Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-04-11

Louisiana by the thousand.
MADAM Bonaparte died in Balti-
more on Friday, the 4th inst.
ROMAN & Co, publishers and book
sellers, San Francisco, have made an
assignment to their creditors.
A LODGE of Odd Fellows is TO be
instituted at Ellensburg, Kittitass
valley, on Tuesday next, by Mr.. John
M. Swan, Grand Master of that Or
der.
Our town is full of eager-eyed
strangers, admiring our beautiful
surroundings.
The opening of drygoods boxes re-
minds one of the prosperous days
that were.
Mr.. T. G.. Lowe returned, by the
cars, last evening, from a business
trip to San Francisco.
PAR1s1AN bonnet-makers now trim
their work with lizards, flies, minia-
ture mice, birds and snakes.
A NEW steamer is now building in
Baltimore to take the place of Me
Shubrick, as lighthouse tender.
AN exchange exultantly remarks
that Little Rhody is solid for 1880.
She isn't large enough to divide;
and if she did, it would take a good
many of her halves to make one
whole.
The foolish man foldeth his hands
and saith, "There is no trade, why
should I advertise ?" But the wise
man is not so. He whoopeth it up
in the newspaper and draweth Gus
toners from afar off.
IT may be of interest to every
body to know that Wells, Fargo Il
Co., have made reduction of from
twenty to fifty per cent. On all pack
ages passing through their Office.
On all small packages. twenty-fY'
cents will be charged.
WHILE dry.goods are at their prd
ent ebb-tide prices, gentlemen will
do we'll to bear in mind that now is
q good time to make their lady
friends tony high-pricsd birthday
presents. It is all we'll enough, only
such pleasant anniversaries do not
come too often.
TRIcHNA has again appeared in
pork, and it is hoped by some mod
ern philanthropists that this will
settle the Chinese question in ali
unexpected manner. Johns partial
ity for pork is well known, and this
would be means" with which
nobody could find fault.
That was rather hard on calico,
when q lady friend, and one of our
leaders of fashion, declared that if
rival merchants continued to in
crease the number OF yards of that
article for dollar, q calico dress
would soon get to be something not
to be proud of, especially, when a
lady could say that her dress cost
only four bits.
THERE is prospect that Indian
Territory, heretofore sacred to the
tread of the southwestern aborigin-
ais, will be thrown open to indis.
criminate settlement. 1t is thought
that a vigorous effort will be made
to procure the passage of bill
during the present session of Con
gress, to legalize the taking of land
claims by emlgrants.
The depression in, commerce ant
agriculture is now so serious thing
in England, that prominent mem
bers of Parliament are taking tn,
matter in hand. Let them call thei
troops home from Afghaniston ant
the Zulu country, mind their legiti
mate home affaiss, and they will hav'
no occasion to deplore the hard time
that now threaten them.
The colored clergymen, teacher
and social directors ef Louisiana
have issued call for q convention t,
be held in New Orleans on the It'll
of April, for the purpose Of consid
ering the condition of their race il
THAT State. The movement, it i
thought, has something to do will
the recent large exodus of colore'