Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1871-06-03

sonal property.
John b. Cough, the brilliant temper.
ance lecturer is at present on his way to
San Francisco for the purpose Of deliver
ing course of lectures
Pork occasions pimplcs.
Conspicuous kids are vulgar.
old style waters are again coming
into use.
White high "crush" hats are spring
promise.
New York veal is made from calves
three days old.
-Forney takes little old rye for his
stomach's sake.
elliott, the pen man, begun life as a
scissor grinder.
Somebody lately tried to poison the
King Of Sweden.
"A New York exchange says "small
pox are prevalent"
The wine given the prussian soldiers
costs cents bottle
--Uniform suits, for both sexes, are
the go" in New York
-lncendiaries have destroyed the Rus
sian Emperor's county seat.
-Greeu peas and strawberries are being
sent north from Charleston.
Baltimore is dealing in sleeve. buttons
made from the cedars of Lebanon
There is colorcd youth IS years
old attending school at Americus, Ga.
Montreal has sent an order for six
hundred sparrows to England.
"A self-threading needle factory is to
be established in Newark, N. j.
A statitician estimates the number OF
dogs in the country at 100000.
Kansas expects to welcome 100 900
immigrants within her borders this year.
An Oshkosh cigar maker is to send
the King Of Prussia cigar three feet
long.
Seventy eight women are now regu-
1arly ordained preachers in the United
| States.
By the revised census the total popu.
lation of the United States is set down a,
1884, 34.
Il WOODEN manufacturer in Maine
runs his mill with ten hands, all Of them
his own children.
Miss Gardner has been appointed
Chief Engineer of the Fire Department OF
Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
A man in Australia was recently
fined $500 and sentenced to two years
Imprisonment for blasphemy.
A" Ladies Life Insurance Company
is being formed in London, Of which all
the employees are to be women.
The Pennsylvania Legislature has
rejected bill authorizing the election OF
female school directors in that State.
A large cavern containing many in.
teresting remains of the aboriginal inhabi-
tants of the country has been discovered
in Columbia county, Georgia.
-Mr. Wilkie Collins is, it is said. about
to invert the orthodox order of thing by
producing his new story as a play, before
publishing it as novel.
A movement is on foot to organize a
new Territory, to be called Chippewa, out
of all that portion of Dacotah lying north
Of the forty sixth parallel of latitude.
A tunnel is projected to connect
Fast Boston with Boston. The expense
is estimated at 81 ,OO0, 900, whilst the fer.
ries, which are free, now cost 100000
year.
1t is stated that the late William
Gilmore Simms died considerably in debt,
though before the war he had handsome
property, estimated to be worth from
$3.50, 900 to 100000.
"A few moon struck madmen of Me.
dina county, have sent petition to the
Legislature asking the passage of law
making Masons and Odd Fellows iueligi-
bic to seat in the jury box.
And now the veteran abolitionist,
Lloyd Garrison steps to the front and tells
Grant that to transfer the despotism of
the camp to the White House 10 matters
of civil administration may prove success.
full for the time being; but i, will not be
long borne with by the people, who arc
not to be ruled, but represented
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
has just taken vote upon the question
whether the sale Of beer shall be allowed
10 the several cities, towns and villages.
In the larger cities, such as Worcester,
Lynn, Lawrence, Springfield and some
others of lesser note, the beer vote pre-
vailed. In Salem, New Bedford, Cam
bridge, and some others, the sale Of beer
was dsallowed by the popular vote.
NoTIcE.--At an informal meeting of