Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-04-16
GATHERINGS BY TnE wAYyIDE.

About half the currency at Denver is
Chinese coin.
The Emperor Napoleon is Stocking up
q wife for his sou.
A few people, in Florida are moving
for female suffrage.
"A gentleman in Allegheny broke his
arm pulling of his boot.
Russia warns passenger coaches BY
the heat Of the locomotive.
Oysters are regularly imported into
England from New York.
The Constantinople police have added
women to the detective force.
-Four hundred new postof6ces will be
opened in the United States July /.
The average depth Of the Atlantic
Ocean has been found TO be 10000 feet.
john c. Breckenridge is going to try
journalism, on Lexington newspaper.
-Four Pr;ncesses are already setting
their caps for the French Prince Imperial
According to the Fifteenth amend.
nent, Nevada will have 26O colorcd yot.
ers.
Herman papers say the emigration to
America will be larger this year than
ever.
Catherine Beccher is writing to prove
that woman suffrage is contrary to common
sense.
William Cook, the new champion
b'll'ardlst of England, is only twenty
years old.
A man with commission from
Paul to preach" is holding forth in towns
OF Vermont.
The Russians arc actively pushing
the culture Of tea plant in Turkestan with
very satisfactory results.
Two twin brothers were married to
two twin sisters in Rose, Wayne County,
N. T., few days since.
No citizens CT Japan can leave that
country without giving bounds that lie will
return at the time specified.
In France there is one Tsraelitc to
24O Of the population; in England one to
72s; and i'll Au'tia, one to 81.
Cologne Cathedral, which has been
building for some six or eight hundred
years, will he finished in 1875.
Twenty loaded cars passed over
mans body, at Peoria, ILL.,, one day last
week, and, singular to say, he died
--Diptheria hrs ir sixteen months
carried of 700 inhabitants of Ibrail, on
the banubc out of population of 10000
A plumber ofstropg minded woman in
Massachusetts arc diligently preparing to
enter as. Freshmen ut Amherst College
next fall.
The Vienna police not only licenses
brothels, but grants immunity to pIo.
curcsses upon payment Of certain sums of
money.
1t is said that James Gordon Bennett.
never made speech, never voted, vas
i never naturaized aud is still q subject OF
Queen Nictora.
In Italy, when an actress has her
benefit it is the custom to shower upon her
bright colorcd papers containing poems in
her honor.
The Prussian House is to vote by
electricity The machine allows no dolsing,
for it shows to all the House which way
each member votes.
One thing is to the credit ofthe coun-
terteiters Of our fractional currency. 1T
was not for them, there wouldn't be
enough shinplasters to go around.
A Chicago Microscopical Society
has been examining the sediment of some
genuine red snow which fell in Minnesota.
They don't know what to think about it.
Tho Queen of Madagascar is dying to
marry an American clergyman. She can
have her choice, but VIC would advise her
to open negotiations with brother Cooke.
A spot on the sun, so large as to be
seen by the unassisted eye is now said to
be visible A piece of smoked glass is
necessary to protect the eye Of the OBJ
server.
1t has been suggested that all ocean
steamers be provided with carrier pigeons,
which could be dispatched as occasion may
require, and assistance sent in case of
disaster.
"A thoughtful lover in Export, Iowa
carries his boots under his arm when he
goes counting, putting them on when he
reaches the door Of his sweetheart's house,
and thereby saving the polish.
Lawrence, the Bangor murderer,
lately requested the officer in charge of
him to release him short time, SO that he
could murder the witnesses against him.
He said he would be willing to be hanged
then.
A man by the name of Walbridge
fell dead at Bangor, Maine, from actual
bursting Of the heart. A post mortem ex-
animation disclosed a rent in the heart two
inches long, caused by engagement of
blood.
The remark, Ladies and gentlemen
Of the jury" was used for the 6rst time in
the history of the world, at Laramie City,