Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-08-12

after which she will resume her place on the
Puget Sound route The regularity of the
North Pacific during the time she had been
running in these waters, and the superiority
of her passenger accommodations are quail
ties which have rendered her great favorite
with the people, and the travelling public will
hail with satisfaction the temperance on
the line
CUT THIS OUT.-A correspondent signing
himself Montrose, sends the Orxgonidn the
following, which every one would do we'll to
remember: ut is now about month since
three human beings met instant death in a
cesspool in this city. During that month
your paper mentioned another death under
similar circumstances, in another part of the
State. The time which elapses before grap>
pling irons can be obtained is generally suffi-
cient to cause death, and that beyond the
power of resuscitation. But let it be known
as widely as possible, that if instantly five.
six or more buckets of water are poured in,
valuable lives may be saved. The oxygen
OF the water, together with the opening
which is made in the poisonous acid, con-
tinued until the bodies can be raised, has
proven the means of restoration BY inserts
ing this in the cause of humanity, you will
oblige."
COLUMBIA Engine Co., at their regular
monthly meeting held last evening" author
lied call for special meeting next Friday
night, at which the Hook and Ladder Com
pany are invited to be present. to select a
Chief Engineer. AS the Board of Trustees of
the town have sole authority to appoint a
Chief, this action appears premature. If the
companies are to be allowed even the privi~
eye of designating a choice, official notice
should be conveyed through the proper chan
mel to the respective companies Preclpitant
action in such matters is likely to lead TO
misunderstanding and discord, which des-
troys the efficiency of the department.
WOMEN have been employed many years
in several large publishing houses in France,
with the most gratifying results. The finest
letter-press work is done by them in the best
style of the art Women perform in the
office of N Theotiste Lefevre, ut Mesuil,
the most complicated tasks. In this country,
they have proven quite as reliable and CON-
petent as the average compositor of the
other sex, but her course of instruction in
matters appertaining to the business has not
been so thorough and systematic as that af>
forded the "boys" Give her an even chance
and she will be quite as competent to earn
an honest Twelfth God as man.
WILL wonders never cease? We are now
gravely informed that G. F. Train is crazy!
Everybody of sound mind, who has given
the subject any consideration, has known
it for many years. Jennie June has just
found it out, however. She asserts, in the
Baltimore American, that Train "is now
generally considered lunatic" She says
that he sits ten hours every day on a shaded
bench in Madison Park, petting children
who play there. He will shake hands with
no adult, for fear it might take strength out
of him; and he says that he is developing
a will-power that will in time enable him to
kill anybody by mere exertion of his mind.
THE Atlas comercial letter of July 3Oth,
says that the importation of dry>goods to this
country involves but trflc over s., OO0, 900
against nearly IS, OOO, 600 in the same month
last year and nearly $40, OOO, 600 the year be-
fore. For the expired seven months of the
year we are nearly $13, 1000, 900 behind the
same period last year, and nearly sea, OO0, 600
less than for the seven months of 1873.
These figures afford an accurate indication
of the shrinkage of this important branch of
trade
THE British Colonist, of the 9Th inst, gives
the following particulars of horrible acct
dent: Yesterday afternoon, as pilot Harry
Smith was coming to port in boat from the
steamer Grappler, ashore on Darcy Island,
he proceeded, whittier by accident or not, to
strike cap on the head of key of giant
powder 1t Immediately exploded and blew
off his whole arm.
FRANK Eastman, who has been the past
four years working under Mr.. Dobbins, of
himself. at Tumwater. near the upper mill,
where he expects to do a general jobbing
business. This will prove a great convenience
to people in that vicinity.
MIR. Hines, whose farm is few miles
from this place, had his crops considerably
damaged by the rain yesterday. He had
several acres of rye in the field, cut and
ready to haul. and about twenty tons of hay
in the same condition.
THE REPUBLICANS of Stevens county held
their county convention on the 23d ult. They
adopted resolution instructing their dele
gate to the Territorial Convention to vote
for Judge Jacobs for Congressman, and
elected VIM. Welles said delegate.
THE ball given in Olympic Hall as testi
monial to Mr. Freeman, although an i'm
promptu affair, was one of the most delight
full parties of the season.
THE steamship Salvador takes the place of
the City of Panama on the San Francisco
and Puget Sound route. She left the former
port, on he first trip, yesterday.
THE circus mania has broken out among
the boys at Walla>walla. Daily performans
ces are given at an established price of ad-
mission-ten pins.
SOME of the leading men of Walla.walla in
opposition to the railroad, have weakened
and now ship their grain by that "odious
monopoly"
THE Theatre Comique, Of Seattle has
| oIoood ond the co,nnanv has gone tn Victoria