Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-05-02
LILAC blossoms are turning purple.

IT is a woman, now, who knows all
about the Hager murder.
The name of Fort Vancouver has
been changed to Vancouver Bar
racks.
The Cabinet is discussing the In
dian difficulties and seal fisheries
at Alaska.
JUST little sprinkling of rain to
day, enough to sustain the reputa-
ton of April.
That tenacious subject, woman
suffrage, is now under discussion in
the British parliament.
The last murderer of the Perkins
family has been arrested near Fort
Colville, and will probably suffer
the penalty of the law.
We suppose it is still a foregone
conclusion that we are to have a new
brick block in town, and would re-
fer all inquirers to the protector ot
that enterprise.
Our merchants who received new
invoices of goods by the steamer
Dakota have made some splendid
additions to their already attractive
show-windews.
Mr.. Charles E. White is to form
one of the party of engineers doing
service on the Northern Pacific Rail
road, soon to be extended from the
Upper Columbia.
The revenue steamer Rush will
leave San Francisco in few days
for Alaska. It seems that the H.
dians up there are to be we'll taken
care of by the Government.
They have q town in Yuba county,
California, called Smartville. !"
Such names are all we'll enough, per-
haps, when they comport with the
general make-up,of the people.
The citizens of Yakima county are
petitioning the Government for an
appropriation to compensate them
for what they have expended in de-
Tending themselves from the hostile
Indians. Right.
The East Portland Call has been
sold to Messrs. r. L. Barnes and
G. H. Burdin. The purchase price
was $154, and it is thought that the
new proprietors will make that pa
per a success.
AN Oregon City expert has invent
ted an attachment to fulling mills,
having for its object the measuring
of cloth automatically, while under
going the process of fulling, and re-
porting the shrinkage from time to
time, as may be desired.
The Seattle Daily Post anticipates
a large increase of travel by the
steamers running between San Fran
cisco and the Sound, in consequence
of "means being established where
by passengers baggage is not SUBJ
ject to examination by custom Of
ficials at San Francisco"
The railroad company announce
by poster that the price of passage
for excursionists on May-day, will be
but so cents the round trip. This
will doubtless cause quite number
of pleasure. seekers to vesit the beau
tiful groves on the line of the road,
to commemorate this delightful holi-
day anniversary. Trains will leave
at 80 and II 80 A. NJ.
EXCHANGES advise exemplary and
loving wives to look sharp or their
husbands will be playing the lodge
dodge" or the "pew committee
meeting trick" on them during the
stay of the Blonde Burlesquers. "
Such counsel is very good where it
is needed, but the wives of Olympia
have no use for it. Olympia hus-
bands, as general rule, are good
husbands.
Our Seattle neighbors are holding
public meetings and becoming quite
enthusiastic over the immigration
business. Why should not our citi.
zens do as much? If We fold our
hands and do nothing, the Summer
will pass and we be locally none the
better off for the hundreds of famil-
les that are coming into the Territory.
What has become of our Immigra-