Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-04-11

Barn, hail and sIeet.
pul8ErrE says his hats are going
of like hot cakes.
q NEW gold excitement has sprung
up at Salmon Falls.
EEsr building birds are hating
between two opinions.
Mss Bunnell opened the Spring
and Summer term OF q district school
in West Olympia, Monday.
The steamer North Rncyfc came
up, Sunday, and took away a large
number of sheep for Victoria.
TIE steamer Blakely paid this har-
boz flying visit Monday night, in the
intsrest OF our logging camps.
DuRINe the greater part Of the
week, the sun has been playing hide
and d-seek among the flying clouds.
The steamer Capital, performed ef-
ficisnt service, last Monday, in bring
ing large quantity of freight from
the Westside wharf.
ACCORDING to the Salem Mercury,
there is an effort in that city to have
Prof. Catch removed from the Pres
idency of Willamette University, and
Rey. Mr.. Tower substituted.
Mn. Urban E. Hicks, of the Port
land Erening Telegram was in town
this week and made us a friendly call
Old Olympians will remember Mr..
Hicks as one of our old-time citizens.
QUIrE hard frost, accompanied
with ice Of considerable thickness,
visiled us Monday night. Whether
any ybf the smaller fruits, now in bios
son, are injured, remains to be seen.
1 THE fishing season has commenced
at Me lower Columbia, aud business
In that line is said to be starting out
in Aively manner, a fact worthy Of
the Serious attention of our Sound
opaxAtors.
HAMrnIErs are ont, containing pre-
d list, programme and general
regulations 81 the nineteenth annual
fair. of the Oregon State. The time
for the fair has not yet been decided
upon by the officers.
The editor of the Oregonian tells
his gentle Annie that he thinks his
overcoat will last till the springtime
cometh. We have lost ours alto
gether. Somebody gently lifted il
off the pin in the hall, and we have
not seen il since.
MEssRs. L. Quitsch and William
Gholson left last Monday for the
Kittitass where their quartz ledge is
situated. They expect to do a good
deal of work there during the Sum
mer, and we wish them all possible
good fortune. We believe they go,
this time, by way Of The Delles.
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A GOOD deal is being written and
said about the harbor of refuge about
to be established on this coast.
Port Orford, Cape Foulweather, the
mouth of the Columbia and Cape
Flattely are all represented by their
admirers as desirable points. Fol
location and the amount of money
required to be expended, Port Or
ford appears to have the advantage.
EAST Portland thieves are in the
habit of stealing the doors, windows
and even chimneys from unoccupied
houses. When Oregon produces
man who can deliberately steal {
populous county including the court
house, from the State of Illinois, and
bring the whole to this coast, we vii
acknowledge her as a peer OF thu
realm. Stealing chimneys is not t.
be compared with what we can d.
over here.
Mr.. w. Fl. Dodge, of Portland
representing the extensive hurser.
of FL. w. Prettyman, recently ship
ped to Shoalwater Bay, six Thousand
of the celebrated Silver Prune set
tings, the fruit of which exeels tn
ordinary kinds in every respect. w
have examined. side by side, drie'
| specimens Of the Silver Prune ant
common varieties, and unhesitating
ly pronounce the former far supel
| ior to the latter. This is good itsr
| to read in connection with our leade