Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-07-04
CLoUDLEss skies.

operations OF petty thieves.
AN enquirer asks, "What has be-
come of Sunday School concerts in
Olympia?"
Our young friend Miss Mary Mills
has returned from brief sojourn in
the country.
GETTING poisoned by poison oak
is one of the mischiefs of green.
wood picnics.
THERE is no place like home, and
many of the excursionists are find
ing it to be so.
PRor. CLANCY, the liberalist, as
trologer, metaphysician, etc., is max
ing a tour of the Sound.
MIR. b. p. johnson, editor of the
Walla-walla Union, made our Office
fraternal call this week.
WEDNESDAY, July 9th, has been
designated as another volunteer
work-day. at the Fair grounds.
The electrical churn man processes
to make two pounds of good sweet
butter from three quarts of milk.
A NUMBER of Oregon visitors domi-
ciled with neighbors on the West
side, were treated to clambake the
other day.
The great violinist, Mr.. E. Rem
enyi, is going to give the Sound
people a chance to criticise his
performance.
PREPARATIONS are in progress for a
lively time at the Fair grounds ON
the 18th of July. A horse-race is to
be the attraction.
The /" New Tacoma Water Compa-
ny" was incorporated on the 10th
inst, with capital stock of ten
thousand dollars.
A TICKET Office has been established
at Puyallup by the Northern Pacific
railroad company and Mr.. Ezla
Meeker is appointed agent.
Mr.. Charles Hoskins committed
suicide in Victoria, last week, by
strangulation, at the Pacific Hotel.
Temporary insanity" was the cause
assigned.
PHILosopH,cAL old hens are becom-
ing convinced that low prices must
eventually prevail and are now in
dustriously laying eggs for fifteen
cents dozen.
A LARGE number of excursionists
came up by the steamer Messenger,
Tuesday, and left the next day for
Portland. They fell in the first part
of the battle, and were not back
ward in pronouncing the whole
thing a tiresome affair.
ACCORDING to the views of Repub-
lican journals, Gen. Grant will not
accept of the Presidency unless that
honor is rendered to him unanimous.
ly. According to our own viows,
Gen. Grant will accept of the Ppresi-
dency any way he can get it.
The Mormons thought that Rey-
nolds, the convicted bigamist, should
not go to the penitentiary because
his was test case. The President
would not grant a pardon. but pre-
ferred to let Reynolds test the case,
for few year, in working for the
Government.
We are pleased to announce that
Mrs. Annetta Peckham will lecture
in this place on three evenings, be-
ginning on Saturday, July 18th.
The subject of the fist lecture will
be The Drunkard, pronounced by
the press to be a mastery production.
Further particulars will be given
hereafter.
BROTHER Murphy, of the Standard, pro-
nounces the story that he went out to Te-
| nino to interview tho old Democratic
| chieftain, Gen. Lane, and that Tom Hew-
| lit, the conductor, wouldn't let him OH the
| train, a canard.-Con'ier.
We believe we can see as far into
milestone as anybody, but just what
our esteemed contemporary is driv-
ing at bothers us exceedingly.
There must be point-there doubt
less is nub somewhere; but how
to find it is the rub? If our friends
head was as big as the ideas it
holds, it would tower like o church.
steeple.