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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-12-22
81 An attempt was made to bur

81 An attempt was made to burr
the building occupied by the Bishop
Scott Grammar school, in East Port.
land, at IN early hour Wednesday
morning. A lot of combustible mate
rails had been piled against the build
ing and fired, when fortunately the
glare caused an alarm before the
flames had gained much Roadway.
This occurance leaves but little doubt
that the burning Of the building be-
longing to this institution, about six
weeks ago, was the act of an incen-
diary.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-12-22

DE DARKEY's D 1T is said that
the next sensation after the New
Years Masquerade will be "Planta-
ton Ball." in which all participants
will blacken up, dress in fantastic
negro costume, and move to the in
spring notes of the banjo and fiddle.
Now that the announcement is made,
We expect that forthwith everybody
will have hair in frizz to produce the
requisite Kindness in imitation of the
capillary covering of the genuine
darkey, and the boys will all be prac-
ticing the negro dialect. "Gway
from heah with youah foolishness.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-12-22

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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-12-22

@ A bill has PASSED Congress to
appropriaiing q sum sufficient h. l;1-
uidaie the " haek-pay" due the Lea
ssAatgre- Ii aEnouris O. sIz for snrh
nG@her go for the Frssa5'Bs oesesrs.
els ia Cbs~f Clerks. sid sl0 h. eA~h
1t he szkssn3snmts Sfsr~rs
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-12-22

VICK's MAGAZINE. The first number
of Vick's Illustrated Monthly Magazine
has been received. It is, We pre-
sumo, designed to supersede the An
nual and its quarterly editions. The
magazine will be great favorite with
all lovers OF flowers. Price 81 rs per
annum,
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-12-22

"OysTERs vs.. LETTERS. "-Underthis
caption the Mtelligencer attempts 10
account for the late "onpleasant-
ness" OF our Postmaster. 1t affirms
that the carrying Of oysters outside
the mails has elected the annihila,-
ing edict of our puegnacipus +. NJ
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-12-22

So It is rumored that the great
Wilkeson coal mine, the peg upon
which tho Nor. hem Pacific Railroad
has hung its hat the past year or
two, has given way; in other words,
the ledge has closed in gravel. 1t
is thought, however, that another
vein will be struck with little effort.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-12-22

E DIR. Guard, an eminent divine,
is lecturing in Portland ON the ques-
ton: lis the Bible an Immoral
Book" the discourse being . CON-
densasiOn Of four repl,es 10 Inger~ol's
attacks HIS le~fur~-rDom Was Nes
Market 1henter ca = recens oce.saoa,
snd 4 xss vel slssd-
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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-12-22

CHRISTMAS BALL.-Posters announce
that there will be Christmas Ball
given in Columbia Hall, on Monday
evening, the Gath inst.-Chris,mas
eve. Good music has been engaged
and everybody b. invited.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-12-22

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sz@r- ~ L~wa~ ra~4z-v. kss r--.zu~us
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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-12-22

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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-12-22

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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-12-22

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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-12-22

NUEN.1E r. >~rzezzTs 3 tts
TsrrTaury. w1aAAs 30 a~rlFAass tie
kssr1ssyTAsrs Az.i uz-=ssl sAs =se@n-
"a Il th@ snarTns~nfs Of tie lie A.
-saslly. kss instructed the psIrfer %
foIlow copy. and ~ consequence
tie volume will he untrue specimen
Of photographic wisdom and much
sought after by collectors u literary
curiosities. IL will probably rank
with the humorous publications of
the day. rs many modern regulations
for wit have been founded upon a no
higher merit than misspelled words
and a total disregard tor the rules OF
svntax. We felt inclined to censure
the Secretary at first, for it is I'M
doubleday his duty to arrange and
supervise the publication Of the legis-
lature enactments - which carries
with it the correction of palpable
clerical errors-but upon reflection
conclude that the labor would be
greatly in excess in value to the salary
of his Office. We do not expect, of
course, that the Secretary could afford
to lose money" on the transaction.
If the Legislature had only thorght
Of giving that office a rowing CON-
mission" to collect s125 from each OF
a score or more of counties-but hold
it did pass the Notary bill which brings
S., 900 into that officer. That, we
should be sufficient to d" fix up" the
laws in proper space.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-12-22

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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-12-22

