Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-08-04
Washingtpn Standard
STATE NEWS.

opera house.
The Law and Order League, of Col
fax, i making war on Sunday saloons.
The price Of spruce logs on Willapa
harbor has gone up to s. per thous-
and
Minnesota capitalists will build a
flour mill 1T the mouth Of Chelan
river.
Republic has decided to Issue 3d..
600 OF bonds for building and equip
ping new schoolhousc.
The first peaches of the Snake-river
crop reached Coliax last week, and
were rctailed at GO centsa box.
The smallpox patient at Dayton has
been released from quarantine, and no
spread OF the disease is reported.
The racc-track grounds at La Con-
ner will be plowed up and planted to
oats. The sporting enterprise was a
failure.
LIB. Harris, of Coliax, has relic of
the first schoolhouse built north OF
the Snake river. 1t is bench of
primitive construction.
Spokane is raising a fund for a
monument to Ensign J. r. Monaghan,
who was killed in Samoa last spring.
The fund is now over $500.
Lee Bayer, a German, living south
east of Chehalis, was struck by limb
while telling tree, and died Friday.
Bayer has no relatives in that section.
He was about 81 years old.
Tie Starbuck Signal reports that
two large spotted vipers were found
in the cellar OF residence in that
town few days ago, European poison
GUS reptiles. Both were killed with
out harm to any person.
According to the annual report of
the Auditor, Spokane has total liza
bilities amounting to $717, 1890, and
its resources foot up 49,35S.35. The
value of the public property is includ-
ed in the total of resources.
Bears are getting plentiful in the
Ferndale section OF Whatcom county.
Several have been seen in the last few
days. Henry Slater came across one
chasing sheep and got several shots
at it, but it finally made its escape.
The largest cargo of lumber ever
taken from the Puget Sound on a
single vessel left Port Townsend last
Friday on the steamship Elm Bran CHI.
The cargo consisted of 100000 feet,
and is destined for Taku and Woosing.
The Green & Charlton stock cattle
gathered in Lincoln county for the
Montana ranges were loaded last Sun.
day from the Harrington stockyards.
The shipment required 81 cars, and
left probably $4,000 in the Big Bend
country.
A crew Of Northern Pacific bridge
hands has arrived at Chehalis, and
started to work putting in two steel
bridges below town, one across the
Newaukum river, on the South Bend
branch, and one across the river on
the main line.
Sunday afternoon, w. Banning was
found insensible on the bluff overlook
ing Granite Greek, near Republic.
His skull was crushed. There was
evidence that he had been slugged not
far from the spot where he was dis
covered. 1t is supposed robbery was
the cause.
Two robbers entered the dwelling Of
Charles Munding, 23l4 Pacific avenue,
Tacoma, about noon last Thursday,
blindfolded and gagged the only oc-
cupant, Anna Striger, stepdaughter,
then ransacked the house, obtaining
$50 in money. They escaped on
bicycles.
w. C. Blalock, of Walla Walls,
whose eyesight and hearing have been
very poor for the past 80 years, sud-
denly found himself the other day in
full possession of these faculties. He
is now in his 10th year and cannot &C.
count for the restoration of his eye
sight and hearing, which are the equal
of those of his youth. His physical
condition has much improved since
his good fortune.
A serious accident befell the 2-year-
old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Null
holland, of Waserly. Mrs. Mullhol-
land was engaged in doing a washing
and the little one was splashing her
hands in the tub when her mother
told her to run away. The little girl
backed up against pan of water, her
feet striking against the pan, caused
her to fall over backwards into the
boiling water, only two women were
present, and they lost their presence
of mind. and instead OF cutting off the
little ones garments, proceeded tc
take them off in the usual manner
which was a difficult task. By the
time they got the clothes off her sh.
was seriously burned, her arm beini
burned deep into the flesh. Her bacl
and both hips are seriously burned.
A Terrible Threat.
Chicago News.
"George," said Mrs. Younglove, ed,