Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-05-16

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VIcroRIA is going to have paid
fire department.. ,as
Mr.. Elwood Evans is making pre-
parations to remove to New Taco
ma. asa ll.a s85 1ss~G
A DowN-EAsr poet wants to End
something else besides sspossum~
that rhymes with blossom" Who
can help him?
The report that large colony Of
emigraDts would arrive in the Sound
by the next trip Of the Dakota, turns
out to be hoax.
The Portland police will not allow
the performance OF the "can-can'' TO
take place in that city as advertised.
We admire their firmness. a s
LADIES dresses made entirely Of
spun glass are coming into use, and il
may be appropriately remarked that
they are not transparent. mi
AccoRDEse to the Central Presby-
terian, there are thirty thousand
members in the Southern Presbyter-
Church who smoke tobacco.
4
mo failares to-day" is one of
the Portland Standards stereotype
items for each day that the sheriff
has failed to interview a business
firm.
Mr.. Thomas B, Merry is making q
good thing out his lecture, on the
Life and Times Of David G. Bro
derrick" He is soon to deliver it in
Portlana. .Ssa g
SSaR ahofta walking dresses came
into fashion, il has been proposed
that assilk stocking Of bright pink
be worn on the right leg anda white
one on the left.
The, Methodist Episcopal church
OF Portland, is soon to have |. grand
pipe organ" The ladies interested
III the matter are picking up the mon
tfosiss pnrohass. n
OaE eastern paper says that the
steamship Great Republic was wreck
cd in the harbor Of San Francisco, !
and another one says she was wreck
ed on the Oregon coast.
REAL estate is said to be rapidly
rising in Victoria, owing to late rail
road reports. Now let her lssssnher
exorbitant tariff and people will lsven-
ture to buy property there. MI
He who circulates d slaudsr issas
bad as the one who originates III
the only difference. being that one il
| generally actuated by pure malice
and the other BY pure devilishnass.
| The Seattle Daily Post thinks that {
business must have been very lively
In Portland last Wednesday, ths
day upon which failures occurred in
that city amounting to about $50,
600. sa
u The opinion Of City Attorney
White, Of Seattle, rendesed at tho
request OF the Common Council Of
that city, relative to thA Sunday law.
occupies over q column in the Daily
Post. M i.ss 81
AT the conclusion of tho court Of
inquiry relative to the loss of the
steamship Great Repaadlic, the license
Of Capt. Carroll was suspended for
the tarm Of six naonths, and that Of
Pilot Doig for the term Of twelve
months.
ELEVEN hundred Communists pa
raded the streets Of Chicago on the
2lth inst, carrying large banners
upon which were inscribed infamma-
tory legends and devices. Four
hundred OF them were armed.
MRs. Margaret Thompson, mothaE
Of Rev. John r. Thompson, Of this,
place, died at Suffolk Mills, near.
Charlottssown. Prince EdwMds
Island. on the Oath of April. Mr..
Thompson and his estimable sister
have the heartfelt sympathy If i
host Of friends here. in their present
affection. 4
Should the three men. King, RaR.
nard and Fairchild. now awaiting
trial, in Oregon City. hr the murder
Of Mrs. Hsger, be convicted. Mr..
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