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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1872-01-20

We have written has been dictated by the
kiudliest feelings Of regard for those who,
with US, have shared the privations, hard.
ships aud enjoymeuts of pionccr life. II
there ever was time when tho Old Set
tier had occasion to keep his eyes and
ears open, it is now. If he has place in
the Territory-and if there is any Old Set.
tier who has not it is his own fault-we
advise him to keep his seat and wax him
self down, until the rush is over. If he
has any business. now is the time to give
it his closest attention, aud if he has none
now is probably the last opportunity that
he will have to get one.
We shall continne the subject by point
ing the probable effect of railroad connec.
ton upon real property of different ma
lures, in which We may offer some general
observations on wildcat towns.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1872-01-20

A PLEASANT AFFA1R.-Thc social
gathering in Columbia Hall, on Tuesday
evening, in compliment to the young ladies
who gave the Leap Year Ball, was the gay.
est affair of the season. The Halt was
tastefully decorated with evergreens, flags,
mirrors, and the whole brilliantly illumina-
ted. A feature of the occasion, was the
cages Of cauaries suspended from the chan.
deliers, whose sweet notes blended with the
music with charming effect. The supper
was spread in the ante.room, under the
supervision Of Mrs. Rhinehart, of the Pa.
ci6c Hotel, and was excellent in quality,
variety and arrangement. Great credit is
due to Gen. Stevens, and others having it
in charge, for the skill aud good taste dis.
plyed in the mana cement of the whole af.
fair.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1872-01-20

REAL ESTATE AGENCIES. This i'm.
portant branch of business is we'll repre-.
scented in this city by several enterprising
gentlemen, but we believe that none pos.
sess superior advantages to Mr.. Francis
Henry, for the transaction of all business
relating to the purchase or sale Of real es-
rtatc, conveyanciug, perfectiug titles
searching ofrecords, etc. He has the only
complete abstract Of land titles in Thurs.
ton county-the compilation of which has
engaged several years of arduous labor
which is not only a convenience to the
public but insures the regularity and cor
rectness Of all transfers made by its aid.
1t will be seen by advertisement that Mr..
Henry offers some very desirable land for
sale.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1872-01-20

Town MATrERs.-At the regular meet
ing of the Board of Trustees of the Town
last Tuesday evening, the Marshal was in
structed to contract for planking Main
Street, between Seventh and Ninth Streets,
and the Clerk to purchase of T. B. Spoke
100 chairs for the use of the Town Hall.
A petition for cistern corner of Main and
Sixth Streets, and for sidewalk on Third
Street, were referred to the Committee on
Streets.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1872-01-20

THE ILLUsIONIsT. K Carl Dosco gave
two Of his pleasing entertainments in
Columbia Hall this week, on Thursday
and Friday evenings, to very fair audi
ences on both occasions. He performs
some Of the most wonderful feats, with a
dexterity and grace peculiarly his own,
and merits and receives the hearty applause
Of his audience. He explained the Cabi-
net feat on thursday evening, and tonight
will explain the mystery Of the Dark Sc.
auce, to the entire satisfaction of his audi.
tors. He will also present to each of his
audience copy of his book on Magic.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1872-01-20

WOMAN SUFFRAGE.-Mr.P p. D. Moore
will deliver an address in Olympic Hall,
this evening. under the auspices of the
Woman Suffrage Association Of Thurs.
ton County. The gentleman will review
the lecture of Mr.. Huntington, aud show
the absurdity Of some of the arguments
advanced against free Suffrage. Every.
body is cordially invited to attend.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1872-01-20

DEATH OF JAMES FISK, JR. New
York kilograms of the 7th announce the
killing of James Fisk, Jr., the great rail.
way king, BY man named S'okes. The
cause OF the assassination is supposed to
have been the woman Mansfield, of whom
the dispatches have the past month had
much to say in connection with Fisk and
Erie.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1872-01-20

ant, vice Pierce, deceased, in the Fourth
Regiment Of Cavalry.
CHICAGO, Jan. 5-The Grand Duke be :
fore leaving here this morning handed
Mayor Medill chock for $4,000 for tho
relief Of the poor Of the city, with note
expressing his sorrow for the city's mis-
fortune, and his belief that it would soon
RE again.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1872-01-20

