Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-09-12
LEGAL AND NEWS BgEvITIEs.
PIVws sic IN their prime

WOEE VA commenced IN tie Seat
CO coal m.ue tia. week
E.aar hundred IndIans are E0S
emp.oyed IA the Pay sllup hou-Gell-
0vE Ia4p'e shade tTet, are be-ii.-
ming to exhibit tie >ere and yellow
leaf
Csvu,rr- for legislative offices are
be-.aaia- 20 appear 81 the stage q
action.
d.. Dean Clark Iecturol before
large audience in Tacoma Hall, Sun
L., evening.
O>tY shcr. tune left to secure
bargains at HARRIS His stock
must he closed ont at an carly day.
Fro,I.cInL legislators arc taking
;.iue iy tie fore-lock in securing
GOOD lodgings during the coming
session.
L. You wish to save from - to 20
I per cent. on clothing or hardware,
inspect Ford d Co.'S stock and
prices. Hc|aic ward.
MANY citizens from various points
down the Sound continue to pelam-
buiatc our streets, having been called
here in the ulintcrsst.
We hear Of several families com
ing into town TO give their oh ,ren
the advantages of our schools, dur
ing the Fall and Winter,
Twenty million gallons cf oil, pei
day, is Il pretty good quantity, but
this is what the Pennsylvania wells
are producing this season.
Nh G. L. Boynton, of the Sko
komish Indian Reservation, is il
town, having Obtained leave OF alb
sence for couple of weeks.
Mir. Ouimctte continues to tax,
tie lead in fashionable goods of al
descriptions. He is ahead of thi
market in all leading styles.
Ir is a pleasant fact that severa
thousand acres will be added to tn,
amount of cultivated lands of Thurs
ton county, during the present year
Col. Squire, of Seattle, is putin;
up new opera house on CONNER
cial street, an indication that tn.
: people Of that aspiring town are rap
idly becoming enlightened.
Nh. 7. B. Merry, of the lnlan,
Empire, estimates that it will requir
500, 0G0 to put Snake river in ,
condition fit for the transportation
Of wheat from Columbia and Whit
man counties.
TEE United States Government
purchased 10000 ounces of silve
bullion, on Wednesday, to suppl,
the mints at Philadelphia and Sal
Francisco. We mention the item t.
show that brisk business is goin:
on in our national finances.
ScArrERv1LLE is tho name of
pretty little hamlet over in Oregon
We were just thinking how appro
pirate such name would be TO-
those neighborhoods in this Terri
tory whence SO many insane people
have gone to the Eastern part of thu
| Territory.
THE women of Massachusetts ar,
competent to take plilosophi,
view of The most perplexing pro
; blens. When one of them was in
formed that there We're more womer
than men in the State, she at once
replied that the fact was in accord
ance with the scientific doctrine O.
the survival of the fittest.
IT now turns out that the story
about George Washington and hi.
little Ratchet is myth. We doubt
not there are many grey-headed pa
triarchs who will weep to have this
charming delusion dispelled, bat
the truth of history must be estab-
lished even if it lends the tenderes,
chords of our being in twain.
Mr.. NJ. Galliher, of Elma, Che
halls county, is in town, and con.
firms the reports of many other citi-
zens of that section, to the effect that
the rains have done little or no dam.
age to the grain crop in his county.
Such reliable information as this is
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