Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-08-05
Posr OFFICE DEPT, WAsnrxoroN,

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Posr OFFICE DEPT, WAsn1xaroN, /,
d. c., July 10. 1875
SlR:-Thc following has been enacted by
Congress and approved by the President:
vised Statutes be, and is hereby, amended by
striking out the word illegal in the first line
of said section"
The section as amended will bG read as fol.
lows:
Sec 1884. "That it shall not be lawful
to convey by mail, nor to deposit in Posts
Office to he sent by mail, any letters or circus
lars concerning lotteries, so-called gift cons
certs, or other similar enterprises offering
prizes, or concerning schemes devised and
intended to deceive and defraad the public
for the purpose of obtaining money under
false pretenses. and Il penalty of not more
than $500 nor less than 800, with cost of
prosecution, is hereby imposed upon cOnvic>
ton, in any Federal Court of the violation
Of this section"
1t will be observed that by this amends
ment letters and circulars relating to all lot.
terics, without regard to the character OF
such lotteries, are declared UNAVAILABLE and
the depositing of such letters or circulars in
a PostOffice to be sent by mail is an offcnse Ia
he punished, upon conviction, by a fine OF
not less than 800 nor more than $500, and
the cost of prosecution.
JAMES N. TYNER, Postmaster Genl.
THE Alaska Commercial Company is max
ing an enormous profit out of its cOntrac,
with the Government by which it is allowed
to kill 80 900 seals yearly in Alaska waters.
1t is believed that such depletion does no,
cndanger the existence of the species in that
neighborhood. Two>thirds of al the males
are never permitted by other and stronger
portions to land upon the same ground with
the females, which always herd together. and
the killing is done wholly among the bachelor
seals, as they are called. At certain seasons
tie bachelors go out of the water and doze On
the shore, and dozen men running between
them and the sea may turn thousands of them
inland. The drove is driven toward the
slaughter ground slowly. SO that they may
not become overheated, which would injure
the fur. The killing is done by blows on the
head with clubs, their skulls being easily
crushed. The fur as taken off the seals is
covered with coating of coarse, grizzly hair,
which is plucked out.
By a simple process of reasoning we infer
that the report to be made by Gcnl Stark,
regarding the Puyallup coal mines, will be
favorable as the land Office records show that
Frank Clark, Esq, entered a coal claim last
Saturday adjoining the railroad company's
coal lands. 1t is well known that the gentle
e, e fho cnof;Aoutio1 Of
ncys of that company, and therefore may be
presumed to have good idea in regard to
whether ''coal claim" in that region is like
ly to prove ''bonanza" in the future.
Ir is feared that the hay crop this year,
though ample in quantity, may not be cured
well enough, in consequence of the repeated
heavy rains we have had, to keep it from
heating or holding Some farmers haye al
ready had trouble of that kind.
Mr. MossMAN's bid for constructing the
new road from Swantown to the top of Ayers
hill was accepted; also for building the new
bridge on Eleventh street, near Judge Green's
residence. The contrac: for filling en- Plum
street was not let.
THE Cherokee Nation pay men teachers
1925 month and women $780, thereby show
ing more consideration for the weaker sex
than school authorities elsewhere, which
make difference Of at least onethird
THE Anderson gets her firewood in an
economical way. 1t is cut near the shore Of
the bay and loaded on scows frcm which il
is transferred direct to the deck of the steam
er.
We shall have to depend on California or
Oregon for our potatoes the coming year, il
the reports be true about the rot affecting
this vegetable SO extensively.
A SCIENTIFIC paper says: keep your MIR
rors away from the sum-" "And from the
daughters, also, if you can," adds family
paper.
SOME of the Londoners expect next year
to have minister MOrrisscy's Treatise on
Faro"
A VERY fine sailing breeze gave those who
enjoy that sport an opportunity for boatriding
yesterday.
THE game law goes out of force to-day,
for all game except qYails
WILD blackberrics are abundant this sea