Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-01-19
at ARLINGTON tanaard
Mere Mention.

The daylight is growing perceptl-
bly, longer.
There is considerable tio1tinS ice
in the bay above Long Bridge.
Services have been held in the NJ.
Z. Church every night the p .st week.
Mr.. Moore has not yet sold out his
stock of groceries, all reports to the
contrary no wi'hstaLdins.
Rev. Mr.. Ellis, of Seattle, will
conduct service. in the CongreSa-
tional Church next Sunday, morning
and evening.
The thermometer at I o'clock this
morning indicated eight degree,
above zero, or II degrees below the
the freezing point.
The sun shines brightly by day
and the neon by night, but they
have had but little effect IN modera-
ting the temperature, which has been
uniformly below the freezing point
since Tuesday.
1t will be seen by new announce
ment that Treasurer Manson Is now
prepared to pay all county orders
issued prior to June 18th, and that
interest on them ceases on the 3lst
of this mouth.
A regular blizzard swept over this
place Wednesday morning between
the hours of one and four o'clock, but
no damage was done. The wind
was unaccompanied by rain aud prin-
cipally from the north.
Maggie Mcdonald, daughter of
Mrs. Huntley, of Arcadia, died at
the Sisters school, in this place,
this morning, of mountainous cloup.
Her age was sixteen years, and she
was greatly esteemed by all who
knew her.
Messrs. Toklas & Co. had a grand
re.openins, last Satu lay .veiin; IN
the new brick store winch staua, un
the site of the building occupied by
them before the fife. 1t is beauti-
fully arranged and presents quite il
metropolitan appearance.
No less than eight complaints have
been made the past few days in
Squire Keady's court against G. A.
Agnew for stealing chickens, and the
fines and costs in four cases already
disposed of amount to S199. Frank
Mossman was likewise arrested, but
was permitted to give testimony TO
convict Agnew.
Olympia is to have marble yard.
Prof. Skidmore and MIR. Manville
have associated themselves for the
purpose of conducting the business
in all its details, a. the growing de-
mands of the country may require.
They have already ordered material,
and will begin operations soon as it
arrives.
A man claiming to DO a preacher
a new conner to the Territory, named
Matthew Woodruff, was arrested
last Sunday on charge, preferred
by girl likewise lately from the
east, Of seduction. The defendant
was discharged on the ground that
the magistrate bad no jurisdiction,
the CRIME having been committed
outside the Territory.
The Courier's fulsome laudation
of one Of the principal employees at
the Insane Hospital. last week |
would impel the belief that it has Il
very high estimate of the whole in
stitution, unless some exception is
made. 1t certainly is not ignorant
of some of the irregularities p.uc
tised by the Trustees in auditing the |
bills, and we hope it will lose no |
time in placing itself squarely Oh the |
record.
Those who have not attended Mrs.
DIR. Potts lecture have missed a raie
opportunity for instruction CONF
bined with entertainment of high
order. The lady does not lay any
special claim to oratory, bni she has
a manner of expressing her views
peculiar to herself, which carries
conviction of her sincerity and shows
that she is perfect master of her sub.
ject. Her lecture Thursday evening
on food and digestion embodied so
many palpable truths. seIf-evilent
when stated but never thought of
by most people, SO essential to heal b.
that it could not but be productive of
the most beneficial results. The
manner OF feeding an infant was u
perfect revelation to most mothers;
what to avoid in cooking u meal, will
save many q pain in the stomachs OF
those who were present, while her
analysis of the component parts Of
certain articles OF food will certainly
lead to q choice of those which CON-
mon sense Indicates will best assimi.