Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-05-02
AppLE-blossoms are now having

all their own way.
KAT-Koo-Ar, the condemned Alaska
Indian, will have short shrift and
stout rope on Monday, May 5th.
THE Dakota brought large in
voice of goods to the City of Olym-
pia Store. See new advertisement
in another place.
The death of Gen. Dix is noted in
Washington by the display of a
large number of flags at half-mast
upon public and private buildings.
A JEWISH Rabbi delivered lecture
to large audience in the First Pres
byterian church in Portland, on
Tuesday evening. A fraternal out.
look!
One of the passengers by the
wrecked steamer Great Republic has
committed suicide by jumping into
the river from one of the Astoria
wharves.
No less than 1856 bills were i'll
troduced into the House of Represen-
tatives, on Monday, about three
fourths of which proved to be private
relief bills.
AN incendiary attempt was made
on the medical college and dissect
ing rooms in Portland few nights
ago. 1t passes our understanding
to know for what purpose such an
establishment could be protitably
fired.
THE Portland STANDARD encloses to
its subscribers an excellent litho-
graphic map of the Columbia bar.
The Oregonian claims to have en-
closed similar chart, but we have
yet to find subscriber who has re-
ceived one.
EASTERN papers say that the dull
times have driven many mensffom
mercantile pursuits and the various
professions into farming. There
would be much less occasion for COM
plant in all countries, were dull
times always to produce such effects.
Mr.. Andrew w. Cairnes, died at
the residence of D. r. Bigelow, in
East Olympia, Tuesday night, of
consumption, aged SO years. He
was an old resident of this county,
and greatly respected by all who
knew him. The funeral took place
Thursday, 2 o'clock at Mr.. Bigelow's
residence.
A GOOD deal of complaint comes
from the better sort of people in
and about Portland from the fact that
after the execution of the Indian,
now under sentence of death in that
city, his body is to be delivered over
to the students of the medical col
lege to be sacrificed in the interest
of science.
IT turns out that Brown, the man
murdered at Sitka by the Indian just
tried and sentenced at Portland, was
engaged in the manufacture of
HOo-chee-noo, a vile sort of whisky,
which he sold to the Indians. So
after all, there may have been some
redeeming circumstances in the mat
ter. If all details are substantially
as stated, we see very little differ
ence between the murderer and his
victim.
The biggest lathe ever brought to
this Territory is now on a scow at
the foot OF Second street, awaiting
transportation to Tumwater. It
came by the Dakota from the Nov
city Works, San Francisco, and is
to be set up at the American Water
Pipe Company's machine-shop at
Tumwater. If anybody wants to see q
lathe large enough to tuin the dis
TIMES of a small world, let them go
and see this new arrival.
BEN. Vincent wants us to call at
tention to his new stock of ladies'
shoes, manufactured expressly to his
order. The stock consists of a great
variety of ladies' wear, quite too nu-
merous to particularize. Among the
piles of beautiful specimens, we may
note French kid, Basket kid, and
Kangaroo shoes, of most exquisite
workmanship. Ladies will do we'll
to call and examine his new invoice