Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-06-11
Down.Sound Items.

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The following items arc from the Seattle
InlelX;gcncw:
T. Daniel Richards, while working in
the mill at Port Madison on Wednesday
last, cut his foot severely with an axe.
By" Schooner LoreU Peacock and bark
Iconium arc on their way up to this port,
from San Francisco.
SEABEcK. Fremont sailed on
Tuesday from the above port for San Fran
cisco; bark OrryDn also sailed on Wcdncs-
day for the same port.
tE- The L. S. Revenue Cutter Reliance,
now at Port Townsend, has almost COM
plctel her outfit, an | will sail about the
FIRST Of June next on cruise to Bchring
Sea. She will be absent about six months.
Hcr off .crs are: Captain, Jas. NJ. Scllcn (;
First Lieutenant, William G. Pig yott !;
SECOND Lieutenant, Geo. lIanscl; Third
Lieutenant, - Mason. AMI twenty throc
men.
PoRr Luplow.-On the 21st, bark
adelaide COopcr arrived from San Fran
cisco; on the 9th. bark Forest Qurra also
arrived. On the 9th, ship San Ron.an,
left tor Queenstown, Ireland, for orders
On the 10Th, the Comno10fc left for San
Francisco.
PoRr GAMBiE-Thc following vessels
arc now at the above port: Ship EHo"bHh
KimbaH, barks Eirtor. La1y Rowen, 1t.
/axta, CoixmLa, Camdeu and liian.
" Rark Inch Lrmar sailed from San
Francisco for this port on Thursday last.
~ Bark Robrn Porter, just arrived
from Alaska, is loadins at Frecport for
Calluo.
ny. We understand that the services
Of the Olympia Cornct Band have been
secured by the Committee for the celcora.
ton Of the National Anniversary. at this
place. 1t is to be hope that an arrange
mcnt will be entered into with Capt.
Finch, whereby the services of the spiea-
did steamer Olympia will be secured in
carrying passengers from Victoria and in
tcrmcdiatc ports.
MErEoRoLo average tenn
peraturc for the month of May was Go.
The coolest day was the 3d-;hc average
temperature being So. The warmest day
was the ?th--;hc u.can temperature being
700. There were three days entirely
clear, and ten days with more or less rain.
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tS \ manufacturer in the city OF s..
Paul Mimi, has secured most ingenious
water power for running light machinery,
by building on underground reservoir and
tapping sewer. In ihe basement of his
manuiactory he has put a turbine wheel,
and with forty five feet Of head lie has Sc
cured eleven horse power which never fails.
1t is doubtful if the country affords another
instance of the kind
@ The following is fair sample of
the silly twaddlc found in the naily TfiJ-
unc. How witty. What lr Liant wit
Garfclde potatoes .
"Upon the receipt of the glorious election
news, our neighbor, p. D, Moore, Esq, had
some fine potatoes of this seasons growth so
jubilant that they jumped out of the ground.
We measured one aud found it ~ inches long
by .! inches in diameter. They are of the
Early Rose variety, but Garfeldc potatoes
nevertheless. Beat it who can on 18th of June
y The "Fakir de Bordeaux has fitted
up neat tent, capable of seating five or six
hundred people, in which he proposes to
give entertainments, con. listing of feats OF
magic, at all points on the Sound, and
thence proceed to California. We be.
speak for the Professor good houses, for
he is certainly an adept at the business
and worthy Of liberal patronage.
Say We had the pleasure, few days
ago, of q call from Capt. L. S. Fowler,
who had just returned from a trip to the
Atlantic States. A gives a graphic dis.
cription of the trip and the changes which
have occurred at the East during his alb
seace-almost thirteen years.
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