Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-04-25

Il &H1 Public Square was never in
b1<tsr condition for base ball.
IaE walking mania still continues
rampant in the Eastern States.
EAnLY cherries are thought to be
out Of all danger from the frosts.
MAS Theresa Serfing closed her
SCHOOL on Chambers Prairie last
week.
i The maple shade trees are begin
| ing TO put on their Sumner robes of
green.
| THE friends of Mrs. Fidelia Baker,
viii regret to learn that she is seri-
ously ill.
Ex-Delegate Jacobs returned to
his home from Washington on the
steamer City of Chester.
Tr London Standard calls the late
defeat of British troops in the Zulu
country, a glorious disaster"
| A soN-in-law of N. P. Willis died
an inebriate's death, the other day.
in an Edinburg, Pennsylvania, sa-
loon.
/ Grouse are exceedingly abundant
and in good condition. A pleasant
condition. truly, upon which to base
q square meal.
WHAr does an old lady knit when
she knits without either knitting
needles or yarnf Answer-she knits
her brows, perhaps.
Az THE pleasant weather ap-
proaches, it takes an increased force
of domestic police to keep the aver
age olympia baby il the house.
TIN so-called workingmen Of
Portland have adopted Sunday as
the time for holding incendiary
meetings, a la,Kearneyites, on the
plaza
GEK. Wood, agent of the Quinault
Indian Reservation has been spend
ing q few days in town, and reports
everything prosperous and quiet
among the Indians of that region.
SEvERAL misspelled names in the
will Of the late Michael Reese, Of
San Fraucisco, has thrown his exc
cutorn3 II bo Y muddle and they know
nUt what to do WITH about 81. .0OO.-
600.
A DowN-souND correspondent says
that the "prettiest school marm in
Washington Teritory'has been en-
gagged to teach in his district. The
young lady halls from Squak valley,
and that accounts for her being such
q little duck.
CHLORIDE Of lime is q useful thing
to sprinkle in places infested by mice
and insects. Plants may be thor
oughly protected from the attacks of
insects and worms by wetting them
| with water in which O little chloride
of lime has been thrown.
TIE people Of Walla-walla are get
ting frightened about the carcasses OF
dead cattle that lie scattered over the
country. A call was made about the
time Winter was breaking up. for
volunteers to o.forth and bury all
the carcasses that could be found.
The call was unheeded, and now the
Watchman, call upon the Grand Jury
and County Commissioners to take
the matter in hand.
TKAr was sensible girl who said
that the City Of Olympia Store was
the place to selsctwedding outfits, for
two reasons. One reason was that
| all the hoodlums in town could not
see her go into the store; and the
other reason was that the proprietor
of that established had so recently
| passed through the pleasant ordeal
himself, that he knew just how to
talk to . poor bashful girl upon such
. delicate torpic.
The sun gains elevation enough
now to beat down hot upon all stag
nant pools exposed to its rays, and
thus multiplying the chances for
misrsatic diseases to break out, and
yet. 4 the face and eyes Of these facts.
q loA extent of the gutter on the
west side of Main street, between
Third and Fourth, is suffered to 60
uncleaned of the filthy water that 10