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So A. =a~s T4s- skrus2-t tAs-
hat Il rs4cAzn- a Ez&EAss u Lie
IA hzS< ok.se; Yas4lle4 t@x oE-aHl-
zassoz q he GrxH-e. - she osiy
EeAzs q ezrIas s.,-=1tsr ss.l - A.cE
pro-tratei every Industry before IT.
iuT~r1oas vii, til Interests o. the
tr.lesIaen were quite Gs L-rch leop-
arilzei by the extOrtions practioed
by those who controlled the AFTER
les Of commerce. We have ALWAYS
held tina. the storekeeper and the
farmer were mutually dependent
upon each other; that their inter
ests were identical, inasmuch as
they consisting of an interchange of
, commodities, in which it was mu-
tual necessity that each should re-
ceivea fair equivalent for his capt.
tai or labor. If tie merchant failed
to realize reasonable profit on
his wares, he would be unable to
become customer, and, as often
times happens, the patron, of the
producer. He would be unable to
maintain a liberal system of barter,
or to extend at times q season of
credit, which failure of crops, back
ward seasons, or various other per-
verse circumstances render a price
less boon to even the most careful
and prudent OF farmers. 1t was
for these reasons we doubted the
utility of the Grange stores, and
circumstances appear to indicate
that the order itself has taken about
the some view of the subject. They
have not been successful as pecu-
MARY investments, and have general
ly been abandoned after brief trial
OF practical results.
Our attention has been called to
this subject by the perusal of a let
ter written by afarmer, that appears
in recent issue of the New York
Witness, who afirms that he has
come to the conclusion, deliberately,
that in the end it would be much
better for the farmers to attend to
their farms, the tradesmen to their
shops, the millers or sawyers to
their mills, and the merchants to
their merchandise. Changers claim
that the merchants holds his goods
at ruinous prices. This he acknowl-
edges may be true, but declares
that the tradesman is not RESPONSE
BILE forit. Close observation teach es
that only about one of every fifty
of those engaged in merchantile
pursuits ever see themselves free
from debt, and only about one
In every hundred succeed in Sc
curing competency; while a much
larger per cent. of the farmers
are in easy circumstances, with their
hundreds and thousands either in
the banks or secured bv mort
gage upon real estate, or, perhaps,
loaned to those very merchants at
ea exOr6s;ant rate of interest 10 en-
se4e taem 60 carry On their bust
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fAlzkzag EE-zd-%Ts-aEf. lo4.S credit.
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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-12-22

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$500 $3.50 ~~aAa1 sas..a . sss~wzas
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s4@m~ z4sA Ewm-@~m@-@a Msw~umEa@.
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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-12-22

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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-12-22

The Observation-Disclosures before in
this community have greater prepara-
ton been made for any festive occa-
sion than are now the all-ahsorbing
occupation for the New Years mas
querade ball. Costumes grave and
gay, gorgeous and grotesque, grace
full and grand, representing angels
of light and spirits damned; mirthful
and vivacious, truthful, neretricious,
racy, fashy, saucy, dashyAevery
description under the sun. The
devil himself will be there with his
ilnps, and the angels surrounded by
cherubims, all moving to rythmatic
measure, and producing the poetry Of
motion. cali for the small sum of
$780,"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-12-22

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ouy wLlch -sl1ss weeks AGo arrived
frosa California 90 locate soEnewh here
on the Sound. have settled on
FIialso Island. We find the fol-
lowing in the Snohomish >'ar: The
Rev. l.. o. Tale, Congregation
alist minister, representing colony
of abou. 50 persons-about one dozen
being there now-have bought Nc
Cormick's place near Ship Harbor.
1t has fine view of FidalSo Bay,
Mount Baker and the adjacent
country; and has good soil, level
land, etc. They propose, when set
tied, to establish boarding school
or normal school, which may ul-
timately become an established lit
erary institution of a high order.
Possibly they may at first start their
school at the new town. The pro-
iect was first started by letters from
Benicia, California, and the party
came to Bellingham Bay, but ul-
timately selected this Site"
Nor IN THE R1TuAL.-It appears
from the Walla- walla Waterman that
the Chinese of that city have Ma
sonic Lodge, although in no ways
connected with the mystic rite Of
that name in this country or Europe.
A few weeks ago, at one of their reg
ular meetings, one of the charter
members became riled and kicked
the altar over, burst the covenant,
tore up the charter, pocketed the
money, and then took to the woods.
The Sheriff and the ty
Grand Master followed him to Wal.
lula, but failed to obtain ON interview.
John got away with the Lodge, mon
ey and all, and left the fraternity in
q rather heathenish condition.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-12-22

