Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-02-04
STATE NEWS

day at Spokane, is $lI, 32J.
\ burglar ran,ackcd il. \. Prc>cott'S
house at New Whatcom the other
night, but only took silver watch OF
little value.
+. II. Harris has been held in - 800
bonds at CuilaX to answer the charge
OF having flecccd Farmer Mills, Of
Whitman county.
William Mcister shipped Il carload
OF horses from Yakima to the Sound
last Thursday. He expects to gather
up another lot in the same county
soon.
The Puget Sound country is grad
ually becoming flooded with counter
felt money, many counterfeiters hav-
ing been attracted to Tacoma and Sc
attic by the Klondikc rush.
Yakima County Commissioners lave
compromised their innumerable disa-
greemcnts with the Northern Pacific,
in the matter of taxes, for the sum OF
$1,000 to be paid the county.
Sister Mary Aloysus Kelly was
found dead in her room at the Acad-
envy of the Visitation, at Tacoma, on
the 9th ult., death probably resulting
from violent spell of coughing.
f. Downes, knot-sawyer at Nor
gan's mill in Snohomish, lost half OF
his right hand last Friday, while at
work in the mill. In some way the
hand struck against one of the saws.
The sensational Beach-Brown case
was ended at Tacoma Friday. Mrs.
Annie E. Beach sued Mrs. Brown for
5000 for alternating the affections CT
here husband. The jury awarded her
81 900.
John Graham has been given YER
dict in the Superior Court of Whit
man county, against the o. II. & N.
Co. for $4,000. The suit was the re-
suit of injuries received while riding
ON a train. The railroad company
will appeal the case.
Hartford College, of Philadelphia,
has brought suit in Tacoma to re-
cover 5000 due and secured by mort
gage upon % lots which in days gone
by were valued at about $4,000. The
defendants named are the Annie
Wright Seminary and William NJ.
Jeffries.
Maughlin Bros, who are preparing
to operate the Cyclone shingle mill at
Snohomish, took a very novel way of
shipping a 17,OOO-pound boiler from
Machias to the mill. They plugged up
the flues, rolled the boiler into the
river and floated it down. The air in
the boiler kept it afloat.
Ex-Sheriff Barnett's bondsmen set
tied with Lewis county few days ago
for his shortages due the county.
Originally the claim was for over $500.
Part of this has been outlawed, how
ever, and $3.50 more that the experts"
had charged was found TO be wrong
full charge. The total put up was
about $500.
The shipments of lumber from
Gray's harbor for January aggregated
1924 900 feet, as follows: Aberdeen
2,756,OOO feet; Cosmopolis, 1908, 900
feet; Hoquiam, 2,3S5,OOO feet. Most
Of these shipments went to California
ports, only three cargoes, all frem
Aberdeen, going foreign-one to Mex
leo and two to Hawaii. In addition
to the above. about 100000 feet were
shipped East by rail.
Walter Ruble, of Colfax, has been
appointed State Chairman of the
Housekeeper's Association, an organ
ization of which Hon. James Gum,
NJ. c., of Idaho, is President, having
its headquarters in Chicago. Mr..
Ruble is to appoint four members to
assist him. The object of the associa-
ton is to assist in providing homes for
worthy people in the East who may
desire to emigrate to the West. The
appointment is unofficial, there being
no salary connected with the Office.
At Walla Walla, the other day, q
wild deer was scared up in the city
limits. The deer, in its fright and
anxiety to get away, almost ran over
rig that was being driven along the
road, and, making for barb-wire
fence, miscalculated its height, and
was thrown forcibly to the ground by
the recoil. 1t Immediately jumped
up and ran away into some brush and
disappeared. Wherever it came from
is mystery, but it probably wandered
down one of the creeks in the vicinity
or was chased down by dogs, and in its
bewilderment lost its bearings and the
location of its former pastures.
Contractor ]. r. Addison, we'll
known in Walla Walla, where he has
erected several fine buildings, has Sc
cured contract for the erection of
large building in Seattle. The d.
mansions on the ground are GO feet