Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-10-10
MRs. Grant will not visit Oregon.

founded q Pioneers Society.
! JUPITER, Mars and Saturn can nov
all bE seen in the eastern sky, afte
sunset.
DoN'T talk game unless you meal
play; don't say money unless 20,
are prepared to put up.
The Portland Standard says tina
city consumes from 25 to so sacks y
Olympia oysters every day.
The Seattle post in now printed
from new type, of readibte size, and
presents very neat appearance.
MANY private families are doing ;
| profitable business boarding ant
lodging members of the Legislature
! The Fair Directors have not, we
believe, concluded to prolong the
time of exhibit, still it IS clouding u;
i and will probably rain,
/ Forty, FIVE l. tier boxes have been
Iplaced on convenient street corners
in Portland. The free delivery sys-
tenn went into operation last Wed.
nesday.
! lIoN. J. II. Long wishes to have 1t
understood that he did not come
over here for any Legislative emol-
ument. His trip to our town was
q matter of legitimate business.
] Mr. Piper assures us that the re-
ported discovery OF coal-oil spring
near Seattle is no delusion. It real
ly exists, and an effort will soon be
made to turn it to practical account.
A TWO hundred dollar nugget,
hailing from Silver Creek, has been
going the rounds of the newspapers
in Oregon for several weeks. We
are only waiting too anxiously for it
to come this way.
"NoTn1NG but Leaves" she sadly
sang, but whether her thoughts were
fixed upon volatile humanity or the
scar herbage which the mourning
wind swept by her window, is only
known to her lonely heart.
1t is said that fully one-third of
the wheat crop of the Walla-walla
valley will have to be kept over till
next Spring for shipment, the trans
portation facilities being altogether
inadequate to carry it to market.
The patent revolving tlour-silter is
one of the handiest contrivances that
can be placed in kitchen. 1t was
exhibited by Mr.. Abernethy, of Oak
Point, at the Territorial Fair, and
is kept for sale by Mr.. 1. V. Moss
man.
WE now feel safe in assuring our
readers that there will be night ses-
sions of the Legislature before its
adjournment. A substantial side
walk is in process of construction on
the west side of Main, between
Twelfth and Thirteen.
THIRTEEN hundred women are en-
ployed in the departments at Wash
inston at salaries ranging from 5000
to 81 800. The greatest experts in
counting money and detecting coun-
tclfeits are said to he among the
women clerks. The first appoint
ment was made by Secretary Chase
in 1862.
If there is anything prophetic or
ominous in the early leaving of the
swallows, or the tendency of wild
geese TO fly southwark, then we
should have no hesitation in saying
that "Squaw Winter" is to sue
ceed our Indian Summer. Old set
tiers can explain to those who are
born and bred in this country what
Squaw Winter is understood to
mean.
THERE are now several thousand
bushels of wheat in the Farmers
Warehouse, at Chehalis Station,
awaiting shipment, which has accu-
inflated during the last two weeks,
the Northern Pacific Railroad Com
pany not being able to furnish cars
as fast as called for, fact which
shows good business prospects,
both for the Railroad and the farm
ers of Lewis county. The acreage
in grain this year is much large,
than last year with an average yield.