Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-08-12
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Orville Grant, ,rother of Genera
Grant died at Nc rris plains on til
9th instant.
Henry Willard il; S given 81 900 t
wipe out the debt # the Universit
OF the State of Greg N
1t is rumored that the Postmaster
General contemplate resigning t
accept. the preslden cy of the An
atomlcal Loan and Trust compan
to be organized by Va nderbilt.
Over 10000 persons were preson
at the opening of the national Swis
festival at Newark on the 9Th. Del
eGates were present from aim os
every city In the United States.
THE New York 7rib,a ,e says tina
Jefferson Davis, the ex. Rebel, is
better man than Roscoe Conklins
the ex-boss. 1t says ID avis didn'
wait five days until he expresse,
sympathy for the Presiden t.
The laborels' strike in l reland
everywhere extending. At Queens
town, Mallow and at differ ent ecu
tiers OF labor men joined th move
ment. The strike has merg ed int
a general agitation for an i ncreas
OF wages. Employers are SIT bborn
A copio1s rainfall thro, lghou
Michigan, last Sunday, is re, icuin
crops and grass from threa teHe
destruction. Fires have been II wish
ing large section in the MORT her
part of the State, threatening i'm
mense destruction to standing pi mes
Second Assistant Postmaster en-
eral Elmer reports the net reduct TO-
IN star route and steamboat M al
service during July amounts to S31. (.
664, and that the total amount @
saving by reduction and discol
tinuances since March 4, is 81 .3S1,
442.
The American ship Calcutta, Capt.
Smith, from Cebu, PHILIPPINE islands,
May Sd, OF and for Boston, was
totally wrecked on the coast of Riff
farata. Only three of the crew were
saved. The Calcutta sailed from
Cebu with a cargo of sugar and
hemp, valued at about $780, 900.
The use of tobacco has been
prohibited at West Point, and Gen.
.. o. Howard is getting abused for
1t. The average student is prone
to look upon tobacco as one of the
emblems of free government-if the
use of it is prohibited. 1T is under
stood that the impression prevails at
West Point that the county is going
straight to perdition.
A Pioneer special from Pine Ridge
agency, Nebraska, says that Crow
Dog, captain of the police at Rose
bud agency, shot and instantly killed
Spotted Tail last Sunday. There
had been an ill-feeling between
them for some time. Crow Dog
went to Fort Niobrara to remain
until further developments. Trouble
is anticipated.
1t has been the practice of the
Interior Department to hand each
Indian reservation over to the re-.
ligious teaching of one particular
denomination, so that the converts
became Methodists, Baptists, or
something else, purely according to
chance and never from choice. This
Is now to be changed. Under the
new arrangement the Roman Cath
Ole Church will go into the field
with large force of priests.
One result of Mr.. Wizards visit
to the Northwest is the determine
ton to begin at once the construc
ton OF the Little Falls & Dakota
Railroad. This wilt become a part
OF the Northern Pacific system. The
new President of the road is General
Haupt, General Manager of the
Northern Pacific. The road ira
verses q rich section of the country.
The road. in order to secure the
bonds voted by the several counties
through which it will pass, must be
finished within one year from the
present time.
A letter to the Ne,os and Courier
from the western part of Darlington
county, 5. Ca, gives an account of
a terrible and extraordinary casualty
from lightning on Thursday after
noon OF last week. A group Of 20
men, all white. road hands, were
standing close to the house of J. w.
Clayburn, lear Huntsville, when q
stroke OF lightning killed four and
wounded ten of the number. Five
OF the wounded were desperately
hurt, and may die. There was no
storm at the time, though a heavy
rain fell shortly afterward.
The rage for building that set in
with the opening of this year and
continued without abatement is with
out precedent in the city of New
York. The amount of capital being
converted into brick, mortar and
stone, is $27 1853, 22O as against 49,
800 ,O45 at same date last year. In
considering these figures it should be
remembered that 1880, when the
boom in rents began, was also a
great building year. The cost and
magnificence of private residences
erected this year have never been
excelled in this city except. perhaps.
by the A. II. Stewart mansion, and
residences built by the Vanderbilts |
last year. Madison, Fifth and Lex
ipgton avenues seem to be favorite
locations for these expensive houses.
VIM. G. Talbot, head and general !
manager of the great firm of Pope &
Talbot of California and Washington |
Territory, died at Astoria at 3 o'clock
Saturday afternoon. Mr.. Talbot!