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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-09-09

If Alaska is worth having at all
says the St. Louis Globe Democrat,
it is worth taking care of. The wis
dom Of tho purchase shas been
seriously doubted, but having bought
the property, it ought to be given a
chance to vindicate Its worth, if it
has any. A number of enterprising
men upon the Pacific Coast think
that there are possibilities in the
region not to be despised, and this
petition finds its inspiration in the
growing interests of men who want
solid titles for the wealth-producing
property they intend to develop.
They are the very individuals who
alone can make Alaska profitable,
and they ought to have a chance.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-09-09

IT is said that the Legislature will ha We
one contested seat question TO decide.
Mr.. Smith. Republican, of COwlitz, will
ocrat, to seat in the House of Represen-
! tatives. Mr.. Catlin has the certificate,
and will of course assist in the organ.
iZatiOn, and he will assuredly retain the
seat unless the other man has a very
strong case. Republicans cannot afford to
go back of the returns, unless there Is
pretty substantial proof Of wrong to justify
them in so doing. -InteRigencer.
In full view of the imperishable
record of the past, We should think
they would feel somewhat reluctant
about going behind "the face of
the returns"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-09-09

The Democratic State Committee
OF New York, at their first meeting
since the attempted assassination OF
the President. held this week,
adopted resolutions expressing un-
qualified abhorrance of the crime OF
the assassin and sympathy with the
disting uished sufferer.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-09-09

NOTWITHSTANDING the charge of Judge
Greene to the Grand Jury at Seattle
amounted almost to instructions to
present an indictment against Capt.
Hill for alleged illegally in holding
the Office of County Treasurer while
on the army roll, that body returned
the document endorsed Not true
hill -
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-09-09
Scientific Miscellany.

VIC oI tne most remarkable DIS
plays of Nature may be seen on the
Atlantic coast, eighteen miles south
OF s.. Augustine. Off Matanzas
Inlet, and three miles from shore, a
mammoth fresh water spring gurgles
up from the tepth of the ocean with
such force and volume II. 10 tract
the attention of ali VINO come in its
immediate vicinity. This fountain
Is large, bold, aud turbulent. 1t is
noticeable to fishermen and others
passing in small boats along near
the shore. For many years this
wonderful and mysterious freak OF
Nature has been known to the
people of st. Augustine and those
living along the shore, and some
of the superstitious ones have been
taught to regard it with kind of
reverentlal awe, OF holy horror, as
the abode Of supernatural influences.
W hen the waters of the ocean in its
vicinity are otherwise calm and tram
quill, the upheaving and troubled APP
pearance of the water shows
unmistakabIe evidences of internal
connections. An area of about half
an acre shows this troubled appear.
ance,-something similar to the
boiling of washer woman's kettle.
Six or eight years ugo Commodore
Hitchcock, of the United States
Coast Survey, was passing this place,
and his attention was directed to
the spring by the upheavings of the
water, which threw his ship from
her course as she entered the spring.
His curiosity becoming excited by
this circumstance, he set to work to
examine its surroundings, and found
six fathoms of water everywhere in
the vicinity, while the spring itself
was alinoct fathomless.
The greatest wonder in the State
OF Iowa, AMI perhaps in any other
State, is what is called the Walled
Lake, in Wright County, twelve
miles north of the Dubuque and Pa
cific Railway, and $50 miles west of
Dubuque City. The lake is two or
three feet higher than the earth's
surface. In some places the wall is
ten feet high, fifteen feet wide at the
bottom, and five feet wide on the
top. Another fact is the size of the
stone used in the construction, the
whole of them varying in weight
from three tons down to 100 pounds.
There is an abundance of stones in
Wright County, but surrounding the
lake, to the extent of FIVE or ten
miles, there are none. No one eau
form an idea of the means employed
to bring them to the spot, or who
constructed it. Around the entire
lake is a belt of woodland half a
mile in length, composed of oak.
With this exception, the country is
rolling prairie. The trees must
have been planted there at the time
OF the building of the wall. In the
spring of the year 1856 there was a
great storm, and the ice on the lake
broke the wall in several places, and
the farmers in the vicinity were
obliged to repair the damages to
prevent inundation. The lake occu-
pies ground surface of $500 acres;
depth of water as great as Is feet.
The water is clear and cold, soil
sandy and loamy. It is singular
that no one has been able to ascer-
tain where the water comes from nor
where it goes, yet it is always clear
and fresh.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-09-09

