Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-07-25

The last Oregon excursionist has
departed.
The sweet odor of new hay comes
waited on the breeze.
The strike among the miners at
Newcastle remains unreconciled.
SUPREME Court has adjourned till
Saturday, when the decisions will be
announced.
Miss Roby Willard arrived from
California, Wednesday, after several
years absence.
No sooner is a L" clearing out sale
announced by our merchants than
everybody has plenty of money.
Mr.. 7. G. Van Epps, of this place,
has been made District Grand De-
putty OF the Ancient Order of United
Workingmen.
The present term of the Supreme
Court requires the attendance of sew
eral legal representatives who do not
often visit our city.
The coming of the haying season
has sensibly cleared out a goodly
number of the unemployed men,
heretofore seen upon our streets.
A MILLION and half of dollars is
a good deal of money to invest in
new buildings, but the Portlanders
say that amount will be expended in
building in that city this Summer.
SOMEBODY says a stranger could
tell who were members of the Town
Board, by observing where the
graveI wagons discharged their
loads. What does the fellow mean
M. T. WARD, the individual who
was arrested few days ago at Seat
tie. on a charge of absconding to de-
fraud creditors in Oregon, had an
examination yesterday before Judge
\ Greene and was discharged from
custody.
IT is altogether reasonable that
ladies should be fond of wearing
little cupids upon their hats and
bonnets. Mythology says, Love
was once little boy" and are not
little boys the stuff that men are
made Of?
JOHN Roach, the we'll known ship
builder, has the contract for build.
ing another large steamer for the
Oregon Railway and Navigation
Company. She is to eclipse the
State Of California and to be faster
than any other craft on this part Of
the Pacific coast.
Mn. T. G.. Lowe, of the Columbia
Street commission and feed store,
wants it known by every lady in
town that he has Just received new
article of toilet soap, delicately per-
fumed and capable of removing every
thing in the way of stains and
grease-spots. In saying this, the
half has not been told.
PENUR1oUsNEss is dangerous char
actsristic of one who holds public
Office. The chances ore it will root
him out of the softest place while
yet he thinks himself invulnerable.
The law never contemplated that the
incumbent of a fat Office should save
all bis salary to the detriment of the
public service. The best policy gen.
orally means liberal policy.
The following are the officers OF
the new lodge of Masons instituted at
Port Blakely, last Monday: George
Seveny, w. NJ; John Campbell,
S. w.; Charles Robinson, j. w.;
Eugene Schenell, Treas; William
T. Brown. Sec.; Joseph Phillips,
s. D.; Charles Swanberg, J. D.;
John Carbett. s. s.; James O 'Brien,
J. g.; Daniel Richards, Tyler.
SOMEBODY, acting as especial cor
respondent" of down Sound papers,
is remarkable for his cheekiness in
sending daily dispatches which ap-
pear in those papers exactly as they
were originally written and published
in the ExpERlMENt. Perhaps, like
the girl who read q borrowed COM
position in school, that special cor
respondent thinks if his news items
were originally original, it is all-suf-
ficient.