Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-05-16
TH1nrrErH of May, Decoration Day.


order. 45 3.
LIVELY times with the Sound
. steamers. ta~
TENNESSEE has elected lady as its
State Librarian. t''
FRENCH kid is the kind of ladies'
shoes now in vogue.
TRAVEL up and down the Sound is
said to be increasing. a",
The weather is growing milder,
and farmers are hopeful. 7
The tendency of the new Catholic
Church spire is still upward.
The crime of suicide" is now a
popular subject for Pacific coast lec-
turers.
Two carloads of oysters were
shipped to San Francisco Wednes-
day morning. as,
If none but the pure in heart
shall see God, Heaven will be very
lonesome place.
IT is not only good 10 think twice
before You speak, but it is often best
not to speak at all.
The schooner Granger arrived here
on Saturday, with cargo of hay
from WILDLY Island.
DIR Eggers has completed very
substantial sidewalk in front of his
place on Adams street.
The Columbia river salmon can
ners and Shoalwater Bay oystermen
are doing q good business.
"HIp-pocKET ARTISTS" is the title
applied to those who carry large re-
volvers in the Southern States.
VERY few realize the fragibility of
the glass houses in which they live
until stones are thrown at them.
Tau at5sntion OF ladiss 10 speeiAIlys
directed to the advertisement of Mrs.
Ross, in this issue. She is an ex-
perienced filter, and is familiar with
! the latest style of cutting and making
fine dresses.
INaERsoLL would never have ex-
ploded the doctrine of an orthodox
hell, if he had known some people in
the world. No matter how horrible it
may seem, it must, after all, be ad-
mitted as a possible necessary evil.
MEssRs Allen & Titus are now
building machine to bore water
pipe, and will soon be prepared to
ill orders for main and service pipe
at lower rates than they have hither-
to been sold. Success to enterprise! |!
LETTERS containing news will be
acceptable" is what a polite ex-
change says. We would amend the
gentle announcement by signifying
our willingness to find q postal or
der or FIVE dollar greenback neatly
ensconced therein.
| A RIDE through the country reveals
the fact that Spring wheat will be
late. in o good many localities.
Lands originally designed for grain
are yet too wet, in many places, for
sowing. But farmers are hopeful of
of a late Fall. Winter wheatis from
| twelve to fifteen inches high on the
uplands, the ground we'll covered.
i We have just received from M.
Gray, lit Post Street, San Fran
cisco, an exquisite little ballad en-
titled "Grandfather's Home" Ithas
simple heartfelt words, welded to a
melody that leaves q lasting impress
sion on the hearer; that brings to
mind the good old-time songs, sold
Oaken Bucket "Oid Kentucky
Home. ""Lily Dale," etc. Mailed on
receipt of 35 cts. in stamps.
i WIcKEpNEss will crop out in high
places if it exists there. Ezra S.
Hoyt, the present Commissioner OF
} Indian Affairs at Washington must
think SO, for he has just been in
dicted by the grand jury of Hudson
county. New Jersey, for conspiracy
! to defraud. He was President OF
the International Trust Company
which failed, last year, owing near
ly two hundred thousand dollars to
unsuspecting depositors. Where is
the money! That is what the peo-
ple want Ezra to tell them.