COLLECTOR Bash and wife left Port
Townsend on the Sd for Walla
Walla. The Collector is on a tour of
inspection of the eastern part of the
district, and intends proceeding as
far north as the British boundary
before his return. Gov. Newell ac-
companies him on his trip.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-09-09

The list of members of the next
Assembly indicates that the Repub-
licans will be Gin season." if the
letter is as potent in politics as it
is in oysters.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-09-09

"THE Arlington" lately opened
in Seattle, by Messrs. Smith & Far
rar, claims to be the model hotel of
the northwest. Situated on the
corner of Main and Commercial
Streets, it is conveniently accessible
from steamboat landings and the
cars. 1t contains upwards of o hun
dred rooms, has all appliances for
the comfort of guests, and We BE-
speak for the proprietors a liberal
share of patronage.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-09-09

WEDNESDAY and Thursday were
quite generally observed as days of
prayer for the recovery of the Presi-
dent of the United States.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-09-09

The next Legislature will stand
politically, in the Council, 8 Repub-
licans and 4 Democrats, in the
House, 16 Republicans and 8 Demo
Gratis.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-09-09
The Railroad Mai;ia.


Tie ;. +. rii'p,,ir' :fcr:,c;s Il
rail..;.,! crash IL the Ec'.i azure and
.jy,- 1n-..:pnS ul.it', .",m 70 p~in:
u.tri::..ly to ,l.::I;~u.t i atlitrn>
that !i.e read i.,.Wc~u Ia ":,' and
the n.,i arr n cXc.s, # l." 10
n.aL.ia Of business. >:I.l J.. mani.
;or n." i.;,ls rA-es viii, more lir-
|, ace than ;,tan.' PREVIOUS time since
railroad, came into use. L IN .t">,
Rufus Hatch ii, authority Eor ;hr
statement that " abou, 81. 600 miles
Of laillUai haze been buiit ur pu,
under contract Iii the past two te,rS,
aud that " hal Uf thCm are nn lines
parallel to roads already III opera
ton. while Tie other half are III new
countries, tiHulaiiNcly out Of sight
Of land, Mi,hout stations or popula-
ton" These new roads, he SAYS,
will cost about $4,000 per mile
whiie the old trunk lines, with their
watered stock, must pay interest on
5000, 600 to S25O, 600 p mile before
they can dcc,ate dividends. This
adverse situation, III tie expressive
language of the great Wall-street
bear, forces the necessity of dog
cat dog" At any rate it affords the
public an opportunity of getting
even with their longtime oppressors.
When roSues fall out honest men
are apt TO get their dues; and when
the railway monopolists take to cut
thug each others throats the people
are likely to get what they want
without asking on unsympathetic
Congress for law on the basis of
the Reagan bill. Mr.. Hatch asserts
that the tonnage from the West this
year will not he more than half as
great as last years. He means the
tonnage on the trunk lines. He
therefore tuinks the chance for div
idends on most of the roads is very
slim. They have rolling stock which
they must employ, and therefore
this sharp competition. The Penn
sylvanla C-ntral has just completed
100 new locomotives and 500 freight
cars, each car to carry twenty tons,
that is, they are of double the usual
size. These cars must be worked.
1t is better to employ them in carry
ing freights at half rates than to
lock them up in the roundhouses.
All the other trunk roads are simi-
larry situated. They were inflated
in anticipation of increased business,
but the business shows u great de-
cline, and now it is every man for
himself, and the Devil take the hind
most"
Putting this and that together and
striking fair balance sheet, it is
Hatch's opinion that the country is
rapidly approaching friehtful crash
in railway properties. He does not
see why average railway stocks which
but five years ago, like st. Paul,
were down TO &c, should now, in q
season of short crops, be 1872. He
says truly that the percentage of in
fiation in this class of stocks is out
of all proportion with the percent.
age of increase in in business per
mile of road. As shown by the New
York Stock Exchange report, the
capital of new railroad companies
aggregates the fabulous sum of 81.
600, 200, 600. This simple statement
is enough to warn the people of the
inevitable decline which must re.
suit under the immutable laws which
control demand and supply.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-09-09

