Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-04-01

amendments have been made during the past
week by acting Governor Struve Geo. \.
Barnes, Esq, of Thurston county, to be
Regent of the Territorial University; Chas.
H. Whitney, Esq, of Clarke county, to be
Trustee of the Hospital for the Insane in w.
7. rice DR.. r. r. Miner resigncd-term of
office three years after August 10, 1876; Rich
ard NJ Bromo, residing at ZOE Broadway,
New York City, to be Commissioner of
Deeds for the State of New York. Also the
following named persons to be Notarlcs
Public: NJ n. Warren, of Lewis county;
e. II. Botsford and Irving Ballard, of Pierce
county; W. Byron Daniels and John Cradles
baugh, OF Clarke county; +. y. Bartlett, OF
Clalam county.
TIE Tribune says that operations Will soon
begin on the cutting OF the canal to connect
the waters of Lakes Union and Wash
ington The distance is only about 500 yards
and the intervening space low, so that not
more than twelve or fifteen feet will have to
be dug down to have five or six feet OF navl-
gable water The cost will be about $2O, 600.
The cutting of such canal will enable the
| coal company to greatly increase their shin
mcnts with their present means OF transpor-
| tation. That journal SAYS it will be COM
pletcd in less than six months.
DR. RICE is going to Snohomish county
to inauguratc Il scheme for removing the
drifts from the Skagit and other northern
rivers flowing into the Sound. The doctor
is an interchangeable canvasscr, and if the plan
is at all feasible, it could not be entrusted to
| a more competent agent.
THE Dry goods War is assuming formid
| able proportions, as will be seen by the adj
vcrtisements of Mcssrs. G. Rosenthal and /.
Harris. If this thing continues We expect
to get dry goods for nothing, with crackers
and cheese" thrown in, in less than week
The proposition to appropriate $780, 900 for
| the celebration of the next anniversary of
American independence by the city of San
Francisco has been defeated. 1t is probable
that a majority of the board of aldermen are
going to Philadelphia to celebrate.
THE IadspcndeMt of Vancouver, has a sen.
sational story about a woman having swal
lowed snake, a year ago. aud on the 18th
inst, having got rid of it by starving herself
and drinking brandy till the reptile ran
out of her throat.
MR.JOhn Dougherty, termed by the Tribune
"the enterprising, money-making little New
castle shoemaker" of Seattle, has sold his
house and stock, and will leave on the next
steamer for Southern California, his future
home.
We have been requested to state that a
meeting of the reidents of the Third Ward
will be held at the Union Academy, on Wed
nesday evening at halfpast 6 o'clock, to place
in nomination candidates for municipal Off
GERS.
THE Bee says that during the entire pas
sage of the planet across the Suns disc, last
Saturday, stars were seen in mid heavens by
the observers in Portland, a phenomcn or
rarely witnessed by sublunary mortals.
THE names of the sailors lost overheard
from the schooner Joseph Perkins on tlit
10th instant were John Elder, native o.
Scotland, and VIM. Harmon, alias VIM. Lee
a native of Plymouth, Mass.
REPORT has it that the four companies Of
soldiers and Twcnty-first Infantry Band ar
soon to be removed from Fort Vancouver
and their places taken by the Fourth Infantry
A chemist in New Hampshire has discov
cred how to use water for fuel and light ant
food. We thought something valuable
would come of this element presently.
MARSHAL HOPKINS arrested man named
Ryan, in Portland, last Saturday, on a charg'
of stealing several sets of government har
ness, at Walla Walla, three years ago.
FIFTY tons of potatoes will constitute par
of the cargo of the Dakota on her next tril
to California, shipped from White river.
A COMPANY has been organized to gather
and ship fresh oysters from Oyster Bay, (
few miles below this place.
The National Butter and Egg Association
is now in session at Davenport, Iowa. Who
represents us
THE steamship Oriflamme sailed for Port
land last Saturday afternoon and is due Their,
to-day.
THE great two-milc race in San Francisco
March 49, was won by Chance-the usua
way.
EGGS are now plentiful at % cents dozen