Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-10-24
WHOLE NO.. 9S9.
Snow on the mountains,

WILD geese are appearing on the
prairies.
LOCAL option, or not local option,
shafts the question.
SLEDs are coming into fashion,
these frosty mornings.
A WHITE frost visited this part of
the county on Tuesday night.
FINE, ripe tomatoes continue to
come in Il large qua aotit ies..
Duck shooting within the city linn
issis becoming OF 100 frequent occur
rence.
LIKE good industrious laborers,
the legislators lay their plan at
night and discuss them duving the
day.
We aye ever gra;efoE fos The
patches OF deep blue sky that ap-
pear between the high-pilsd! leader
clouds.
TaE second crop o; strawberries
are selling in Pot.iand at twenty
FIVE cents per pouod.
Col. Fred Grant didn't marry
Qqsen Victoria's daughter, aud now
rumor says he may become The SON.
inrlaw of a California millionaire.
WoEKMES weie engaged, yester-
day, in putting down crosswalk on
Fifth street to connect the new Sec
t;sas Of sidewalk on tbe west side of
Adams Street.
HALF-FARE rates have been. extend
ed to those persons visiting the Me-
chanics' Fair in Portland; over the
railroads and steamer lines leading
south, but we hear nothing of such
an arrangement being made, either
with the Columbia river steamers or
the Northern Pacific Railroad. Il
iss bUts srsas0nable to suppose that
with the usual courtesies. extended
to visitors from this Territory, many
of our people would avail themselves
of the opportunity of having pleas
ant time in Portland, during the ex-
hihition. But our ambitious Terri
tory is yet child under age, and We.
suppose our neighbors' across tho
river think there is time enough, bye
and bye, for us to see the world.
Da. Ostrander, who was called
professionally to attend the parties
injured by the accident near Black
river, on the 18th instant, has kindly
furnished us with the following adj
ditional particulars of the runaway:
' The wagon contained Mr.. Dodge,
his wife and three children, Mrs.
Gratiot, his wifsIs, sister, and. her
two children, making eight persons
in all. Mr.. Dodge was standing up
in the forward part of the wagon,
driving down the hill leading TO the
house of Mr.. Marcy, his father-in-
law. Everything was all right until
one of the fore wheels struck the
end of a projecting log. The shock
caused Mr.. Dodge to pitch forward,
over the andboard, between the
no, ses. This threw the horses into
terrible fright and they started
down the hill with fearful rapidity.
The women strove to catch hold OF
the reins but were unable to do 80.
At the bottom of the hill, the team
made a sudden dash towards the
left and the wagon WAS overturned
in an instant. As we have already
stated, tho boy, Henry, was instant
ly killed by blow upon the fore
head which crushed in the skull.
, Besides broken arm, Mrs. Gratiot
, sustained fracture of the clavicle.
> Mr.. Dodge was seriously injured
, and narrowly escaped being killed.
, outright, while his little son was
l picked up in an insensible condition.
There was not one person in the
t wagon who was not more or less in
r iured. Altogether, it was one OF tho
most serious casualties which it has
: been our lot to chronicle. The doc
8 tor reports that the survivors, ars
j. doing as we'll as could be expected.
PERsoNAL.-David Higgins, Esq.
of Dayton. is passing a few days in
this place.
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