Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-03-28

An Oregon school challenges all
other schools Of the country in .
spelling contest. The country, "
of course, means the whole coast
and 80 our Territory is counted in.
AxorHER case is reported, whore .
girls jaws kept moving after tho
gum was taken from her mouth. and
after chewing ak hours on nothing,
the poor creature died Of lock-jaw.
We are not alone in our abund-
ance of rain. A thick stratum Of
clouds. Of the nimbus order, has set
tied down over California and Ore
gon. So say telegraphic dispatches.
TaE young man, John BurnelI,
who was lost from hunting party,
last Friday, few miles north OF Sc
attic, has been found safe and sound;
or rather. he returned home himself,
after wandering i'll the woods two
nights and part Of two days.
The remains Of Mr.. w. s. Jones,
brought here by the steamer Zephyr,
on the Oath inst, were taken from tho
Olympic Hotel, this afternoon, and
buried on Bush Prairie, where
friends Of the deceased are residing.
Short burial services were held in
the Presbyterian Church.
TIE discovery Of a quartz ledge in
Cowlitz county, on the Coweman
river, q few miles from Cowlitz sta
ton, is engaging considerable atten-
tion. About 300 pounds Of the rock
has been taken to. San Francisco for
assay. II is said to be exceedingly
rich in silver.
Mn. Fl. Goodtime, Of Steilacoom,
is in town, a few days ago. on q tour
Of recreation. He is one Of the
old-time business men Of thst
place, and like the right kind d
a man, made MS business call in
the interest of the STANDARD Of which
he has been subscriber for long
term of years.
EASTERN exchanges contain the
obituary Of Miss Annie E. Brown,
formerly Of this place and sister 81
our townsman J. T. Brown, register
at the Land Office. Miss Brown
died at Burlington. Iowa, on Sat-
urday, the 18th Of March. During
her short residence here. she made
many friends at different points ON
the Sound, whose hearts will be
made sad by this sudden announce
ment.
The Sound papers are clamoring
to find ont what q "pound socia-
bic" is, now 90 much in vogue in
Portland. The Seattle Intelligencer
thinks that everybody who attends
nust take a pound Of something
good. Perhaps it means that when
a fellow attends the sociable without
contributing something nice, the Ia
dies give him severe pounding
Why don't the Portland papers en-
tighten us?
THE final count at Sezegedin gives
one hundred and twenty thousand
as the number Of persons who have
been rendered homeless BY the re-
cent dreadful food. OF ten thous-
and houses, eighty-two hundred hase
fallen into ruins, and over twenty
one hundred persons have bean
drowned. Two hundred and sixty
seven corpses were recovered from
the debris at one finding. and more
are coming to light.
An item comes from Walla- Walla
which the doubling Thomases OF the
East should read. A farm Of two
hundred and forty acres. six miles
from the city limits, was sold. lase
week, for $4,000. the whole tract,
good, bad and indifferent, going at
fifty dollars an acre. A great many
people in the Northwestern States
are lod to believe that the greater
part Of the land IN this Territory =
worthless, or nearly 90. mainly Scr
the reason that 20 much Of it j. held
by spectators who are glad e dr.
pose. OF it at ahockingly low prices.
Thousands Of acres Of un1uxysyed
lands, just as good Is that sold =
Walla- -Walla county for fifty dollaxD