The census of India, Just complet-
ed. shows a population of 252, O00,-
900. Then comes China with hel
45O, OOO, 900, and other heather ma.
tons with their countless hordes,
which by comparison, sink the So
600, 900 of our population into OBJ.
security; still we welcome these bar.
baIians to our shores and undertake
to regenerate them in social and pc.
litical customs and religion. \ mo.
ment's reflection will demonstrate
the utter hopelessness of the task tc
any understanding which is not
warped by fanaticism. The whole
number of the worlds population
which have accepted the Christian
dispsnsation is set down ut 39S. 900, :.
600 out of an entire population OF
1891 $780, 900.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-09-09

DIR. Steele has just returned from
a trip to Walla Walla.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-09-09

The schooner Annie +. Briggs,
once the Government cutter Fduntle-
roy, is loading oil, skins, ETC., at
Portland for the Sandwich Islands.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-09-09

Miss Mamie Leeper, q niece of our
townsman, Mr.. j. l.. Myers, was
married in Victoria, on the Oath ult. :,
to Mr.. James Gill.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-09-09

l. . H. III. .....,.:i- o.: 80 Il NJ r.~rl.'s
N.I r 81 -i.c.s -, - 4'...'' ,-ti r. -.
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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-09-09

A FIRE in Portland Saturday even
ing destroyed five wooden buildings
in the southern part of the city.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-09-09

The Fifth Annval Fair of the
Lewis county Agricultural Associa-
ton will be held at Chehalis, on
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
the 9Th, 9th and 7th of October.
The improved financial condition OF
the association has enabled the di-
rectors to materially increase the
premiums offered for croditable ex-
hlbits of products of soil and labor,
and to guarantee that all the awards
will be paid promptly on the last
day of the fair. Tue annual address
will be delivered by Gov. Newell
on the second lay, at 2P. NJ. Half
fare rates have been secured. from
the railroad companies and every
provision has been made for the en-
tertainment and comfort of visitors.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-09-09

"CHosEN Friends" is the name OF
a new beneficiary organization based
upon life insurance. The members
do not necessarily have to die to
win, however; the plan providing
that the survivors of three score
years and ten" shall receive the
premium for which they are assured.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-09-09

The finest specimens Of phQtogra-
ply yet received at this Office is from
I. w. Tabor, of San Francisco. One
is q series of views collected on
Grants tour around the world,
which is priced as much for its his
toric assoc Citations az q work of art,
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-09-09

OLYMPIA, WASHING TER.
FRIDAY ENEG, SEPT. 9. ISL
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-09-09

JEFF Davis is in England.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-09-09
PRIsERIING EKrIrs.-Nearlv everv-

PELSER'ING FKuIrs.-Nearly every
lody know all about this important
part OF culinary experience, but as
th.re mty b. some who do not, we
c'!y iroin II. tAc:..l,;" ;hc follow
ln@ su+. @ i"ns .ur ,a:.n;ng aud pre-
serEin5 ftUI : AID Y, .y;ai!ts, which
tave beeA carefully tested by tx ,,eri-
encc ANA approved - = III j.. and
reliable: Ii The frtii;s ia, If i. and
healthy when pat ~ .h't Az: SIG.
IS he rt.lt'i Oh 10 Ike? H. i,.,i na- :
ural cohd!:''n ii ion, ilae, and
almost AS fresh as when iilst gath
cred. An important part of the SUE
cess III preserving AID canning fruit
CONSISTS lii selecting that which is
fresh, sound AID healthy. This
done, secure good tin crns, OF, if YOU
can, get glass jurs and bottles, ami
when flied be sure that the air is en-
Iircly expel!e,! and that they arc
perfectly sealed or soldcred. Gl;,s,
jars are to he preferred at all times
! to tin cans. BE careful to preserve
the fruits as nearly whole and un.
broken III the process as possible
Fruit and vegetables will always
keep better if fresh a"d uubrokei
than if bruised. The rules for pre-.
serving fruits are simple and few
and can be successfully observed by
any one. There need be no failure
if reasonable care and attention are
exercised. There are two ways Of
expelling the air from jars or cans,
either of which will answer. The
first is to neat the frui! after putting
it into the cans or jars, and the other
to pour hot fruit into them, which
itself will expel the air. The frs,
method is usually preferred. II
preserves the form and beauty OF
the fruit, which is likely to become
bruised and broken by pouring il
hot, into the jars. Great care should
be taken in canning all small fruit,
to do SO without breaking or bruis-
ing them. When broken the juice
escapes and prevents clear syrup.
Too much cooking has the same
effect.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-05-04
Attachment Notice.

