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vrt'aslua<)ton sTmulartl nmrit. wash. mn\ HUMV., AMI'S? 1 1593. Hoke's Head is Clear. Sv ire nne for ILilvi- Smith. Had it nut been i r lus desire in sei tire a ju-t understanding «if the matter, school section 10, worth a cool million, near Tacnma, would have been irrevocably 1.-t to tin school fund of tlie State. The scheme ran < ti "slick as grease" until it came t i the he id otiieer of the Interior Department, and there it was brought up with a turn as firm as a clamp of the air brake, and experts who could not he bought off were sent out to determine whether the entry was a fraud or not. It did not take these gentlemen long to ar rive at a conclusion. The work has been very thorough, but prosecuted without stir or bluster. They sank over Ttl shafts or tunnels from live to fifteen feet in depth, from which they took sand and subjected it to careful examination. They report that only one kind of gold was to he found, and it is extremely tine, llottry, llaky, and will easily lioat on water when dry. The largest color found weighed about .0.5 of a milligramme, or .004 of a cent, and the smallest colors are almost of microscopic size. The average size calculated from the assays is .015 of a milligramme or .001 of a cent. The largest yield found in any one pan was at the rate of eight-tenths of a cent per cubic yard. The largest yield in any tunnel was from west gulch, where gold at the rate of .227 of a cent was found in five pans." Probable no case that ever " passed" the local land office created a greater surprise or caused a deeper chagrin, but the people were charitably in clined to attribute the the action more to an inability to grasp its true merits than corruption. It should be borne in mind that the incumbents were new to the duties imposed upon them, and not accustomed to weighing and sifting such conflicting evidence as was placed before them, and the Mc- Bride interest was represented by the shrewdest of attorneys, skilled in all the subtleties of land-office procedure. It is supposed that Mcßride has had the backing of a combination of land speculators in this scheme, who have put up the large sum of money that has been paid to lawyers and others during the progress of the contest. It is well known that he did not pos sess the capital to fight it alone, even though the costs might involve no more than legitimate expenditures. As the value of the section is still large, every honest citizen should re joice in the knowledge that the best laid schemes of rogues " oft gang aglee." GETTING HIS " EVE-TEETH" CUT.—B. McDermott, the irrepressible Irish man, who ran the Opera Exchange and the " Big" saloons in this city for a time lately has ran across bunco sharps in Seattle. He makes com plaint to Prosecuting Attorney Hastie that a man wearing the odd cognomen of Smith had induced him to purchase some lots in the " City of Destiny" that were under water and in a dif ferent place from where he had been shown. Mr. Hastie said his only al ternative was a suit for damages, but as Smith's worldly possession are rep resented by the unknown quantity x, or rather the minus sign —, the irre pressible Mick will probably have to charge up the transaction to his expe rience account. THE following report of a society event of the F. F. W. is given by the Snohomish Tribune in the classical Chinook: Johny English yaka midlife copa Tulalip; yaka iskuni Mary Swan tolka sun koqua Boston tillicum : yaka iskum license copa Peter Leque, pe clatawa copa Judge Smith's illihe pe cfaska wawa copa Judge ictaclaska tika, pe Judge Smith yaka mnmook cow caska delate sk'ookum. Kimta Judge Smith copet wawa yaka mamook haul okok kloochman yaka lama, pe mamook klosh copa yaka lapush, pe Johny Eng lish yaka chaco tenas solix Copa "Judge, pe alki Johny nautich Judge delate klale man pe Johny yaka hoey-hoey tumtum pe yaka mamook he-he, pe yaka wawa cultus copa nika. Johny, pe vaka klotch man, claska kelipie copa Tulalip okok sun pe claska quanisum sing alta. SHIPMENT, OF PLUMS. —The ship ment of plums to the East from Ore gon has already begun. The fruit is packed in light boxes and four of them constitute a crate. The latter are carefully arranged in the car which is supplied with five tons of ice. 50,- 000 pounds is the capacity of the car. Each plum is carefully wrapped in paper and packed in boxes which hold about half a bushel. The packing bouses present an animated scene, with scores of women, boys and girls packing the fruit as it is brought in by the wagon load. RICHARD Morris Hunt, architect of the principal buildings at the World's Fair, Chicago, and of some of the fin est buildings in the country, includ ing the Capitol extension at Wash ington, died in New York, Wednesday, of hearl-failure. THE railroad employee's picnic at Centralis, Saturday, it is said was one of the best ever given by them. Thir teen cars carried about 1,500 people to that place, where all sorts of out-door sports were provided for their enter tainment. STILL IT CONTINUES.