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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-01-21

A LETTER written by Mr.. A. II.
Huntington, dated on tho 18th inst.
at Yakima City, says that snow had
fallen to the depth of 26 inches, and
that cattle were dying from exposure
and starvation. Ben. Snipes, Q
cattle king" of Eastern Washing.
ton, has 10000 head only 800 Of
which be is able to provide for, and
oil the larger bands will suffer in
like proportion unless there is 6
speedy moderation of the weather.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-01-21

BEEcHER ON INaERsoLL.--Henry
Ward BeecLcr recently preached
what he called double sermon on
doubt, infde!'ty, atheism, skepti-
cism. He remembered phrase in
Ingsrsolls political speech in the
Academy of Music in Brooklyn, in
which Ingersoll expressed the very
sum and substance Of the Gospel
itself. "The trouble with Inger-
SOIL" said he, I" is this: He has Sc
lected the excrescences of human
life as they have grown up in the
churches, and has represented the
excrescsnces as the essence of relig-
ion. Suppose physician wanted
to get up museum representing the
human body in all ages and condi-
tions, should collect idiots and lun-
atics, with wsns and warts all over
them. Suppose that the physician
should gather these into a museum
and say: There's humanity for
you; what do you think ofit?' That
is what Ingersoll is doing in the re-
ligious world. He says scores of
true things that have been said be-
fore, but he don't know it. He is
not widely read in theology. I'm
afraid he don't read his Bible
very much. What does he read it
for? I'll tell you. The dove flying
over the landscape sees all that is
sweet and peaceful, but when the
buzzard and the vulture fly abroad
the first thing they see is loath-
some carcass, and if it is anywhere
in sight they don't fail to see it.
Ingersoll sees what he is looking af-
ter"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-01-21
Facts and Figures, Bro. Swan.

We have no desire to prolong
a controversy which can DO produc-
tive of no good results until the
people are again called upon to Sc
lect their county officers, but like
DR.. York, We propose to "stick a
pin" in q few Measurements in Com
missioner Swans letter, published
in the Courier OF the 7th instant,
relating to the taxes assessed against
the Olympia-Teni Railroad. In
one paragraph, we quote exact
words, as follows:
1.-THE statement that the Commissioners
refused to make any reduction in the as
sessment is certainly false"
How false it is we bid the record
show:
Auplroa's OYr1cE,
OLYMPIA, w. r.. Feb. 8, 1880. !
Vice President Of T. @. r. r. c. Co.:
Dear Sr:-Your application for a reduG'
ton the Sas Been Suiy
considered by the Board Of Commission,
ere, now in session, and am instructed
10 reply thereto that the Board do not
feel that they are authorized by law 70
revise or equalize the assessment OF pro-
perty after its approval at the May ses-
This position is sustained by the opln-
ion Of their legal adviser, Hon. N: II.
Bloomfield, now on file in this office.
The Board are therefore unanimous IN
the opinion, that, however much tney
they would DO exceeding their authority
and acting in violation OF law and the
established policy Of this Board, to COM
ply. with your request. The application
- Yours Very Respectf1liy;O
Clerk of Board Of Commissioners OF
ThurstOn County. 5..
Again, in explaining why the
Commissioners accepted o low VAL
uation in 1880, among other things
he says:
"The ownership of the rolling stock
was uncertain, it having been q mate of
litigation between the county aud the
company It was not assessed when the
The following memoranda of pro-
perty returned to the Assessor We
copy from the records Of the Com
psny, which can be verified by the
detailed list in possession Of the As
SCISSOR: g
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-01-21

