Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-12-19
Foreign kilograms.

hih'se hlghhindcrs In Victoria are get
ting impudcnt.
o. 10 officially denied that there il chol.
ga in England
Another in-urrcctlon IL imminent in Co
hahuilo McNico
Edinburgh. Scotland,i IL Ia have line Of
street cars propelled by cable.
The German Socialists cas-, 10000 votes
az TIE recent election In Berlin.
n" irenoh senate has passed the Scna.
iotlal hiil. A. drafted 10y the committee.
\ furnished house has been taken for
~" li'h'horn" claimant near Southamp-
ton.
Morin, - Paris. ,hot 10y Madame Clovis
lluEhes in that city few weeks ago. il
dead.
The Chinese army now includes thirteen
Herman unircr~, and forty two more are ex-
prried.
Rumurs are current that China IL max
inE large concessions 20 France In hope of
ensciing peAce.
The corporation 81 Dublin has resolved
20 change the name % Sackyille street TO
ttonncli street.
There are 40 hunting packs in London,
'oinprising 1850 hounds. Their annual
coat IL 81 .15nuB.
hnssian farmers. unable 10 seli their
wheat fur the cost 81 production, are In
distressed condition.
Marx bate, for many years manager OF
the Vancouver Coal Company, Of British
columbia. has retired.
An American who advertised on the
iences ~ Paris was fined $50 for annoy
ing the vision ~ the public"
The question whether whist playing
should We prohibited IN railway carriage
II being agiiated Ia England.
Spain denies that she intends 10 sell
tuha a. syndicate OF capitalists headed
~ Nc.sr~ BENNETT aud Mackay.
II IL reported In London that Abram s.
Hewitt ~ New York. will probably suc
coed Lowell ss Minister to England.
The police force ~ London numbers a.
enx. making u more than half a. large as
the regular army ~ the United States.
Sls men are reported TO have been killed
~ tsnonca-, Sonora, In n fight between
Mexican police and American transfers.
Fifteen hundred rebels attempted last
week to destroy the railway Mt Suakim.
ah'9 "fi'fff"'s'" w '"' Hkt P''"h amy
The kafnioors. n. C., registered letter
bag. containing 5000 In cash and checks,
vas recently stolen. There IL no clue TO
the robbers.
Thomas Otonnor, who 40 strenuously
obiestsd Ia the motion TO adjourn parlia-
msnt last week has received many con.
CALCULATIONS.
Mother" Mandelhaum, the New York
fence" and @on Julius, and clerk Her
man Strube, were arrested last week at
Hamilton. Ont.
There 10 e600,000 worth Of elephants
tushs at ieopoidvtlie, West Africa. wait
Ina shipmen, upon tho conclusion Of the
Congo conference.
Victoria had . snow and thunder storm
last week 81 the same time. This was .
phenomenon. ~ snow and thunder storms
ioseshsr are rasities.
A French nobleman. member OF family
Of very hish standing In Bordeaux,
France. died recently in Union work.
house In Kent, England.
A prise ~ e500 has been offered TO the
battalion tina, shall make the quickest and
mest skiiifui passage 81 the rapids be.
tween safrss aud Debbsh.
The steamer Poctard, from Cork TO Liv.
ertrool. fDundered In gale on uolyhead,
last week, All ON hoard. thirty In number,
ere believed 10 he drowned.
4 conference Of Mormons, led by elders,
a. sheffield, knoiApd, Sunday. was broken
mp by anti. 1ormons, whom the police
later sieetsd from the building.
Reports have reached Hong Kong OF
fresh encounters Ia Tonquin between the
French and Chinese. In which the latter
were defeated and forced 10 retreat.
Tho eatasaets Of the Nile are due to
granite veina, which the river, while
WORKING . wsy through tbs sandstone.
bad been unable 10 destroy or remove.
Mrs. Mackay has rsfurnished her house
In Flcsene, and will spend much Of the
winter thers. General Guxman Blanco &C.
eupyisn In her absence her house In Paris
The Austrian. Hungarian government
prosssted against the Increased duty upon
eorn by the Preach. and will reserve the
liberty 10 make reprisals against France.
A steamer supposed 10 he the Alliance Of
Cardiff loundersd on BoscastIs recently
and ell hands were lost. Boscastle 10 .
land.
Among those who attended the Monte
ngse thanksgiving service 1t the Bevie
narha evnaapGus was . lady rsputed
S sssss ysA'' older tina" the csns''ar'an
An umbrella loan socIety IL 10 bs estab-
liehed In Berlin. Branch of1cca will Be
cpsned I'll over the city, where members
ess obtain uuhrslias fin case OF sudden
shower.
There vac . case In the Bankruptcy
Court In London isw dsys ago In which
. banners clerk. with salary Of Rl00 .
year. he'd run up bill OF R5l Tor flowers
Ios his buttonhoie.
The Dusmfcrk estate In ForfArshirs,
scar Aiyth. hes besa sold 20 Mr.. Duncan,
sf Alysh asd New York, for $1,000. 1t
mooss In the distrIct.
A messenger who reached Donsola re.
esntiy from khartsum. ssys an o6lcer sent
by General Gordon 10 capture 6hcndy,
shslIed the inhabitants out Of the place
aud took many prisoners.
The shve croftsrs publicly announce
that they win not pay rents I'm they are
reduced. declaring that they are unable,
through povsrty resulting from excessive
rsnss hssstofors forced 10 pay.
The foliage IN EnsiAnd the past autumn
y eetd 10 have been the most goexeous In
Iistns memory. u was noticeable that
sr~es which usually 90 on clad In ycllows
and browns were the most brilliant.
II has been decided by the Paria Court
II Appeals that bookseller has no right
10 conceal the name Of the publisher OF .
work by placing label with his own name
aud address over those Of the publishers.
An Italian paper says the tanners have
enjoyed remarkable Immunity fiom the
eholssa, and that In ell towns In Italy
where tannsries enlisted the scourge was
much lees severe than In other localities.
A Montreal dispatch says: Late heavy
rains washed out eighty feet OF nav dam
on the Yamasha river. The water rushed
down with such force that the bed Of the
river was torn cut 10 depth of eighty
feet.
The camel corps and three regiments
under Colonel Stewart will ARRIVE at Am
butol about the beginning OF next month,
and viii BE- rvady 60 cross the desert to
Aheudy. should Gordon urgeutly require