— Kansas, last Wednesday, was again visited by a soaking rain, the precipitation being 4.22 inches. The lower portion of Fort Scott is inundated. Two fatali ties have resulted. ♦ « —_ THE people of Snohomish are quiet jnli'ant over a late decision of the Supreme Court, whereby they retain the county seat. A McKinley Boom. A l:it•-» A'>• w York dispatch states that the -'Mil of $1,000,000 has been raised tobiium Mifciinley's presiden tial aspirations. It is proposed to de vote this sum mainly to the dissemi nation of protective tariff literature. Editorials will fie written and "boiler plate" miscellany prepared for those " measly" papers which can he bought for a song provided it is sting in the right key, and it is expected that by tiie time the Kepulis meet in national convention, a well-defined sentiment in favor of the sponsor of the protec tive system will he apparent, and with "sugar" judiciously spent in that body, his nomination will fie assured. The movement is said to be headed by that pious fraud, John Wunnatna ker, who is associated with a syndicate of Eastern manufacturers that have in tlie past contributed liberally to lb publican campaign funds, with the understanding that the duty on their products was to be maintained or raised. It is understood that the tariffques* tion is not to he allowed to longer slum her; that in consideration of furnish ing the sinews of war for the g. o. p. the coals must be raked under tlie pot to cook the meat upon which they fatten. They insist that the tariff question he made a leading issue, and late expressions of some of the party press indicate that their editors have already received a tip and are holding out their hats for more. How THE MILLIONAIRE TRAVELS.— The second largest yacht in the world paid a visit to Tacoma this week, Yan derbilt's lloating palace exceeding her in length only a couple of feet. Her name is the Eleanor, and she is owned by W. A. Slater, a man of wealth and leisure. She is on a trip around the world, and has on board the family of her owner and a few invited guests. She will go from Tacoma to Sitka, and then back to San Francisco, and thence through the Straits of Magel lan home. Her hull cost $250,000, and her furnishings about SIOO,OOO more. She was named after the owner's daughter and launched a few months before she started on her trip, last October. Her engines are 1,050 house power and of the tripple-expan sion type. Her coal bunkers hold 350 tons and will drive the craft 5,000 miles at 15 knots an hour. She is fitted up regardless of expense, and has all the appliances that conduce to the comfort of guests. She carries a crew of 50 men, and is bark-rigged with an area of 13,225 feet of canvass She is a veritable life-boat, with five solid water-tight bulkheads extending from the bottom to the upper deck. She is provided with incandescent lamps and powerful search-lights. This shows how some men can take their ease while thousands know not where they may obtain their next meal or where their weary heads will find a resting place when night draws her sable curtains around. ANOTHER INUNDATION.—A terrible cloud-burst at Casper, Wyoming, yes terday, on the summit of the moun tain of that name, found outlet through Garden creek, on which a pleasure resort was located, the build ings of which were all swept away, as well as the tents of campers all along the stream. A volume of water 40 feet high and 30 rods wide must have passed through a narrow defile about two miles from the mountain, judging from the water-marks. Three lives were lost. To illustrate the force of the flood it is noted that stones weigh ing 50 tons were torn from the moun tain side and carried down the stream- AN UNFORTUNATE COUPLE.