Il will be seen that Mr.. Swan
makes his facts suit circumstances.
The return was made BY the Assess :
or Of all the items as stated, with
the exception that his valuation of
the track and superstructure was at
5000 per mile, which tho Commits
iones, sitting as . Board Of Equal ;
zation. reduced to $500 per mile,
and at the same time erased from
the ioll the company's return Of roll
ling stock, aggregating Sc, 800 more,
claiming that the county owned the
property BY virtue of the tax title
Of the year previous. So it appears,
that while the property Of the Com
pany MAS returned in full, and ac-
ceptsd by The Assessor with his val
uation affixed thereon, that the Com
missioners, in . ft Of generosity in
glazing contrast with their former
action. reduced some Of his figures
and virtually exempted the rolling
stock from any tax whatever. The
reduction thus made aggregates $14..
400, and still Mr.. Swan says the
Commissioners :" deemed the assess
msnt very iew." It appears to us
that the more the Chairman of the
Board Of Commissioners attempts to
explain matters. the more apparent
his iAoompetency becomes.
It may be as we'll here to state
that there is no truth in the asser.
ton Of Mr. Swan that the STANDARD
10 Influenced by hatred towards
some Of the county officers" Quite
the contrary is true. Nor is our ex
posure of the mistaken judgmen
and neglect Of duty prompted in tn
least degree by party considerations
We feel the interest OF citizen ant
taxpayer in the efficient manage
nent Of county affairs, q feeling
which is now shared by nineteenth
Of the people. We defy any homes
man to lay his hand upon his hear
and say he believes this has bee
done. The losses already aggre
gate many thousand dollars, an
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-01-21

IT seems that Judge Wingard OF
the First District, deemed the &C.
ton of the citizens of Colfax of suffi-
cient importance to justify q trip to
Washington. He went to Portland
in December, as he alleges for treat
ment of his eyes, and the suspension
OF navigation on the river prevented
his return in time to hold court,
whereupon indignation meetings
were held and his removal was de-
manded. A telegram of the 9Th
says that the Judge had succeeded
in explaining matters to the salts.
faction Of Mr.. Hayes and no re-
moval would be made.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-01-21

The Puyallup train met with a
serious accident last Friday, but
which fortunately did not result in
the loss of life, although the escape
Of score or more of passengers and
train.men seems almost miraculous.
As it was passing over the pile road,
about q mile from the depot, some
OF the bents gave way, throwing the
locomotive into the bay. The tide
was high at the time, and the loco
motive went under the water and
out of sight. Tho engineer and
fireman had q narrow escape, being
compelled to climb out of the en-
CINE windows and swim for their
lives, one Of the two being in the
cold water q quarter of an hour.
The coach behind contained about
twenty passengers, every one of
whom would have probably been
lost had that car followed the engine
into the bay. A large force of men
have been employed the past week
in repairing damages and raising the
engine. The accident is probably
due 70 the high water in the Puyal-
lup, which had washed out the chan
mel and weakened the support of the
niles.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-01-21
Amid the Clouds.

The Portland Standard seems to
think that Mayor Ireland, of Astoria,
is rather stilted, in his late "mes-
sage" to the common Council of the
diminutive city at the gateway of the
Columbia. He doubtless has an ex-
allied opinion Of the municipality of
which he is the chosen fiSure-head,
and is impressed with the impor-
lance of aiding her to sustain that
dignity which all little cities must
preserve until wealth and population
place them in position to command
respect. This is a paragraph from
the document:
"Along with all that, will come
the commerce of the Oriental world
seeking the shortest route by rail
through Ogden to the Atlantic, and
Astoria will be Empress of the West
ern World. 1t only requires the re-
moval of the shackles we have point
ed out as holding her with weaken
ing grasp, in order to make this WIS.,
ion of her future q beautiful reality.
Then with her tributary towns and
places of resort all around her bays,
and with the salmon in her tributary
rivers. the wheat supplying the mar
kets of the world from her tributary
valleys, the endless minerals in her
thousand tributary mountains, and
exhaustless timber in her tributary
forests, pouring their wealth into
her lap, we can we'll hope that
some of the noble old pioneers who
have chung in their faith in her flu
ture' will witness the fruition of their
hopes and like Simeon of old ex-
claim: Lord, now lettest thy SER
want depart in peace, for mine eyes
have seen thy salvation.
Then he goes up the river aud is
profoundly moved as he witnesses
the grandeur of the scenic panorama
as it unfolds itself and in q delirium
OF delight, the Mayor gives vent as
follows:
No one can afford to leave the
Pacific Coast without taking a trip
up the Columbia from Astorin.
This alone pays for all the time
and expense. This is not only
seeing scenery, but absorbing it,
and being possessed by it. If a
thing of beauty is a joy forever, how
rich will this day make my future.
I have seen views that have choked
my utterance, from whose grandeur
q voice said: Be still and know that
I am God"
The remaining four columns of
the message is given up to statistics
on salmon and concludes with stat
ing he has no recommendations to
make to the Council except the cod
ifcation and publishing of the laws
Of the city.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-01-21

the figures stand in bold relief de-
spite all the sophistry which our at
times Technical friend can bring to
bear upon the subject.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-01-21