AGAINST TIDE. The conclusion of
this interesting novelet is published in this
number of the STANDARD. Many of our
readers have expressed qualification in its
perusal, and with this assurance we are
content. We propose near the close of the
volume to publish another serial of equal
interest and literary merit.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1872-01-20

UNIVERSAL SALvATIoN.-Wea are re.
quested to state that Rev. j. R. Thong D.
son will preach upon the above subject TO-
morrow morning at the usual hour; and
consider "the outside argument, whatever
that is, bearing upon the subject.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1872-01-20
tn. following named gentlemen are author

Tn. following named gentlemen are author
sed to receive and receipt for money due on
subscriptions to the STANDARD:
NV. Watt, Victoria, V. l.:
Mp. HARPER, Rockland, klikitat Co.;
&c. Cary; Yakima county;
l.. L. DUBEAr, Cowlitz;
WARREN Cow, Nisqually.
+. A. WILLsoN, Arcadia;
STEPHEN JUpsaS Steilacoom;
f. A. LIGHT.
HHYMAN GooDTIN, "
PkED. MyRRs, Fort Montgomery;
ST.. CooxRs, Seattle;
.. J. MsCAusLSSD, Port Blakely;
Mai. G. .. HALLxR, WILDLY island
JAMES MURPHY, Ctsalady;
HOLDEN A JrpsoN, Whttcom:
JOHN P. JrpsoS. Port Townsend;
JOHN Coxpor, Port Gamble;
OHeIS A. HAM, Port Ludlow
d. X. SIMMONS, Grand Prairie
G. ". CANNON, Portland, Oregon.
~ Money can be sent through the mails
at our risk.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1872-01-20

AFFRAY.-An encounter took place re-
Gently between Messrs Peunoyer, late edi.
tor of the Portland Herald and O. Meara,
OF the Bulletin, on the streets of Portland
in which O'Meara, as usual, came out
"second best" No bloc shed.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1872-01-20
THE POSTAL TELEGRAPH.

1d6 1U01A1 1b160hdfd.
As this measure has the ecommcnda-
ton of the Administration, and is likely to
receive favorable consideration by Con.
gress probably, it may not be uuintercst-
ing to consider the arguments 10 favor of
and against the proposition. The advo-
Gates Of the scheme consider it the most
important subject now inviting considera-
ton in connection with the Transmission
and interchange Of intelligence, and assert
that in European continental countries,
where governments have long controlled
the elcctic telegraph, success has in every
instance been commensurate with the care
bestowed upon the administration of it. In
Great Britain it is said that the recent
adoption of postal telcgraphy has proved a
triumphant success. The argument as to
the extent Of our territory has been, in like
manner, urged against all ameliorations of
our postal service; nevertheless, hostages
have been chcapened and made uniform,
and at the same time, the postal system
has been maintained and improved. More
over, the extent Of our country is strong
argument in favor of instantaneous COM
munication. 1t is the difference between
sending telegram from New York to San
Francisco in seven minutes for twenty
cents and sending letter in seven days
for three cents. The adoption Of the sys.
TEN Of Postal Savings Banks would ma
terially aid in raising tho fund necessary
for the purchase.
On the other hand, the opponents Of the
measure argue with much reason, the
proposition that the Government shall buy,
own, control, and manage the telegraph
lines in connection with the Post Office
Department is "job," and that it would
necessarily increase the patronage of the
President and multiply opportunities for
corruption. They further argue that the
concentration Of so much power in the
hands of an executive, who might be a
bold, bad man, would expose the nation to
the danger Of usurpation. Control Of the
telegraph lines would also involve the con.
troll Of the press, and thus enable any evil
Administration to corrupt the very fount-
aiu.head of public opinion, aud to estab-
lish censorship Of the press. As Napo.
leon III. once telesraphed the republic
from Paris to the provinces, so some cor
rupt, ambitions man might, by the control
Of the telegraph, paralyze public sen,i-
mcnt at some vital moment, and usurp SUI.
preme authority.
Such considerations as these, however,
would not deter this Administration FROM
advocacy of the measure, but on the con.
trary would call forth superhuman exer-
tons to aud it to the mighty power held
BY the Chief Executive. 1t will not sur
prise anybody who has watched the drift
of events if the telegraph is included in
our postal system by the present Congress.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1872-01-20