—A short time ago an account of a marriage be tween two patients just discharged from the asylum for the insane at Medical Lake, was going the rounds of the press, the principals being a Mr. Boggs and a Mrs. Lammerhart. The malady in either case was not sup posed to be permanent or dangerous, or a recurrence at all probable, and it was hoped that their marriage might lead to a contented and peaceful life. It turns out, however, that both have suffered a relapse and were arrested a few days ago at Elberton and will have to be recommitted to the hos pital for the insaoe. THE Northern Pacific Railroad com pany is building at Tacoma, the larg est coal conveyer in the world. The principle upon which it works is the same that has long been used in ele vators to handle wheat, and consists of bins attached to an endless iron matting or chain, which carries the bius or conveyors from the bunker on shore, over the water to a stationary fixture, at which the ships will drop anchor and the coal be dumped from the bins into the hold. This improve ment will cost when completed $140,- 000. THE U. S. Court in Portland (Judge Bellinger) has ruled that the appoint ment of receivers for mortgaged farms is illegal. He holds tbAt to take charge of growing crops on mortgaged premises is unlawful and in violation of the right of possession of mortgagor until foreclosure has become absolute. TIIE bicyclers are all agog over the fact that James Jones, a colored boy employed as elevator boy in the kl'a cific National Bank, at Tacoma, took all the prizes at Ocosta, Sunday, for riding. His prizes consisted of a lot in Westport, a gold watch and a silver set, the total value of which is $2lO. " PINAFORE" is being performed on a " sure-true" ship, fitted up as a nian of-war on Lake Washington. The performance is free and is paid for by the car companies who make their money back on the fares that will be paid by the public attracted by it. THAT SUGAR BOUNTY. THE COMPTROLLER FIRM IN HIS REFUSAL. | To Withhold 5j.000.000 Appropriate | ril liy ( ongrm-Brii. Is In tlir Meld lor tin- ICr|Mit>liinii Aoini- ' nation—W ud<- llunipton Mates What lie Hid Say. Ilciiulnr t'orrcsiiiitaieili'i- of the stanijaiiii. Washimitux, July 2(1, 18'J5. Secretary Carlisle told the Louisiana senators and liepresentativu Meyer, w ho called to see him to protest against the right of the Comptroller to decide whether the money appropriated bv Congress to pay sugar bounties should he withheld, that he had no authority over the Comptroller, not even the power of removal, which is vested in President alone. The Louisianiaus I argued that the Comptroller had 110 i legal authority to question the con | stitutionality of an act of Congress; j that lie was merely charged with the j construction of the laws as he found {them, and that if he had the power < claimed he would he paramount to Congress. Secretary Carlisle said it was true that the Comptroller might by the arbitrary exercise of his au , thoritv greatly embarrass the govern ment, hut he could see no present remedy. Congress had conferred this great authority upon the Comptroller, and the Secretary of the Teasttry hail no right to question his acts. The President, of course, could remove a Comptroller, but he could not direct or review his acts. There seems little doubt that Comptroller llowlew has the law on his side, although the right to construe the conslitutiouulity of . acts of Congress appropriating money has not been exercised by a Comptroller for years. He says he is only doing his duty, in view of the decision of the i Court of Appeals of the District of • Columbia, that the sugar bounty law was unconstitutional, in asking that 1 arguments he presented showing the ' constitutionality of the act of the last 1 Congress appropriating money for . sugar bounties before he approves the payment of any money under that act. ' August 7 has been set for the hearing of the arguments, and, as more than 1 $5,000,000 is at stake an imposing ' array of legal tulent is expected to take . 1*": The secret is out. Mr. Benjamin Harrison need not pretend that he is not an out-and-out candidate for that nomination any longer. There are people in Washington who have seen letters from Col. John C. New direct ing how certain wires should be pulled in order to increase Mr. Harrison's chances. Besides, it has leaked out that a near relative of " Lige" Halfonl, who used to be Mr. Harrison's private Secretary, is quietly running a Harri son literary bureau in Washington. It is ridiculous to say that these things are being done without the knowledge or consent of Mr. Harrison. Col. New managed his last canvass and is as near to being in his confidence as he ever allows anybody to get. Men who are known to be working for Harrison are not the sort to be wasting their time without an explicit understand ing. Among these men are ex-Senator Sewell, of N. J., and Senator Elkins, of W. Va. Mr. Harrison wants that nomination and be is going to do his level best to get it. In response to requests from the U. S. Consul at Panama and the New York officers of the