Prov. Rice, the astronomer, says that
Saturn does not retire until o'clock in
the morning: This is the first intimation
we have had that the planets play poker.
Nearly everybody surmises that
they occasionally engage in a game
OF " Rondo," and hence tho express
sion "Roll on, Silver Moon"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-01-21

The telegraph announces that an
investigation has been ordered by
tho California Legislature of charges
made against State officials o. car
rying" their wives on the pay-rolls
of their offices without performing
any service for the salaries drawn.
An inquiry by the General Govern
ment in tho same direction, it is be-
lieved, might lead to the abolish
ment of many sinecure positions.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-01-21
The Flood in Oregon.

|
base our own hopes of prosperity
upon the mis.oltunes of others, it
seems proper that it should refer to
the great d amaze done all along the
valley of the Willamette, by the late
overthrow, with f-licitation that we,
who live on grand Puget Sound,
are happily exempt from such vista
tons, unless indeed tidal wave
should overwhelm old Whulge, a cir.
cumstance SO unlikely to occur that
we place it beyond the range of
probabilities. Unlike the "June
freshet," which annually fills the
banks of the Willamette, and some.
times submerges the lower portion
of Front and First Streets of Port
land, the present flood has damaged
property at almost every city and
village on the river and it's tribu-
taries. The loss in Lane county is
estimated at upwards of $50, 900,
principally in damage to mills, dams
and bridges, while loss Of $4,000
to stock is reported. In Marion
county, the destruction of all the
wharves but one at Salem, and
damage to fences and stock will ag.
gregate large sum, probably $780,
600. Near Corvallis the whole
country is submerged and there is
great damage to stock and fences.
In Yamhill, likewise the loss of a
warehouse is reported, but the in
terruption to mails and prostration
of the wires precludes the possible
ty of giving details OF the losses, or
approximating the precise value of
the property damaged or destroyed.
The loss in Portland is heavy.
The water has been nearly % feet
above low-water mark, and has done
much damage to the wharves and
warehouses. The damage to wheat,
stored for shipment, is estimated at
from $50, 900 to $4,000.
The Oregon and California Rail-
road has suffered damage all the
way from Milwaukee to Roseburg.
Bridges have been so weakened
as to neccssitate repairs, before bust
ness can be resumed, while the
track at many points has been washed
away. The narrow-guage road Of
the Oregonian Railway Company has
suffered equal damage and will re
quire the expenditure Of many thou
sands of dollars and the lapse of
considerable time before business is
resumed The .telegraphs weresall
Frustrated for several days, but the
Western Union obtained a through
wire between San Francisco and
Portland last Wednesday, and COM
munication has been since uninter-
rupted.
The loss Throughout the valley can
not fall short of several hundred
thousand dollars, and this is sup
plemented by the damage to bust
ness through the almost total sus-
pension of all means of communica-
ton.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-01-21

IT appears that the great storm of
last week extended over the entire
Pacific slope. The rainfall in Cali
fornia, Nevada and Utah was unpre.
cedented. Ten inches of rain are
reported to have fallen at Yreka in
70 hours.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-01-21

HALL Brothers. ship builders OF
Port Madison, are moving their yard
to Port Blakely where it is reported
they will construct four large vessels
during the present year, two for Rem
ton, Holmes & Co., and two for
other parties in San Francisco.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-01-21

The Western Union and the Amer
lean Telegraph companies have COM
bined their business, and thus the
hope Of popular rates prevailing is
again indefinitely postponed.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-01-21

In the Pennsylvania Legislature,
on the 18th instant, thirty-eight
persons were placed in nomination
for the Q. S. Senatorship.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-01-21

JAMES II. Taylor, of the firm of
Sackman & Taylor. Port Blakely,
died ut his residence at that place,
last Tuesday, of heart disease.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-01-21

The steamer Old Settler has now
got permanent job towing wood
scows in Seattle harbor.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-01-21

