Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-08-15
WHOLE NO. 975.,
THERE are fifteen buildings left st
Kalama, after the fire.

Kalama, after the fire.
WHEN the wine is in, the wit 10
out" says an ancient saw.
WILLAMETTE University is tempo-s
rarily under way, once more.
The cottage of Mr.. Charles Grazing.
er is undergoing thorough reit-
ting.
THERE is reported improvement
in the logging and numbering busi-
ness.
PORTLAND papers now have nG
scruples in announcing the "regular
Sunday excursion"
REV. DR.. Atkinson, the we'll known
Congregational minister, is lying Sc
riously i'll at his residence in Port
land.
AN opportunity for few laborers
to obtain lucrative employment is
presented by our advertising COL
umns.
The work of exchanging school
books is still going on. The last
shipment was sent out to Lewis
county.
REApINa machines apd cradles are
in brisk demand, this week, and the
hum of threshing machines will SOON
be heard.
AS the month of September draws
near, there is sensible cooling off
in the weather, both at morning and
evening.
The reports from Memphis are far
from encouraging. On Friday. last,
the Howard Association placed thirty
new nurses on duty.
We like to see the piles of lumber
left along our streets for new side
walks, but when are the carpenters
going to put them down?
VINO knows something about farm
ing? The managers Of two respect
able fairs are yet seeking somebody
to deliver their annual address.
The people of The Dalles are an
noyed by drunken Indians. When
our Indians buy whisky they take it
out of town to be consumed and
enjoyed.
CA DEFECTIVE fine are the three
little words that tell the story as to
the origin of the Seattle fire. How
many defective fues are there in
Olympia?
Now is splendid time to extend
that sidewalk around the north and
east sides of the Public Square.
What member of the Town Board
was it who said that the work was
going to be done?
A FACTORY girl, at Waterville.
Maine, has the longest hair yet re-
corded. 1t sweeps the floor as she
walks along, and exceeds her own
height by eleven inches, being no
less than six feet and three inches
long. Who can beat it?
The army or pensioners is steadily
increasing. If you have lost a leg
or an arm at some fourth of July
celebration you have only to put
your claim in the hands of sharp
pension claim solicitor" and you
will be at once enrolled with all the
honors of veteran.
For week past, pool of filthy
water has been standing in the gut
ter fronting the Chinese wash houses
on Fourth street, between Main and
Columbia. This water evidently
comes from the wash-tubs of those
establishments and it is suffered to
slowly evaporate in the broiling sun,
leaving a Shiny stratum of putrid
matter to taint the atmosphere we
breathe. Whose business is it to sec
to this?
We saw a sort of subdued looking
man, at an early hour this morning,
bending under back-load compris-
ing all the paraphernalia of a hot
weather picnicing excursion, follow
ing up two women who were nimbly
trudging along carrying in their
hands nothing but their parasols and
the mundane portion of their dress
es. "Woman's rights with q ven-
geance," thought We to ourselves.
Why will men SO adventure them