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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-02-23

Making All average Of 473 per COW,
being 120 less than the average of
the Jerseys.
The quality of the milk is shown
by the following figures:
Jersey Belle n butter to 4 OTIS. milk.
Alvords Jersey do As do
Campbell's EurOtus Az do
While the general average is about
fourteen pounds of milk to pound
of butter, ami the COWS mainly JsI-
seys at that.
Mr.. Biglow has done much to i'm
prove our milk stock with his i'm
ported bulls, but it is work re-
quirins years OF time, a great deal
of money as we'll as patience to
change and improve our breeds of
cattle. Now that beginning has
been made, we hope to see improved
Jersey cows as plentiful and az
cheap as are the common scrubs that
We meet everywhere.
FARMS SOLD.
Farms on South Bay are changing
hands very fast: AIR. A. Henry has
sold out for 81 800. Mr.. Adams at
81, 800, Mr.. Minkler at 81, 200, Mr..
Bleauvslt 5000. Besides these traus-
fers of farms. Messrs. Carpenter,
McElroy. Pix and Judson have sold
the land owned by them to new
corners. The principal purchasers
are the kearneys, who we judge from
the way they start in, mean business,
and We trust these gentlemen will
fluid their expectations fully realised.
1t is quite q compliment to this 10.
cality to have men who have been to
other counties hunting for land to
settle on, men who having looked
the whole field over, finally settle.
down permanently in this vicinity.
1t il the old story over again. Tho
devout knight, after searching about
the world for years in quest of the
Holy Cup. finds it at last in beg
gers wallet at his own castle gate.
Thurston county has many valuable
farm sites awaiting occupants that
will amply repay one fer the i'm
provemsnts heeded to make them
profitable.
Thousands OF dollars have been
used here to the lest advantage.
One farmer has just sold his land
and improvements at more than dou-
BILE their cost only one year and q
half ago. Capital that goes away
from this section to find chances for
profitable investment. is not wisely
managed.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-02-23

The Maine Senate has passed bill
comforting suffrage upon women in
school matters.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-02-23

MIR. K. D. Harrington, furniture
dealer OF New Tacoma has made an
assignment, in favor Of his creditors.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-02-23

The proverb about people living in
glass houses will soon lose its meta
phorical significance. One of the
most prominent glass manufacturers
of Pittsburg announces his intention
OF furnishing the public with glass
houses at an approximately early
period. AS soon as q suitable an.
healing process is discovered and q
factory and ovens are built for the
special purpose, glass blocks will
become a reasonable and suitable
building material.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-02-23

F. X. GRARp. $50 Suffer Street San Fran.
cisco. The largest stock Of Pianos and
organs on the coast. Pacific Coast Agency.
for the celebrated Wheelock Piano, Roy.
er Williams Organ. Easy instalments.
Special contracts with Railroads and
Steamers. All instruments sold at facto-
ry prices. Address,
r. II. GIRARD.
Manufacturers Agent,
1872 Suffer Street, San Francisco, Cal.
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A Portable Electric Lighter.

Portable Electric Lighter.
Scientific American. New York. December l6, 1sss)
A Portable Electric Lighter for $500 il
being extensively sold BY the Portable
Electric Light Co., Of ~ Water Street,
Boston. It is an economical ana safe APP
atus for lighting Tor home and business
purposes.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-02-23

% Farmers and others desiring Q gen.
S. to $50 day can be earned, send ad.
dress at once. on postal, to II. G.. Wnxu-
SON & Co., 1875 and 1877 Fulton Street, New
York
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-02-23

In Wyoming, out OF Csc, 900 cattle,
it is stated, only 500 have died.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-02-23
An Important Movement.

