Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-07-29

IRON THE DAILY OF THURSDAY.
THE telegraph reported briefly the fact
thu, the Secretary of Interior had modified
his order IN regard to Soldiers additional
Eomestcatls Mr.. W. W. Curtis, Of Wash>
ingi0n City has sent out circular from
which we extract the following part of the
modified ruling: 1T now appears that owing
to the death OR change of residence of the
soldier, it is often difficult and in many cases
impossible to procure his attendance at the
Local Land Office for the purpose of making
t" required affidavit, and in other cases
where the entry has been made at Land
Olicc remote from the residence of the sol
der, and the land subsequently, sold, the
soldier has no longer any n,iucement to COM
ply with the order of May II, above referred
To, | have therefore determined to modify
my order of the date above mentioned, SO
far as the same relates to applications for
entry which we're pending at its date, and to
allow ali such entire. as appear TO have been
made by Ii duly qualified person, in accord
ancc with the regulations of this Depart
ment then in force. All entries made subs
scquent to May II, 1876, will be governed by
the regulations now in force"
IT is expected that the Dakota and City of
Panama will shortly be withdrawn from the
northern service and the Salvador and South
Carolina substituted in their places. These
latter are somewhat smaller ships but are
both regarded as good, scrviceable crafts
The City of Panama will be put on the
Panama route as that trade has increased
immensely since the agreement between the
p NJ S. S. and Panama Companies, and it
is not improbable the Dakota may run on
that route too The Australian line is also
doing good and increasing business, but
the China and Japan line is running light.
This company seems to have fair lot of
suits on its hands at present. There is one
on the Sound where damages are claimed to
amount of $4,000 and three more were
instituted in San Francisco few days ago.
One was by Dolhcgny & Gonzales, for $780,
GOO, for failure to touch at San Bias and re-
move goods per advertisement one by James
Hastings, for $4,000, and one by Patrick
Yierncy, for $4,000, both for accidental in
juries received on the company's steamers.
By private letter from San Francisco we
learn that smallpox is now fairly epidemic.
The telegraphic reports make bad state OF
affairs manifest, but the writer claims that
not more than one.fourth of the cases are
known to the. public and that the terrible dis
ease is frightfully on the increase. The in
terror towns of California have adopted strict
precautionary measures against its introduce
ton in their limits. 1t stands us of the Sound
in hand to also see to it that it gains no foot>
ins among us. -.......
THE Victoria Colonist of the Goth inst.
says: "a sermon was delivered at Philhar-
monte Hall by Rev. Mr. Huff of San Fran>
cisco, from Acts 2, AZ. There was very
good attendance and the sermon, which was
amost eloquent one, was listened to atten>
lively A Sunday School in connection with
the Baptist Church will lie organized and
opened next Sunday at q o'clock p. NJ, at
Philharmonic Hail. Rev. Mr.. Baker has
generously donated fifty Sunday School
books for the library. Ground for. the new
church will be broken to-day
TO the Skagit tribe, was killed at Muckilteo
by another Indian Sunday. He was
stabbed in the neck by the other, while in
his canoe, from which he arose, ran q little
way up the beach, fell down and expired.
An examination of his body discovered scars
over, said to have been caused by the In
dian process of doctor making. The MUIR
derer escaped, but as he is known to the
. other Indians he may yet have to pay for the
killing of the old doctor.
A CORRESPONDENT of the Oregonian. writ
ing from Salem, says: IS B. Gale, brother
of the Gales well known in newspaper circles
in Oregon, and who is in the same business
himself in Pennsylvania, has spe-t several
months in this State; and will return to his
old home in q short time. Mr.. Gale repre-
sents large colony, and will probably re-
turn and settle permanently with us. He
takes some specimens of hay and grain back
with him to show the people of the East.
Mr.. JOHN MEEKER, of Puyallup, was in
town yesterday. From him we learn that
our account of the accident to his brother,
E. NJ. Meeker, was substantially correct.
/ Ihejaw Oh the left side was fractured, and
Tour teeth loosened, which it is feared will ul-
tlnateiy have to come out. His face was also
cut, but it cannot be yet told whether per-
manent Disagreement will result. He is now
able to walk around the house and it is hoped
Will soon recover
VIZ have learned. since the publication of
'ae rhymes, the alternate lines of which were
III Chinook, that the writer Of them is a citi-
zen Of Olympia. They were prepared for q
manuscript paper tina. was read before some