Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-12-14
YMPIA WASHINGTON TERRITORY SATURDAY, DECEMBER H. 1878.
The limited daylight cosnpels the
District Court to hold night sessions.

The limited daylight cosnpels the
District Court to hold night sessions.
THIS is the season OF high tides,
but rs they come in the nighttime,
everybody don't know it.
The Superintendent of the Water
Works has been busily engaged for
several days in fitting up proper e.
cilities for supplying the Court House
with the cooling beverage.
TrLLEY's flag has succeeded in
whipping itself into couple of
thin shieds, and now We recommend
for it pension during the remain
der of its natural life.
AT the last meeting of the Society
for the prevention Of cruelty to an
imals, in San Francisco, it appears
that tifty-six arrests had been
made for the month just ended.
"Why did Pratt, the escaped
prisoner, outrun his pursurers, the
other day? Ans. Because he had
no barnacles on him. This is not
original with us, but comes from an
entirely reliable source.
If Seattle has no mud she has
some compensating disadvantages.
A team run away there the other day
and got stalled in the saw-dust. 1t
brought them up standing, and thus
served very useful purpose.
DURING his late visit to San Fran
cisco, Mr.. T. I. McKenny had the
misfortune to fracture his right arm,
while on board one of the steam
street-cars. The disabled limb is
doing as well as can be expected.
The boys who groom the iron
horse, say they can curry the an
imal about twenty-five thousand
times now, since the new building
was put up, in the same time they
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A PATENT medicine man heads his
advertisement with: cold men
made young, broken down young
men restored to full strength OF
manhood. Now why don't he say
something about old women and
broken down young women?
CE1LBERa is evidently prospering.
Within few days past he has erect
ed stand in the middle of his
store for the accommodation of his
rapidly increasing trade. His place
of business is fast assuming the
phase of well-stocked wholesale
house.
A LITTLE Olympia Miss of four or
five summers was bitterly crying the
other day, and when reproved by
her father, she turned the matter to
a business account by offering to
"hush up for Bit" If this isn't
an instance of the pursst financial
astutness, then we have failed to
encounter such a thing.
As already stated, it was clergy
man who stoutly assured US that
there was no punishment by whip
ping in certain school-room of this
place. Now it happens that the
said clergyman just as stoutly as
sures us that there is no future
punishment of the wicked in the
next world; but should he be 30 es-
regiously in error in the latter case
as in the former, w0n'tit be pretty
rough on some of ais congregation ?
We regret to lose Mr. L. A. Treen
from among our business men. Hav-
ing been, for term OF years, iden-
tilted both in our prosperities and
adversitiss, his place will be all the
more difficult to fill. As it is, We
wish him seccess. He left this morn
ing by the Zsphy. with the rem
nants of his stock, tools and ma
chinsry. to be added to his Seattle
store.
TIE members of the Common
Council Of Seattle are again taxing
their invention to find out the best
means for grading their streets.
What 10 do with Coamercial Street
ID the question now. Property own
ers in that city are finding out that