Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-03-07
The fre-fend has appeared in Co.
lumbus, Ohio.

1HE ure-nenu MAS appeaFeu III TO-
lumbus, Ohio.
The mill at Port Blakely has been
shut down for much-needed repairs.
Born leaf and flower buds are
bursting and young botanists should
be on the alert.
A BRIGHT and beautiful day has
contrasted strikingly with the eccen-
tricities of yesterday.
THE high water of the past few
days has caused good deal OF loss
to Snohomish county loggers.
The schooner Granger, having
discharged her cargo of hay, sailed
this morning for the lower Sound.
THE latest plan recommended to
be pursued for penetrating the Arc
tic regions, is that of Commander
Cheyne, of the British navy. He
proposes to use balloons.
"How lovely are the woods, the
verdant, verdant woods" This is
the song that will be sung as soon as
our surrounding hills and valleys
are accessible to rambling lovers Of
the beautiful.
A LARGE force of men commenced
Wednesday, the work of clearing
out the building known as the " ma
chine shop" on the corner Of Third
and Columbia streets, with the view
of refitting the premises for busi-
ness stand.
The encouraging report comes
that, according to bureau statistics,
the excess of exports over imports,
for the month of January, amounts
to 81 ,662 1865; and for the year end
ing January, 1879, s597 $50, ,O63, as
against STAG, ,7s1 ,274 for the preced-
ing year.
A LONG, cold, dreary Winter is re-
ported from all points in Eastern
Oregon and Washington. The ac-
counts that reach US through ex-
changes are enough to make Puget
Saunders shiver over the thought of
what the reality must be.
A CINCINNATI paper says railroad
company in that vicinity have con-
tracted for q large force of Chinese
laborers to be sent from California.
Such move may possibly tend to
give our immaculate cousins, there,
a smell of John Chinaman in his un-
washed condition.
The Southern cotton trade is slow
ly picking up, and will soon be on a
par with the magnitude it possessed
before the war. A dispatch from
New Orleans says it is estimated
that during the first week in March,
there will be. shipped from that port
alone, 100, 900 bales, $4,000 bales of
which goes to Russian ports.
A LITTLE miss thus describes o re-
cent church festival: CA young lady
sung a song, and another young Ia
dy sung a song, and then we eat a
piece of meat with bread on each
side of it, and then they danced and
I came away" Symbolized by the
idea here expressed, the upper crust
was too thin. There should have
been more to educate the head and
less to train the heels, to have made
the sandwich palatable.
A PARTY of settlers, taking the law
into their own hands, recently fol-
lowed up thieving band OF hostile
Indians, and, overtaking them be-
tween the Payette river and the
south fork of the Salmon, succeeded
in killing thirty-six Of their number.
These are desperate measures, but
in their justification. the settlers
claim that they are placed in desper-
ate circumstances with NO hope OF
succor from the Government.
IT is probable that after the COM
ing week the publication Of the Ex-
pERIxzsr will be suspended until the
first Of next month. The STANDARD
will be filed with the delinquent
tax-lists Of this and Mason counties,
four consecutive issues, rendering it
impossible to publish all the read
ing-mattsr the daily affords. 1t
can be continued independent OF the
STANDARD only ct . loss. and 1t Is
deemed best. thAfefore, to take this