Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-10-03
The hap st time is now.
INDIANS ~ peddling smelt.

1HE street4 are gettlnS muudy.
LEGrsLAToHs are securing convent
ent rooms.
PLAsrERna4sre kept busy at vari-
GUS small Jobs.
EGGS twenty five cents q dozen and
hens still hopeful.
EVERY man thinks his own affic'
tions without parallel.
HUcKLEBfRsr pies are among the
delicacies Of the season.
The tomato crop. in this vicinity
must be estimated by the ton.
Go and see the magnificent suits
just received at the City of Olympia
TIE Directors have concluded to
close the Fair on Wednesday evening,
the 9Th inst.
On the night of Sunday, the 21st
inst, four Of the Indians indicted
for the murder of the Perkins family
a year ago, and who have been con-
fined for some months past in the
Yakima, Washing :oL Territory Jail,
made their escape.
WHEN religion takes hold of o
mans pocket-book it may be con-
sidered the right sort, and the good
impulse that find expression in the
shape of sacks Of -four or potatoes to
the needy, is the kind of piety that
will wash when passing through Jor-
don. tt
The Vancouver Independent is up
on it's ear because the lntelligencer
wants a District Land Office estab-
lished at Seattle for the conveniences
of the lloyd Sound counties. 1t
sppsAfsb thi6k that the suggestion
pfesages an effort to place the Van
couver office on wheels.
The Seattle baseball club having
considered Ahe challenge of our
local players, telegraphed the query,
" Will you play match game for
$780, The reply was quite explicit,
that the Olympia club would play
foe any sum under $500. So We
may expect sharp contest if the
weather clears up.
PosrAL.-The following postofi ces
have been established in this Terri
ritory: Deep Greek Falls, Stevens
county, Daniel Stoup Postmaster;
Pleasant Valley, Whitman county,
Mrs. w. j. Jennings, Postmaster;
South Side, Klickitat county, James
w. Crane, Postmaster. John r.
Harding has been appointed to the
charge of the Grab Creek, Stevens
county, Office.
PROF. Roberts reports the bog iron
ore recently discovered at Chimicum,
about six miles from Port Townsend
to be the source of untold useful
ness and wealth. The ore has been
tested in many ways by practical
and scientific experts, and is fully
proven to be of excellent quality.
1t yields fifty per cent. of frst-class
pig iron, equal to the best Norway
or Russian iron.
The opening of drygoods, groce-
ries, hardware, ETC., which has been
going on for day or two, reveals
the fact, in a striking manner, that
Olympia still maintains its old-time
business integrity. TIE question as
to where all the goods go, is of very
little moment, SO long as we know
they are brought here and, sold.
The commerce of, the Sound is GER
tainly increasing.
A Kansas genius, representing
himself as a practical farmer, has
lately been visiting the fairs in that
state with prize pumpkin, and he
took the premium every time. The
pumpkin measured seven feet in
circumference and weighed 230
pounds. subsequently rival farm
er attempted to tap the pumpkin
in the absence of the owner, to get
some of the seeds, and discovered
that it was made of wood. Wonder
if that 2S-inch oyster shell on ex-
hibition at the Fair Grounds isn't
similar delusion ?