No. 593S-Before ] S Galloway J. P. for Shelby
county, Tenn.-krb * Co. VI, VIM 7 Grady.
IN this cause an attachment having been
l. sued out under section 1856 Of the code Of
Tennessee, and returned levied upon the
property of the defendant, by punishment,
ant is indebted to the plaintiff in the sum of
one hundred and sixty-fye dollars and six cts.,
due By account, and that the claim is just, and
that the defendant is q nonresident Of the
State Of Tennessee; it is therefore ordered
that said defendant make his personal ap-
1881. OF II o'clock m, at my Office, No. "a Mad
ison street, Memphis, Tenn, and defend said
attachment suit within the time prescribed
by law, or the same will be proceeded with
sx-parte; and that a copy Of this order be
published once a week for four weeks in
the Public Ledger.
This, the 2lst day of April, 1881.
456l656S j S GALLOWAY. ]. p
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-05-04
Attachment Notice.

No. 6055-Before j S Galloway. P. for Shelby
county, Tenn.-W S LangdOn VS.. The Nom
phis and dreenville Telegraph Company.
IN this cause an attachment having been
i sued out under section S455 of the Code Of
property Of the defendant, and affidavit haV-
ing been made that defendant is indebted
to the plaintiff in the sum Of thirty-one dol
lars and sixty-six cents, due by account,
defendant is a non-re.lde1t Of the state
Of Tennessee; it is therefore ordered that said
defendant make his personal appearance
1881, at u o'clock m, at my Office, No.
"a Madison street, Memphis, Tennessee, and
defend said attachment suit within the
time prescribed by law, or the sauna win be
proceeded with exparte; and that q copy Of
this order DO published once week, for four
weeks. in the Public LedRer.
This the 2lst day Of April, 1881.
455l5769 j S GALLOWAY. j. p.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-05-04
Attachment Notice.

Before P j Quigley, j. P. for Shelby county,
Tenn.-Pat Cariin VS.. Theodore Pryor.
N this cause an attachment having been
i sued out under section 1856 Of the Code of
Tennessee, and returned, levied upon the
property of the defendant by service of gar
nishment on the Louisville & Nashville Rail-
road Co., who answered that they are indebted
to the said Theodore Pryor in the sun of SSi.S 80,
and affidavit having been made that defend
ant is indebted to the plaintiff in the sum
Of fourteen dollars and fifteen cents (sl4.l5),
due by account, and that the claim is
Just T%SstS.S and ii that tb the s Ssispda nj i fsn a nSn; p;
1t IS therefore ordered that said de-
PENDANT make his personal appearance
before me on the Oath day fMay, 1881, at IL
o'clock, m, at my Office, No. IS Adams street.
(Memphis) in Taxing District said county,
Tenn, and defend said attachment suit
within the time prescribed by law, or the
same will be proceeded with ex-parte; and
that a copy of this order be published once q
week for four weeks in the Public Ledger.
This the 18th day Of April, 1881.
q ~ IS 81 PJ QUIGLEY, ]. p.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-05-04
PROBATE Court Sale Of Real Estate.


No. 1893, RD-In the Probate Court Of Shelby
county, ~Tenn.-Juliot G Colman, admins
tratrix OF Benz, Colman, deceased, vs..
George COlman ct 81.
DY virtue Of a decree for sale, entered in
ID this cause April is. 1881, in minute book
No. Sc, pages $50 and 25l, / will sell at public
auction TO the highest bidder, in front OF the
courthouse door on Main street, Memphis,
Tenn, on
Wednesday, May IS, 1881,
within legal hours, the following described
lot, to-wit: Lying, being and situated in the
city Of Memphis, Shelby county, Tenn. and
being parts Of lots Is and Il Of country lot 5l3,
bounded as follows: Beginning at a stake on
the west line Of Jones avenue 10 feet, north
Of the northwest intersection Of JoRes avenue
and Mosby street; thence north with Jones
avenue 50 feet TO a stake; thence west and PAR
allel with Mosby street 40 feet 10 a stake;
thence south and parallel with Jenes avenue
So feet to a stake at X Wurlitzer's northwest
corner; thence east With Wurlitzers north
line ITO feet 10 Jones agenue at begiE ming
point.
Said lot is sold free Of dover rights Of grs.
Colman.
Terms Of sale-one third cesh, balance on
A credit Of six and twelve months, with inter-
est from date. A lisn will DO retained T. So
cure the deferred payments.
OWEN DWYER, Cloik.
This April 18th, 1881,
! Smith / Collier foPrs, A8HW
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-05-04
Attachment Notice.