A New 1orksdispatch of the 18th
instant gives what seems to he an
authentic summary of an agreement
mbde by the Willard combination,
on the one side, anu the Union Pa
citic Railroad Co., on the other,
whereby these corporations will act
in " harmony" with themselves, in
stead Of I'm harmony with the in
terests IF the various commercial
territories Jointly reached by the two
=, stems" as the dictated dispatch
very pncilicailv aunounces. The
basis of the a.reemen! is stated As
follows:
Fr>:-Ul,on IL" completion OF the
N"Itn, P.rliir rillrua!tp Little BLACK
tool. Montana Territory, a point atout
ipr;v--I1nt mics west oi Helena. VIII r:'
il Lui'tvtite the / tab y Northern, and
Whlrn point VIII ire reached >,!ilc time III
july, tn Northern Pacific rail- road VIII
Ia, Iurvr riil> -nt'IWcrn Helena and Little
i:ItchI"nt. and the Utah X Northern Will
also law "a tnird r.ll between Little Black
foot amt Butte City, Il distance OF tiily
mites, giving each line through rail con-
nrclIon with the most Important cities of
Montana. The distance from Chicago
10 Helena via the Northern Pacific Will
h' | 5U1 miles, and hy the Union Pacific
| / ,9J1 miles. The distance from Chicago
L. Butte 10y the Northern Pacific will he
| Gis miles, and by the L Mon Pacific sos
miles.
>y.und-The Oregon Short Line will he
eAtcnied to snake river where II Will be
met by the -. X ~ =. CO. where the bust
hess Tor the Pacific coast Will be inter
changed.
1hlrd-Upo tne junction of the Oregon
Short Line with the .. K. Il y. Co. a.
Snake river freight between the Pacific
coast and Salt Lake will be interchanged
by the new route.
Fourth Freight between Colorado and
the Pacific coast will also be intercbanged
10y the new route.
Filth Passenger rates between all
Eastern points and Portland, Or, Will he
the saline as between the same Eastern
points and San Francisco.
SiAth-RateS oil freight between the
Pacific coast and points i'll Montana will
he the sanIe as the rates from ST. Paul.
4 representative Of the Union Pacific
says that the opening OF that road INTO
NJ ontaua will make "a large reduction i'll
the rates OF freight and lareS To all i'm
portant points i'll that Territory.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-02-23
Notice.

A LII persons owing city taxes for tho
"A years 1881 and lsS2 will save costs By
paying the same within the next week to
the CITY MARSHAL.
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9e,1, 9duertis
Notice!

THEREAFTER the fees on eli papers
III filed in the Auditors Office must be
paid in advance. otherwise they will not
receive attention.
C. NJ. MOORE.
Auditor ThurstOn County,
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-02-23

Mr.. n. H. Fairweather, Superin-
tendent of the Pend 'Oreille Division
of the Northern Pacific Railroad,
with headquarters at Sprasue, has
resigned his position and been sue
ceeded by Mr.. F. F. Griffin, late OF
the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad.
The Portland Standard surmises that
the recent suspension of his "a
ther-in-law, the master mechanic,
prompted Mr.. F. to resign. He has
made an excellent executive officer
MIR. Griffin is likewise said to have
had considerable experience in the
line of duty to which be has been as
signed.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-02-23

"hA lu'S a. ulbSh cOpNS 40 way
on The shelf The public have 10
right to expect that anything Of
purely personal interest shall be
inserted without compensation
Every line 81 tyie lcljross n certain
cost that comes GU: Of sr,nrhndv )
pocket. If it not %: the beneficiary
/; Is the publisher. He IS htneiitted
( on,y ly -uch matter "a, will interest
! lis readers cn Iugi ,( secure then
! cu,tuIn. AMI however enteIta II ny
! these erS' u.l !Idhlis may be to the
,'.rtit, most n crested, they are
scarcely ever read 10y the public
{ lh"y are PASSED over II Is safe to
say, by II II -t,nths of ;he general
readers.
Ae lon, as the conductors of news
papers allow such cl.cap-john tx
rre>sions of gratitude or sympathy
to appear free, or allow their space
to he used as ii means Of according
a cheap reward of merit" by pub
Iicatlcn of the so-called rolls of hon
or. Just SO long will the abuse re-
main, and the .StandUi will con.
tinue to deplore the fact unless it
makes an effort to awaken the craft
from their somnolent apathy. Put
an charge for the bare cost of com.
position for these publications, and
see how soon they will cease.
a HARD CAsE.-Jack Vincent, the
man who was lately convicted at
Chehalis Of murder III the second
degree, is hard nut, if half the
stories that are told about him
are true. He has been professional
dead-beat, a man who prided him.
self upon his ability to make a living
without work. He was a terror to
hotel keepers and steamboat men,
and it is said that in only one i'll
stance did the latter ever nonplus
Jack. The story is thus related by
the East Oregonian: "Jack was On
his way down the river one day, and
was recognized as the man who had
often troubled, ate his meals regular,
and never put up. So when he
seated himself at the table, and soup
had been placed before him, the
purser, armed with a large tin
syringe, stepped up beside him and
said, Sir, if you wish to eat at
this table, you must pay in advance.
Jack was very indignant, and drew
the purser's attention to others at
the table, and desired to know why
he did not collect from them in ad-
vance, and treat all alike. The pur-
ser told him he knew his man, and
resolved he would make him pay in
advance. Jack responded, Il am
no hummer, sir, and I shall not pay
until 1 am through eating The
purser said no more, but stuck the
end of the syringe in the plate and
made one draw and all the soup dis
appeared. Now said he, 'if
you will pay so cents I will shoot it
back. Jack replied. I did not in
tend to pay you cent, but that trick
you have played is worth the fee, and
here are your four bits Jack easy
way of travelling, his success as a
trickster, lead his friends to believe
that he will soon find himself free
from the prison walls. They have
great confidence in his shrewdness
and sagacity."
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-02-23

