Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-07-01

IT is estimated that the damage from the
flood at Portland has already amounted to
about $5O, 1000.
Mr. Ackerson and wife, of Tacoma, are
going to San Francisco Oh the Dakota.
THE Congregational Association hold their
next annual meeting at Seattle.
DALIEs City has not single saloon.
FROM THE DAILY OF TUESDAY.
THE New Westminster Herald says that
on Monday, June 10, the Fraser river was
higher than ever before since the time at
which the recollection of the oldest inhabit-
ant is supposed to begin. Opposite the city,
on Monday, the current was running four
miles an hour Advices from Chilliwhack
and Sumass state that the water is higher
there than it ever was before since the
country was settled. 1t will be severe
blow to the farmers, many OF whom will
lose all, or nearly all, their crops. Is it not
possible tc save this fine country from the
yearly overflow? 1t is difficult to give an
adequate idea of the extent of the floods,
without at the same time giving an cxager>
ated idea of the damage. Many of the
settlers have been driven to take refuge in
the mountains. At Yale, on Monday morn
ing, the water stood at the highest point
touched last year, and the extraordinary
floods in the settlements lower down is ac>
counted for by the fact that all the reservoirs
were filled bv the first rise, and had not time
to drain off before this second freshet came
down. the Pitt meadows, of course, are
flooded, so that the river is only channel
through vast lake. Unjust be remembered,
however, that much of the land is subject to
annual overflow, and few inches more or
less does not matter so much. The serious
part of the business is that a good deal OF
land which has not been considered subject
to overflow is under water now, and as a
heavy freshet was not anticipated this year,
good deal of this land was cultivated, SO
that large extent Of wheat and other crops
will be destroyed.
WE made reference few days ago to the
presence of great numbers of caterpillars or,
as some call them, army worms, in the region
beyond Tenino. A gentleman told us, yes
terday, that on Thursday last, these worms
| were on the track of the railroad in myriads,
and when the train came along they were
crushed in such numbers as to render the
track SO slippery that the train was stopped
thereby until sand was procured and scat
tered along the rails. We sincerely hope
the crops of industrious people in that region
may escape the ravages of these pests.
t-----trr rrxrcy- sfstcrs, says rzy'.7o, APP
pear at San Jose on the Goth. We presume
they mean Annie and Lucy, and later in the
month, Amy Stone will appear in the same
town.
THE Dakota carried away from Olympia
last night one and half tons of beef and
half ton of mutton. That line is noted for
always providing an excellent bill of fare
THE Colonist affectionately requests the
chief of Victoria police to have an eye for
the welfare of the ''bad eggs" who went to
that city when driven out of Seattle.
THE Annie Stewart went down to Tacoma
early Sunday morning, and the Aida carried
mails and passengers away in the evening,
connecting with the first named boat.
MIR. JOHN NJ. SWAN shipped to parties
down the Sound, last Sunday night, twenty
five large boxes of Strawberries These lus-
cious berries are plentiful this season.
WE are under obligations to the purser of
the Dakota, Mr.. J. w. Meyers, for memo>
randa of the voyage and for copious files of
late San Francisco papers.
THE high water stopped to working of the
gas meter in Portland last week, and the
citizens had to decide between kerosene and
darkness.
HERE it is nearly the last of June and fires
are more than comfortable-they are neces>
sary to enable one to keep warm.
THE Anderson did not start out yesterday,
as had been expected, owing to the non>ar.
rival of the engineer, Mr.. Wallace.
DISTRICT Court convened at Kalama yes>
terday. Several gentlemen went from here
to attend the same.
PASSENGERS will be able to connect with
the Dakotah at Victoria by going down
Wednesday night.
MIR. E. L. Smith, formerly of this place,
is now engaged in experimenting the Buena
Vista (Oregon) Pottery Works.
REVENUE officials estimate that the loss
to the Government by smuggling at San
Francisco is $4,000 per month.
SAMUEL CRAWFORD, a young man well
and favorably known in this community,
went down to Seattle, Sunday night, under
an engagement in the Lateu,gencsr office in
that CITY,
SOME 300 of the 600 Cinnamon, noted at
as having arrived at Victoria, were destined
for Portland.
MIR. A. j. BALDWIN has sold his black
smith shop and implements to Mr.. NJ. r.
Tilley.
ELEVEN inches above the 'G2 mark at
Portland is to be recorded for the Centennial
year.
THE Beaver carried the Minstrel troupe
down to Tacoma early Sunday morning.
DIR. HASKELL is doing San Francisco at
the Mission street opera house.
GREAT deal of rain fell Sunday night and
yesterday.
THIS is the season of high tides.
FROM DAILY OF WEDNESDAY.
TODAY is the anniversary of the battle of
Monmouth, fought on the 2sth of June, 1878,
near Freehold, in Monmouth county, New