Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-05-30
OLYMPIA WASHINGTON TERRITORY FRIDAY, MAY &c. lS79
APPLE blossoms are giving way to

TENINo milk continues to come IN
under flattering auspices.
The census of King county gives a
grand total of 5, ,225 inhabitants.
Two woman are walking against
time in Platt's Hall, San Francisco.
DR.. Steele is adding an L to his
residence in the upper part of town.
By dint of watchfulness and in
dustry. our farmers have succeeded
in getting in fair showing of Spring
wheat.
Mrs. w. w. Miller, who has re-
sided in San Francisco, for the past
two years, will make Olympia her
future home.
REV. J. HI. Acton's Article in the
last issue of the advocate, headed
A soldiers protest" has had the
effect to bring out heavy cross-6re
among the Portland press.
RAILROAD passengers speak in glow
ing terms of the beautiful scenery
now afforded by hill and dale, forest
and prairie, between this place and
Tenino.
We learn that Lieut.. Wyckoff has
received instructions to take charge
of the United States schooner Ernest,
in place of Capt. Cults, who has
been ordered to another field of
operations!
"WHAr shall we do with our logs p
is serious question with many down
Sound adventurers who have been
preying Oh the public domain and
find theil booms seized by Govern
ment agents.
The Warner silver bill passed the
House of Representatives on Satur-
day night, the Gath inst, by ma
jority of seventeen. II is thonght
that the bill cannot secure major
ity vote in the Senate without some
amendment.
CAPT. B. Smith has written half
column letter to the Seattle Post,
contradicting in round terms an
article in a recent issue of that pa
per, relative to the so.called immi-
grafton society of which he is agent.
The members of our Academy of
Sciences are called upon to explain
why it is that as regularly as moon
light nights occur, front gates begin
to hang awry. May we look for q
solution, or must we appeal to the
recently organized Science Associa-
ton of Portland?
A GERMAN, name unknown, re-
Gently hired a horse at the livery
stable of Griffith and Chapman, of
this place, and sold him in Stella
COON for a hundred dollars. Fortu-
nately, Messrs. Griffith L. Chapman
have recovered their horse, the buyer
his money, and the blk of q German
is fugitive from the warrant that is
out for his arrest. II 3s4e -.
A SAN Francisco woman mar
ried a coachman, unwittingly believ-
ing him to be Mexican nobleman.
He was deceived, too. for he sup
posed her wealthy, whereas she was
really poor. They parted after on
unpleasant honeymoon of a week.
Had I known that I would only get
morning breszes for breakfast. trade
winds for dinner, and fog for sup
per-" she wrote, I" I would have told
you my constitution couldn't stand
it. I trust that, if ever you marry
again, you will prepare to provide
your wife with bill of fare instead
of q bill of air." a la- A.
The Albany Democrat has improved
muchly since Mart. Brown "quit." It
was always good, but new is q ffrst-class.
East Orsgonian. l.k ~
You don't mean since we quit the paper,
Jim; for we haven't done that. We have
only "quit" the other thing. and now
have more time for general :" biz" and
newpaper cussedness. Democrat.
Your head is level, Mart. A man
don't know what he can do until he
"reforms. The Democrat is one Of
the 6rst exchanges We "reach for"
whenever our email" is dumped on
the table. But isn't our example
rather contagious, brother Democrat9
What u long array Of Faber-shovers
have already enlisted under the
Blue!