Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-07-15

THOMAS A. HENDRICKS, the DcmOcrati(
nominee for Vice President, was born in
Muskingham, Ohio, on the 10Th of Septem
Der, 1919, and is therefore in his 57th year.
He was collegc>bred and lawyer by profes.
sion. Thirty odd years ago he settled in In
diana, where his abilities were speedily rec
ognized by the people. He served term in
the State Legislature, and was an active
member of the Indiana Constitutional Con
vention of 1850. From 1851 he was Rep
resentative in the House, and from 1855 tC
1863 was L. S. Commissioner of Lands. In
1868 he was elected to the Senate, in which
he served the six succeeding years with cred
in public life, and was the most prominent
candidate next to Tilden for the Presidency.
He has been a faithful, lifelong Democrat,
AMI is entitled to the support of the full
strength of his party.
THE bones of another monstrosity have
been discovered in that prolific field of won
ders, Stevens county. They differ somewhat
from those Of mastadOn, rs is indicated by
the grinding surfaces of the teeth. The jaw
bone is two feet wide, with one tooth in each
side, having grinding surface of ten inches
in length by three and half in width. The
horn is ten feet long and twenty-five inches
in circumference. The shOulder.bladc is
three feet four inches wide The pelvis
is six feet across and four feet in Depth hav.
ing an opening through which man can
pass by STOPPING somewhat The discovery
may prove very valuable 20 science.
New YORK CITY DIRECTORY Goulding's
New York City Directory, just issued, cons
tains 264, TAG names, being II, rs more than
that of last years volume. The name of
Smith occurs over 9, 800 times, the Mes oc-
cupy 108 columns, about SO names to a col.
umn. There are 32 Baptist Churches, Con.
gregational. 3 Friends, "a Jewish Synagogues,
81 Lutheran, 50 Methodist Episcopal, AZ Pres
byterian, Reformed Presbyterian, United
Presbyterian, II Protestant Episcopal, 20 Re
formed Dutch, 81 Roman Catholic, 4 Unita-
rian, ) Universalst, and 10 miscellaneous.
THE appropriation bill, as passed by the
House, appropriates only $780, 900 for sur.
vtying public lands in the whole United
States, leaving it to the discretion of the De-
partment, except that it is prohibited from
having any public lands surveyed which are
not cutivatable. or which are not of CONNER
cial value for timber or coal The bill also
reduces the rates of surveys to ten dollars
for standard lines, seven dollars for town
shipping, and six dollars for section lines, ex-
cept through heavy timber, where twelve
dollars may be paid.
IT is announced that the officers of the
National Monument Association have pubs
lished an appeal to ministers Of the Gospel
and Sabbath School Superintendent to take
up collection on some convenient day, for
the benefit of the monumental fund, and re
questing contributions to be sent to J. b. II.
Smith, the Treasurer, at Washington If the
object of the association is to complete the
Washington monument, as we presume it is,
the movement should meet with pr ompt and
liberal support.
THE reported death of Mr.. Z. T. Dodge
OF LaConner, we are happy to state, is w,th>
out foundation. The announcement origin
ally appeared in the Intelligencer, of the Is,
inst, and was copied into the OLYMPIAN OF
subsequent date, and thence into many OF
the Territorial papers. Mr.. Gilliland, the
telegraph operator at LaConner, publishes q
card in the Victoria Standard stating that
"Mr Dodge is alive and enjoying bett er
health how than he has for months past"
THE Rev. J. G. Parker, of San Francisco,
Agent and Sunday School Missionary of tic
American Baptist Publication Society for tho
Pacific Coast, is spending few days in
town, on his mission. On account OF the
seating capacity of the Presbyterian church
being larger, he has been invited by the pas
tor to hold his services in the Presbyterian
church, morning and evening. to day. Sub.
ject for the morning discourse is, "Agree.
ment between Law and Testimony" and for
the evening. "The Modern Sunday School" "
THERE are twenty logging camps in Sno>
homish county, giving employment to 237
men and III yoke of oxen. Including the
camps on the Snoqualmie. in King county,
the product of which passes down the Sno.
homish river, the number of camps is in,
creased to twcnty-eight and of men to 3O7,
employing 161 yoke of oxen. The annual
product is about $4,000, 900 feet of lumber,
four-fifths of which is cut on the Snohomish
river and It's tributaries.
MIR. Goss, of the firm of G0ss & Sawyer,
ship of Bath, Maine, arrived in this
city by Thursday evenings stage, nd yes
terday, accompanied by several of our citizens
made brief examination of our bay and its
surroundings. He expresses himself as very
favorably impressed with our natural advan.
tages He leaves for the lower Sound by
to-night's steamer, and hopes to connect
with the City of Panama on her downward
trip.
TALKING of big eggs, Mr.. Gale has placed
on our table an egg which measures u by ca
inches in circumference, weighing 81 ounces
1t is the achievement of half Brahma hen,
and worthy of the loudest cackle.
SINCE the above was placed in type Mr..
AL. Skinklc has laid on our table an egg
measuring 8 inches Ivy Ct. When will this
eggs-traordinary display of hen fruit cease.
A TELEGRAM to the agents of the Pacific
Mail Co., states that the steamship City Of
Panama will come no further than Port
Townsend this trip, as she is compelled to
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