Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-02-02
M:ashin9tun STANDARD
STATE NEWS.

4 Rrisf Summary of News Gathered From
all Parts Of the State.
The Single mills Of Washington
1--WE employment to $500 men.
In 1880 Pierce county Cracnma) re-
ceivod Sl.l2j.iil and expended 81
ll1.2uO
Bids for supplying 1900 cords OF fir
wood for the Steilacoom asylum were
opened at Tacoma last week. Eleven
bids were submitted, the price rang
ing from Sl.Gj to - f. per cord.
The Walla Walla council has
adoptcd plans for sewer system that
will require over % miles OF pipe.
CONSTRUCTION will begin as soon as the
arrangements can be made.
:. warrant charging grand larceny
against Frank VI. Halves WAS issued in
Seattle, recently. The officer sent to
arrest Hawes found him serving on a
jury, where he was temporarily cx-
empt from arrest.
Ferry county has men guarding the
Indian trails from the south half OF
the Colvillc reser cation to Republic,
and no Indians are permitted to
travel toward the town. This is to
prevent infection from the smallpox
among the Nespelims.
Judge Davidson, at North Yakima.
has pronounced the following penitcn-
tiary sentences: Ross Mars, for
forgery, Is months; G. Addison, for
larceny, one year; Frank Lee, for
burglary, five years; Harry Williams,
for burglary, five years.
On an alder tree on a high bluff
near the mouth of North river, in
Pacific county, Surveyor Vickery has
found this inscription, cut in the wood
and grown over: "U. S. Survey Camp,
No. II, Dec. 10th 1850" This is the
date of the first survey of Pacific
county.
A colOred woman was under ex-
animation as to her sanity in Tacoma,
and it was concluded that she was
sane and she was discharged. She
said the cause of her queer actions
was that her husband brought home
fleas from the hotel where he worked
and the pests drove her wild.
Louis Holtzheimer, Whatcom
county pioneer of 1871, died very
suddenly at his home near Blaine, last
Tuesday. aged 81 years. He served in
the Indian wars OF the West shortly
after the rebellion, and when mus
tered out, % years ago, went to What
com county and settled ON California
creek.
The case OF Lawrence vs.. Potter
which involves the ownership of 16O
acres of land near Gar field, and has
been in court for more tn an IA years
was decided recently by the Supreme
Court in favor of Lawrence. Lawrence
will now bring suit against Potter t.
recover rent for the IA years the later
has lived on the farm.
Mrs. John Palmer, of Dayton, wal
unable to speak above whisper fol
several months, due, the doctors said
to paralysis of the throat. One nigh
last week she was riding to masquer
ade ball and tipped out of the buggy
backwards, striking on her head
When picked up it was found that sht
was not injured and could talk as vel
as she ever could.
s. G. Hawson, who committed sui
eide in Portland, recently, was EN-
ployed at Chehalis for some time or
the work of drilling the new artesiar
we'll which the Chehalis Water Com
pany is sinking. He dissipated a goot
deal while at Chehalis, and one even
ing about a week before he left tried
to buy some poison at q drug store
presumably for suicidal purposes. Tit
clerk refused to sell him the poison.