample folds OF her cape. Dur
ing the same day, Officer Stautler
caught eight other persons in the act
of attempting to " lift" goods from the
Racket Store.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Erb, of Yelm,
have separated. The reason given by
Mr.. Erb for his wife's desertion fol-
lows: "To whom it may concern:
take this opportunity to announce To
my friends the case of desertion on
the part of my wife, to-wit: A GER
tain neighbor brought a cat to my
house and fed the cat one-half of 81
potato. This is the only cause to my
personal knowledge"
The o. r. & n. has commenced the
construction of an extension of its line
from Dayton. Workmen began laying
track parallel with the w. & c. r.
track Friday, and proceeding along the
route surveyed from Dayton to Lewis
ton, up the Patti and through Wilson
Hollow. The crew is composed of
over 100 men. The o. r. & N. has re-
Gently secured new depot grounds in
Dayton near the Hunt depot.
John E. Rowe brings suit for di-
vorce against Lucien +. Rowe, at Ia
coma, to whom he was married at
Centralia ten years ago. The hus-
band is charged with extreme cruelty
and brutal conduct, refusing to provide
for his wife when she was i'll, and in
May, 1895, holding her on the railroad
track in front of an approaching pas