The New York Herald, in late
issue, shows disposition to be face
tious. Will wonders never cease i?
Can the Colossus design to laugh,
like ordinary mortals, and over as
common an article as soapp See the
bubbles of wit which ascend from
the following lines: The best news
that has come from California is con-
tanned i'll the announcement of the
discovery of a vein of clay containing
so much potash that it can be used
as soap. A great many natural pro-
ducts are named as necessary to the
success of a new State, but soap,
which seldom finds place among
them, is practically the most i'm
portant. People who apply soap
externally, seldom crave alcoholic
stimulants. Soap properly diluted
with water and placed where it will
do the most good is almost a specific
for laziness. If soap had been
abundant in New England in the 18th
century there would have been no
Quaker vagaries or witchcraft hor-
rors, for disordered minds are seldom
found in sound bodies. Had the
California soap mine been discovered
a few years earlier and it's output
properly distributed there would be
no sand lot idiocies, for men who
wash themselves thoroughly and
wear clean clothes, however ragged
never become socialists or haters Of
other classes. But it is not fair that
California should monopolize the
natural production of soap; if New
York earth can yield a soap cleans
ing element anywhere above sea
level or of the bottomless pit, there
should be some lively prospecting at
once in the cellars of Tammany hall
and the city hall"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-02-23
Feed ! Feed u

Bran and Chop feed constantly kep
on hand.
HOPKINS & ROBERTSON.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-02-23

10 That new and magnificent stock of
Wall Paper has arrived At Van Epps',
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-02-23

If anybody can make the obscure
plain, the ambiguous ineligible, or
can give meaning to incoherent
phases, the above contains an in
uendo-the devils weapon-tbat the
STANDARD mas attempted to swindle
the county. The rejected bills"
amounted to SIS, for years supply
of receipts for the Treasurer and
redemption certificates for the Au-
ditor, a charge for which every
county in the Territory 1--WE believe)
allows except Thurston. This corn-
ty holds to the provincial idea that
printed receipt is an extravaganza
which should be frowned down, and
the extensible editor of the Trans
cript, true to his narrow and selfish
instincts, if we can take one of the
Commissioners word for it, deliber-
ately misled the board as to the
usage in other counties. We should
have treated the transcripts filings
with the contempt they deserve, had
not their repetition made forbear-
ance cease to he virtue.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-02-23

We give to-day Il synopsis OF the pro-
eeedings of the county commissioners, as
officially reported IN the county organ. in
which we fail to find the bills OF the
STANDARD, which the board refused To pay.
They were only a small amount, but they
figured for about two days as part of
the proceedings. Allrcjrcted bills should
, swindinG hereafter Transcript.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-02-23

IT will be seen by reference to an
advertisement published by MIR.
Moore, the County Auditor, that he
is compelled to adopt the advance.
pay system for recording. So many
instruments remain in his hands I'M
called-for, after they are placed upon
record, that to save loss and trouble
he avails himself of the statutory
provision embraced in Sec. 2,735 of
the Code, which is as follows:
Said County Auditor is not bound to
record any instrument, or file ANY paper or
notice, or furnish any copies or To render
any service connected With his office. until
his fees for the same, AS prescribed by Law,
are if demanded. paid or rendered"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-02-23
An Eioq aens Appeal.

