Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-03-07
NORTH winds begin to prevail.

NohIh WihoS ucSiu W prevail.
A NICELY bound copy of the New
Testament can be had at the Bible
Society Depository for five cents.
LATE developments in the Hager
murder case are said to indicate that
the deed was perpetrated by China
men.
GREEN hides and wool are des-
tined to become an important ele,
ment of Washington Territory exr
ports. y
From all parts of California, come
reports of indignation meetings COM
demning the late policy of President
Hayes.
ONLY think Of it, two more dry
goods stores, as soon as the rooms
can be fitted up, and goods put down
to bedrock prices.
PEOPLE having friends in Alaska,
are quite anxious to hear the result
of the visit of the British war steam
er Osprey to that port.
LUNAR weather prophets say it is
the next new moon which is to bring
pleasant weather. Well, we ara
willing to bide the time.
The wind has been in the North
most of the day, a sufficient reason
for the cold wave that still invest
the upper Sound country.
Our emerald hills betoken the
rapid approach of the grassy season.
much to the well being Of lowing
herds and bleating focks.
A SERIES of temperance mass meet
ings are being held in the city of
New York. Let whisky politicians
look we'll to the planks in their plat
forms.
A CITIZEN of Chehalis county gives
it as his opinion that there is q bet
ter opening now, for a steamer on
the lower Chehalis river, than ever
before.
AFTER q short respite, in con-
sequence of slight attack of diph-
liberia, the frogs are again making
our nights resonant with reptilian
RI. Rev. b. W. Morris, Bishop of
Oregon & Washington Territory,
will visit st. Johns Church, Olym-
pia, on Sunday, March 10th. Ser
vices at IL A. NJ. and TIM.
ONE of the observances imposed
upon Churchmen during the season
of Lent is q retrenchment in the
quantity and quality of their daily
food. Rather severe on good ivers.
The Ancient Order of Workmen
are now holding q session of their
Grand Lodge in Portland. Our
townsmen, Messrs. Waughop, Shoe
craft and Van Epps are in attend
ance.
The want caused by the confagra-
ton at Reno, Nevada, has assumed
such a magnitude that bill has
been passed by the Legislature, ap-
propriating $40, 1000 for the relief of
the sufferers.
An Oregon farmer recommends
plowing wheat in instead of passing
the harrow over it. We give the
suggestion for what it is worth; o
preparation against drought, is the
advantage said to be gained.
IT is rumored that a quartz ledge,
five feet thick, ten feet from the sur
face and assaying s22 to the ton,
has been discovered in large mound
two miles from Kalama, ON the line
of the Northern Pacific railroad.
DpHTHERIA is not confined to our
own country. In q Hungarian city
OF twenty thousand inhabitants, two
thousand persons were recently at
tackled with this disease, and about
one-half of these proved fatal cases.
MEssRs. Allen & Titus have just
completed, at their machine shop,
an elaborate iron fence, soon to be
set up in the Odd Fellows cemetery,
inclosing the family burial ground
of the late John L. Clark. The
work is frst-class in every particu-
lar and fully equal to anything OF
the kind turned out Of similar sstab-
lishments in Portland or San Fran.
cisco. The job speaks in high terms