Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-11-28
Domestic TeleQrams.


~1u rau,i-'o j. quic, after the election.
Il. convict labor system of California
I-t iu.urc.
Washington death rate has increased
NhunnuIiA 90 late.
Tvn business blocks at Savannah, Ga.
lrfu'o SUNDAY, loss. e3tn,oOO.
IHe ujyrr~ity If Virginia expects to
hl1' o." students the ensuing year.
Ormc Wilson and Miss Caroline Astor
we've married iu \rw \ ork last week.
TIE -rui annual dividends payable in
Boston thl~ month aggregate =, 81, 1j3.
Nh, hundred and twcnty-one immi-
-.ruut- aritcd "a >sn Francisco last week.
Ihc WAGES e ship carpenters at ESSEX.
Mass. have been reduced 5Ucents per day.
lMnA'o \. y. j. making preparations
ltr 800. authors cIruIN al. 10 bc bcld i'll Feb
ru,rS.
The debt Of The Wesleyan College, Gin
,iuuoiL ,Ntiugui,h,d. and the mortgage
cancelled.
Trains NOW make the distance between
Ne" h"fh and Boston. about go miles. in
-iN htn-.
\ Nv Wilmington, Pa, magistrate and
b jury have 'ecldcd that Il wire fence is not
q lrra fence.
The employees of the Shenandoah Iron
Works III liarri>onburg. Va, have re-
turned To- " lrk.
Tom Clcary defeated Pat Foley in a min
uir and a half in "A boxing contest at San
Francisco last week.
: Iiti>hurg barber named IIaupt re-
tcnily Inherited a fortune of $780, from
an uncle in Germany.
The Gloucester Iron Wages, of Camden,
y. j., have reduced the wages of their
employees l. per cent.
\ white woman in Tennessee was put
OH a negro excursion train the other day
on account of her color.
Within the past three weeks fifty cotton
gin houses have been destroyed III various
parts of South Carolina.
In some towns of Texas an alarm of fire
is given hy the citizens in the vicinity
shooting eli their pistols.
The office of the Texas Express Com
pany, AT Bryan, Texas. was entered Sun
day and Tobbed of Sl0,s5O.
An electric railway in full operation is
among the attractions of tho Mechanics
'aIr, now being held in Boston.
Five wears in the rcni'entiary is the pen
atty just inflicted on = negro at LeeSburg,
! Ia. " no stole a little over so.
Adviccs from Savannah last week state
that a riot occurred at Dublin, Ca, during
which several persons were killed.
\ Pennsylvania court has decided that a
company has no right to deduct store bills
from the wages of their wQrkmen.
Ex-Supervisor James Kenny had his leg
crushed by a street car in San Francisco
last week, and died in few hours after.
About 200 coal miners employed in the
Walsenberg mines by the Colorado Coal
and Iron Company, in Denver, are out on
"A strike.
The abolition of the business tax is be-
ing agtated i'm Pittsburg, and licenses for
the different classes of business proposed
instead.
Frank Farrell, managing Minnie Mad
dern, was married at the Sherman House,
Chicago, last week, to Miss Elsie Stout, of
San Francisco.
Margaret Ecker, servant girl, was
shot and killed at La Crosse, WIS.,, by G.
w. Bum, who nisrook her in the dark
for "a bu, glar.
John A. Brahm, proprietor of one of the
largest business houses in Petersburg, ILL.,,
assigned last week. Liabilities, SEA, 0O0
assets, unknown.
On account of family scandal, Lottie
Francis, Is year-old girl. tried to commit
suicide by cutting her throat with n razor
nj Jamaica, l.. |.
Ill.fceling has been caused in Indianap-
oils because foreign instead of American
marble has been selected for the floors of
the state house.
| a IIamden, Conn, justice of the peace
recently fined two men S36 each for carry
ing gun OH their shoulder through the
fields on Sunday.
An immense amount of filth accumulat-
ed on the Tallapoosa during the time she
was under water, and her equipments and
outfit are considered total loss.
The Clarendon Hotel at Aspen. COL, was
| burned last week. 1t is supposed to be the
work OF an incendiary. The loss is esti.
mated at $4,000; insurance, $500.
In the rotunda of the capitol at Raleigh,
NC, Is located a stone called center rock,
| ulDu Nftitii, IL u uidu StduuS, HIS
words become inarticulate to those about
him.
by direction of the President, Captain
Charles Il. Bayer, Ninety-eight Cavalry,
has been dismissed from the army for con-
duct unbeeoming an officer and gentle
| man.
In the last two weeks over LOO en-
ployees have been discharged from the
/ Et,,.x.,r Mt
bepthport, n. j., owing to dizziness in the
trade.
The trustees of Dartmouth College are
engaged In litigation with the town of
Hanover, n. H., over the question of a
hand stand on the green near the college
grounds.
| l5-year-old boy arrived at his home in
Milwaukee, Wis, a few days ago, after
having walked the entire distance from
San Antonio, Texas. the journey occupy
ing nine weeks.
Hystt g. Levings. bankers of Washing
ton Ind. closed their doors few days
ago. creating the greatest confusion.
They have lately carried too much paper.
Liabilities are heavy.
The st. Joseph tMo) HeralTs investiga-
ton Of the train robbery alleged to have
TO be a canard, having irrigated at St. Jo-
seph with two operators as joke.
William b. Fitch, 237 Broadway, New
York. one OF the largest bluestone mer-
chants in the country, assigned last week,
II IL generally thought there will be a
large surplus after the debts are paid.
At Blue Hill, Neb., the other day. Joe
Cook, a murderer, was taken from Jail and
hanged to derrick. The Sheriff appeared
aud rescued the prisoner before death en-
nsued. His injuries, however, are proba-
bly, fatal.
The Consolidated Hotel, in Fargo, Oak,
was entirely destroyed by fire last week.
All the guests and inmates escaped in
safety. but most of their effects were de-
stroyed. The loss is about $75, 600; insur-
ance, $4,000.
| Delegates to the stock convention, held
in st. Louis last week, represented fol-
lowing of 4.S00,C00 cattle, 10000 sheep,
10000 horses, SS9, 100000 invested in
stock and 55,375, 900 acres of land, fenced
and used for grazing purposes.
Confessions in judgment for about Sc 900
were entered against the Chicago Driving
| Park Mt Chicago last week The MANAGE