Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-07-29
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1uNcStlSdlIOu lulO lu0 CuhldCtCL VI
Gitteau shows him to be rascal
snd swindler as we'll as would-be
murderer
The celebration of the 4th of July
is costly affair Besides the large
amount OF money expended to carry
on the different celebrations, the in
surance companies paid out on that
day on this coast, S75, 900.
Gen. John C. Pemberton, one of
the most famous for time of the
rebel generals, and Confederate
commander during the memorable
siege of Vicksburg, died in Penn
sylvania, of which State he was
native, few days since, at the age
of Ga.
Rain bas been abundent and
weather unusually favorable for large
crops in the Palouse country. About
$50 900 bushels of flax will be har-
vested in Paradise Valley, and near
ly 100000 bushels have been con-
tracted for at IS cents. The fruit
crop was light this season.
Major o. D. Greene. Assistant
Adjutant General of the Department
of Columbia, will shortly visit Port
Townsend, w. T., for the purpose of
comforting with the President of the
Puget Sound Telegraph Co. with
reference to the establishment of
future military telegraph lines in
that vicinity.
the Goldendale Sentinel reports
that I" Chas. Gibbons, the barber,
about two weeks ago discovered =
grasshopper hopping around on the
floor. From whence it came he
knoweth not, but being of a gentle
turn of mind concluded to tame the
animal, and has so far succeeded
that he can call it from it's box. 1t
will sit on his finger and cut as
many antics as trained monkey at
q circus"
A. Buchanan, near La Center, had
an old fashioned barn.raising on
Thursday, June 3Oth. There were
thirty-four men present to raise the
barn, besides several ladies to help
prepare the dinner. It was the best
turn out ever seen, in proportion to
the number invited, and from ap-
pearance everybody had the inten-
ton of doing his share of the work
and at the same time having social
chat with his neighbor. The barn
is frame building, 5Ox96 feet.
Spokan Times: The art of steal
ing horses in this country has be-
come a science. 1t is practiced by
both the Indian and white races.
Horses are caught aud ridden off the
range, united from stakes, and even
taken from fields and barns. It is
positively unsafe to turn horses
loose upon the prairies of Spokan
county, SO numerous have thieves
become of late. An organized band
of these desperate fellows is said to
be operating on the prairies east of
Spokan Falls.
An arrangement has been made
by the Massachusetts Board of
Education whereby any student of
the State Normal School may. after
year of s:udy,:-enter one of the
Worcester public schools as an as
sistant, or rather, as an apprentice
to the art of teaching. After service
of a year in schools of at least two
grades, the student returns to the
Normal School and studies for
another year, and is then ready for
the business of teaching. The merit
of the plan is that, by preliminary
trials, aptitude or lack thereof for
teaching is discovered, and appoint
ments are regulated accordingly.
Recent extimates place the total
loss by the Colfax fire at $74 900, of
which $34. 900 is covered by insur-
ance. Among the losers are Trum-
BILE & Bracket, liquors. $1,000; A.
A. Newberry, stage Office, $1,000;
J. Hoover, $1,000; A. johnson,
| saloon, So 900; Mastin, variety store,
5000; Livingstone & Kuhn, Ewart
House, Sc, 900; G. H. Dodd. agricul-
tural warehouse, $1,000; Frank
Brothers, agricultural implements.
81. 900; Davenport & King, livery
stable, Sc. 900; LIE F. A. Shaw had
$4,000 insurance on Schwabacher's
store, but luckily it escaped the
flames. Chapman & Boyer lose 49,
600: no insurance.