Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-05-27

get up ticket for the several municipal Of
fees and manage the election, for novelty.
1t thinks that the novelty would create
splendid sensation, and give the town con-
siderable notoriety abroad. If the sugges-
tion is adopted, doubtless the editor "reads
his title clear, for fat office.
THEY now have an old lady who has lived
at Oregon City since 1S49 and has never been
in Portland, for an attraction at the Oregon
Centennial Celebration. The old lady prom.
ises to waive her preiudices against "gad-
ding about" for once and visit Portland dur>
ing the big show. Whether she will draw
as well as Joe Lane, or not is matter of
some doubt.
TERRITORIAL OFFICERS In the House of
Representatives, April 2Sth, Mr. Southland,
by unanimous consent reported from the
Committee on Territories, House Bill No.
3, 266, to provide for the election of governor,
secretary, treasurer, auditor, and superin>
tendent of schools in the several Territories
of the United States
THE steamer Gussie Telfar left Port
Townsend on the Goth inst. for Portland,
via Orcas Island. Her cargo consists of 700
barrels of lime, 100 tons of coal and 627 gall
Ions of dogfish oil. The steamship Califor
MIA arrived at that port the same day from
Sitka. Her cargo consisted of 206 tons of
coal. She sailed at that date for Portland
DIR. Josiah Settle an old resident of Seat,
tie, died in that city on the 18th inst, of
dropsy of the heart. DR.. ). was native of
Ohio, born in 1913, and crossed the plains
to California in 1870 He removed to Ore
gon in 1852 and came to this Territory in
1860, where he has since continually resided.
He leaves wife and severa! children.
THAT fearful scourgc, deptheria, has again
made its appearance at Seattle, 1t is said
that one of the physicians has at least q
dozen patients under treatment. The malady
visited in that city several months ago, with
terrible severity, but it was thought that the
seeds of the disease had been completely
eradicated.
Mrs. Stuart, Chairman of the Board Of
immigration, has issued large edition of
IA circular, suggesting in small compass the
varied attractions of the Territory as a field
for enterprise and home for the homeless.
They are to be distributed at Philadelphia
during the Exhibition,
THE Oregon City Wooden Mills employs
Cinnamon almost exclusively, while the Sa>
lem Mills, recently destroyed by fire, engaged
only white labor If The misfortune had to
fall on anybody, We think the patrons of the
long>taled heather Chnee should have felt
the rod Of atilction
THERE are more than one hundred girls in
Portland, between the ages of II and "a
years, who earn precarious livelihood by
sewing. Their wages range from 81 to s.
per week, and they labor from O'Clock in
the mOrling until IL and II O'Clock at night
A BEER garden has been established in Seat
tie, which employs a brass band to make a
noise on Sundays. If that delectable region
don't suffer the fate of Sodom some day il
will be Tor the want Of birthstone What a
field is here afforded for the Crusaders
REy. c. l.. Fischer took passage Oh the
last steamer from Portland for the East,
whittier he goes on visit te relatives and to
attend to some important business interests.
He proposes tc return to the Sound at an
early day.
ODD Fellowship in Oregon numbered in
1856, logdes, with 9 membership of $780,
and an annual receipt of %, 40 40 Returns
this year give the number Of lodges at "a,
memberships 1920 and annual receipt 500
600
WoRKMEN are tearing up things generally
in the upper part of the Bank building, pre-
paratory to retittinQ and improving the EX-
ecutive rooms.
THE Tribune says that it is currently re-
ported that Capt Starr has bought the
steamer ANNA Stewart, from the Oregon
Steam Navigation Co, and will slowly bring
her around to ply on the Sound
DIR. Turner has removed the remainder
Of his stock Of drugs and store fixtures into
the new warehouse recently constructed by
him on Second Street
Miss Belle Evans is recovering from a
severe illness, which for several days had
confined her to the bed
STRAWBERRIES are ripening The yield
will be unusually large this season.
MAGUIRE's Ministries will soon appear at
New Market Theater, Portland
THE Portland Standard is soon to issue q
daily edition.