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WAlLa fas.4 H.@ks- sAa- s=zFa~-zz;
azap1nr@znesf !; = E.A-r~.4 ID
rhaf ISr k4ker ha-. wI;k Mr. Z4k1~E
tie -GTvsyor. E2@is 4 e@rsfGl -urvsy
& Fr.-.seal r1ass for a rzilrsAl
ae fr01a Whitman s.Ailoa TO We
ton. Uaasilla county. The estimates
o! the cost Of builiins the rad
have been made AMI DIR. Baker Is
studying the ways and means Of ex-
tending the road to that place. 1t
will tap a very rich agricultural
country, and is much needed. The
Umon is of the opinion that the
building OF the extension will be
commenced next Spring and Wig
orously prosecuted to completion.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-12-22

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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-12-13
Hanging of Bergin.

William s. Bergin, who murdered Thomas
j. Mcbride, the keeper of the Bergin House,
at Mt. Vernon, Ohio, on the 18th day OF last
June, was executed on a scaffold in the jail
yard at Mt. Vernon, on December I. Great
efforts had been made by friends OF Bergin
to obtain a communication of the culprits
sentence, but Governor Young was mex
orable, seeing no reason why the law should
not have its course. Bergin'spoo old mother,
who hes never ceased her efforts to save her
son, went to Columbus on the morning be-
fore the execution to make u last appeal to
the Governor for Communication of sentence.
She went to the Governors Office, and sat
there until the dread news of her sons death
was announced by Sheriff Gays dispatch.
Bergin died "game," although he suffered
greatly by those blunders in the execution
that have become SO common and inexcus-
able in these melancholy scenes of late.
When the Sheriff sprang the fatal trap, the
rope stretched, the knot slipped
and the poor man fell to the ground
and backward, striking his back and head
against the sharp corner of one of the sup
ports of the scaffold, and remaining in Ire
clining position, with his head doubled
down upon his breast. He was stunned, and
his neck lacerated with the tension ofthe
rope before the knot gave way, but said not
q word, and did not attempt to move
There was an exclamation of horror
throughout the large body of spectators
Everybody seemed unnerved, and one man
j. d. Luker, a real estate agent of Column
bus, tainted. There was a quick movement
upon the scaffold. Sheriff Gay was the first
to reach the PROSTATE man, and had raised
him to a standing position. Sheriff Beebe
who had taken the precaution to have an
extra rope on the scaffold, mounted the
cross beams, and, with the assistance of thu
Courthouse ~janitor, soon had it in position
Bergin was lifted upward through the terri
BILE trap, the trap closed, and again he stood
upon it without support, and without
finching, until the moose was readjusted
Once he endeavored to raise his hands higl
enough to lift the black cap, but finding
he could not do so, desisted. While Mr.
Gay was adjusting the moose Sherit
Beebe appealed to Mr.. Thompson to So.
something to the prisoner, but Mr.. Thomp
son replied that he had nothing more to say
While they were raising the STAINED MAJ
through the trap, some one remarked
"This is too bad % ooh, 1 can stand that,
az can stand that" repeated Bergin. Tn
moose being drawn a little tight on tn
lacerated neck, Bergin said in a low tone t
Sheriff Gay: "Choke me off quick, this j
worse than murderl" In three minute
from the time the knot slipped for the frs
attempt, the trap was again sprung an,
Bergin was left suspended between heayel
and earth.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-12-13
The Electric Light.
Ihondon Timss.l

1t appears to be difficult to arrive at
the cost of using the electric light, fig
ures of estimate in different experiments
varying considerably. In many manu-
featuring establishments the cost of the
power to drive a magneto-electric ma
chine would scarcely be felt, as only two
or three-horse power at the most would
be required. The cost of the carbon is
said to be less than five cents per hour
per lamp, on the ~Jablochkof plan;
another estimate is about twice as much,
but perhaps refers to two lamps instead
of one. An electric light, which does
not, according to the accounts, appear
to be constructed on the Jablochkof
plan, tested in practical service at La
Chapelle, France, costs, including mo-
tive power for the machine, about twelve
cents per lamp per hour. Machines
capable of running three lamps cost less
than five hundred dollars, and perhaps
that sum could be made to cover all the
first outlay. The wear and tear of the
machine is not estimated. A careful
study of the figures thus far furnished
leads to the belief that light can be fur
nished by electricity in France at about
two-ffths the cost of gas; and as the
price of gas in most American cities ex'
ceeds the price in Europe, it seems prob
able that a similar estimate of the com
parative cost of electric illumination
for this country would fairly apply.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-12-13
Wet Boots.

