Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1869-08-21
GATHERINGS BY THE WAYSIDE.

peared in Connecticut. z z
cleveland has n hitc-stocking Club.
They are croquetcsscs.g :, -
Rum and leprosy are cxtinsuishing
the Marqucsas Islanders.
New York finds coal tar and other not
nice things in its Croton.
Prince Mcttcrnich dcscribes veloci.
pedist as a fool upon rollers. at't pa tht
Tobacco paid the United States Treas
ury sl5J, OOO,O 900 last year.
The total receipts for the Boston Ju.
bilce were nearly sl,O0O,O
Spain has III seaports, 673 miles Of
railroad, and 81 miles Of canal.
There are said to SO, 600 g commercial
travellers" in the United States.
A calf with a heavy fleece of fue wool
is the latest sensation in Indiana. .-'
There are eighty three males and one
female now in the Oregon Pcnitcntiary.
j. NJ. Bass. the receiver for the city
Of Nashville, gave 81, 5000 security.
Figures of Grant are supplanting the
traditional Indian as tobacconsts' signs.
Thomas Ewin. is the only surviving
member of the United States Senate Of
1887.
-,John G.. Sake the humorous Ameri-
can poet. is coming to the Pacific coast in
September.
Commodore Vanderbilt and Hon. John
Morrisscy are larking together at Saratoga
and elsewhere.
One dollar is the prince which fear
less youth in Missouri asks Cor biting off
rattlcsnake's head
The Albany Erening Journal says
the Knights of Pythias are secret Demo-
cratic organization.
-Fisk's latest undertaking is said to be
a tclcgraphic enterprise in opposition to
the Associated Press.
Illinois has 400 newspapers Published
within the State. OF these, sixty-onc are
published in Chicago.
-George W. Curtis will probably sue
coed Henry j. Raymond, deceased, as edi-
tor of,hc n. Y. Times.
Eighteen years ago the Boomer cos
tune was first introduced at ball held
in Lowell, Massachusetts,.
SECRETARY Seward is an extensive
builder. lie has erected in the town of
Auburn no less than 100 houses.
king Solomon Thomas, negro Justice
of the Peace has been indicted at Savan-
nah, Georgia, for compromising felony.
1t is expected that the population of
Kansas will double within three years.
from lS6s-from 220, 900 to 440, 200 ill.,
habitants
After more than half a century's sep
aration, the Wesleyan aud Primitive Meth
odist bodies in Ireland are likely again to
become one.
The Norwegian immigration to this
country is perfectly enormous. 1t is stat
cd that some 200, 200 will arrive during
the ensuing eighteen months.
A Texas paper claims that there arc
more newspapers published in that State,
in proportion to the white population than
in any other State in the Union.
A large section Of valuable land has
been selected on the Republican river, for
ty miles southeast Of Fort Kearney, where
800 families soon intend settling
Mrs. Stanton advises that every pref
ty girl should be taught to fire pistol,
and allowed to carry one in selfdefense,
and instead Of shooting glances to shoot
men.
by a singular coincidence, the first
day of the Peace Jubilee fell upon the date
ofthe commission to George Washington
as COMMANDMENT chief of the American ar
| mics.
They had to let up on lager beer in
Boston under the prohibitory liquor law.
The Germans threatened to vote IN masse
for the Democrats, aud the Republicans
gave in. ..t
-Duxbury, the American terminus of
the French cable, was originally the prop
erty of tho Standishes, and was named az
ter their family seat in Lancashire, Dux-
bury Hall. ~.
Senator Fcssenden privately an
nounccs two things: First-His contempt
for Grants Administration Second-His
intention to cut loose. from politics at the
close of his term.
A section Of tho New Albany and
Chicago railroad was the only ground for
miles that was above water during recent
freshct, and the consequence was that the
prairie snakes focked to it in immense
numbers. The road for miles was lined
with snakes Of every size, color and de-
scription, from the insignificant garter to
the largest black snakes and racers.
~ Louis Bcttman, ESQ, will be home