Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-11-16

puget Sound or Columbia river,
whichy' That's the question.
SoxE new developments may soon
be looked for in the Seatco coal
mines.
A vrxEsAR and pepper gargls ID rec
commended for the first attack Of
diphtheris.
SEATTLE may vie with us in the
cultivation of cranberries, but ws
have tho oysters.
VIZ lost n valuable suit Of clothes
just because We rightsously declined
taking an election bet.
The President has appointed
Thursday, the 2Sth inst, as . day Of
thanksgiving and prayer.
CALL on our advertisers for any
thing you want; they are first de-
serving OF your patronage.
The Snohomish Star continues to
publish encouraging reports about
the gold mines in that county.
FROM present prospects. it ap-
pears that the separate article to the
constitution relative to woman suff-
rage will be voted down.
WHILE gold and silver coin can now
be sent through the mails at one
cent per ounce, it costs six cents an
ounce to send greenbacks.
A LOAD or two of. lumber dropped
here and there indicates the persist
ence with which our people con-
tinue to make their Fall improve
ments.
The physicians are finding plenty
of business just now. Fever among
the adults and diphtheria among the
little ones are the prevailing COM
plants. sssss Nj
-; TaE ls, peopl.s.. ..os'1s.I ot .TIaeoma szai IN
over the fact that the steamer AlasEa
took away four hundred tons of coal
from that port. The coal was taken
from the Wilkeson mine.
LOOK in another column and see
what Ben. Vincent has been doing
in the line of ladies' button shoes,
and then go and get your wife pair
of the "hand sewed" article.
BUDD's Inlet, is full of dog-salmon,
and fortune might be made if the
right kind of q enterprise were en-
listed in the business of catching
them for their valuable oil.
VINCENT sent four cases of boots
and shoes down the Sound this
morning. These specimens of his
own manufacture go to make glad
the hearts of the honest yeomenry
of the Skagit river country.
IT is estimated that thirty thous-
and tons of wheat have been raised
in Walla-walla valley, during the
year just closing, and farmers are still
breaking more new ground; a prof
table suggestion to our farmers here.
The Portland paper-mail was not
received at this Postefice Monday
evening. Letters came through,
and the Oregonian, which is carried
outside the mail, was received, and
this indicates that paper-bag TO,
Olympia must have been carried to
some other destination.
The woodworking machinery al
the establishment of Allen & Titus,
is turning out some very good ma.
terial in tho way of ssw-dust and
shavings for filling up the muddy
places where the gravel has not been
dropped, and much of it has been
already applied to such uses.
SINCE our article on the facilities
Of cutting ship-timber in this vicin-
ity, we hear it insimated that several
parties will, ere long, embark in this
profitable undertaking. We have
the timber and the men to put into
the work and we besreak IN abun.
dant reward to those who have strong
arms and willing hearts.
TEE ears of our citizens were ones
more greeted, last Monday. With the
sound Of the East Olympia school.
bell; Union Academy having bssn
metamorphossd from its 6rst estate
into . " free school" Mr.. Hsrmss
Hicklin and Mrs. p. G. Hale, are a