Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-06-20
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charlie Fcuu- Hoffman III, author. died
RECENTLY aged ~.
The National ln-tiist, 81 ll'rr,iiIs j. in
-'~-i-u a. Boston.
The thinr-r II New York hay" SEM
hoinr for d"ct"r
There AZ, sixteen Chinese gambling
deus in New York.
7 Farmers IN Nevada complain Of the de
-iru' ti,r~s Of deer.
Mr.. Kozia Law. aged lu2. died AT
niNnu. H.. recently.
Govcruor Cleveland ha. signed the civil
service hill for New YORK..
Cn~mopoli~. w. r.. oilers >l"0 I'r, minm
to ia, first woman SETTLER.
Subscriptions arr bciug raised to build
crrmatnrN ia Lancaster. Ia.
Gold ha- been discovered in Oneida
county. y. y. IN paving quantities.
Georgia will hold a state tournament for
her ,nlurrd iircmcn AT Griilcn on July I'd.
Ssnurl H. GrcgerN. commander in the
navy. dicd in Boston rocrnily. aged IL
years
Paul SuhelrSki "a Polish exile and
author. died in poverty AT Chicago, re-
Gently.
Philadelphia i about To try the expert
/ mrut of moving street cars with the cable
system.
The last resident Of Cernucopia, New,
once n busy mining town, has gone to
Tuscarora.
Rhode Island savings banks have S:j2,
~ nJ intrustcd to their care 10y 10, lS2
depuSitnrs.
Grasshoppers are out in full strength
above Folsom, Cal, and have created
some alarm.
The Pennsylvania Medical Society has
admitted women To membership and en-
dorscd viviscction.
There are several claimants for the re-
ward Of e. 40 for the capture Of both the
Shasta. Cal, stage robbers.
The saving To New Jersey under the law
throwing the state printing open TO COM
petition will bc about $l0un.
The depo~itors Of the Grcensburgh, Pa.
hank, which failed recently, will not re-
crivc three cents on the dollar.
The Gulf. Colorado and Santa Fe road is
now fencing its right Of way between
Houston and Galveston with wire.
The Master Car Builders Association of
the United States held its eighteenth an
nual session at Saratoga last week.
The Methodist Protestant General Con-
veniion has selected Adrian. Mich, as the
place for holding the next convention
In order 10 obtain m marriage the daugh-
ter 81 a Ilillsdalc, y. y, farmer, young
: man has contracted to work seven years
for the farmer.
Cashier Halls, Of the Citizens Bank of
Wilmington, Del. has defaulted. The
amour, IL unknown. The bank, il is al
sgcd, IL sound.
A New York letter says that Mrs. Jacob
Aston gave each servant of her house a
I gold watch and 800 as "A thanks offering
7 Tor her recovery.
A novel case has arisen in the courts of
/ Youngstown, Ohio. Two men filed petit
= lions, In each case asking a divorce from
the same woman.
Fish. Of the Marine Bank Of New York,
had the reputation Of being the most in
, vetcraie first nightcr known in New York
theatrical history.
4 curiosity In the shape of single stem
from n roscbush. containing l:D roses and
opening buds, was on exhibition at Santa
Rosa, Cal. last week.
4 child Of l.. ID. Patchin. Of Carthage,
Mo, aged year, was scalded a few days
ago by tipping over n teapot at supper
time, causing death.
The New York Hrrah AYERS that with
the bennett Mackay cable laid, the ocean
telegraph monopols.s have an opposition
which has come to stay.
a Delaware paper asserts that il no
frost occurs at least s,UOO,0O baskets of
peaches may he expected, exceeding the
memorable yield Of 1875.
The ferry cable across the Clark's fork,
at Thompson's Falls, Montana, broke re.
Gently. John Stout, Paul Ducharne and
- Dano and ten pack animals were
drowned.
Two Of Edward Stokes bartenders in
New York, getting go month and board,
took TO wearing bigger diamonds than he
coule, and he has had them arrested for
robbing him.
General II. Bearcc. a prominent mining
resident Of Denver Col, was shot and IA
tally wounded last week by Samuel Derry,
near Leadvillc The trouble was about
. mining claims.
The New York Sum prints a summary of
the testimony Of defendant i'm the Sharon
. trial, and eul0gizes him as brave man
! who has carried his resistance to the ex-
! IRENE point OF self-humiiation.
The editorial staff Of the New York
. Times gave farewell dinner at the Hotel
Brunswick recently TO Noah Brooks, who
has retired 10 assume the editorship of
the Newark, n. j., Advertiser.
John Y. Kelly, a member of the well
known New York bookmaking firm of
Kelly 4 Bliss, was arrested recently on a
charge OF violating the laws by selling
pool tickets at the Jerome Park races.
George Brisbane, i'm command Of bat
terry OF troeps marching from Montana to
|. Idaho, crossed the main range OF the
Rockies the 81 Of June, and reports snow
! several feet deep and the weather still
very cold.
General Abe Buford, of Kentucky, the
hest known turfman In America, commit
ted suicide Mt the residence of his nephew,
Ilsnjamin r.. Buford, In Danville, Indiana,
! last week, by shooting himself through
the heart.
house and repair shops Of the Wabash,
81. Louis and Pacific and st. Louis, Des
Moincs and Northwestern railroads were
. burned. Including nine engines. Loss,
ei25,0O; uninsured.
Henry c. Work, noted song writer and
composer. died last week at Hartford,
Conn. 81 heart disease. Marching
! Through Georgia, 'Grandfather's Clock"
and Dear Father, Come Home with Me
Now" were written by him.
) JIG. Simpson, better known as 'ShOrty"
! Simpson, was found dead In his room in
San Francisco recently, having committed
suicide by taking chloral hydrate. He,
together with two other accOmplices,
were implicated In an assault OH John
Sheppard n short time ago.
The Atchison. Topeka and Santa Fe road
ha. given notice to Daniels, commissioner
Of the Utah pool, that AT the expiration of
ninety days from June LIST, 1t will sever its
connection with the Utah pool, and not
remain In any pool with the Union Pacific
road. so long as the eastern connections
% that line cut rates.
| In Redwood City, Cal, recently, Justice
Walsh discharged from custody Daniel
Sweeney. charged with the murder OF ii.
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