Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1869-04-24
GATHERINGS BY THE WAYSIDE.

sNaN WV VI
eight years =.
Toronto papers protest against a tax
on American salt.
Turkish ports have been thrown open
t" Greek shipping.
l-Ucs Moimcs wants the Iowa State Fair
for tho next two years.
dubuque lately sent six hundred live
quail to Massachusetts,.
San Francisco assesses its real estate
at Stu. 57G.17? in gold.
"A hoy Of II years recently hung linn
. self at Sugar Greek. I'll.
Many Of the cx.rcbcl generals are
now railroad presidents.
The earthquake has reached India in
its trip around the world.
-Forty-fvc American artists and sculp.
tors are residing in Rome.
The population Of Kansas is double
| what it was four years ag".
The survey for the P"ughkecpsic and
Eastern Railroad has begun.
"A cargo Of ice has been shipped this
season from Boston to Japan.
baltimore claims a population of352,.
1:,G. Of whom ~, :;O7 arc colorcd.
Florida proposes to raise cork. Seeds
have been brought from Portugal.
1t is becoming fashionable in Indiana
and elsewhere to elect Postmastcrs.
brigham Young wants t." build a ST.
600 900 hotel, oil ajoint-stock plan.
"A man and wife whohavc 81 children
claim the championship" in New York.
Senator Carpenter. Of Wisconsin,
avows himselfin favor Of female suffrage.
Charles Sumner is the senior Senator
he has served eighteen consecutive years.
During January. Pennsylvania yield
ell a daily average Of 10, 1872 barrels Of Pc
trolcum.
Louis Nv. court costumes are very
fashionable now in this country. AZ we'll as
ball dresses.
Seventeen thousand men and sixty
dredging machines do the work on the
Sucz Canal.
-1.LMl good understandable oranges
have been taken from one tree in lMs An
gclOs county.
1T cost English railroads ono aud three
quarter million dollars to pay for personal
injuries done in 1867.
-Congrcss talk about increasing the
Presidents salary to $4,000 II year. and
Ben. Butler opposes it.
The mails arr delayed in Paris 10.
cause Napolcon's new official paper docs
not get out early enough.
-,;lasgow thinks it has the tallest chin.
ncy in the world, and it must be admitted
that 45O feet is pretty well up. =
-t;encral Samuel Fcsscndcn. father Of
Senator F~osscndcn. died at Portland. Me-,
Oh the 10Th ult., aged 80 years.
-C"nscrvatism is gaining ground in
the Arkansas Legislature. aud "t;ovcrnor'
Clayton wants them to adjourn.
Tho English claim that their new
iron.clad. the Hercules. is the swittcst aud
most powerful ship of war atl"at.
"A railway theatre. t" muse the pas.
scngcrS. has been established on the line
between Manchester and Liverpool.
The College of the city Of Now York
it is said, has q professor for every student,
and pays $1,000 for every graduate.
"A patent for a i. snoring preventative
has been applied for. 1t consists in the
application Of a clothcsrin on the nose.
The fastest thing on record is that Of
all Australian horse which runs ten mile.
in twcnty-thrcc minutes and IS seconds.
"A six hundred aud forty.fvc acre
plantation, hut twcnty-onc miles from
Charleston, s. e., sold the other day 70,
$500.
-" Pound partics"arc the latest Boston
notion. Those invited are expected t.
contribute one pound at least Of something
to eat.
Nearly all tho Japan tea exported
comes to this country. English people
will not buy it. The export docs not in'
crease.
a Maine paper says that tho revolu'
ton in Cuba seriously affects the hoop pole
business Of the farmers in Franklin count,
in that State.