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

A WASHINGTON special of July 25th, says:
C. B. Wright, President of tre Northern Pa
cific Railroad Company, has addressed cir
cular to various members of sCongress. ask
ing for an extension of time d which to CON-
pletc the road The Company does not ask
any subsidy; on the contrary, they ask for
the passage of bill providing Tor resurren>
der to the Government of tho grant of lands
to branch line, and simple extension of
time to enable them to accomplish the pur-
pose of its existence and give the country an
other Pacific Railroad without further Coy
eminent assistance. If this proposed surrcn-
der includes all unearned lands in this Terri
tory the extension of time asked for would
be satisfactory to everybody in this region,
hut if the vas. coal fields and extensive
tracts Of valuable timber and agricultural
lands TO the northward of Tacoma are TO
remain in the grasp of the Company we SIN
ccrtly hope the extension will not be granted.
SMALL Pox is spreading over the coast rap
Idly Twenty cases are reported to exist in
Stockton. Cal; the steamer John L. Stephens
is in quarantine at Portland, and the deaths
of several persons on the English vessel Re
pulse to have been already noted. Scores
are dying weekly in San Francisco, and to
add to the horror of the situation in the latter
city the supply of vaccine matter has been
exhausted at last accounts. We have in this
matter another exhibition of the curse of
Chinese immigration. The Introduction of
the disease was 10y mca;is:of Chinese who
were struggled ashore in san Francisco, ard
its spread has also been due to their habits of
sccretiveness, as they avoided reporting cases
of the disease whenever thy could. Let us
hope our region may not be- smitten by the
plague.
, The Victoria C,'ouiA, of Aug. Fad, says:
The commOdious and favoritc steamer North
Pacific is atloat again. After receiving new
copper, and being thoroughly recaulkcd and
otherwise strengthened she: was successfully
and easily launched from iaing's ways at Il
!; quarter to eight O'Clock la>1 evening in the
, presence of number of spectators. She
was at once lowed alongside Mr.. Joscph's
Spratt's wharf, where her machinery will be
uverhaued and renovated, after which she
will resume her place on the Puget Sound
route
YESTERDAY Chinaman went into one of
the gardens of the place and helped himself
; to apples without leave When the lady of
the house told him to lcav.: he applied oppro-
brious epthets to her, an! went off down
town. When the lady's husband returned
she informed him of the faNts; he went down
and found The Celestial, marched him up to
his house for identificatiori and being secure
in having the right individual the gentleman
gave him II generous thrsshing, which, we
think we hear all say, was'wcll meritcd.
The ". ". Statesman announces it to be
the in;r.,"n Of Democrat in that region IL
take no par, ia the approaching Territorial
convention called by Jola T.. Judson, Esq,
but to wait quietly until their Puget Sound
breth, I have made til. nomination, and
then the candidate is satisfactory to vote
for lin, ard if not. to continue to pray for
annexation to Oregon.
AND now the Walla Whlla Union credits
? Ezra Meekcr with having brought out the
ship load of young ladies; to thus Territory
from the East, few years ago. This part
of tue Territory has too much reason to be
proud of those sclf-samc ladies to allow A.
s. Mercer to be deprived of his honors as
leader in that movement.
By the terms of Capt J.. A. Starts will his
brothers are made legatct:: of all his property
, except a sum of money 10 his son, young
, man now in the East. TIE will was prObat.
ed at Steacoom last vice..
IT seems that Mrs. J. 6 Sparks had rib
+ broken at the time of thCz" uluent before re-
) ported, and Mrs. C. b. Ms,nn was quite badly
bruised, being now only ius' able to move
about the house
Mr.. JOHN SWEET, of snohomsh, had his
right leg badly crushed :bttween the ankle
and knee, last week, by 4 falling tree, while
at work in Blackman BIRDS logging camp.
MEssns French & Littlejohn are repairing
and making improvements to Mr.. Percival's
, wharf. A berth for the Aida i, to be made
on the north side of the wharf.
TICKET AL was the lucky drawer of the
prize of 5000 at a receTt rattle in Victoria.
AS yet TIC OWHcT Is uukIOWu anu tuc puIcTS
are advertising for him.
MIR. JAS BowLIN, of the Olympia Dray
Co., yesterday morning fell from ladder
| and broke several ribs, and it is feared he is
injured internally.
MIR. 7. CHRISTIAN, formerly of New West
I minister, but lately of cherry Creek, was
killed by caving bank a few days ago.
Hon. Edward Richardson, member of the
lower house of the last Legislature, from
Krkitat county, was in town yesterday.
WALLA WALLA county is reported with an
assessed value of real and personal property
amounting to $2,203,1 aO.
, DISTRICT court will {, nvene at Steilacoom
next Monday, August tn, and two weeks
later at Seattle.
EARLY apples arc beginning to ripen, and
the cholera morbus seastn comes on apacc.
FROM THE DALI OF SUNDAY.
REvIyING BUSINESS. "A good story comes
from Seattle. 1t is altogether too amusing
to keep, Notwithstanding, the knowing ones
, have considered it too good to tell, as long as
! gentle remainder was sufficient to secure Il
treat from the victim Of misplaced cOnfid-