Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1872-10-05

but that she went Thursday ON Q spc.
cial charter for circus troupe, The
real truth caneot be ascertained,
One Of the Buislays made o sucuoss-
full balloon ascension from. the CITY
Gardens. He had failed on three prior
occasions. ~--.- ~
Weather very warm and crowds of
people have Aocked to suburban resorts.
ST. Louis, September 20.-Henry E..
Alvord, Special Indian Commissioner
and Superintendent Enoch Foag mr.
rived here to-day with ffty-one Conan
che, kiowa, Apache, Arapahoe, Watchi-
tn and other wild Indians from the
country west of Arkansas and Texas.
on the way to see the President.
PHILADELPHIA, September 28.-Gree-
ley. arrived here and made a speech.
At Easton, Pennsylvania, he said: am
aprotectionist, as all men know, but it
is equally true that if majority in
Congress should pass law not recon-
cileble with these opinions, I will not
exercise the veto power. He expressed
the opinion that present prosperity and
interests of the country depend not
on tariff, but that all over the world
the demand for iron supply is SO great,
he thoughtif the tariff was ten per cent.
after the war, and kept there, it would
have doubled the number of furnaces
and supplied ourselves with iron cheap
.er than II the tariff had been removed
entirely. y. i,
LONDON, September 2S.-The report
that at late meeting Archbishop Gull
len opposed home rule while the ma
jority Of Bishops present voted in favor
Of it, is without foundation.
HAVANA, September 28.-Kingston
advices soy that the steamship Virginia
left Puerto Cabello on the 7th inst.
with 500 coolies on the way to their
homes in China, with $40, 900 of their
own earnings.
CHICAGO. Sept. 28.-A horrid murder
was committed at a house of ill-fame
on an island in the Mississippi, near
Fulton, Illinois, on Thursday night.
j. O'Neil stabbed Hiram Rexford re-
peatedly with dirk and finally chopped
his head off with IN axe The murder
'er was arrested yesterday.
New YoRK, Sept. 2S.-A Berlin letter
says that during the late Imperial en-
try eight persons were suffocated and
trampled to death ON one night, and
fifteen more MORALLY wounded. The
mounted police charged the mass at
one time with drawn sabers.
KNOXVILLE, Oct. 3.--The passenger
coaches on the mail train going west,
on the East Tennessee, Virginia and
Georgia railroad, fell through trestle
work three miles west of Greenville
this morning. One of the brakesmen
was killed, nine passengers seriously
wounded and twenty were slightly in
jured. No names have been received.
ALBANY, N. Y, Oct. 3.-At a straight
out Democratic Convention, full cleo
toral ticket was elected, including Peter
'Gilscy, John A. Goodlet, and George
Sprague,. for Congressman ut large.
Resolutions in support Of OConor and
Adams and the Louisville Platform
were adopted, 127 delegates were pres
ATLANTA, Oct 3.--In fifty-one coun-
ties Smiths majority is 20, III.
AUGUSTA, Oct. 3.-Returns from many
counties in every portion of the State,
give majority for the Democrats of
2j,076. The counties yet to hear from,
tho Democrat, claim will increase their
majority to 10000.
SAN FRANcIsco, Oct. 4.-Arrived:-
Ship Revere from Port Discovery.
Sailed Bark Tidal Ware for Port Mad
ison. ....'
PORTLAND, Ogn.. Oct. 4.-The Ship
Loeb Dee arrived this morning, passing
mp without difficulty drawing seventeen
feet of water. h4.i
WASHINGTON, September 3O.-The
stamp duty upon all documents, except
bank checks, drafts or orders, expires
today, in accordance with the recent act
of Congress. Hereafter no stamps are
required ON any legal documents, what
cver--no paper being subject to stamp
duty. except on bank checks, drafts or
orders as above mentioned. No stamp
is required ON foreign bills OF exc hange.
ALBANY, Sept, 28.-The Linn Coun-
ty Fair closed to-day, having been sue
'cessful in every particular. The great
race of five miles for purse Of one thou
sand dollars, best three in FIVE, was won
by Ross mare Trife beating Buck
skin three straight heats. Hme-1 80,
1:55, 1:56. rs ..# I
A young lady fell from swing yes
terday and received injuries from which
she died to-day. 49,. !, W s5t
Mrs. H. s. Crowder received the first
premium for lady equestrianship.
Democratic Territorial Convention.
Towx Hall. OLrAp1A, Oct. 2, 1872.
Pursuant 10 call of the Territorial