Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-07-08
Local and News Items.
FROM THE DAILY OF saturday.

| LOCAL. s(llU NCNS lGClikS.
FROM THE DAILY OF SATURDAY.
AN ingenious method of smuggling opium
has been discovered by the authorities in San
Francisco. 1t transpired that there was a
large quantity of opium on board the City
of Peking, which would be attempted to be
struggled on shore, which placed the officers
commanding the watchmen on the dock par
ticularly on the alert Their efforts resulted
in discovering that the Chinese laborers ems
ployed in unloading the cargo were taking
opium ashore concealed in the thick soles of
their shoes One of the shoes seized contains
half pound of smoking opium, and in ex>
terror appearance does not differ from the
general run of shoes worn by the Chinese.
When it is considered that the Chinese cm-
ployes working around the steamers go to
and from the vessel three times Il day for
| their meals, it will be seen that small gang
of workmen could carry ashore one hundred
pounds in short time. The watchmen on
the Mail dock are limited to fifteen in nuns
her, while at times several vessels are dis
charging.
THE New York Bulletin states that new
tanning process put into operation at De
troit, Michigan, about two months ago,
promises we'll The process consists of Il
certain use of chemicals, with but little
bark, the details being kept secret by the
owners. The great feature OF ii is that work
which took from one to two years is now
done in from three to six weeks, the result
being equally good. The actual work of
tanning only requires an hour, the process OF
| currying occupying the rest of the three
weeks or six weeks now required. The saw
ing in the cost of the old process is enormous,
and SO general interest in the matter will be
developed by the prospect of great rcduc
ton in the cost of boots and Shoes" This is
no doubt great improvement in its way,
but when our respected parents used to ''tan VI
us we thought five minutes ample for all re.
quirements.
| SOME of the boys went on midnight raid
for strawberries this week, in one of the
gardens of town, and while the most of them
were gorsing themselves, one slyly slipped
to one side and touched off large firecrack,
or. This to guilty minds was the report of a
gun in the hands of the irate proprietor;
and the scared ones lost no time in vacating
the premises. 1t is said that one of the gar
den pickets still holds aloft as a trophy frag-
menls of one of the youngsters pants and
shirt. The one who touched off the fires
cracker is regarded as having committed u
gross breach of trust.
THE steamer George w. Elder is now 90
days out from New York for San Francisco.
She belongs to the Oregon Steam Navigation
Company The President Of the ompl ny
has just gone East to order the construction
of sister vessel and also to purchase and
forward iron for the Oregon Central Railroad,
to lay track between st. Joseph and the
junction on the west side.
| SHOULD the Congressional deadlock con
tinue, today will be an important epoch in
the history of the United States, and one OF
sorrowiul interest to the army of Governs
ment employees throughout the land, rs it is
understood to be the intention of the Pres.
ident to order all business suspended if the
necessary appropriations be not made.
BOYS between the ages of 10 and are not
to be allowed to touch off the sparkling fire.
cracker on the coming Fourth. in Portland.
We meant that the prohibition extended
from "a. NJ. to4P.M. We would not give
a cent for a boy who had not enterprise
enough to exhaust his stock of pocket money
and fire crackers long before 10 O'Clock.
STATE elections will be held in Vermont
and Maine in September, in Ohio, Indiana,
Iowa, West Virginia and Georgia in October.
The Presidctial election takes place i'll Mo-
vembcr.
OLEARY, the pedestrian, who has been
operating in San Francisco, of late, is de-
nounced by the press of that city as fraud
of the first magnitude.
THERE may not be gold, but there's no
question about the quantity of lead in the
Black Hills. Every Indian has gun full of
it. and isn't at all stingy.
By direction of the President, Captain
VIM. Nice. Nettervillc, 21st Infantry, was
dropped from the rolls of the army for deser-
ton, on June 9th.
GOVERNOR Ferry and wife were expected
to leave San Francisco for home yesterday on
the City of Panama.
AT the Olympia Bookstore quite an assert
ment of rockets and other fireworks are dis.
played.
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