Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-09-26
Our Indian summer.
The morning fogs still prevail.
The tailors OF Portland have organ

IHe tallOfS OF fOrCiand nave OrSau-
lied protective tariff
SPOKANE Falls people want the
county seat removed to that place.
They have town in Clackamas
county, Osu., called Horse Heaven.
WELL seasoned, dressed lumber is
in good demand for jobbing purposes.
The world is moving at the rate
of about sixty-eisht thousand miles
an houc.
QUITE an fashioned rush has
prevailed in all kinds of business
during the day.
STILL another arrest hss been
made for the murder of Mrs. Ha-
ger. This time, it is man named
Russell Bennett.
a YOUNG lady wants to know how
to keep her hands white. The best
way we know of is to make the old
lady wash the dishes.
A NEW scow-load of bark, from
one of the logging camps few miles
below, gladdens the hearts OF those
whose woodsheds are yet empty.
MARS, the god of war, and Jupi-
ter, cammander-in chief, are in splen-
did position, every evening now, to
be observed by the lovers of astron-
omy.
OLYMPIA claims an Iodian who is
a boss whitewasher. Much of his
handiwork can be seen around town,
and the best of judges pronounce it
first-class.
IT. body would like to see the
compensating effects Of heavy dews,
let him get up early in the morning
and take a short ram',le through the
orchard grass.
A PECULIAR variety Of sea grass,
growing in various places along the
shores of Puget Sound, has been
found we'll adapted to the manufac-
ture of mattresses.
One steamer alone, that which
sailed from Havre, on the 14th inst. =,
brought no less than four million
dollars in gold to the United States,
to be exchanged tor wheat.
The jam that has so long impeded
navigation on the Skogi; river is, at
last, open to steamers, resulting in
lessening the time between Seattle
and La Conner aboat two hours.
EASTERN journals describe new
| thermometer, made wholly of solid
metal. 1t is to he hoped, then, that
there will be an cad of broken glass
and spilled mercury through childish
curiosity.
The Portland Bee strews dozen
or two small advertising cuts of ships
and steamers about its columns, to
give some idea of the immense aquat.
ic escort which will accompany Gen.
Grant through Golden Gate, on the
arrival of the city Of Toxic at San
Francisco. 1t is an original device,
and quite as effective as that OF many
of the leading I" illustrated" papers.
DENSE clouds of smoke and awide-
ly extended expanse O. bare earth
would seem to indicate that oul
neishbors in East Olympia, are
clearing good deal of land. Ir
this connection, we hear that large
amount of new land, near to town
will be brought under cultivation
during the coming year. These
lands will be devoted, principally
to gardening and orchard purposes
GA little farm we'll titled" is q pro
fitable investment, especially If it be
near a never-failing market
AN UMAr1LLA dispatch to the Port
: land Standard, dated the 18th inst.
says that a threshing machine owne'
, by the Templeton brothers caugh
fire while threshing on DR.. Teal
{ farm. near that place and was entirel
> consumed together with two valuabl
, horses belonging to the Templeto
{ brothers, and about four hundred an
i. fifty bushels of grain belonging t
DR.. Teal. The horses were burne
a to death while endeayoring to ha'
1 the thresher from among the straw
'rr,o ol,o,,t 6ftoAn hundred dollar,