Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-04-11
DOMESTIC TELEGRAPHIC NEWS


huiidus for S.i15rl.
l'uNkh. Florida. advances. It, city
undertaken - "A ladN.
lrfr--or Grrcr. II Princeton college.
"a- ltoi'~-"r az l..
s ta,ut, t,r mlr Zee .nr-.' at Bi,
ubt hr"N' last week
The -hiiukrr, u Values in New York
mtfi'i- -'ill ,"h'iuu,-.
\d,u'. irrm Hanover report serious
W,-h"ut- ifpm al quarters.
1n. estimated reduction of The public
t'ih f"r Mlt'h Is >l51"t'".
tlr death Is announced of Blower
THROWN. the English pedestrian.
Our rrunc-~c, county instructed dele
gate for Arthur day ar TWO ago.
\rw YORK CT, banks las, week held
B So. i.'n iu cN''~~ "i legal requirements.
E.,. \. u Gro~h. author Of the Odd
Fellows Manuel. died in Marylan last
w'rk.
The NV MEXICO Legislature charges
lhc G,uoral Land Office with a gross con
, piracy.
MAnr, county. Tenn. Republicans have
elected Arthur delegates 10 the State con.
N"utiun.
EcN. Henry Morgan. known as the Tai
mage Of Boston. died recently in his sixty
ninth year.
Captain Booth. Of New Hampshire, who
u alive. voted for James Madison for
President
Eleven church cditccs will he begun in
Ncw York City this spring, TO cost upward
of slOUW
! Four horses persisted in the burning OF
,.curg, tunninghan's stable in Brooklyn
! Loss Sj,nn.
Mr-. Sherwood T.. Stratton. mother OF
the late Tom Thumb, died at New Haven
Conn. recently
IT r excitement over the cattle disease
/ on the western border of Kansas has
soncwhat abatcd.
The Senate hill has been reported favor
all, for the erection of public building
at Portland, Oregon.
Colonel Fred Grant. of Morristown. will
probably he delegate to the Republican
National Convention.
The directors Of the Charter Oak Park
~ Hartford. offer purse of $4,000 fol
INV ~ tiN~N iltNt
I, Il now suggested that the Democrat.
hold another caucus before the final con
~ideration Of Morrisons bill.
Republican primaries in twelve cOuntie:
81 Pennsylvania recently, resulted in the
election of Blaine candidates.
Miss Nellie Bracket, companion of Mis-,
Hin. plaintiff in the celebrated Sharon di
| NOrCp Casc. IL rpnOrtpl missing.
The senate is disposed to trim prett,
closely on the Appropriation for furnish
ing the 81. Louis Custom House.
Captain lIagernan, of the steamer Bal
timore. died on the trip from Bremen Il
Baltimore and was buried at sea.
The machine shops of the Memphis ant
Charleston Railway. at Memphis, wer
burned last week. Loss Sl0,OOO.
Foot rot has appeared among variou
herds in Kcosaqua and Van Buren, coun
ties. Ia. Many animals have died.
Il Is now thought that deadlock is in
cvitable between the House and the Sen
ate upon the naval appropriation.
II il reported that Mackay paid 5000 t.
have Ochiltrec's speech ON the Lasker res
olution eablcd To the foreign press.
The Livingstone Gebhardt incident i
closed. the former having apOlogized am
, the latter having accepted the same.
The town Of fensas. near Vicksburg, i
entirely overiiowed. The inhabitant
have been removed to Rodney, Missis
sippi.
General Sherman states decidedly tina
he IL not a candidate for the Presidential
nomination, as Republican or as Dem
ocrat.
There (. a probability that the Morrison
bill will I've materially amended, and theI
its passage IL looked to as extremel
doubtful.
Al the Republican primaries at ST
Louis, Mo-. recently, twenty-five OF TIT
twenty eight wards favored instructina
for filley.
Charles Mitchell, the English pugilist
says he will settle in this country and hi.
next match will probably be with MerviI
Thompson.
The quarrel between Freddy Gebhard
and Livingstone still continues to be thu
leading topic Of conversation in New Yorl
society circles.
A big strike IL threatened i'm the Clear
field and Broadtop coal mine districts, by
n proposed intention to reduce wages
after April LIST.
In i7B - ninety. one years ago-thert
were less than 1000 Post offices and posi-
routes In the country. Now there are
s,UO Post-oflices alone.
Gus Seede. a hack driver of Detroit
Mich, left last week for Germany to claim
a legacy Of 100000 left him by his grand
mother who died recently.
Five thousand persons witnessed thu
meeting last week, in Boston, of Charles
Mitchell and John Jilrain. middle weigh
champion OF New England.
a special from DAYTON, O., says Mrs
Langtry walked thirty-six miles befor,
appearing at the theatre. Her manage
accompanied her till he was tired out.
A silver load has been discovered a
South Canaan, Wayne county, Penn
Samples Of ore were recently assayed il
Philadelphia, and they yield about $40.
The New York Journal, says: "Aarol
4. Sargent will arrive home in time from
Berlin for nice Vice-Presidential boom
He would have the German vote certain.
Over 200 wild ducks were trapped in
warehouse near Chico, Cal, recently, on
of the doors having been left open lon
enough for the ducks to go inside TO
grain.
| a negro tenement house in an alley il
, the rear Of the Olympic theater. Nashville
Tenn. was burned recently. Two negr
infants aged and 3 years were burned t
n crisp.
Phillip BASQUE, a poor man of New
Haven. has received papers which iden
tify him "a being descendant of NapO
leon !, and titles to an estate wort
ssW.m0.
II IL said that when the recent TORNADO
blew down the Baptist Church in Mt
Carmel. S. C.. the pulpit was left standing
and the Bible and all the hymn bool,
were left undisturbed.
Fifty leading citizens of Chicago hav
signed an address urging the formation O
an Independent Republican association t,
promote the work OF administrative reform
and the extinction of the spoils system.
4 short and decisive prize fight, for
purse Of $50, took place near Charter
creek. Pa, recently, between two mel
named Iioyt and Hammer. 1t resulted il
favor Of the latter in the fourth round