INDIANAPOLIS. Feb. 19.-The relief
committee of New Albany has issued
the following address to the citizens
of New Albany: Citizens, the re.
lief committee urgently appeals to
you TO come forward With mouay,
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-02-23

Gu6u tuc SEoat Aoou VI Aoto.
The Dutch Fire .Pe. an America.
New YoRK, Feb. 21.-The U. s.
mail steamship Valencia, on her re.
turn from the Spanish main to Now
York, was fired upon by the Dutch
garrison stationed at the fort on the
Island of Caracoa. The Valencia
arrived here yesterday. Consul
Beach took the affidavit of all the
officers and passengers on the Valen.
csa and will present them at Wash
ington, on his arrival to-day. At the
Office of the company the story was
ridiculed. 1t was not believed that
the cannon was aimed intentionally
at the ship.
Much Indignation is expressed
among merchants and those doing
business in the West Indies at the
insult to our flag on the steamer
Valencia. A prominent Wall street
merchant said: my business
brings me into contact with many
persons, and there seems to be q
deep dissatisfaction with the govern
ment that cannot make its flag re-
spected among other nations. No
one, that have heard of, bears ami.
mostly against the Dutch, for We
know them to be neither bad tenn
pered nor hasty. We fesl that our
flag is not respected IS the flags Of
nations. There's where the bitter
mesa comes in
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The White House.

The local event of the week has
been the opening Of the White
House" the distinction term used by
Mr.. Gottschalk to designate his
place of business. 1t is his intention
as will be seen by the advertisement
which appears in this issue, to lnau-
eurate new plan Of doing business,
at least for this locality, and to give
the customer the benefit of the saw
inss resulting from strict adherence
to the cash System. 1t is a mistaken
idea of accommodation to extend
credit. except it may he in some
extreme cases. The merchant must
charge the equivalent of high rate
of interest to the purchaser on credit,
or Httre his customers to make up
the loss from tardy pay. "Time is
money" and just as important an
element of business as the wares on
his shelves, and the dealer who re-
ceives Il discount in San Francisco on
cash purchases, can undersell the 30
or 60 day man, just the amount of
interest involved. This is as plain
as that two and two make four, and
Mr.. Gottschalk thinks he has solved
the vexed problem which has so long
interfered with our progress as q
community. The fact is, the prices
of dry goods n | clothing i'll Olym-
pia have been based upon rates in
tended to cover losses from many
abnormal conditions of business, and
have never yet been regulated by a
percentage merely to cover the costs
of handling goods. This is why tens
of thousands of dollars have been
sent yearly to New York and Port
land from our little community alone,
for dress goods, lace, embroidery and
notions, nil of which might have
been sold as cheaply here, if business
had been transacted ON a proper
basis. This is why many of our
citizens who want to buy a suit Of
clothes go to Seattle or Portland,
and save enough to pay all their ex-
penses upon the cost of the garments.
The prices of groceries have already
mainly passed through the ordeal,
and range very favorably with the
cost of similar articles elsewhere.
Some other branches of business
must follow suit or ultimately lose
the game. In dry goods, Mr.. Colts.
chalk holds the winning cards, and
if he plays strictly according to the
rules laid down by himself, he will
in very short time leave less enter.
prising men far in the rear.
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acreage has decreased GO per cent.
This throws dependence upon Amer.
lea to a greater extent than at any
time within the last five years. The
American gram and provision crops
of 1882 and what she can raise in
1883 can be marketed on this side OF
the Atlantic with the greatest ease
and at full prices. Universal agri.
cultural distress, united with poverty
social and political troubles, past
and to come, will tend to increase
immigration to America.
Lsvsss on the SlississiPpi Giving way
Eiequ' mt Appeal fer Aid.
CAIRO, Feb. 19.-At 6 P. N. the
river is fifty-one feet. and raising q,
the rate of half an inch per hour
The lowlands below here are entirely
inundated aud the loss of stock, pro-
perty and grain is said to be incal
culable. The Iron Mountain depot
at Birds Point has over a foot oI
water on the floor. At Jackson the
road is transferring passengers by
boat across Msyfeld creek, the EN-
bankment having given away at thai
place. The Iron Mountain and Texas
and St. Louis roads have entirely
suspended business upon this end.
But little fear is manifested in the
city, on account of the levees. and
the general opinion is that the rivel
will come to a stand tomorrow night
Reports OF distress are beginning te
arrive from the low lands in Kentucky
and Missouri below here. The worl
Of bulkheadiug the Ohio levee is rap
idly going on.
Opea q Sheshsns March LIST.
CHICAGO, Feb. 16.-J. W. Morse
general passenger agent Of the rpio'
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Name


