Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-07-11

TIE dreamy days are coming.

TIE American eagle has gone into
retirement.
The steam saw-mill has resumed
operations.
Ono and Indiana have just har-
vested crop of grain.
The Hutchinson Family propose
to visit this place in about fort
night.
The Oyster Company is still sep3-
ing away small shipments of their
assorted bivalves.
RUMoE has it that Jay Gould is
going to run a railroad down the
west side of Puget Sound.
The bathing season has come and
everybody can now observe the in
junction, Wash and be clean"
Is is said that Remenyi can make
his violin howl, scream and groan.
We shall be amply satisfied in hear
ing it howl.
JUSTICE Field, of San Francisco,
has decided that a Chinaman need
not have his cue cut off on being
incarcerated.
Il WILL try, sir" IS suggested as
being one Of the prettiest ways of
answering young man when he
pops the question.
S1rKUM dollar" is the price of the
baskets Of half-ripe blackberries that
now go through our streets on the
backs of Indian women.
STRAWBERRIES are getting scarce
ard our church-festival managers
will have to resort to some other
shift. What will it be-?
A WITTY politician says the late
session of Congress will be known
in history as the "silver session"
Now let us have golden session.
We would like to know how Ore
gonians grammatically ascribe the
feminine gender to Mt. Hood. Who
from her classical retreats can ex-
plain to us?
MIR. Burr's and Mr.. Aliens resi-
dences were visited by light-fngered
gentry Tuesday night. and the house
of Mr.. Festus Campbell was entered
in open daylight Sunday by some
body of evil intent, and several of
value were distracted therefrom.
WHEN our small fruit-raisers can
supply their customers with later
variety of strawberries, they will find
their business largely increased.
The general complaint is that the
strawberry season is too short, here,
to serve the purposes of our people.
A LARGE supply of genuine East
eru Holsters have been received at
San Francisco and set free Oh Dux-
bury Reef. Most of the specimens
were females and it is estimated that
they will deposit one million eggs,
this season. This is the first ap.
pearance of such Holsters on this
coast and it is believed that the
colony will give rise to an inexhausti-
bic supply.
ON Wednesday night, the house
of General McKenny was entered
by burglars and quantity of bacon
carried away. On Thursday night,
the pantry of DR.. Campbell was en-
tered and quantity of sugar and
other provisions taken away. So it
appears that the young man now con-
fined in Jail is not guilty of all the
depredations of this character so fre.
queLtly reported.
REPORTS from Seattle say the boat
race on the 4th was.a brilliant affair.
The boats took fair start at IL o.
clock and 20 minutes A. M. The yacht
Np-and-Iuck, of Saamish came in
ahead at 2 o'clock and 2 minutes;
the Hard Times, of Belltown, came
in at 2.23 followed by the amelia, of
Victoria. The Cayof Olympia, from
this place, was reported to have come
in fourth. In the second class
sloops, No. 2 and Lone Star were the
winning boats, No. 2 fouled on the
first tack, when the Lone Star came
in ahead at 2.3Oa. On account of
the foul, the prize was divided be-