Panama railroad, Secretary Herbert has ordered a ship to Panama. There are two' sources which from trouble is feared. There is a labor strike now on hand, and Ecuador is said to be about to invade Columbia. We have a treaty with Columbia which gives the United Slates the right to maintain free communication over the Panama railroad whenever Columbia fails to do so. Of course Secretary Herbert's instructions have not been made public, but it is almost certain that they include keeping of the Panama railroad open, as well as pro tecting American interests in general. Ex-Senator Wade Hampton, of South Carolina, now Railroad Commis sioner, says he was misrepresented by the Southern paper which quoted him as slating that he had personal knowl edge of President Cleveland's intention to be a candidate for a third term. Speaking of this matter, Gen. Hampton said : " I believe I did say that if the different parties took to splitting up and a half dozen candidates took the field a lot of the conservative gold.bug Democrats would want to run President Cleveland for a third term and that a big per cent, among the Re publicans would heartily join them. As a matter of fact, I haven't the slightest reason for believing from any thing President Cleveland ever said or did that he is or will be a candidate for a third term. On the other hand, I have no idea that he is thinking about it or would consent to run for another nomination." This whole third term flurry, which has lately taken on new life, is based upon misrepresentations which in most cases have been in tentionally made by enemies of Presi dent Cleveland, and which have been spread and added to by editors who find that a more congenial subject than a discussion of the live issues of the day. While all things are possible, there is not the slightest probability that President Cleveland's name will go before the next Democratic Na tional convention, either with or with out his consent. DEM. Weekly Weather-Crop Bulletin. The Seattle Weather Bureau fur nishes the STANDARD with the follow ing report for the week ending July ■29 th: WESTERN SECTION. The temperature during the past week appears to have about the nor mal for this time of year, averaging G4 at Seattle, and was quite uniform. The highest temperature occurred on the 28th and the lowest on the 20th. A very light frost was noticed in some localities on the night of 25th and 26th; it did not do any damage to speak of. The week was one of dry weather, broken only by sprinkles of rain on the 25th, and a light shower on the night of the 2Sth. The need of rain is beginuing to be seriously felt, the showers that have occurred being insufficient to even lay the dust. Though the dry weather has been excellent for hay-making, this fact has been offset by the drying up of the pastures, in which feed is now reported to be scanty. The oats in Skagit and other coun ties is standing it well, but the drought has rather set back potatoes, except on the bottom lands. Other vegeta bles, and also fruit, would be greatly benefitted by rain. Haying now being practically over, harvesting of grain will become gen eral this week. Considerable barley land some oats has already teen cut. Hie barley yield is fair to good, some winter sown going 10 bushels to the j acre. Oats will he short on the up lands, while on the bottoms it will he . heavy, (train is most promising in bkagit, King, Pierce and Thurston | counties. Hops is now in the burr, and gener ally doing well. Lice are not so j troublesome this year as formerly. Fruit conditions have not changed much from last week. In King, Pierce and Clarke counties, pears, peaches and plums are ripening, also lied Astrakan apples. The yield of prunes and plums will he very good. Samples of peaches grown in King I county near O'Brien, by Mr. Greenleaf, are large, averaging 8 inches in cir cumference, of beautiful color, and de lightful llavor, reminding one of the luscious clingstones of Utah or Ten nessee. No one after sampling them j would ever maintain that peaches can i not he grown successfully in Western j Washington. EAS'IKKN SECTION. | The weather, though hot and dry, , has been favorable for harvesting. The j temperature reached 101 in the shade jin Walla Walla county on the 2.'fd. There was no rain until the end of the week when scattered showers occurred. In general the week was not favorable to growth, though in irrigated districts all crops progressed favorably. The al falfa is splendid, and has an uuconimon amount of bloom, which the bees are making most of. In 'Kittitas county the hay crop is a good average and about all in. Harvest