Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-04-29


State Comptroller. In 1919, lie came to this
coast; returned in August, 1850, and was
married in September, OF that year to the in
estimable companion who survives him.
In December he again came with lis family,
to this Coast, and after three years residence
in California came TO Puget Sound when he
has since continued to eide, mainly in
olympia, but for g time at Whatcom, and
for q short period in Portland, while in com
mand of the steamer Nultnomah on the Co
veyor-General of this Territory from 1862 to
1865, Mr.. Giddings ably and faithfully dis
charged the duties Of Chief Clerk in his
office. He was subsequently several years
engaged as Deputy Surveyor, and finally re
ceiyed The appointment of Collector Of In
ternal Rcvcnuc, which position he held at
his death. In every public capacity, Mr..
Giddings has discharged his duty accep,ab'y
to the people a.d with credit to himself,
while his genial social qualities have en-
deared him 10 a large circle of acquainiaaccs
all over the Coast
The funeral viii take place Thursday
next at , o'c!nc&, in the NJ +. Church.
The remains will be inferred in Che Masonic
Cemctary.
Frequent complaints ci mail irregularity
have been notcd by the press At Stciiacoom.
Seattle and Portland over the route by rail
road, from Kalama to Tacoma. As our mails
have generally come through without detcn-
ton, or miscarriage we have hitherto re-
Trained from comment. Itappears, however
that the evil is growing worse, if the kaama
correspondent of the OregOniaH writing
under date of the 22d inst. is reliable. He
says: A great many times our California pa
pcrs pass through here, 90 down the Sound
and then come back. Sometimes it looks as
if the newspaper mail for Washington Ter
ritory was all iumbled together and sent to
Puget Sound TO be distributed. The frequent
changing of route agents is another bad thing,
as every new man makes Il lot of mistakes
before he learns the route. We are patient
sufferers, but we are getting tired of these
things, and hope that The spirit of reform
that is pervading other departments Of the
public service, may shed lis benign influence
over our postal agent and his subordinatcs,
and correct the evils herein complained Of
WE inadvertently omitted to alluIc, at the
/ proper time, to the entertainment given by
the Washington Literary Society in Columbia
Hall, last Saturday night 1t was on the
whole very creduablc exhibit Of the musi
| cal and literary proficiency Of the members
composing it, although one or two Of the
songs and some of the parts in the farce,
were not quite as well rendered as thcy might
! have been with more practice and study.
One Objectionable feature we observed in tho
! aftcr-piccc, which doubtless only needs thi,
aluSion to be corrected in the future, was th'
use Of "cuSs words" in the lines of play
/ They should be cut out, whether the writer
authorized their use or not. They do not adj,
| to the effectiveness Of the representation, anl
/ positively mar the enjoyment Of many re
/ fined persons The net proceeds of the cHi
! bition were SO, onc-half of which goes tC
! the society and the remainder to a fund fol
! improving The Public Square.
| TIE item in the OLYMpIAN yesterday re
! lating to loss of memory caused by "a fall
which produced conclusion OF the brain
| DR.. Steele, who was personally conversan'
with the circumstances: Your statement OF
| the case of L. G.. Cabanis can be verified and
enlarged by stating that after his recovery
| from the injury at Walla-walla so far rs &,
enable linn 10 d,t,..1 to duty, he was STA
| toned at Fort Dallcs Oregon, where he wa:
| again injured by being thrown from hi,
| horse, striking on the top of his head
producing conclusion Of the brain and cX
| cessivc bleeding from the ears and nose
with other symptoms of fracture of the bono
| of the skull. He was many weeks confined
| to his room, often wandering or unconscious
and finally, when mustered out of of service
was but able to travel.
OSE Of The most important rulings fol-
| Puget Sound shipping was recently made by
! the French Lloyds, who have determined
/ hereafter to rate vessels built Of our fir tim
Der, as high as those constructed OF the bcs
wooden material used III naval architecture
/ This action will, at once, place our shipping
| on an equal footing with that constructed il
/ the most favored ship-building districts. i
/ has long maintained high local standing
! founded upon the rating of San Francisco
underwriters, and it only remains for sucl
recognition as has been received from abroad
/ to establish a widc-widc reputation.
/ As an indication Of the money" there
! is in land on this coast we cite recent op
/ Grafton Of David Jacks, of Monterey county,
/ Cal. who owns farm of ten thousand
acres, which was purchased a few years age
/ for $4,000. He last year planted it in
wheat The yield was fifteen ccntalS PEI
acre At one dollar per Genital this gives q
crop worth $3.50, 900, of which twenty five
per cent, or 100, is net ploiit
/ TIE body of white. man was found in tho
/ Columbia river near Cascades, last week,
which from appearances had been in thc
water some weeks 1t is supposed TO have
/ been the remains of the blacksmith, McNal
+ ". who was killed by the accidental cXplo
sion, of dynamite, at Umatila Rapids about
. the first Of March.
/ THE plaintiffs council in the New World
case, have prepared a bill of exceptions tc
the rulings of the court, and the case viii
probably take the same course as that Of the
/ Oregon Steam Navigation Company rs. G.
/ IT, Hale ct ell. 1t will probably end in tho
Supreme Court of the United States.
! THE weather has been exceedingly un
pleasant the past few days. Dark clouds oh
scure the horizon and a constant drizzle o:
rain has prevailed for many hours at time.
/ The Spring is the most backward Of any VIC
have experience for many years.