Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-11-09
ITEMS OF INTEREST,

| The amounts paid into the United
states treasury as conscience money
since 1881 aggregate $ls6, ,45s OIL.
A gold mine has been opened in Dal-
ton, Mass. The value of the precious
metal thus far uncovered is less than
$40.
The preachers in Aurora, Ind, coun-
Sci their ftOcks not to attend the fair. be-
cause indiscriminate gambling is al
lowed
1t is rumored that ex-Gov. Cornell
contemplates building handsome resi-
dence and moving back to his native vii
lage, Ithaca.
A Boston journal wonders whether,
after all, Bret Harte is not the greatest
living American writer of fiction. As
this wonder is from Boston, Mr.. Harte
may be satisfied
Congressman Perry Belmont of New
York is sparing no expense in the fur
nlshing of his new residence on the Cor
ner OF Seventeeth street and Rhode Is
land avenue, Washington.
1t is rumored that Albany county and
the vicinity furnish New York from L.
600, 900 to 1000 900 cabbages annually.
This number will be greatly diminished
| this year on account of the unfavorable
weather. 20
idehf PoaS~ido,iss VAS made
the recipient of . large, AAt bodquet,
skillfully arranged with the figure 80 IN
the centre, on the eightieth anniversary
OF her birthday. 1t was from her
neighbors in Nashville. ~
The convicts in the p66itertiary in
Joliet, ILL.,, receive over 5000 news
papers and periodicals every month.
One earns $40 a month by overwork,
and with it he buys costly books.
A large cat sprang from the roof of
three-stcry building in Cohoes,. N. Y,
and caught a sparrow, but fell TO the
pavement and broke her back, and the
sparrow flew away. The cat was killed.
Most of the boards of directors of our
railroad and telegraph companies are
made up of the same gentlemen. This
makes it difficult, where two or more
meetings are held the same day, to w.
cure quorum of each board.
The news in general from the differ
ent mining Districts" says the Salt
Lake Tribune, sis published by US daily,
and it is significant here to say that
nothing could be more gratifying than
the general outlook all along the line."
Prof. Willard Fiske, late of Cornell
University, is said to have captivated
wealthy Italian Countess, whom he will
soon lead to the altar. One of the con-
ditions of the alliance probably will be
that she shall not will her money to an
educational institution.
Mr.. Slade, who is known to fame as
the pugilistic Maori, is to receive 81 900
a month and expenses for being
dressed down every evening by Mr..
Bruiser Sullivan. The rewards OF tai
eDt in this country are great, and not
confined to preachers and opera singers.
The residents of Fulton, Oswego
county, are mtEh exercised over The st-,
tempted stealing of petrified body
from the local cemetry. A museum
agent has been prowling around the
place for sometime, and the Fultonites
are preparing to give him a warm re-
ception.
Mr.. Tennyson is cruising in the north
ern seas with Mr.. Gladstone, and, with
the inspiration OF the salt sea breezes
and Mr.. Gladstone's unwearying assist
ance, he may possibly be able to write
some verses on the death of John Brown
that will be acceptable to the Queen.
An exchange says the product of the
Cornwall copper mines OF England is
steadily decreasing; in fact, the mines
are gradually and surely giving out. In
1864 the product was 1885 tons, valued
at 81 ,29O, 900, and for the year ending
June 30, 1888, 2,067 tons, worth $745,-
900.
The idea Of total abstinence has been
abandoned by the temperance workers Of
Germany, but they draw the line at
lager beer and Rhine wine. As beer
seems to be the bane of that country,
the temperance advocates had better 70
to raising potatoes and mixing saurkraut
A Washington correspondent says
that president Arthur drinks good rye
whiskey during the day, and never less
than bottle of champagne at dinner"
Is it possible for the President to look at
the portrait of the estimable founder of
the Mrs. Hayes Temperance society
without blushing?
Mr.. William Jacobs of New York can
have all that belongs to the winner of
the contest for extreme cheek. He ran
down to Boston, fell in love with wom-
an, arranged to marry her, and sent
cards to his already legal wife, residing
in Gotham. Therefore, Esther, took the
police into her confidence.
1t may seem like ancient history to
say that the Keely motor is "nearly fin
ished," but as some one took the
trouble to telegraph the fact from Phila-
delphia recently, We suppose it is proper
to jog the memories of the people on
the subject. The motor seems to be a
standing refutation of the "survival of
the fittest."