has commenced and the crop is expected fairly good. Unirrigated lands have exceeded all expectations in West Kittitas valley. In Walla Walla county harvesting is well under way. There is an average yield of fall sown grain but the spring sown is badly damaged, and will not he cut. In Columbia county heading and threshing is now under way. Barley is light weight, running SO to 90 lbs. to the sack; it will not be over one-lialf crop. Spring wheat will run front one-third to one-half crop. Fail wheat, 80 per cent, of a crop. In Garfield county harvest is in progress. ; Wheat will yield about one-half crop. Barley only a fair three-fourths. Hay is fair. In Whitman county wheat in ex posed localities is being injured, and will make the general crop one point less than last week. Barley will ho cut this week. The fruit prospect is good. o Spokane Co.—lt lias been a good week for grain. Farmers are cutting more grain for liay than they expect ed. Crop shorter than was expected on account of smut, which was never so bad here before. Fruit is all right. Gardens need rain. Lincoln Co.—Crops are drying up. Heading barley begun on 29th. About half a orop expected. Potatoes are not doing well. The range is all hare and stock will have to he fed. Douglas Co.—Haying in full blast. Heading will he general by August Ist. The crop will be good as last year, and better grade. In Adams county, barley is mostly harvested, wheat haymaking In pro gress. Harvesting began all over the county on 29th. Weather good for corn, which is growing finely. Pota toes are doing well; also fruit. Stevens Co.—The hay crop is short, especially timothy. Uardeus are in need of rain, and potatoes will be a short crop unless some rain falls soon. Okanogan Co.—Light showers have been of great benefit to fruit and corn. Peaches and apricots are ripe. PROSECUTED FOR THEIR FAITII.— Notwithstanding our government is founded upon the widest toleration of religious belief, eight consccntious Seventh-day Adventists were con demned to serve term of from seventy five to ninety days in the county jail at Dayton, Tennessee, last month, for the offense of doing common labor on Sunday. These men were compelled fo work in the chain-gang, as com mon malefactors, for a no greater of feuse than the violation of a statute passed by a State whose constitution professes to guarantee the free enjoy ment of religious sentiment and the right to worship God according to the dictates of conscience. THE reported death of Susan B. Anthony at Lakeside, Ohio, Friday, was premature. She suffered an at tack of heart failure, and was unable to fill an appointment for Rev. Anna Shaw, but she subsequently raillied, and it is thought will wholly recover. Miss Anthony is 75 years of age. THE Portland Sun, a daily and week, ly newspaper, started in Portland last October, by an association of printers, has gone the way of all earthly crea tions. It was Populist iu its tenden cies, and its demise may be attributed to the waning power of that combina tion of antagonisms. Now that the g. o. p. is seeking a place for holding the National Con vention, and some of the committee favor San Francisco, it is in order for the Olympian to suggest that it be " permanently located" in that city. THE British steamer Cleveland was lately sunk in a collision with with the British taukship Dutfield, oil' Falk stone, England, and seven of the crew are missing. The Cleveland was from the Mediterranean. SAN FRANCISCO seems to be held in favor by the National Republican Committee for the next National Convention of that party. It will meet next December to decide the time and place. THE fruit crop in California this year will not be up to the average in quantity, but of superior quality. It is expected, therefore, that as a money maker it will be equal to previous sea sons. W. C. BARRETT, the lunatic who " confessed" to being the author of the Emmanuel church murders, has re covered his souses, and now thinks that Durrant may have done it after all. THE Port Townsend Herald has J suspended publication, and it is re ported that the type and press will be removed to North Yakima and used for printing a daily newspaper. PROTECTION OF SCHOOL LANDS Some Suggestions by (be State Land Commission. The State Land Commission has ad dressed to the county school superin tendents of this State the following letter, prepared by commissioner Brain erd: " Reports having come to the hoard of state land commissioners front superintendents of schools, that 1. They have heard reports of tres pass on school lands and therefore ask instructions as to their duties iti the matter, and 