Gov. Murray, of Utah, has re-
fused Geo. Q. Cannon a certificate
Of election as Delegate, on the
ground that he is not citizen of the
United States and therefore ineligi-
BILE to any Office.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-01-21

A COMMUNICATION was presented
to the Senate on the 18th, from tho
Secretary of the Interior, recon-
mending an appropriation of s., 600
to become Immediately available,
for the survey and subdivision of
Indian reservations, with n Wow to
the allotment OF lands in severalty
to Indians.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-01-21

GEN. Miller was chosen, on the
18th instant, United States Senator,
by the California Legislature.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-01-21

Col. Fair has been elected U. S
Senator from Nevada.
The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1881-04-30
From Washington.

SECRETARY BLAINE ordered firm of Boston
architects to prepare working drawings and es-
Inmates of the cost of the erection of a monu-
ment to Washington at his birthplace in Vir-
ginia, for which Congress set apart $4,000.
The Union Pacific Railroad company has
filed heavy claim against the government for
money alleged to be due for mail service. The
claim amounts to s., 161, 720.25, and the case
will be tried soon before the United States
court of claims.
A BRONZE statue of Admiral David G.. Falra-
gut in the park at the intersection of Seven
tecnth street and Connecticut avenue was M
yelled few days ago in presence of a large
crowd. There was a procession and the houses
on the streets along the line of march wer,
deliberately decorated with flags and bunting
President Garfield received the statue in the
name of the nation, and orations were delivered
by administration Maynard and Senator
Voorhees,
ACTING COMMISSIONER HoLcoMB, of the in
terror department. reports after examining the
statutes that there are no lands in the Indian
Territory open to settlement, and that the
United States is bound to prevent emigration
thereto
THE President has appointed William Nc
Michael, of Philadelphia, and John K Boles. of
Hudson, Mich, members of the board of Indian
commissioners
SECRETARY BLAINE has instructed the Amer.
can consul at Victoria, British Columbia, to
investigate and report upon the circumstances
connectedwith the alleged imprisonment Of two
American citizens at Yale last winter
The commissioner Of internal revenue has
just decided, in case which arose in the Fifth
collection district of North Carolina, that money
in the custody of the government and belong
ing to Il citizenis not subject to levy and at
tachment under proceedings instituted in o
State court by creditors.
The President has designated the following
as members of the board of visitors at West
Point: Arson Stager, of Illinois; Milo S. Has
call, of Indiana Charles A. Boutelle, OF
Maine; George S. Greene, of Rhode Island
Henry B. Ledyard. of Michigan; s. S. Laws,
of Missouri, and D. G. Buell. of Kentucky.
THE department of state is in receipt of ad-
vices from Mr.. Walker The executive commits
sioner of the electrical exhibition at Paris, from
which it appears that all facilities will be ex-
tended to make the American exhibit success
The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1881-04-30
SENATE SPECIAL SESSION.

Mr.. Morgan asked leave to offer a concurrent
resolution declaring that the interests of the
people of the United States of America and the
welfare and security of the government are SO
involved in the subject of the construction of
ship-canals or other ways for the transporta-
ton of sea- going vessels across the isihnus
connecting North and South America. that the
government of the United States, with the
frankness which is due to all other peoples and
governments, hereby asserts that it will insist
that its consent is a necessary condition pre-
cedent to the execution of such a project, and
also as to the rules and regulations under
which other nations shall participate in the use
of such canals or other ways, either in peace or
in war. Mr.. Dawes objected to the resolution
on account Of the fact that it needed the con-
currence of the House of Representatives. and
upon his suggestion Mr.. Morgan changed the
resolution so as to make it q Senate measure,
when it was referred to the committee on
foreign relations
The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1881-04-30

2Wi'lam J. CoughliD. of Somervile, Mass, says: In
the a of 1876 taken with bleeding of the lungs
followed by severe cough. lost my appetite an
flesh, and was confined to my bed. In 1877 Twas adj
mitted to the hospital The doctors said had hole
in my lung as big as half dollar. AT time
port went around that was dead. gave up hope
but a friend told me of DIR. WILLIAM Halls BALsAM
FOR THE LUNGS. got bottle. when, to my surprise
commenced to feel better. and to-day feel better
than for three years past L write this hoping every
afflicted with diseased lungs will take Dr. VIII
LIAM HALLS BAIsAM, and be convinced that CON-
SUMPTION CURED. can positively say it has
done more good than all the other medicines have
taken since my sickness.
ARABIAN sKIN-TIGHTENER OR TONIC removes
Wrinkles and Crow s-feet Marks. giving youthful
appearance. Harmless. Sent. nacEed, for So Mrs
Dir. J. c. DILLINGHAM;. Box 1915, New Orleans La
The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1881-04-30
Foreign News.