Before John spelman, j. P. for Shelby coun-
", Tenn.-Wm. Bennett VS.. James Coughlin,
IN this cause an attachment having been
l sued out under section 1856 Of the code Of
Tennessee, and returned levied upon
the property Of the defendant, and
PENDANTS are indebted to the plaintiff in the
sum Of 500. due by account, aud that
the claim is Just, and that the defendant is
nonresident of the State of Tennessee;
it is therefore ordered that the said defend
ant make their, persona appearance before me
am at my Office, No. 39Adams street, Mem
phis, Tennessee. and defend said attach
ment suit within the time prescribed
by law, or the same will be pro-
ceeded with ex-parte; and that a copy Of this
order DO published once n week for four sue
cessiye weeks in tho Public Ledger.
This the 18th day of April, 1881.
24S5 81 60 JOHN SPELMAN, j. P.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-05-04

packet leaving this evening for Devalls
Bluff, Augusta, Jacksonport and in
termediate landings, making direct
connection with light draught packets
for upper White and Black rivers.
Chas Postal presides at the desk, and
is assisted by Joe Postal.
The elegant steamer James Lee, in
command of Captain Stacker Lee, is
the mail packet leaving at 5 pm. to-
day for Helena, Friars Point and all
intermediate landings, attending
promptly to all COD. and plantation
business, and connecting at Glendale
with the Mobile Il Northwestera train.
Lloyd W. Whitlow presides at the
desk, and is assisted by Platt Rhodes,
Arthur Brown and Will farrell.
The many friends of Captain Phin-
cas- r. Starr, will regret to learn that
he met with an accident a couple Of
weeks since. He wal on the steamer
Red Cloud, and while the boat was
passing through the bridge'at St. Joe,
her jackstaf was caught and broken
by telegraph wires, and one fragment
Of the wreck struck the "boss mate"
breaking rib, and rendering it nee
essary that he be placed in the hands
Of a surgeon. 1t is gratifying to state
that he is in no danger Of permanent
disability.
The Marlin Speed arrived last even
ing, having brought out of Arkansaw
river 55l bales of cotton, BOG of which
she reshipped at Terrene for New Or
leans. She is receiving to leave at 5
pm. to-day for Pine Bluff, Little Rock
and all way landings, carrying the
mail, attending promptly to all bust
ness entrusted to her, end connecting
with the regular packets for Fort
Smith and points on upper Arkansaw
river. Captain Ed Rowland com
mands, and the Office is in charge of
Captain J. N. Thompson, assisted by
Amos Day.
The electric sidewheel steamer r.
R. Springer, with 200 tons of freight
and her cabin fully occupied with peo-
pie, glided smoothly into our port at
400 yesterday afternoon, two days aud
twenty-three hours out from New Or
leans. This is the quickest time made
between New Orleans and this port
since the famous Lee and Natchez
race ten years ago. The Springer lost
an hour at Natchez and Greenville re-
pairing broken wheel, arms and buck
cts; also run under slow bells two
hours heal Baton Rouge, and made
fifteen landings this side of New Or
leans, The vessel left New Orleans at
$50 pm. last Saturday, nine minutes
behind the City of Alton, and drove
that race horse boat to the bank in
Grand View reach, forty-fvc miles
above New Orleans. The run to
V~icksburg was made in thirty four
hours fifteen minutes, and to Green
vile in forty minutes less than two
days. From White river the Springer
came here in fourteen hours twenty
minutes. The rapid run of the
Springer was the leading topic among
river men last evening and to-day.
The vessel lay here about an hour and
a half taking fuel and attending to
other business, and pushed off for the
Ohio with prospects of making the
run through to Cincinnati in a shorter
period than any business boat has
done for a long time.