Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-05-16
Lodorns are undecided as to the

i LodeEhs are undecided as to the
outlook. f. .sss4si5 49,
Be cheerful, and your difficulties
will, nine times out Of ten, take tc
themselves wings and fly away. si 4
i The steamer Zephyr is to carry
passengers at half-fare rates to and
from Seattle on Decoration day. q
The prediction is being fully veri-
fed that the month of May will pret.
ty truthfully represent its predecess-
or in the prevailing style Of weather.
I The melting of the SHOWS ID the
mountains is beginning to be felt by
the Columbia river, which has risen
three feet within the past few days.
A LARGE number of laborers are
making their way towards the upper
country to secure employment on
the new section OF the Northern
Pacific Railroad.
The British Parliament has de-
cided by vote of 252 to 164, that
the people have no right to say
whether liquor shall be- sold or not
in their districts.
WrrH all the hanging that has
been going on in Portland, of late,
that city has three men still confined
in its Jail under sentence Of murder
in the first degree.
WoRD comes that the three In
dians lately captured and lodged in
Jail at Yakima City, charged with
the murder of the Perkins family,
escaped on the Oath of April.
WREN the steamer Great Republic
! went down, Portland and San Fran
cisco freights went up, and as con-
sequence of those freights going up,
the price of Walla-walla wheat went
down.. MS -
| a cIuD's daaniiion Of pride runs
thus: 4 10 love my new shoes. and
wAstssvssy5nrfy .fos seq shStns DIsis
takes good deal of the yerbosity
out of Webster's Unabridged Picto-
rial Dictionary.
| ACCORDING to a recent regulation
in Great Britain, all swine exported
thither from the United States, must
be slaughtered at the port where it
arrives. The law takes effect on the
first day of June. 81 ssi
In is now thought that if the news
papers had not frightened the poor
Spring poets out of their wits but al
lowed them free scope, there would
not have been SO much complaint
about the backward season.
An extensive Touring mill is now
in process of building at the mouth
Of the Skookum Chuck, and its pro-
prietors expect to have it ready to
grind the new crop Of wheat. Our
farming districts. are steadily inn
proving. als y f .a /,
| SINCE the result Of the election in
California has been made known, and
proves adverse to the interests Of
capitalists, it is generally conceded
anti-constitution politicians will seek
all possible redress through legisla-
tive action. 4 sEssI
| The postal system of the United
States pays only in New Hampshire,
Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Con-
necticut, New York, New Jersey,
Pennsylvania and Michigan, and the
surplus of revenue in these States
from such service is $500, 900.
| The g Puyallup Tobacco Com
pany" was incorporated on the 9th
inst, with a capital stock Of one hun
dred thousand dollars. Cigar max
ing has commenced and the people
are now almost as happy as if they
were raising hops. OF course. wheat
and potatoes are Of no consequences
now. Tobacco is the thing. I'd
A SAN Francisco dispatch, Of the
9th inst, brings the intelligence that
two hundred emigrants were to have
left that city by the steamer Dakota,
on Saturday last, for Seattle. Six hum
dred more were expected to arrive 81
San Francisco very shortly. all bound
for Washington Territory. These
| people are under the charge Of Capt.
d C.~skI> Wa e Al, Y -.