Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-11-23

The preparations for the Ode
Fellows banquet and ball ON thu
18th, are being made on IN extusaWs
scale.
IT is reported that Tate, the pro-
fessional racer who beat Rudge q
the Fair grounds, on the 4th Of July
has since picked up $4,000 b,
matches in California.
A NEW boat wharf, ris:ng and falling
with the tide, has been constructed
at this end Of Long Bridge. A
fight of stairs leads down to the
floating wharf; altogether it is jus,
what the town has been wanting, ai
the old one was quite unsafe.
LANTERNS are very cornpanionable
just about this timo, especially on q
dark rainy night. Go to Frost's
and get q hurricane" lantern, hang
it on the crook of your umbrella
and you can gallant two ladies at
once. Try itand see if we are right.
OLE Bull is still giving eoncerts
in the Eastern cities. He is accom-
panied by his second wife, who is
reported to be young, handsome and
proud as a peacock of her gray
haired fiddler. And we'll she may
be, for he makes his violin fairly
talk.
A FARMER brought in load of
poultry to-day. causing many a
reminiscence of the old thanksgiv-
ings and visions of the new to be ex-
perienced by longing chicken-eaters,
besides creating no little hustle and
stir among our grocerymen and pro-
duco dealers.
Our respected townsman, Mr.. N.
Crosby, has been confined to his
room by severe illness, since Sun
day. He has been subject for years
past, at intervals, to cramps and this
appears to be a return of the malady.
1t is to be hoped that his confine-
ment will be of short duration.
PRICES CURRENT.-Butter now sells
for. 25 cents; cheese, Is to Is;
lard, II to 20; eggs, 40 to As; potatoes
rs; bacon IA to 16; shoulders 10 to
12; hams, Is to 18; wheat 80 to l 90
oats so to IS; chopped feed $40 to
$25 (per tony; bran 500 to $25; hay
s13 to Is; -four SIS so to Sc; oysters
81 per bushel.
RECENT improvements in the Port
Madison mill, makes it rank with the
celebrated Port Gamble mill in ex-
tent and capacity. Repairs have
been in progress the past six months,
and all the alterations are not yet
completed, but with the improved
gang-saws, etc., it will be able to
cut 125, 900 feet of lumber in twelve
hours.
Why don't the railroad company
try to get some place of shelter for
their locomotive? It will cost no
more to erect the depot building
now than it will months hence, and
now is the time it is needed. II we
waits till Winter IS past, there will
be no pressing necessity for q
twelve month, but it would neverthe-
less be poor economy.
The most severe storm OF wind and
rain, experinced this season, passed
over this place Monday night. The
rain fell in torrents, causing the
drippings from the caves to fall in
an almost unbroken sheet of water.
The wind at times shook the strong
est building rs if in the grasp of a
giant, and fairly shrieked as it met
each successive obstruction to its
furious power. The dawn brought
q calm, however, which left no ves-
tage Of the visit of the Storm King.
A GUSHING miss, who formerly
lived in this place, writes to CON-
panion 10 send her "male" to Q GER
tain post-office in Pierce county.
We are not surprised at the r-quc t.
but must confess that we feel some
curiosity as to the action Of friend
Van when called upon to decide the
point a. to what constitutes " mail
able matter" II . girls bean can
be transported between distant points
by merely affixine a pcstage-s,smp,
| n - fi,aa the fact Was made known