Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-10-20
Mere Mention.

Inc "edti CT mas ell ueclt
variable tbs past few DAYS.
The new desks for the public
schools have been received.
There was boru to Mrs Fred Me-
Cousland, OF this place, last Sun
day, Il son.
OREGoS will have but one Senator
after the 4,h of March. The Leg
islature was to haze adjourned to-
day.
Tue train was detained nearly two
hours, Wednesday evening, 10y q log
slipping from the trucks on Bush
prairie.
The Fair managers propose to
continue the exhibit till Saturday
evening, and have postponed the
ball announced for this evening Til!
Monday night.
"Oregon "Reminiscences" are
omitted this week, in consequence
of the pressure upon our columns.
The publication may remain Suspend
ed until the canvass closes.
Is it not little strange that the
bolter orsan-tbe 1ronscript-whose
head has been sore the past ten
years, should now be such strenu-
Gus advocate of party discipline?
The steamer George E. Starr has
taken the place of the Idaho on
the Olympia and Seattle route,
and the latter boat has been placed
on service between Seattle and la
corner.
A deer was captured by the Off
GERS of the steamer Messenger, in
the sound, few miles below this
place, yesterday and brought to
town alive for exhibition at the Fair.
Last night it drew large crowd.
Mr.. Bagley says that we have
abused the Republican nominees in
the STANDARD. We leave it for the
candidates themselves to say whether
we have not treated them with due
courtesy and respect.
Mr.. Thin ;,son Siso- h,nl"..t to
tho firemen this evening, Doubtless
as q fancied means of securing votes
for himself as School Superintend-
ent. This is in keeping with the
proposition to pay S. for " rousins
majority" in certain precincts two
years ago.
The effort of the COm'irr and the
Transcript to belittle the People's
movement by declaring it to be the
inspiration of two or three individ.
uals, is an insult to the majority OF
the people Of the county. 1t is child
ish in the extreme, and be:rays q
lamentable poverty of resource.
The exhibit in the Columbia Hall
this week demonstrates the fact thai
the Annual Fair may be made O
grand success. The present display
is we'll worthy of visit from the
remotest parts of the Territory. ano
when a united effort is made. a:
will be next year. what may We NJ"
expect to witness
Tho --cess of the present aeri-
cultural and mechanical exhibit de-
monstrates the wisdom of holding
it in town instead OF nearly two
miles in the country. The attend
ance daily has kept up in surpris-
ing manner, and many who have
gone but once under the old plan
have been present. several times un-
der the present, and of course, add
ed just that much1 mole to the
financial success of the enterprise.
A man named James Patton, en-
ployed in the logsingcamp of Rab
adeau d. Perry, on the Big Shook
UNI, near Arcadia. sustained = com
pound fracture of the right leg, be-
low tho knee, by a falling tree, Thurs
day afternoon. He was brought
to this place for surgical aid, arriv-
ing about 10 o'clock on the night OF
the day the accident occurred. The
fracture was reduced and the sufferer
is now resting as easily as could be
expected.
The Courier this week affirms that
the section of the Code QUOTED by
us last week. was enacted after MIR.