Ofncer skdmore, OF the West Washington pre.
cinct. charged young man named c. j. Moran In
the Police Court this morning. with malicious
trespasS The defendant forfeited s. collateral
Inc oflcer states that the people who Visit Oak
Hin cemetery are greatly annoyed by a crowd OF
young men who climb,over the fence on sunday
afternoons He stated that he arrested the de-
PENDANT yesterday concealed In the cemetery with
field glass, peeping at ladies who did not know
OF his presence.
About 1880 O'Clock this morning a colored man,
named James Howard, 30 years or age, while
trimming tree on Pennsylvania avenue opposite
the Metropolitan hotel, fell and severely injured
himself internally.
Amanda Smith. the colored woman who was so
shockingly cut by a brutal colored man who es-
capped detection, about two weeks ago In George
town, and was taken 10 the Freedmans hospital,
Is now convalescing
Alols vogel, who, it will be remembered at
tempted TO commit suicide on the 10th OF May on
the 9TH street road. by shooting himself In the
Head with a pistol. and was taken To the Freed.
mans hospital In the police ambulance IS now
conNalescent and Will soon be out again.
The IRISH SoCIETIEs-Mr. Peter Mccartney the
delegate 10 the Irish National League, called
meeting or the presidents or the various Irish So
cleteS, which was held at Shea's hall yesterday
afternoon. The best plan for affiliating with the
National League was discussed, but no aci lon was
taken, ana the meeting adjourned until next sun.
day,
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Travellers Guide.

PENNSYLVANIA ROAD.-Trains leave B. p. sta
ton, 9th and sits. q. W.: as follows: For New York
Philadelphia and the East-AM., 500 (ex.), esd
Omitted exl 10 80 (ex) Pm, 80 (exl 30 (ex.)
$50 lex and 1020(exl On Sunday-P.N n, :SOiex.
40 texl, $50 eexl, 1890 9s13 For Boston. daily,
i:0 pm. ie1.S For Pittsourg and the West daily,
AM, ESQ Chicago limited); $50 fast line) PM
1880 (ex), $50 lex.) For Rochester. Niagara Falls
Buffalo. etc-P.M., daily except Saturday, ESD
(ex) For Baltimore-A.M., $40. 500. $3.50, 1880;
PM, 80. 4:90 4:40, $50, 1850 $50 and l0:eO On
sundayaAM. ESQ 1890; Pm. 40, Ga. 7;sO, ESQ
cept Sunday. AM. $50 lex.l For Richmond and
daily. except Sunday: For Annapolis and Pope'a
Creek line-A.M, $40; PM, $40, except Sunday.
For Aexandria-AM.. ESQ., 700. ESQ. II go II IS
PM, $500 4:So $500. $50, 500 and II go On sun
day-A.M., ESQ. II IS: Pm, $500, 500
the station, corner Of N. ave. ana G st, as fol.
lows: For New York and Philadelphia and the
East-A.M, $50 (ex.) Pm, 8No0ex.l, ESQ (ex)
Cincinnati. St Louis and Louisviile-A.M n, 800
{ex.l, 10:15 (exl Pm, 1910 lex) For Pittsburg,
Cleveland and Detroit-A.M., 80 (ex) PM, $50
So dsiy s FCr slt sS s o. . sss ,S
1s:l6 $50. eds. $50, $50, asa 4:ao. sac. 700.
500, 1000 ESQ, II 80 For Baltimore on sunday
AN, ESQ, 7:i5, 600, 00h Pm. Is. 2:a6, 800
$50. $50. ZOO. 6:10, b:l0 For Annapolis-AN.,
80 1870 Pm, ls1o On SundaZ-o90 N, 40
Pm. For way STATIONS between Warrington and
800 II 20 For ssations on Metropolitan Branch
$50 daily. FOR 0tauhton- An daily ex cepf
sunday. For FFedeFtck-6:11 1Q:16 Al. and l:ls
An aaly snesps 011day. 80 kk daily.