Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-01-05
Electric Flashes.

Electric Flashes.
The cooperative dress associa'i"I.
Of New York, of which Miss il tte
Field was President, has failed.
The assets of the KITE Field dress
association OF New York, are reported
at S239 800, and the liabilities at
$129 ,2JG.
| About 400 tobacco growers in Con,
ncc,lcut and Massachusetts, have or
gained society, and favor higher
tax on imported tobacco.
! In Texas, the school fund, which
can never be discussed, now amounts
to the magnificent sum- of Sill Co.,
GOO including lands worth SI1O ,OOO,-
coo.
Statistics of the wheat crop Of the
world, show the crop of 1882 is esti.
mated at 1872 ass 900 bushels,
while the average YIELDS is 1,74S,-
40 600.
The Secretary of the Navy ha.
found 1t necessary (at least, until the
next election) to curtail expenses at
the various navy yalds, and it is said
he will close two.
The Democratic Committee of the
Ninth Congressional District of H.
diana have nominated Judge Wood
for Congress, to fill the vacancy oc
casioned by the death of G.. S. Orth.
A Post Washington special says
General Sherman denouncts as an
intentional falsehood the statement
III the New York SIN that he has
been received into the Roman Cath
ollc Church.
The Republicans of the seven
teenth congressional district of Ohio
have nominated Col. j. d. TAYLOR.
of Cambridge, for the vacancy in
Congress caused by the death of J.
T. Updegratf.
AS all the county officers recently
elected at WaukesLa, Wis, except
tie Sheriff, have failed to qualify
within the prescribed time, it will he
the duty of Gov. Rush to appoint.
All are Democrats.
Business failures for the past seven
days were 1913 again st 1917 last week.
Eastern States had 20, western CD.
southern 46, middle IS, Pacific States
and Territories II, Canada ID, and
New York city 10.
The State Treasurer of Tennessee.
authorizes the statement that he is
determined not to pay the January
interest on the funded Tennessee
bonds, on the grounds that the late
election showed that course to be
the will of the people.
o. p. Mason and A Others are
Republican candidates for Senator
from Nebraska, but Saunders, the
present Senator, is confident of sue.
cess. The Republicans have five
majority i'll the Legislature.
Representative Holman, who leads
the opposition in the House to the
Pacific railroads, regards the pro.
spects of the bills forfeiting to the
government the unearned la nd grants
to the Pacific railroads as not very
tiattering for this season.
Col. Babcock, who has been en-.
gagged IN temperance work in Cali
fornia, gives avery bad account of
our sister State to Chicago repor-
ter. He says there is more crime in
San Francisco than in any city of the
Union, all owing to whisky.
The enforcement of the SUNDAY
law i'll New York is characterized as
a farce. The bootblacks were chased
down, Lewsboys run in, the baths
closed, but the saloon were in full !
blast. These were cities of refuge
for both newsboys and bootblacks.
Secretary Teller refuses to approve
of the leasing OF 200 600 acres in the
Indian Territory by the Standard Oil |
C., who got the red men to settle on
quarter sections and turn over their
possessions. Parbed wire fences
have been erected around the entire
tract.
Indian agent Porter, of Fort Peck
Montana, telegraphs the Indian
bureau that the Milk river country
Is overrun with white hunters who
are Strengthening the buffaloes bv the
thousand. The Indians are be .om-
ing restless, and the agen. fears
trouble. The military are wanted.
De Longs report. found beside
his dead body, has been made pub.
lie: 1t makes 10000 words. 1t de-
tails incidents of the cruise from the
departure from San Francisco in
-" to January, 1881. Its principal
feature Is an elaborate account of
Belongs views in regard to the ex.
pedltion.
y. 1ankton dispatch of the Doth
says; There is great excitement here
over the marriage yesterday of DIR.
'. AebIdtin Ross, young physician.
and Sister Mary Paul of the Cathn,
he convent of the Sacred Henri
The aifAlr leaked out to day. The
noctor is determined sort of n fel.
low and proposes to stand by his
matt lmonlal rights i'll spite OF til.
church.
Inc brewers have concluded to hon
up or the Price of beer to correspont
with the rise in hops.
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