Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-04-18
OLYMPIA WASHINGTON TERRITORY FRIDAY APRIL 49, 1879

The Zulus continue to slaughter
the British troops.
HEAVY wind storms have prevailed,
for few days pest, along the lower
Sound.
The new steamer IRIS was launched
at Port Townsend on Saturday, the
18th inst.
HENRY Saunders and George Blank
enship, two of Olympia printers are
at Silver City, Idaho.
To be an expert at baseball is
one of the chief aspirations of the
University students at Seattle.
IT is gratifying to the many friends
of Judge Elder to know that he is
able to be upon the streets, once
more.
L1oUon refners do not like q
clause in the law, recently enacted
by Congress, requiring them to give
bonds.
IT is still disputed point as to
who is to be the happy man to take
command of the new steamship State
of California.
As the recently swollen streams
are getting once more, into their
wonted condition, trout-fshing is
becoming fashionable.
WORD comes in our Eastern ex-
changes, that diamonds deeply inn
bedded in solid gold rings are the
latest novelty. Our diamonds are
yet deeply imbedded in the earth.
Mr.. William Callow, who was Sc
riously injured few days ago, while
attempting to mount his horse,
started for his home in Mason coun-
ty this morning, on the steamer
Capital.
AT an odd st. Cloud (Minnesota)
wedding the groom could not speak
sor undsmtands "a word of Gexnnan.l .
while the bride was a German who
could not speak or understand a
word of English.
SEATTLE, like a. good many other
places, is sadly lacking in school
funds, and on that account, the
pubic schools in that city will re-
main in session only about seven
months, this year. ,
The Portland papers intimate that
Col. Black is going east soon, when
Gen. Sprague will again assume the
duties of general superintendent OF
the Pacific Division of the North
ern Pacific Railroad.
A MODEST young lady wants to
know what we meant by oscula-
ton" in a recent article published in
this paper. Let her come to this of
fee and we will explain it to her.
Actual experiment, only, will suffice,
as the subject largely involves the
science of static electricity.
THERE is some complaint about
the destruction of fruit blossoms by
birds. The birds undoubtedly at
tack the blossoms to secure the in-
sects which they contain. Various
appliances might be easily fixed in
the tops of the trees which would
most effectually frighten away the
marauders.
HE strange story is going the
rounds of the papers that poor girl
in thes backwoods of Ohio has the
power of charming wild birds of all
kinds. She has only to walk forth
into the fields and woods to have
the feathered songsters flock into
her arms by the hundred. This is
very strange story, but we have a
pretty girl in this place into whose
arms scores of young men would
like to fall if they only had chance.
We don't like to use strong Ian
guage nor impugn the motive of any
man, but when the Transcript affirms
that but little interest was taken in
the late city election by saloon men,
and that but one wagon load of
voters was hauled to the polls by
them, it tells deliberate What-you-
call-it. But then we know how diff
ficult it is for man who eats his
principal sustenance from bottle to