A METEOR. - The Echo says that a
brilliant meteor passed over this place on
Wednesday evening Of last week, at about
half past nine o'clock. Its course was
nearly due south, and its fight was at the
speed usual for such bodies.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1872-01-20

AFFAIRS AT SirKA. - The Portland
HeralTs report received by the 1e!fair
says that the traders doing business ut
Sitka are complaining bitterly of the scar
city Of food coming into that market this
season. This is due to the fact that large
quantities of the most valuable furs arc Oh.
taincd direct from the Indians by traders
from Fort Simpson. In the month Of NJ
vember some half breeds sent over from
that place, with two canoes loaded with
blankets and whisky, secured from tho
Chicat tribe nearly every desirable skin
giving them in exchange, such articles as
rifles, whisky, blankets, etc. 1t is u source
of regret that this Illicit traffic is not
broken up, so that the rich furs-particu.
larly of the central portion Of the Terri
tory-may fall into American hands; that
our statistical tables may be made out cor
rectly, to remind those who may be living
in a more austral cline that the purchase
Of Russian America by the United States
Government is not likely to prove bad
bargain.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1872-01-20
Recent Transfers of Real Estate.

The following transfers Of real estate
have been made since our last announce.
ment:
C. G. Bclknap to 7. J. Dafiield, 20 acres in
sec. 4, township 10, Mr., l W., for $500.
A. s. Yantis to w. W. Miller, $50 acres in
sec. 26, township Is, n. X. w., for S2O3.
J. Abraham to J. Dillon, ! acres in lIale's
donation claim, for $3.50.
Andrew McAtee to J. ". Lammon, 50 acres
in sec. II, township Is, n. Il. w., $500.
q. W. Strunk to A. a. Phillips 20 acres in
sec. 8, township ls, n. r. W., 5000.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1872-01-20

The New APpoRrIONMENr. - The
new bill passed by the House of Repre-.
sentat'ves Increases the number of members
from 2l3 to 2S3. The New England
States gain one aud lose two; the Middle
States gain FIVE; the Southern States gain
IL, and the Western States %. "West.
ward the Star Of Empire take its way."
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1872-01-20

LARGE MAIL.-A very large mail was
received BY stage last Thursday evening,
comprising delayed Eastern periodicals and
full files Of the California and Oregon pa
pcrs.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1872-01-20

AN ACCEPTABLE PREsENT.-Mr. w.
II. Mitchell received few days ago, let
ter from some of his friends in Wisconsin
enclosing $50 90 with the request that it
DO applied to aid in the building Of q
Baptist church in this place.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1872-01-20
GATHERINGS BY THE WAYsIDE.

Portland has a comb factory.
Coal in Salt Lake is $40 per ton.
Typhoid fever is in Jacksonville.
East Portland has another addition.
"A IL acre vineyard is started at Jack
sonvillc.
-Multnomah county had III marriages
last year.
Montana has an Indian war claim Of
s5l3,000.
The river is exceedingly high a
Portland.
A Portlandcr boasts of foot 1911
inches long.
Passenger trains run from Portland
to Hilsboro.
Oregon State Fair is to be held on
Oct. 18th, next.
A female Chinese minstrel is the lat
est California sensation.
-Robbng churches is the favoritc
sport Of San Francisco thieves.
A young lady who was married in
Southern Oregon became insane next
day.
Snow was 90 feet deep on the Column
bia river trail between Portland and the
Dllles.
AT Helena, Montana. November Goth.
the thermometer was thirty-fve degrees
below zero.
The total expenses Of the Portland
Fire Department for the year 1871 were
S11 ,955 ~.
1t is said that Gen. Sicklcs will be a
candidate for the Y. S. Senate from New
York against Conkling.
Hundreds of tons of vegetables were
frozen and ruined on Vancouvcr's Island,
during the last cold snap.
The Baptist denomination at Seattle
are preparing to build the largest church
edifice in Washington Territory.
An uncle of George Francis Train
has made oath that Francis is a lunatic,
and has asked to be appointed guardian
over him.
Ben. Holiday exacts 25 cents per
month from every man in his employ, to
be used as fund to keep up railroad
hospital.
Some Por,landers assert that they
have, within the past few days, seen vo'-
umes of smoke rising from the summit Of
Mount Hood.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1872-01-20

~ Late dispatches state the con6rma.
ton Of Robert G. Stuart, ESQ.,, by the Sen.
ate A. Receiver Of Public Moneys at Olym.
pia.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1872-01-20
As-v,s IN the Atlantic states.

