Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-02-15
A JAM of business exists in Con

A JAM of business exists in Con.
gress.
The days are nearly one and o hall
hours longer than on the 21st of De-
cember.
The people Of eastern Oregon and
Washington are enduring a rough
Winter.
ARCHIE Brown has received letter
from his broken-hearted mother, IN
Wisconsin.
SOMEBODY has been unearthing DO
tatoes. The demand and supply are
more evenly balanced.
CUPID broke away from maternal
restraint, last night, and has been
playing his pranks all day.
Mr.. Tilden's chances for the Presi.
DENTAL nomination, from the Demo.
cratlc party, are improving.
SIX inches of snow Tuesday morn.
ing. Why didn't Old Probabilities
tell us about it, so we could have
got our kindlings ready?
In may be safely conjectured that
there will be some disastrous foods.
il fall Of snow like that in this vi.
cinity reaches over very great ex-
tent Of country.
The Portland Standard is informed
that Gov. Thayer's clemency, re-
prieving Brown and johnson, ex-
tends no longer than the fourteenth
of March.
THE gas works, in San Francisco,
were burned to the ground, on Mon
day last. Among other things,
about one hundred tons of coal were
destroyed
EXCHANGES are teeming with ac-
counts of sensational elopements;
mainly on account, it is alleged, of
the proximity Of the day, when
Shakespeare said little brides choose
their mates.
Ting snow measured six inches on
level Tuesday; greater fall, at any
one time, than has occurred in this
part Of the Sound country, for o
term OF years; so says one who OBJ
serves the weather.
The steamer North Pacific iosss
Sunday afternoon, carrying away
q large amount of stock and gen.
eral freight. Captain Clancy and
lady took advantage Of this trip Of
the steamer, to visit their numer-
GUS friends in our city.
A xouNs lady with her head full OF
fun and hairpirs, says one Valen-
tines day is worth o dozen leap-years,
whether the boys and girls agree to
play I" for keeps" or not. We be-
lieve the young lady is sincere in what
she says and perfectly correct. When
will young men and confirmed bach
ebers learn wisdom?
FOURTH and Washington Streets
would soon become as desirable To-.
cations for business stands, as Main,
il people would only make q trial of
them. There is no objectin running
in o straight line, unless it be to OBJ
tain the shortest distance between
two given points. A snug, compact
business district is to be preferred
to struggling array Of stores, each
apparently determined to maintain
its provincial character and esehew
the first advance towards city life.
There is no reason why Fourth
Street, especially, should not be as
good location as Main for any bu-
siness purpose.
SWINE sometimes attain notoriety,
il not immortality, by the accident
of birth as well ss members Of the
human family. A fat hog was re-
Gently killed here which was found
to have worn q ring of bone around
one of its legs during most Of its
lifetime. It seems that when wee
little pig, it had thrust its foot through
the bone of q beef-steak and had
thus worn the osseous appendage up
to the day Of being transformed into
marketable pork. We have heard Of
the hog with gold ring in his nose,
but do not remember a case before
where that animal aspired to wear