Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-02-11


japan have been received 10y In,
l>t"u paper mil.
NA.A WaliA !, talk ng OF calling {
convention oi dairymcn and hog-rai>cr,
,.u.r time in March.
Ur,Al~ Cu;icr, aged ~, and ";
Johnson. aged Ii. were married al
Walla Walla recently
The Washington mill at Port Had
lock VII hc rcprcncd aud begin cutting
l"Ss within a few weeks.
The II. Mccormick Lumber Com.
p,uy. OF C"utralll. is building mil
at rc Iii to cut 1000 feet per day.
The Mcth"di>ts at Ilwaco have
lately been having II revival, and 81
persons are said to have been con-
vcrtcd.
Some vandal entered the Congrega'
tional church at Freewater one night
not long since and burned up all the
hymn books.
jeff Stewart and Guy Stewart have
been buying horses at Dayton for the
klondikc trade. They expect to get
three carloads.
l.. Saldrcn, who has a logging rail.
road at Clatskanie, Or, will remove it
to Skanokawa if he gets sufficient en-
couragement from loggers.
a coyote roundup was made on
Union Flat, Whitman county, one day
last week. Twenty-Five coyotes were
sighted and l6 OF them killed.
War has been declared between the
gas and electric-light companies OF
Whatcom. Rates are being cut quite
freely, and consumers are happy.
This foghorn, boilers and engine al
the Westport lighthouse, at the en-
trance to Gray's harbor are in place
and nearly everything is ready for the
lighting.
The Tacoma council has practically
abolished the position of city cleo.
trician. An ordinance was passed
Thursday night cutting off the salary
of the position.
At its monthly meeting in Spokane
this week, the LIE Roi Mining & Smelt.
ing Company did not declare the
usual monthly dividend, as this money
will be used to buy ore.
Kelly's fruit.dryer, seven miles above
Wawawai, in Whitman county, burned
last week. The fire is supposed to
have been set by tramps. The loss is
$500 and the insurance 81, 800.
A. P. Venom has disappeared from
New Whatcom and number of PEG.
pie who paid him money for suits OF
clothing which they never received
would like to know of his whereabouts.
The Dayton foundry, formerly
owned by w. J. Bowling, was sold al
Dayton at receivers sale recently. The
plant did not bring enough to pay the
costs of the suit and of the receiver
ship.
The roadbed of the railway from
Aberdeen to Hoquiam has been com
pleted. The depot grounds at Aber
deem are prepared, and the big build
ings on the line where the bridge will
cross the Wishka river are beins
moved.
Captain Palmgreen, of the schooner
James A. Garfield, while at the vince,
of his vessel and crossing Gray's Har
Dor bar, was thrown over the vessels
cabin, last week. Three of his ribs
were broken, and he suffered internal
injuries.
The Spokane Board of Fire Under
writer's will present a well-signed pc
titiOn to the City Council, asking tina,
the fire department be increased
There are only As men in the depart
ment, not enough, it is said, to man
the apparatus.
John Baglin, youth Of 10. who
was charged with helping burglarizt
Holcomb's store in Spokane, has
turned States evidence against Chas
Linden, his "pal," and it is though,
Bsglin's testimony will send Linden
to the penitentiary.
VIM. Studebaker, a well-knowr
logger, was seriously and probably
fatally injured by tree falling upon
him Friday morning near his camp on
the Toutle river, six miles east of
Castle Rock. His left shoulder wa.
dislocated and his scalp torn for nearly
seven inches.
]. H. Miller, of Tekoa, narrowly
escaped drowning in Hangman's creek
Saturday. While cutting ice Mr.
Miller fell into the creek and was be
ing rapidly carried under the ice, wher
William Chase leaped into the ice
cold water and rescued Miller at tn,
risk of his own life.
The Pacific Sheet Metal Works
with headquarters in San Francisco
has ordered the necessary machiner,
for branch factory, which is to b
established at Whatcom. The actor,
will be ready for business early in tn
spring. The payroll will amount t
about 5000 per month.
The National Packing Company
now engaged in canning clans a
Fort Angeles are emDlOvipU III