Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-10-24

to ten dollars per ton.
WASHINGTON Territory has two
hundred and five post-offices.
MOONLIGHT nights are in prospect,
again, and front gates must suffer.
Roses are still blooming as if they
ignored the march of the seasons.
BETWEEN Hays and Grant, the East
and West are playing q delightful
see-saw.
FARMERS in Clarke county are cut
ting the second crop Of clover and
the yield is large.
The members of the Legislature
unite in speaking most favorably of
our churches and Sunday Schools.
"What shall we do with our In
dams ?" is a question that now seri-
ously engrosses the minds of our
Government officials.
BIOLOGISTS have made the remark
able discovery that clambakes were
in fashion among the skin-clad men
and women of the stone age.
The wise man reads our morning
paper and then manages to turn
everything to his good account dur
ing the day. Here is a valuable
hint for business men.
SENSIBLE and tidy people will
agree with US when we say that the
fallen leaves along our sidewalks
should not be left to rot and trod-
den upon. By sweeping them away,
the sidewalks are preserved from
rotting.
ALAS, for our old overcoat that was
stolen off the peg. When rude winds
whistle through the rafting case
meat aud the rain necessarily patters
upon the roof, there is some con-
ISOLATION that the memory Of that
dear old garment comes back to us
in dreams of the Silly night.
No WOMAN can be badly dressed,
who modifes the fashions to best
suit her own individuality. Every
lady of taste will do we'll to remem-
ber the above little sentiment. 1t
comes from q high source and pos
sesses the advantage of being strict
ly true.
A LARGE audience turned out to
hear the temperance address, deliv-
cred by Rev. j. r. Thompson, on
Monday evening. The address oc-
cupied a little over an hour in its
delivery and the close attention paid
by the listeners was highly compli-
mentary to the speaker. The re-
ceipts of the evening netted a nice
little sum for the Blue Ribbor
League.
In Colorado we read of the in
creasing hostility of the Indians
Something must be done by oul
Government to suppress the fearfu
massacres and high-handed theft'
now of almost daily occurrence, O
the people will have no other alter
native but to rise in their might, TAX
the matter into their own hands AM
blot out, forever, this now stupendon
evil.
The special tax levied in Por
Townsen d for a steam fire-engine
amounted to about four hundIe'
dollars. Besides this sum, tw
hundred dollars have been raise,
by dances, donations and membershi
dues. A balance of four hundre'
dollars remains due for hose, and
grand ball is on the tapis to hell
raise this latter sum. Let Oily mpi
people make a note of this.
We learn that on Friday morning
a man hired mule at the liver
stable OF Mr., NJ. r. Tilley, sayin
that he wanted to ride the anims
out O few miles on the Steilacoor
road. Word having come in, o
Sunday, that the mule and ride
were seen in the neighborhood {
Claquato, a detective was sent aftt
, tho thief, yesterday. 1t is though
that the improbable customer
making all haste to get across th
|. Columbia river, and should he SUI
ceed in so doing, Mr.. Tilley may b
, mt RI Soma trouble in getting bac