2. That they have themselves author ized persons to cut tire wood for them selves or for school district use: Therefore the board of state land commissioners, with the endorsement and approval of the honorable superin tendent of school instruction, desire to call your attention to the law, and to the following facts, and to ask your hearty and cheerful co-operation with us, and that you will call for the help of school district officers and teachers. As you are well aware the income of the schcolsis derived from the sale and lease of school lands. With the exception of lands in the wheat belt of of eastern Washington the chief value of school lands in this State is in the timbered lands of Western Washing ton. During territorial days some of the best school lands in the State has been logged off. In the absence of forestry guardianship of any kind in the State, the practice of logging on school lands has undoubtedly coutinned and is still going on, and are certain that petty trespass on the part of sellers is practiced by the very men who owe most to the common schools and who should he the most vigilant protectors of all that would he aid to the school fund out of which their children are beiug and will continue to he educated. At the last session of the legislature an act was passed vesting the manage ment, lease and disposition of the slate's lands in the board of state land commissioners, at Olympia. It is perhaps well to state here for your information that no persons what ever are properly concerned with school or other lands except the state board of land commissioners and their duly au thorized employes and subordinates. The land act provides (session laws 1895, chapter 178, sections, 51, 99, 101) that any person, tirni, corporation or association cutting or removing or causing to he removed any timber growing upon any state lands, or manu facturing the same into logs, holts, shingles, lumber or other articles for domestic use or commerce shall be li able to the State for treble the value of the timber or articles so cut or re moved, and shall forfeit all interest in and to the article into which the tim ber is manufactured ; further that such persons, upon conviction shall he pun ished by fine or imprisonment, or by both, not exceeding one year in jail and SI,OOO. Further it is the duty of the state board of land commissioners to investigate all cases of trespass and damage on school lands and to prose cute the same. We therefore call on you as good patriotic citizens, charged with the most serious and delicate responsibility, that of care of the education of the children of the State, that you will act as the volunteer protectors of that upon which the education of the children chiefly depends, to-wit; the land which the state holds in trust for them. Let your school directors know, and through them let the children know, that no one has a right to rob them of their heritage, as some miscreants are now doing. It may seem trifling to cut cord wood, for ex ample, from school land, but there are sections which are nearly denuded of timber by such procedure to the States' loss. Let them know that the legal status of every person going on a school section, using it, or removing anything from it, should lie carefully inquired into, and if it does not clearly appear that such persons are bona fide losses or purchasers, they should be reported at once to the sta|| board with a state ment of names, mtes and places and of witnesses willing to testify who will enable the State board properly to in vestigate and prosecute. If we shall receive your hearty co operation the result should be to save to the state school fund many thousands of dollars." STATE NEWS. The census gives Everett 900 child ren of school age, an increase of »7 over last year. From all sections of Columbia county are reports of an unprecedent ed yield in the corn crop. The Clallam County Agricultural Society has determined to hold a fair at Port Angeles the first week in Oc tober. Ernest Luckner was committed to the Steilacoom Hospital for the In sane, last week, suffering from a re ligious dementia. Daniel H. Bush, a farmer living near Roy, iu Pierce county, was kieked by a vicious cow, Monday, and injured so severely that he died soon ufter .wards. The Yakima river at Ellensburgh is running at low ebb. The editor of the Capitid says it is lower at this time thau at any similar period for 23 years. Fruit is being shipped from Wilbur to Spokane and Montana points at the rate of about 259 boxes per day, this week. The shipments will largely in crease as the season advances. Harvesting in Walla Walla