Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-10-03
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man county.
Two trains a day after this until
further notice.
PRoF. Roberts is ready to do any
paino or organ tuning, during his
stay here.
picking is over and our In.
dians are with us again, flush will
small change.
The Salem Daily Capital, after a
fitful existence of less than a month,
has ceased to be.
Mr.. Young has sunk his tube-well
about 40 feet. He has adopted for
his motto Water or China"
Mr.. Hale White has gone to Port
land to play in the orchestra of New
Market Theater, during the " Pima
fore" season, to he inaugurated this
week.
PURCHASE your dry drygoods in
Olympia and you will be gentle
man; read the DAILY EXPERIMENT and
you will be both gentleman and a
scholar.
We would like to know if those
Cinnamon who are running large
wash-houses, cannot be debarred by
the town authorities, from empty
ing their slops in the cutters.
"SUNDAY Sports," is The way the
Portland papers announce the gay
doings of the Christian Sabbath.
Wonder if those editors we're ever
good little Sunday School scholars D.?
A FIRE at Deadwood, Dakota Ter
ritory, last Friday, destroyed proper
ty valued at $4,000, 900. Nearly 200
buildings we're destroyed, and over
1900 people have been rendered
homeless by the disaster.
TIE Louisville Courier-Journal re-
marks that Prof. Conkling says that
it was the "greatest effort of his life"
70 keep from demolishing Sprague
with his umbrella when that person
called him son of a something-or-
other.
THERE is never any great loss with
out some small gain. The present
rain has doubtless brought some in
conveniences in one way and anoth-
er, but it has permanently laid the
dust in our streets and thoroughly
washed the foliage of our shade trees.
MIR CHARLES WHITE, who has been
for some time employed by the
Northern Pacific Railroad Company,
is in town, once more. He reports
having seen pretty rough country,
but that time and money will over
come all difficulties when railroad
enterprises are to be pushed ahead.
JUST because we innocently init
mated, in late issue, that the
gateway of the Columbia" was
often like unto the portals of death,
interested exchanges are making a
great ado over the matter. We did
not mean any harm by saying what
we did, yet like the liberated CALI
leo, we feel that it is the truth, and
nothing but the truth, after all.
The attendance at the Blue Rib
bon League Sunday was fully up
to the average. DR.. Simms deliv-
livered a very inte .esting address
on, Total Abstinence" and Prof.
Roberts spoke few words of cheer
to his cid trends in the cause. DR..
Hudson closed the meeting with a
few remarks on the effects of stimu-
lantS on the human frame.
Mr.. w. II. Clark wants us to an
nounce that he was to have sailed from
San Francisco yesterday, the 3Oth
ult., and will be in Olympia, in a
few days, to open as fine stock of
staple and fancy goods as ever greet
ed the eyes of his customers. He
thinks the Grant reception i'll the
Bay City was a brilliant affair, and
although that gay procession was
over an hour in passing the store in
which he was writing, he is deter
mined to inaugurate procession, in
Olympia, that shall never pass his
store; on the contrary, all will be
irresistibly attracted inside to see the
gorgeous displays which he will