Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-02-01

WEDDINGS are getting agreeably
prevalent.
A pUuIrRY fair is going on in Port
land.
PORTLAND has an Olympic Club" /"
This shows what there is in q name.
IT is thought that school in East
Olympia will resume operations ON
Monday.
The Portland papers take great
interest in the headlight of our'loco-
motive.
CONGRESS at its present session has
appropriated $4,000, 900 for railway
transportation of mails.
We have it from the Seattle Pose
that Judge Lewis will shortly begin
the practice of law in that city.
Mrs. DR.. Lou. Patterson came mn
Oh the Zephyr, Wednesday, and has
taken rooms at the Carlton House.
The lumber for the proposed
Catholic Church is being landed
near the Second Street Wharf.
DIR. Watts, the efficient temper
ance lecturer, is still pushing for
war6 the Blue Ribbon business.
The University war still RACES in
Russia. Absolute monarchies cam
not stand education and enlighten-
ment.
Work on the Southern Pacific
railroad is making rapid progress
Track is now laid about eighty miles
east of Yuma.
To those who wish to enjoy
pleasant evening of social amuse-
ments the dancing school Of Prof.
White is announced for tomorrow
evening. Splendid music will be
furnished for the occasion.
SOME idea of the distress which
now exists among the laboring classes
in England can be CLEANED from the
fact that the " black flag Of poverty
has been unfurled to the breeze In
many of the infected localities.
Mr.. G.. Rosenthal is the same en-
terprising business man he has been
for years. His store is one of the
landmarks of Olympia and his GUS.
toners throughout town and coun-
try should be counted by the legion.
The plague in Russia is assuming
such alarming phases that a sanitary
convention has been held in Vienna
participated in by German, Austrian
and Russian delegates. The disease
is slowly making its way towards the
South, and hence the alarm in tho
German States.
The Sociable of the Blue Ribbon
League, Wednesday night, was, in all
respects, as complete success as its
best friends could have possibly an
ticipated. The exercises consisted
of singing by the choir, declama-
tions by Masters Charley Munson.
Frank and Chancie Winan, and
Misses Kellett and Mills, followed
by brief address by DIR. Clarke.
The main feature of the evening.
however, was the elegant. repast
spread in the upper hall. at which
from 8 till nearly II o'clock, the
large audience paid the most devot-
ed attention. 1t was just such .
bounteous collation. of good things
as the ladies in charge know so we'll
how to prepare and dispense, and it
everybody was not surfeited it was
not on account of want of supply or
polite attention. 1t must be con-
fessed that the greatest feat imagin-
able is for an ordinary man to eat
all the good things piled upon hia
plate by thirteen angelic creatures.
each bent upon providing for al
who came. Had not our represen-
tativs been, at one time in his life.
somewhat of an adept in storing
away provender. he would scascsly
have " got away" with all the sand
wiches, pies and cakes and half-a-
dozen cups of coffee. as ereditably -
he did; and this illustrates that
| there is nothing created in vain--svsa
an inordinsts appetite. Tho smoant
received from the entertainment nstr
ed about $50, sufficient to pay the