A friend writes from Europe: What
an amount of discomfort wet boots en-
tail, to be sure; end how well we all re-
call the fretful efforts We have now and
then made to draw on a pair of hard
baked ones which were put up by the
fire over night to dry. Damp and adj
hesive within, they are without stiff and
unyielding as a horn. Once on, they
are a sort of modern stocks destructive
of all comfort and entirely demoralizing
to the temper. The following device
will rob the wet barn-yard of a slushy
winter or spring evening of half its
promise of discomfort for the next morn
ing: When the boots are taken off fill
them quite full with dry oats. This
grain has a great fondness for damp,
and will rapidly absorb the last vestige
of it from the leather. AS it takes up
the moisture it swells and fills the boot
with a tightly fitting last, keeping its
form good and drying the leather with
out hardening it. In the morning shake
out the oats and hang them in a bag
near the fire to dry, ready for the next
wet night, draw on the boots, and 90
happy about the days work.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-12-13


Wednesday evening, the attack had ceased,
and the Russian Reinforcement were ar
irving.
The special correspondent of the Cinciu-
natl Commercial, under date of London,
December 9th, cables the following: Sulei
man Pasha is making strenuous efforts to re
lieve Plevna or Withdraw enough Russian
troops from the serge to enaoie osman fasha
to break out. Although enecKed az 'ako-
vita, he has about forty thousand troops a'
that point, against NOT over t"enty-nVe
thousand RUSSIANS, ana ne may De aoie YET
to force a passage to Ilrnova severe ngnt-
ing is again reported IN the balkans' Dut
particulars can not De oDtaineo tonight.
Baker Pasha Is appointed 70 the command
OF q DIVISION unoer Mehemit All. IN ASIA
the Turks have evacuated batoum' ana the
fall OF Erzeroum is daily looked ior, as rem
forcements can not now reacn MuknIar
Pasha. Inc SerVlans are sald 70 naVe
crossed the frontier at Jacoss ana 1ortlneo
themselves on Turkish territory. Inc total
loss OF Russia up to November lIth,
amounted 70 seVenty-lour tnousanu eish'
hundred ana nity-elght men. fuDnc inter
est in the wal was never higher IN England
tnan now. EVeryehing Points W some ue,
clsrve events peiore NE" iears aay, ano
should The turks De oVerpowered, and IN
able to prevent a general Russian advance
upon Adrianople, there IS no telling what
action Great Britain may be forced to take
That she is quietly preparing for possible
active interference in behalf OF Turkey il
certain. Already the army has been re
eruited up to its maximum, and the ordel
was given yesterday to medically inspect
the three regiments OF Guards first on thu
list for foreign service. As the Guardi
never leave England except IN case o
actual war, this order is regarded as ex
tremely significant.
The North German Gazette states tina
Prince Bismarck will not return to Berlin be
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-12-13

DRcE MBER S.-Sndtc-Mr. Sargent, from
the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported
with amendments the House bill for the re-
lief of the sufferers by the wreck of the
United States steamer Huron. The amend
ment provides for the payment to the heirs
of the last twelve months sea pay; to the
heirs of Capt. Guthrie, of the Life Saving
Service, one years pay; and to the heirs OF
those belonging to the wrecking steamer b.
andJ. Baker, lost in attempting to save those
ON the Huron, 800 each. The amendment
was agreed to and the bill passed. Mr..
Conkling presented a petition of Austin
Packard and others, of New York, in favor
of appointing a commission to communicate
with other nations with a view of having a
railroad built across the Continent of AT
RIGA. Referred. Mr.. Matthews gave notice
that he would call up on Monday his con-
current resolution submitted yesterday in
regard to the payment of the
principal and interest of the Gov
eminent bonds in silver coin .........House|
Bills were introduced and referred:
A~mendatory to the act incorporating the
Texas Pacific Railroad Company; to organ
ize the life saving service; for the relief Of
settlers on certain lands in Minnesota, here
tofore granted for railroad purposes. The
resolution in regard to putting the records
and files of the House in a place of safety
against fire, was adopted. The Senate
amendment to the bill for the relief of the
sufferers of the Huron was concurred in.