Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1868-12-12

-Yse college has gradussed $50 Smiths.
The vote Of Saa Fuseisco h q, 700.
TIE population u CAisseO h 2seO 900.
-Pesfansed tSosApisks sse hsc sev-
ely.
-Rs~ia has The fssst ~ hoxrss il the
world.
SIXTY frssale physicians arc prscticing
in DostSa.
ten. Lee has started Bible class in
his college.
Lawrence (Ma~s.) enplcys $4,000
factory gish.
-Phil.delphia grUws At the rate Of
900 week.
-F1orsncc Nightingale has been coafnsd
to her bed eleven ysss.
The cigar, shoe and tobacco maker.
are on q strike in New York.
AT the ensuing election in England
about 900 women will vote.
punt Of voting population, San Jose
i. the third city in California.
The new NJ. L. Church 1t Austin,
Nevada, cost $50, 900 currency.
Cincinnati pollcd 5000 more votes
than Chicago at the late election.
New York city supplies only 227 can.
didatcs for the State Legislature.
A Prussian infant Of four years, weighs
two hundred and twonty-six pounds.
South American soundings since the
late earthquake arc much shallowcr.
One county in Ohio raised 'quartcro VI
million bushels Of peaches this year.
Poor girls are furnished lodging and
meals for Eve cents each in New York.
One and half billions worth Of liq.
uor is annually sold in the United States.
Tho longest settled Congregational
minister in California is Rev. Geo. Mooar.
-o2s males and LOG females died in
San Francisco during the month Of Octo-
Der.
Tho city Of Lima PERU is afflicted
with earthquakes, yellow fever aud small
pOx.
The snow sheds on the Central Paci-
&c Railroad extend distance Of twenty
two miles.
Wine, It is said, is being made in
GAINESVILLE, Fla, of tomatoes, which is re-
ported splendid.
The Gar Of Russia has issued ukasc
abolishing ninc.tcnths Of the drinking So
looms in his empire.
This year Philadelphia has been i'm
proved by the erection Of $4,000, 900
worth Of buildings.
"A flock of ants, ten miles in width re-
Gently swept across Shasta Valley, Siski-
you county, California.
New Orleans and St. Louis are to be
connected by railroad to run ON the west
bank of the Mississippi.
Tho Society Of the Jcsuits has been
suppressed in Spain and the Spanish Is
lands, aud their property con6scatcd.
AT Fort Scott, Kansas, the inhabitants
procure all their coal by grading the
streets, where it is found in abundance.
The Provisional Government Of Spain
will entertain no proposal from the United
States, looking to the purchase Of Cuba.
An individual in Maine has been in
dictcd as common nuisance for stirring
up perpetual strife among his ncighbors.
The 800 hands engaged by the Mer-
rick Thread Company, in Holyoke. Mass. }
turn out 5000 dozen spools Of cotton
daily.
A man in Brattlsboro (Vt.) who had
not shaved for seven years, was sheared
lately out Of three feet aud six inches OF
beard.
Tho italian papers say that country is
becoming demoraliscd by the importation
of beer from Germany and fancy drinks"
from America.
Among tho premiums offered by the
Stratford IN. H.) Agricultural Society
is one Of 81 for the best child under seven
years old. s.. .s
1T i estimated that one thousand
lives have been Lost, and three million dol
lars worth Of property destroyed by light
ming this season. 'e.~
Several flowing oil wells have been
struck near Port Ang0, Mexico. The
strike has created quite an excitement In
that part Of the country.
Fashionable earrings IN Paris are
made in such curious designs a. owls sus-
pended by the beak, monkeys balancing on
q hoop, squirrels in cages, etc.
Though not generally known, Napole.
on is Canon Of St. Jean do Laterau, aud
q such, il entitled 70 attend Tie approach
| ing Costello 70 b held i Rome.
The French government has again
suppressed he circulation Of the New
York Heval1 n that country, On account
Of IL articles - French politics.
"A ~, IN New York vagssed $500 "a
the result Of the Pennsylvania election, On
the strength ola weather prophsts pssdie'
ton that the day would b stormy.
An Illinois paper claims the champion