has pro ceeded far enough for the farmers to conclude that the crop this year will be little, if any, less than last year, and that more will be shipped out be cause of better prices. Peter Belles, the proprietor of the Hotel Yakima, lost $509 from his safe on the 14th. He thinks the thief must have taken a wax impression of the inner lock in order to have been able to reach the money in the man ner in which he did. Mrs. Lizzie Cox, wife of W. J. Cox, a well-known rancher of Mound Prairie, was Monday committed to the insane asylum at Steila coom. She is 33 years of age and is the mother of four children, the youngest of which is five years old. Wheat is now worth at Pullman 35 cents in bulk, and 38 cents sacked f. o. b. cars. Most of it is handled in bulk for shipment to Eastern markets, al though not much is yet in sight. The crop around Pullman is estimated to have been damaged about 15 per cent. A little son of J. W. McAulifle, on the upper waters of the Wynatchee, was bitten by a rattlesnake, last week, but medical aid being soou obtained, an antidote was applied and tho child's life saved. It is a matter of much I gratification that there arc no vrno mons reptiles on this side of the Cas cade range of mountains. Phillip A. Sauter, a German tailor, at Port Angeles, committed suicide i Saturday night by shooting himself in the mouth with a revolver. He had lately been sold out for debt, and this Jit seems so discouraged him that he j committed the rash act in a fit of dis | pair. Ihe Spokane Tim** savs that a well-known cattle-buyer was rescueil |by a troop of United States cavalry, at tort Spokane Saturday afternoon, just as a crowd of Indians was prepar ing to string him up to a tree. The Indians claimed the man had outraged a 12-year-old girl of the tribe. A little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. lelix Gravell, of Cowlitz prairie, was playing near a fire in the yard of Mrs. Van Wingerden, on the Ostrauder, one day last week, her clothing caught fire, and before the flames could be put out, she was so badly burned that death resulted a few hours later. On July 4, at Custer, the 4-year-old daughter of John Atkins, while play ing with firecrackers, ignited her light cotton dress, which was completely burned oil' her before relief came from her aunt, Mrs. James lSrown, who was badly burned herself, in saxing the child. Strange to say, the child was almost uninjured. The directors of the penitentiary de cided at a recent meeting to hold sacks for farmers, providing 20 per cent of the purchase money is paid down. By this farmers can now secure their sacks by placing their requisitions and pay ing that amount and save themselves front any worry concerning a shortage when tlie sacks are needed. The two creameries on Gray's Har bor have driven California dairy pro ducts entirely out of the markets of that section. Representatives of a large San Francisco wholesale butter establishment visited Gray's Harbor re cently, and were unable to secure a single order, where immense amounts of goods had been formerly sold. Cheap wheat has driven the Palouse farmers into hog-raising extensively. It is estimated that iu Whatcom coun ty alone there are 100,000 hogs, Bome are afraid they will regret the step if pork declines in price, as it threatens to do. All hogs would be as bad as all wheat. Diversified farming in cludes both products in moderation. Miss Ina S. Robertson, formerly principal of the Waitsburg academy, has spent the past nine months in the East, in the interests of the academy, and has secured pledges amounting to $20,900, $15,000 of which is available at once. All the preliminaries will be arranged, and building will begin early in the spring. A large brick academy building will be erected, also a dormi tory and boarding-house, and other needed buildings. All will be of brick, and will contain every modern appli ance aud convenience. John Dixon, who represents the Dixon claimants for the Indian depre dations in the Malheur outbreak of 1878, was in Seattle last week for the purpose of securing certain atlidavits from Major W. V. Rinehart tending to establish his claim at Washington City. Congressman Binger Hermann has the matter in charge, and has worked on the case during his whole Congressional career of nearly 10 years, but thus far has not been suc cessful. Major Rinehart was Indian agent at the Malheur reservation from July 1, 1876, to September 1, 1882, and during his term he passed upon many claims, every one of which has been paid. The Dixon claim he did not pass upon, and as it amounts to $50,000, it is quite difficult to se