Hrpsos h NEWT, arc the only Eastern Advcr-
tising Agents, with whom We do business
direct in the Atlantic States. Office. 4,
Park Row, Times Building, New York City.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1872-01-20
THEM
AGENTS FOR TIE STANDARD.


Up. rrsurR, 20 and 81 New Mechanics Elk.
change. il our authorized Agent in San
Francisco. For Eastern advertising, Mr..
Fisher is represented by S. F. Pct,ingiil L
Co., cf New York and Boston.
BR.u L Co.. 40 Montgomery Street, nre also
our authorised Agents in San Francisco.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1872-01-20

"a Money can be sent through the mails
at our risk.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1872-03-01
True Economy.

The country is at present flooded
with cheap and inferior goods of every
description. which are heralded TO the
public in flaming advertisements and
which find a market among those VINO
have vet to learn that true economy"
consists in buying first-elass article
from an established and first-elass
house. For example, pianos ofyarious
makers are offered at about one-haif
the price OF those of really first-class
manufacture. Among the latter none
are more deserving of the encomium
ssreally first-classn than those manu-
featured by Messrs. VIM. KNABE & Co.,
of Baltimore, firm which dates over
n third of century, and whose Pianos
for excellency of workmanship, dura-
bility and sweetness of tone, stand ao-
soIutelv unrivalled and containing ma
nv valuable patented improvements,
to be found in no other instrument,
made by the very best workmen ana
! of strictly first-class and seasoned ma
terial.
The so-called ''cheap" piano may
present a fair external appearance: eut
is made of inferior and often entirely
unseasoned material, and soon becomes
a wreck which defies the art OF the
tuner. We make special mention OF
the piano, as the most forclble illus
trations OF our remarks, which can be
applied TO almost every article we use
in our families.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1872-03-01

Gen. Cummings at Home. Cen.
Cummings, one of our delegates to
the Va. Legislature, was at Abingdon
Court on Monday last. We did not
have an opportunity to converse with
him on public matters. but we were
pleased to find him much improved
in health. He has already returned to
Richmond, and we wish him 4 So
journ there which will be pleasant
to him, and profitable to the people.
The good head and generous heart
of the General, has been our warrant
for the hope, that he would help us
dig the funders from their nests
But the question has been decided
during his absence.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1872-03-01

From the day that the famous
horse Dexter" became the property OF
Mr.. Bonner. the name of the renowned
trotter has been used to great extent
in ADVERTISING 1.-The Ledger. But
Goldsmith Maid" has beaten Dexter's
time, and new literary enterprise has
lust been started in Chicago under aus
pices which indicate a determination
on the part of the projectors and pub
fishers TO eclipse Bonner in the field of
journalism.
WATERS, EBERTs & Co., TS3 State
St, Chicago, are issuing OUR FIREsIDE
FRIEND" very handsome, illustrated
eightpage, literary and fireside weekly.
Instead of expanding hundred thous-
and dollars in horse-flesh, they will
distribute that amount among their
subscribers for 1872, in the way of pre-
miums. Their capital premium is
500. 900 in United States Currency
1t is manifest that the enterprising
publishers intend to secures an immense
| circulation for their paper, and it is no
| less probable that when such induce
ments in the way of premiums-in
connection with n readable and first
| class iournal-are offered, the enter
prise will prove a grand success. The
Premium List is large and varied
Specimen copies of the Paper, Premi-
um List, etc, sent free to any address
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1872-03-01

Beech Groce Church. few IN
civilized boys, have been for some
time disturbing the religious worship
OF the Congregation which for years
have been meeting at Beech Grove. =
On Sunday last there was no service
held there. owing to the fact that
these young goriIlas had taken away
the stove pipe. The trustees have
authorized us to state that they will
pay $40 reward for the recovery of
the pipe and the capture and convic
tion of the thief or thieves. Such
conduct as the disturbance of wor-
ship, would be quite a creditable
achievement if done in Central Africa
but in religious and enlightened
community, it needs and demands sum
mary punishment.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1872-03-01
Plants! Plants! Plants