HEAVY floods have done great damage in
Spain. The port of Seville was closed in con-
sequence of the foundations.
LORD BEAcoSsFIELD's will bequeaths his es-
tate to his brother and to his intimate friend
Lord Rowton. He also directs that he be buried
beside his wife in the church yard at Hughen-
den.
THREE children, aged respectively three
years, ten months and nine months, were
burned to death in fire at Ottawa, Ontario,
caused by AN exploded lamp.
MISTAKE, an American horse, owned by
Pierre Lorillard, captured the Newmarket in.
ternational handicap in England
BUSINESS is reported to be extremely dull in
the wcolen factories of Bradford, England.
and large numbers of operatives are leaving
for this country, where some of the proprietors
intend to transfer their machinery and capital.
a N1H1L1sT printing press has been discov-
cred in ST. Petersburg and about twenty per-
sons have been arrested.
The executioner who officiated at the recent
hanging of the murderers Of the Russian car
has received one hundred lashes for misman-
agement in the hanging of one of the Nihilists
whose rope broke twice.
FRENCH troops have entered Tunisian terri
tory.
By the upsetting of ferryboat on the
Dniester river at Lemberg from thirty to sixty
persons were drowned.
Four persons, formerly domestic servants in
the imperial palace at Constantinople, have
been arrested, charged with the assassination
of the late Sultan Abdul Aziz. They have con-
feesed that they sufocated him, after which
they opened the veins in his arms to make 1t
appear that he committed suicide.
The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1881-04-30
Fon the first time in many years the theate:s

FoR the first time in many years the theate:s
in Cincinnati have been closed.
AT q fire in Indianapolis, Ind, the other day,
1900 cofins were reduced to ashes.
Rev, Fl. THOMAS, of Ozark, Ark, committed
suicide recently. He was threatened with
blindness
The wife and two daughters of Mr.. ii. X.
Bell, mayor of Salinas, CAL, were burned to
death in the destruction of his residence on a
recent Friday night.
FIVE men and one woman were killed and six
passengers injured by passenger coach jump
ing the track and going over an embankment
or the Denver and Rio Grande road near Rock
Tunnel, Col.
The town of Greenyille CAL, has been near
ly destroyed by fire, causing an aggregate loss
of over 100000
FLOODS in Minnesota and at various points
along the Missouri river have done immense
damage to railroads and other property. -
THEtown of Buenaventura, one of the most
important commercial towns on the Pacific
coast OF Colombia, has been almost entirely de-
stroyed by fire. The houses were mostly built
of wood with matched roofs. Three persons
lost their lives, 1,500 more were rendered
homeless, and the peeuniary damage done is
estimated at 81, 100000.
THE drinking water of Chicago has become SO
impure that it has to be boiled before being
used
A MACON (Ga.) dispatch says that " in every
city, town and hamlet in Georgia, where the
bodies of the Confederate dead lay buried.
their graves were decorated to-day and
memorial services held. In many instances
the ladies made no determinations in decora-
tions, placing flowers, garlands and wreaths
upon the graves of Federal as well as Confeder-
ate soldiers"
THE steamship City of Austin, on her way
from Matanzas to New York, stranded off the
Florida coast and went TO pieces. No lives were
lost. Her cargo, consisting of sugar and fruit,
was valued at 100000
STRIKING ST. Louis street car-driyers prevent
ed many cars from running and compelled their
drivers to take them back to tile stables.
In Illinois strip of highly cultivated land
from three to eight miles wide and nearly fifty
miles long has been flooded by break in the
Sny levee.
NJ. ?. O'CONNER, representative in Congress
from the Charleston g. Co. district, died a few
days ago of tumor in the stomach, aged
fifty years.