Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1871-09-30
Gatherings by the Wayside.
PACIFIC COAST BRIvIrIEs.

PACIFIC COAST BkBNITlES.
The Crow indians have taken the war path
in Montana. g. ...-
Ice ! of an inch thick formed in Baker
City on the llth inst. .,t. 49,
-Goldtown is the name of a new town sit
uated in Klickitat valley.
California boasts of rooster with an
extra pair Of legs on his back.
There is estimated to be upwards Of 2o0,-
900 head of cattle and over ITS 900 head of
sheep in COlusa comfy, Nevada.
>-Oue thousand dollars have been raised in
Portland by private subscription, in aid Of the
Presbyterian Home Mission Society.
The teamsters plying between Wallula and
Walla Walla are reported as having raised the
price Of freight to ten dollars per ton.
IA corporation has been formed in Portland
for the purpose of constructing railways and
running street cars in that city.
A young lad named Tarbuck had his right
arm torn from his body one day last week at
Salem ny being caught in the gearing OF the
Saw Mill.
tive council Of Idaho, died a few days ago.
WIN. A. Yates, Speaker Of the lower house,
also died recently. ~..
The Montana Herald says: The Northern
Pacific railroad surveying party of Mr.. Roberts
is now near MissOula. Instead of crossing to
Lo Lo Fork and up the stream, we are informed
it is ordered to proceed down to Ross Creek
and follow that route across the mountains.
Since the close of the war the price Of
horse flesh has fallen 40 per cent.
Rev. f. II. Chaplin is alluded to as .
posscssor of voice like the tearing Of n strong
rag.
Secretary and Mrs. Hamilton Fish will
spend a portion Of the fall and winter In
Europe.
In England there are a total of l ,0O7, 200
paupers, or one pauper to every 229 of the pop
u.ation.
"A memoir of Chief Justice fancy is in
preparation by Samuel Tyler, LII. D. It will
form IL volume of COO pages.
Mark Twain Samuel s. Clcmens) has
moved HE household goods to Hartford, Conn.,,
where he expects to live permanently.
Seven feet of femenine loveliness, all in
one individual, daily exciles admiration by
strolling on the beach at Long Bra1ch.'
The nearest surviving relatives of Alice
and Phoebe Cary are two neces, who will close
their house and dispose of their home treasures.
Among the other Injuries lying around
loose IN nevada are arsenic springs. Iney
will be immensely popular with unhappy fam
lilies, when regularly opened AS summer resort.
The Anamosa Eureka says "Mark Ward,
a boy of about fourteen years Of age has con-
structcd sewing machine, with a jack knife,
from pine boards and wires, that made perfect
stitches"
The "Ant-Kissing Society,"" formed by
the fascinating damsels at Saratoga, don't
seem to work very we'll, as if,een ont Of the
twenty-three members were fned the first
week. There will he m OVERLOOKING treasury
before long unless the society disbands.
During the delivery o: Buffers speech Mt
| Springfield, several spoons inclosed in an en-
velore were passed up to him. The &c, eral
tore OPEN the envelope, saw the corner Of the
spoons and the joke Mt the same time, and
hastily slipping the package into his pocket,
proceeded with his speech.
Colonel Jim Fisk's attire at Long Branch
the other evening was this: Patent feathers,
immaculate white pants, velvet frock, dark
and sofa as the plunage. of the raven, spotless
shirt front, revealing his F." koh noor,' or
locomotive headlight" rich straw colored
kids, and cuffs adorned with the brightest
| sleeve buttons, a light straw hat trimmed with
| hlne ribbon in his gloved hand, and his hair
pnrtei in the middle