A large and varied stock of Green
house and Bedding Plants, consisting
of
Garanums, single and double, all colors Rose,
Lemon, Balm, Ivy Leaf, Skeleton, DR.. Living
stone and Shrubland Pet Geraniums, &c to 80 cents
each.
Fuchsias, single and double, in variety, 20 to so
cents.
Begoniss-Eex, Insigne, Harshalli, sandersoni.
Apple Geraniums so cents each, good stocky
plants,
Coleus and Acharanthus. rs cents.
Double Petunias, % cents. Single 80 per DOZEN
Salvias, scarlet and blue, 20 cents; o. per doI
penStemons, 25 cents.
Yerbenas-thirty hnest varieties-choice collec
tions. 81 so per doz' ss per loo without pots.
Holiotropes, 20 to % ceT Is.
Pelargoniums, hne varieties. 25 to so cents.
Cuphea, segar plant, 20 cents.
Plectranthus, 20 Gems.
scuttellaria P ulchella, &c cents, besutifal rosy
scarlet.
Pansies, from finest, 81 per doS.
PUlynntus, 81 30 per doz.
Roses, blooming plants in pots, 80 to so cents.
Hybrid Perpetual Moss, Dsily and Tea Roses,
Dahlias, Dry Roots, Is cents per dozen 81.
Tubs Roses, 10 cents each; u per doz,
Basket Plants in variety.
Hardy Bedding Plants, 6ne Double Pinks, China
pipks Delphinium, Sweet William, &c.
Moss Hanging Baskets filed, 81 80 to 81. 90 each.
VEGETABLE PLANTS IN SEASON.
Tomato Plants 30 cents per dozen.
Trophy Tomato plants, so CENTS per dozen.
Cabbage plants, hot bed. 81 .oc per loo.
- late, so cents per leo,
Califower plant 80 cents per dozen.
An extensive stock of Fruit Trees, Grape Vines,
Apple Trees, leading varieties, and years
Dwarf and Standard pears, Cherries, &c
CARNAHAN & KELLEY,
Mar. 1-3m. abingdon, Va.
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q

DURING our interview, the Amer
can Consul at Bankok, presented the
King an elegant assortment of his
medicines from DR.. ]. G. Aver, of Low
ell, Mass, for the use of the Court
He explained to his majesty their
origin from the great chemist and their
uses. The Cherry Pectoral for coughs
the Sarsaparilla for eruptive- diseases
and the Ague Cure for the fevers that
are SO fatal in this hot country. The
dangerous condition of a favorite wife
in the palace with one of the disorders
these medicines cure, gave him special
interest in these products of medical
skill; indeed, these medical marvels
interested him more in our country
than all the other attentions we had
shown him.-Letters from Lady in
Siam.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1872-03-01
The Drake Estate

Our toNnsman, DR.. S. NJ. Stover,
hands us the following. 1t will be
seen that he is probably one of the
nearest blood relations of Sir Francis
Drake, and we hope he will get his
millions from that magnificent estate
which is now in England awaiting
proof of heirship. The estate prob
ably amounts to one hundred and
twenty millions of dollars:
Ny great-grandfather. Benz. Francis
Drake, came from the Jerseys seventy
six years ago. settled and died in Car
ter county, Tenn.-was born in 1925,
died in 1896 in his l00dth year, and al
ways claimed to be q near relative of
Sir Francis Drake. His father came
direct from England and settled in
what was then called the Jerseys.
S. NJ. SLOWER.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1872-03-01

Pcrsonal.-Mr. G. D. WEIGH of Pa
tuxent, Nd. called on us this morn
ing. We learn that it is his intention
to cast his destiny with the people of
Bristol, as dealer in general Mer-
chandize. Mr.. W., has his lady (who
is q daughter Of our countyman, Mr..
Sam'l Garner and child with him.
We extend to them, on the part of
the people, a hearty welcome and wish
them abundant SUCCESS in their new
field of operation.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1872-03-01
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