Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1874-07-04
TELEGR A PHO.
LATER FROM THE ATLANTIC STATES.
Hate will Qualify Jsly P,rst.

tue IOStMaSLer 0ener6lSl1p, and viii
lie in Washington to qualify July LIST.
Chief OF the Secret Service R~signed,
June ga dispatch says the Chief
of the Secret Service Division, H. G.
Whitley, has resigned, and the impress
sion prevails that Whitley acted under
instructions from some one authorized
to direct him. This Secretary Bristow
will endeavor to ascertain, without re-
gard to whom it may implicate.
Oregon and Warrington Territory Postal
Changes.
June 29.--Post Offices established
At St. Paul, Marion county, Oregon,
John +. T. Brenton, Postmaster; Sum
ter, Grant county, Oregon, Joseph D.
Young, Postmaster; Springwater, Clack-
amas county, Oregon, George A Craw-
ford, Postmaster; Zion, Clackamas
county Oregon, William H. Wade,
Postmaster; Dewamish, King County,
Washington Territory, Henry A. Mil
Ter, Postmaster; Lightville, Mason
county, Washington Territory, Erastus
A. Light, Postmaster; Lake View,
Pierce county, Washington Territory,
Moses Ward, Postmaster; Little Falls,
Lewis county, Washington Territory,
W. L. p. G.. Craft, Postmaster; Neah
Bay, Washington Territory, George
Draper, Postmaster; Owensburg, Stew
ems county, Washington Territory, Viii
son Owen, Postmaster; Rock Creek,
Stevens county, Washington Territory,
Henry Wells, Postmaster; Ship Island,
Whatcom county, Washington Terri
tory, T.. L. Shannon, Postmaster.
Government Employees to be Dismissed.
June 29.-Four hundred Department
employees are to be dismissed half
from the Printing Bureau; snd one
hundred from the civil force in the
War Department. All will receive
two months pay on dismissal.
Grist Mill blown Down.
juno 25.-Last night large stone
grist mill near Mount Sina, Long Is
land, was blown down, killing five per-
sons and seriously injurins two.
Severe Storm In Indiana and Michigan.
Fort WAYNE, Ind, June 25.-Tele-
grams from various points of Northern
Indiana and Southern Michigan report
severe storms through that district to-
day, resulting in much damage to prop
erty. Three persons are reported to
have been struck by lightning and
killed.
Damaging Storm I'm Ohio.
CINCINNATI, June 25.-Reports from
Titiiin and McConnellsville say that
very severe storms have been raging in
those places-unrooting and prostrat-
ing Il number of houses, and damaging
the crops in the vicinity.
Killed by lightning.
CHICAGO, June 26.-Durins the storm
yesterday lightning struck man at
Circleyilie, Ohio, u woman at Hunting
ton, West Virginia, two young men at
Kalamazoo, Missouri, the Postmaster of
Maren. Indiana and three persons near
Fort Wayne, Indiana.
Hale accepts the Postmaster Gcneralship.
June ga Washington special
says that Hale has accepted the Post
master Generalship, and will enter Oh
his duties the 1st Of July, beginning ON
the new quarter. The appointment APP
pears to meet with general commenda- |
ton.
The new Secretary of the Treasury is
said to have in contemplation o thor
ough reform of the red tape system in
his Department, and dispensing with
all supernumerary dependents. The
new Secretary says he has no financial
schemes to startle the country, and his
main object will be to economically, !
carefully and vigorously execute the
laws of the Government in the Treasury
Department.
Tho Gale On the Eastern Coast.
BETHuRsr, June 26.-The gale last
week resulted in loss of thirty-two
lives along the eastern coast of New
Brunswick, nineteen being fisherman.
-Four barks and nine schooners were
stranded. About thirty fishing boats
were wrecked.
MONTPELIER, June 25.-The Demo-
cratic State Convention to-day nomi-
mated w. H. H. Bingham for Govern
or, Henry Chase for Lieutenant Gov
ernor, and Otis Chamberlin for Treas
urer. Resolutions We're adopted re-
newing devotion to the Democratic
party, favoring repeal of the Prohibi-
tory Law, and the adoption of strin-
gent license law. The Convention was
largely attended.
A Terrible Calamity.
LONDON, June 29-Russian papers
have receiveda report of very destruc-
tive fire at Berditchey, in Volhynia, in
habited mostly by Jews. On two sue
ceeding days the town was again WIS.,
tied by fire, and whole streets were
laid in ashes. Thousands are homeless.
Removed Illness OF the Popo. 8.
The Pope grows weaker daily, and
several foreign representatives have
notified there governments to that
effect.
APrincess Drowned.
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