Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-03-10
Mere Mention.
Tne !rci ei,t fta- E9,i3' was hrou ,ht
up ty the /1py,' iAst Monday.

M '"i'i - wv" Ii'''NiiI All
excellent quality Of flour at the
Upper Tumwa:er Mil.
Potatoes now sell at 81 cents per
hushel. eggs - cents per dnzcn, ami
butter 80 cents per pnunl
We have had during the past
week fore taste Of the Spring
weather Of "a sweet by-lnl- by.
The usul public worship Will be
,o.duct,d in tie Pre.blterian
huron, next Sunday, by the pastor.
The little steamer L.><ir arriv, d
from Seattle, last MONDAY. and in
mediately enter, Il upon her lire of
duties as general jobber.
Mr Look, who owns tie wiors a
Long Bridge ana in Erst Olympia,
ships several tons of fish weekly to
Portland. lie reports ready mar
ket for all he can catch.
Mr.. l.. i. Bonner and family
arrived by the E3'"r, from Otto
county, Nebraska, to make Il per-
minent home in Western Washing
ton. He is q brother of our towns
man, Mr.: J. W. Bonner.
The tax list of the past year, in
Guiding the TreasuIer's supplemental
assessment, aggregated, in round
numbers, Si1 600, of which so, 900
were collected, leaving delinquency
of SD, 700 turned over to the Sheriff,
of which, at least S. 600 is unc ollec-
table.
The body of the German, Deguiser,
who is supposed to have met his
death by falling from Tamwater
bridge, q month or more ago, was
found on Hartst,in Island, Mason
county, about Is miles below this
place, on the 81 inst. The remains
were inferred in the Catholic Gene
terry, on Bush Prairie, one day this
week.
The freight charges on goods to
Chehalis from Olympia are no larger
than from Portland to the same
point. Chehalis is the center of n
rich farming population. Why can
not our merchants furnish all the
goods required and take in exchange
wheat, bacon and potatoes, for which
there is an unlimited demand -? Will
somebody answer the query?
Mr.. John Kienappil, a logger in
Longfellow's camp, at North Bay,
sustained severe injury by a falling
tree, last Monday, and was imme-
diately bought to town for surgical
aid. 1t was at first thought that he
had sustained internal injuries, but
happily IN examination revealed
nothing more serious than fracture
of the right arm above the elbow.
AT meeting of the stockholders
of the Eagle Mining Co., whose
principal Office is i'll this place, held
on Saturday evening, the 4th inst.
the following directors were elected
for the ensuing year: Marshal Blinn,
E. T. Young. N. Crosby, 7. c. Van
Epps and Hiram f. Smith. The
mines cf Tie company are located in
the Skamilkameen and Mt. Chepacca
district, Stevens county. and bid fair
to become source of revenue to
their owners.
GEN. Grant is again reported to be
in need of pecuniary aid. to relieve
the common necessities Of life, and
this is doubtless the object of the
Logan bill which proposes his res
toration to The army. The sugar
plum of $3.50 600 collected for him
by the New York Times, it ap-
pears, has gone" where the woodbine
twine,h," and his old luck, or ill
luck, in business matters, seems to
attend every enterprise with which
his name has been connected. 1t is
now proposed to pension him upon
the Government, simply for the
reason that he is unable, even with
the lavish gifts Of houses, lands and
money to earn an honest living.
Where the elements of greatness lie,
in such nature, it is impossible to
determine. Achieving distinction
through the possession of negative
qualities, which at the suspicious
moment had not aroused antaSonism,
his whole career as a civil officer has
been a reproach to American civiliz.-
ton. Let us hope that tie present
effort will be the last which will
place an ex-President before the
world in the humilisting attitude OF
mendicant
IT is expected that fully 5000
Cinnamon will he landed in Oregon
from the Flowery Kingdom within
the next few months, TO supply the
demand for railroad laborers. 1t is
claimed that the corporations have
been unable to procure white men,
even at the advanced rate of wages
offered them.
The vote on the confirmation of
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