Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-05-16
Local and News Brevities.

NICE new lettuce has appeared In
the markets.
In turns out that Thurston county
teachers are not good spoilers.
CA BILL to prevent interferences
by the army with elections is one
of the latest bills introduced.
A LARGE number Of brick buildings
are going up in Portland, rather q
larger number than are going up, at
present, in Olympia. 81
The Salem T5,Cn Talk speaks of
early candle-lighting" as the time
for evening meetings in that city.
We thought they used gas over there.
The people of Waitsburg want a
local option law and have called
convention to make proper repre-
sentation to the Legislature next
Fall.
The people of Whatcom want a
wagon road opened from that place
to Mount Vernon, and they are agita-
ting the subject through the Belling-
ham Bay Nail.
The long contested cases of Hodg-
den, administrator, VS.. B. F. Denni-
\ son, and Hodgden vs.. w. f. Cros-
by, ct al, have been decided by
Judge Green in favor of the defen-
dants.
ONE settler, who owns little ranch
fifty miles up the Skagit river, raised
over one thousand bushels of good
potatoes, last year, for which he re-
ceived seventy-fve cents per bushel,
recently. Better than raising hops.
MISS Theresa Serhing, of this
place, has taken charge of the primary
department of the public school in
New Tacoma. When the people of
the Sound country are in want of
good teachers, they come to Olym-
pia.
The "high-sea pirate" Capt.
Jimmy Jones, is now in Portland
and advertised to deliver one of his
elegant and edifying lectures in that
appreciative little town. Jimmy is
determined to make his mark in the
world.
IT is worthy of remark that Bay
ard Taylor, James T. Fields, Whip
pie, the essayist, Howells, of the At
lantic, G. P. Lothrop, Underwood,
, and score more of our best writer's
achieved their fame without " going
through college,"
THE change in the weather-clerk
does not appear to have had any
perceptible effect on climatic matters
so far. We had hoped that the new
Signal officer would have brought q
fair-weather barometer with him, but
it seems we are doomed to disap-
pointment. %
THE Grand Lodge I. o. o. F.,
which convened ct Seattle, last Tues
day, elected the following officers
for the ensuing term: @. G. Hewitt,
G. NJ; d. G.. NJ, w. III. Humphrey;
G. W., A. Rsiss; G.. S., T. N. Ford;
G. T., G.. w. Hall; G.. r., w. w.
Evans.
The grand jury for Clackamas
county, Oregon, has returned true
bill against the trio, King, Bernard
and Fairchild. The indictment
charges these men with being the
murderers of Mrs. Hager, on the Goth
of February last. The time for trial
has not been set.
A GENERAL convention of Unitar-
ians, is announced, in Oregon pa
ers, to take place In Portland, on
the first of June, on which occasion
the new church of that denomina-
ton will be dedicated. DR.. Steb-
bins of San Francisco is expected to
be in attendance.
We hear it stated that the steam
ship City Of Chester carried back to
San Francisco large amount of dry
goods and general merchandise,
ordered by the merchants OF Victoria,
but which they would not receive on
account Of the high duties required
to be paid on them.
A BILL recently introduced into the
House of Lords to legalize marriage
with diseased wife's sister has been
defeated by vote of 1O1 to 81.