cure. It has been divided into two parts, of $20,000 and $50,000 respec tively. MILLER'S fj|~BUSI»ESSfrOLLEEE~j|) Oilers super superior advantages to young people who desire a thorough training in arithmetic, penmanship, spelling, commercial law, letter writ ing, rapid calculation and practical book-keeping, by actual practice. For full particulars call on or ad dress O. L. Miller, Olympia, Wash. VIKNNA has a "Lazy Club," and its title is expressive of the main charac teristic of its members. The member ship is limited to 100, and a member is expelled, sans ceremonit, if he it found to be connected with anything having the semblance of labor. MRS. Guy C. Phinney, of Seattle, has secured a judgment against the New York Mutual Life Insurance Co. for $97,000, on a $100,009 policy car ried by her late husband. fajHsi'gißi mcMAI k I HAUL MAHkS# COPYRIGHTS.^ CAN I OBTAIN A PATENT? Form BRH SV SiiLS? UTJ opinion, writ, to In Uti N «V CO., who hive hid nearly flftr vein* •xperlenoe In the patent bunnen. Comtnunlca oonSdentua. A Handbook of hE 23 concerning Patent! and how to ob tain I hem lent free. Alio • catalogue Of •"f'•■"i leal and scientific booki lent free/ Patent! taken through liunn ft Co. receive JPectal notloelnfhe Mrieatlflc A«erl7JiT«d IP'S {^°"« h t widely before the public with, put coat to the Inventor. Thla eolendld nener taeued weekly. elegantly llluetrated. haa by fC the J22SC Sgfletlon of any act entitle work In the world. #3 AT6tr. Bumine copies sent frwe mDiaeaf BdUlonroontbly. ifso a year. Single SIP.I , . owits. nrerj number contains beau. K ? colors, and photofriphs of new 6221 ft ® nabHn * builders to show tba B A^A T _ FITCH & CAMPBELL, ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW. I PRACTICE In all Courta and U. TS. Land Offices. ROOMS 0 AND 7 CHII.IIF.RO BLOCK. OLYMPIA. : . WASH. Notice of Change of Administrators. IN the Superior Court of the State of Waahiog ton, for the County of Thurston. Iu re. the estate of Jane McKay Far«iuhar, de ceased. To all whom it may concern : Notice ia hereby given that, by order of thin j Court, I, K. M. Farqtihar, wat* substituted a* ad-< ininiatrator of the estate of Jane McKay Far qtihar, deceased, in place of C. J- l.ord. A. U. chamber** and K. Front; and thai I am now the 1 duly appointed, qualified and acting admini«tra tor of Jane McKay Farquhar, deceased. E. M. FARQUHAR, Administrator. Dated thin 28th day of June, A. I>. IMb. W. I. AUNKW, Attorney for Administrator. Notice to Creditors. \I.I. persons having claims against the estate of Kvaliue I'apen, deceased, ate hereby uotilled to present tlie same to the undersigned at his place of business «<u Main street in the city of olympia, Washington, within one year from date hereof or the same will be barred. Dated July Jit, BEN J. VINCENT, I Administrator with willauuexed of the estate of Kvaline Capeu, deceased. I Date of first publication. July s>, IS^'N for Infants and Children. "t 'aatorlaisso well adapted torhlldren that Castorl* eures Colic, c.,nst iiiation, I recommend it assnjieriortoany prescription Sour Stomach. I>iarrh.ea, !'ni.-tati..n known to me" ]t \, AK> IIKK, M. 11., Kills Worms, gives sleep, and promotes I.L 111 80. Oxford St., llrooklyu, N Y. gestion, Without injurious medication. The use of 'Castoria is so universal and "For several years I have recommended its merits so well known that it seems a work your 'Castoria,* and shall always continue t, of s ijererogation to endorse it. lew are the do so as it has invariably produced benefit ni ntelligent families who do not keep Castoria results." within easy reach." Kt.wis V. I'sunrr, M. T>.. I'iKisjs MXJITYN, I). I)., I.E.sc;.- . .. . ... I—->.h Street and ,th Ave., New \ ork C ity New A ork City. Tint CENTACH COMPASV, 77 MIRIUY STUIICT, NEW Y.,HX t'rrr. 1 i gwwmmmmw??Tmmmmwnw?!£ | Olympia Theater | I JOHN MILLER MURPIIY, Manager ami Proi». denman "* ) lilXlj UijJJ / THOMPSON'S I Management of E. A. McFarland. 2 | Company Larger m Better man Ever. I | MONDAY, AUGUST 5. f Prices, 91, 75 and 50 Cents. Reserved Seats on Sale O'Connor's Saturday Morning at 9 o'clock. fiimimimuituimiii OLYMPIA THEATER JXO. MILLER MURPHY, Manager and Prop. >,-,- # That Quaint Humorist # I MARK TWAIN! J Samuel T. Clemens, \V hose wit sparkles in the veins of literature like gold in the ercvices of the Sierras, will ap pear in this city, one night, on FRIDAY EYE., AUGUST 9. This will probably be the only opportunity ever presented many of our people to see the man who has caused the world to laugh. Tickets on sale at O'Connor's Thursday, Aug. Bth. K W. 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