Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-12-21

ulcuhu Wy uttouS upou tue coC-
cess 81 the Blue Ribbon League.
Thankss
Hale WHITE, of this place, was
" Stare ]" for u cornet solo during
peri Prmance at New Market
Theaters last week.
TIE East Olympia School closes
this weGk for the holidays, and then
we shall have more children in our
streets I han we now have.
Ar the Ladies' Fancy Fair recently held
in Portland, brace OF pick pocket thieves
relieved y number of women Of all the
change tAey had in their pockets.
THE seettle papers deprecate the prac-
tice OF the lady citizens of that place send
ing to San Francicco for goods that can be
had cheaper at home. Right, 20 after
them.
IT will he seen, by reference to our ad-
vertisina columns, that new article
comes ut for its share Of public notice, as
something indispensable to a ladies' toilet.
Sold at u the popular bookstores.
In heiyear 1772. the population OF the
city of Nbw York was $4,000, the number
of houseS in the city 3,4oO. Twenty church
es, a college, and hospital were among its
public buildings. A single stean-engine
supplied the city with water.
HoNEsS communities are cautioned
against . reverend rascal who goes about
the country running revival meetings,
promising to marry rich religious wild
ows and then running away with their
money after borrowing it. Yes, we will
look OUT for him.
FRon Mr.. Columbus White. we
learn that in his vicinity, about
twelve miles southeast from this
place. the ground was covered with
snow Sunday.
LovERs Of long nights and good
sleep had better put in their might
lest efforts tonight, since, the
hours of darkness will begin to
shorten again next week.
A man in Allegheny, Penn, was
iAN6s asds s10x sntkssina. IN. oath of.
three words. The law under which
he was arrested was enacted in the
year 1893. Served him right.
NOTHING encouraging comes from
concerning the depression
in business. Famine or bloodshed
would seem to be imminent. Eng
land is fast getting herself into
row.
A GENTLEMAN recently from Los
Angeles, California, states that the
cold weather in that part of the
State has been unprecedented. A
succession of cold and frosty nights
has worked groat damage to agri-
cultural interests.
Mr.. Hallen1eck, of the Railroad
House, is deserving of a liberal share
of public patronage. His house is
located in the business center of the
town, convenient of access and his
table and beds second to none in any
other similar establishment.
The yellow fever committee have
appointed as subcommittee, Harris,
Matthews and Conover to visit Mem
phis, and Eustis, Lamar and Pad
dock to visit New Orleans, during the
holiday recess, to investigate the
causes Of the plague.
OK Monday the following nomina-
tions were sent to the Senate: Jos.
Il. Lewis, Chief Justice of the Su-
preme Court Of Washington Ter
ritory; Samuel c. Wingard, Associ-
ate Justice; Indian Agent at Quinalt
Agency, Oliver Wood of Ohio.
News comes by lightning that the
Capital at Washington is to be light
ed by electricity. Four machiens
will be employed to illuminate the
Hall Of Representatives, now re
quiring about thirteen hundred gas
Jets, and the new light will cost but
ten cents an hour. The electric
light may now be considered as prac-
tieally inaugurated.
THE.E are q great many funny
things in this world of ours, and one
of the funniest Of them all is, TO read,
rerbatim 1t lferasim, our articles as
copied into some Of the down-Sound
papers, concerning much that Is
principally interesting to themselves
We suppose, however. that all this
10 ON the principal that by going
away from hcne, one hears ali the
more Of his domestic news