Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-05-02

Nevada.
The Portland papers are devot1ng
much space to the doings of the Odd
Fellows celebration.
FRIENDS in the country complain
that sportsmen from town are violat-
ing the game law.
BALED hay is a conspicuous arti-
Gle of commerce upon our wharves
and at the railroad depot.
A MAN named Charles Hunt, of
Petaluma, California, committed sui
eide in Victoria last Saturday.
TIE cool weather still remains with
US and there is 10 prospect of an i'm
mediate change for the better.
The cargo of the Great Republic
was valued at SIS, 900, of which only
about $4,000 worth has been re-
claimed.
For few days past, the discount
on Silver, in San Francisco, has been
lower than at any time during the
last ten years.
The contest between the people
of British Columbia and the Domin-
ion of Canada remains unabated, and
it is thought that railroad work will
begin in a short time.
The Sunday edition of the Port
land Daily Standard claims to be the
largest edition of any paper ever
published on the North Pacific coast,
comprising over 5000 copies.
Cap. Francis Connor, now COM
manding the steamer Oregon, has
crossed the Columbia river bar more
than one thousand times during the
last fourteen years, without meet
ing with serious accident.
PEOPLE who planted potatoes dur
ing the early pleasant weather are I
wishing they had wxissd "a fsS
weeks. An experienced farmer as
serts that there is still plenty of time
to commit the seed to the ground.
The execution of the Alaska In
dian in Portland Monday, May 9Th.
will be private affair, and will come
off in a portion of the court house
square set apart for that purpose.
Only limited number of witnesses
will be allowed admission.
Mr.. Carmille Flammarion, the
French enthusiast is vigorously
pushing forward his million-franc
telescope project, and will doubtless
succeed in obtaining funds to con-
struct it. He wants to see the man
in the moon before the expiration Of
the present century.
The friends of the Pacific railway
system have had their hopes renewed
by the introduction of Chalmers
bill, having for its ultimate object
the completion Of all the egreat trunk
lines of railroad on this coast. This
bill provides for the completion Of
no less than nine roads. The Texas
Pacific, the Southern Pacific, the
Northern Pacific, and the Portland
and Salt Lake roads are among tho
principal lines designated.
The Blue Ribbon League Monday
postponed the contemplated picnic
on Mayo for few weeks. The
backwardness of the season renders
the atmosphere quite chilly at the
hour of departure in the morning.
and it was deemed prudent for the
welfare of the children, who would
have constituted the larger portion
of the party, to wait until the direct
rays of the sun have warmed the earth
to comfortable temperature. The
excursion will probably take place
about the 1st of June.
We received call, to-day, from
MIR. John G. Smith, editor of the
New York Maritime Register, and
largely identified in the chambers OF
commerce of that city. Mr.. Smith
is visiting this coast, mainly in quest
of recreation; is live newspaper
man, and will doubtless carry home
a good report of the Sound country.
Mr.. Smith is accompanied by his
wife, and is prepared, in all respects,
to kill a good deal of time. We
wish them much happiness in their
journeyings and prosperous re-