Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-06-27
Domestic kilograms.

Toe 'itf ftt-t iiI 'I' illlttl Niti'.- pun
Do, .i'nt during MAY Wa ei.1'.it"".
IIllt ln., v.rc host 70, th, collapse OF a
hui'liu- AZ Ha.tmorr recently.
nuup. th, pat d.,ad. Their. has been
,utt,r,,. II 30, hotcl tres yearly.
o.u,nI Logan aud l,uily left Boston.
Ma for Augusta Me. lat week.
wan Whitman received - for hi- lat
..uu't 90 'i-h''cn lines ia H"'1"'S.
i0, 5000, ,mrm lor a -,uorl shutting
iuNn - tl' knitting mills If Troy. y. \"
l,- taI'd.
90, \,W \ srb central EailWaX i ,"N
r',t,d q" d''lur quarterly dividend "i
".r''ut.
Whhm N->tou. Tho billiard player. WAS
seriously hurt boo N,w N"rk last week 10y
DO, up-'ttiu- Of hI- huE-A.
The Weston Paper Company of san
l.tlu,i-tn. cat. has mad'. m assignment.
l.I,hntt,-. -. ,'H'. a--''t-. S3".''"
Il,. ioil,r 800 thr I{oldrid-r oil we'll No.
lt - Iiutlrr Pa. rNIl"drd last week ana
LIli Inliucor li,hard Walker and his
-.u
o. i-i he. uotcd a. a curious fact that
among all the Mormon CONVERTS At salt
! tkrliiN there Is not single rrnch W"-
W.ni
Ia, -,,,uih annual convention of the
American railway master mechanics as
Snciliiun opened at Long Branch last
week.
\ meeting If the MON Pacific direct
ot-. az Whnh the july div id"nd question
was considered. Wa~ held IN New ork
last week.
The cNtr,mrl, low price IL oil has com
ucllrd III" oil producers of Pennsylvania
tn make vigorous attempts to decrease
, the production.
Washington county. Pa. comes To the
front with new gas well. which Is re-
ported torNccl anything oi thc!kind here
tpforr developed.
The annual session of homcopothists at
Deer Park. Md. has drawn together
very large number of the most diStin-
gui~hcd physicians Of that school.
The ease Of T. Campbell. attorney in the
noted licrnrr trial. charged with attempt
ing To brhc jurors. went tn the jury last
week The Jury disagreed and were dis
charged.
The bank statement at New York last
week was a. follows: Deposits, decrease,
s2.2il 900: reserve. increase, S.,,6l5,oU.
| Hanks hold 6,iSi. .aD in excess of legal re-
quircmcnts.
Isaac l.angion. " ho lately took second
wife without the Knowledge OF his first,
Thought the former to Salt Lake few
DAYS ago. The first was so shocked that
she lccaWc insane.
From reports from over seventy-five
counties In the state Of Texas, is shown
that the wheat and corn crops bid fair 20
-urpass the yield Of lSS2, the heaviest in
the history Of the state.
\ New York dispatch says: {. p. Hunt
ington has purchased Ilavcmyers estate,
2,H acres, nj Fhrogg's Neck. West Chester,
for sl1.W0. including the homestead. He
viii occupy II this season.
The Woodvale wooden mills of Johns
town, Pa, have suspended operations for
an indefinite period. on account OF the
lack 81 orders. Three hundred employees
are idle In consequence OF the suspension.
George II. Place, formerly n street car
conductor committed suicide last week
nj l2it McAllister street, San Francisco.
Decreased lost his situation few weeks
ago. and has been respondent ever since.
bridge. Beach X Co. stove manufacture
er- IN ~. Louis. recently notified their
employees that they would he obliged to
reduce wages H. per cent. Three hundred
refused Ia accept the reduction and quit
work.
II II rumorcd that the Manufacturers
Rank IL Milwaukee. Wis, is in trouble.
n II n small firm. not a member of the
clearing house. and has been regarded
with distrust in financial circles for some
time.
Caution appears to characterize the ac-
! Al 81 al hrs
Few ventures are being made other than
legitimate, and the general merchandise
markets therefore present rather quiet
appearance.
Steps are being taken by German claim
ants 10 try the title Of an immense body
81 land In Oconec county, South Carolina.
Parties claim To own the disputed terri
tory by right 81 original grants dating
back Ia l1D.
\ suit In Admiralty has been begun in
New York In the United States District
Court, involving $ijO,UO. by the owners
! II the steamship Iepanto. who seek to re-
cover damages for IA collision with the
steamer Edam.
The Troy and Boston road has with
drawn from the Hoosaic Tunnel line. The
latter will I've opened in the interest Of the
Wabash, West Shore, Grand Trunk, the
! w
the Fitchburg roads.
. The Bunker Hill celebration opened in
Charleston. Mass, last week with a grand
torchlight procession, under the auspices
Of the Mystic Order of Owls. All the
{ public and nearly all the private houses
= were decorated and illuminated.
Cider. Day & CO., cotton factors at New
Orleans, have suspended. They have
| M En1 m nv QGGafS
7 stated To he $3.50, 600; liabilities, $2OO, 600;
In addition to the assets of the firm,
Cider has $l30.O0 invested in real estate.
Z Judgments to the amount of $125, GOO
were entered up last week against .. NJ.
I,oxart x Co. bankers and brokers of New
, York. who recently failed. Among the
largest creditors are Mary S. StOckwell
+ for SCION, and Mary ii. Burnham for
, $1,000.
The first car load of California fruit OF
the season arrived at Chicago last week,
and consisted of peaches, apricOts and
cherries, which were Of fine quality and
sold readily at 80 TO &3.50per box for april
cots, $3.50 to 81 for peaches, and So to
$3.50 for cherries.
Rev. Alexander J BAIRD. ID. d., of Nash
Vile, Tenn, one Of the most prominent
preachers In the Cumberland Presbyterian
, Church. died suddenly last week in the
Park Avenue Hotel. lie was on his way
to attend a meeting of the Presbyterian
alliance mt Belfast, Ireland.
The depression in the iron trade causes
a falling Oft of orders for ore from the
mines. In Williams township North
ampton county. Pa. which supplies the
: t;lcDdon iron furnaces. six or seven mines
shut down last week. \ large number of
men ARE ont Of employment.
Alexander Fiddler, man of many
aliases. was found near Sturgis, Dakota.
last week hanging To the limb of a tree.
lie and two companions robbed an emf
grant family. cn route To the Hills, about
: three weeks ago, and il is supposed he
met his fate Al the hands Of vigilantees.
Among the many new things in the New
| York markets last week were watermel-
ons, a. large as half peck measure. at 81
each, and muskmelons, one-thrd as large,
for ~ cents. Jersey wberries begin to
make their appearance in half.pint boxes
at ~ cents each. Peaches are quite rea-