Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-05-02
DOMESTIC TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

F'"'' ~ i'i' ~ i''iAN 'tl' wv hN'i''''N
Minister sargent, will b.. home May 18th.
Niue Nilsson sails Tor ENGLAND May !lh.
lIarry His place IN New York city will
hc ,lo-.d.
Gcu'ral !. :. Iiri>bn advocates a ma
tinual cattle show.
MIR. \-llicGrant Sarr"ri~ i about /" ar
rive "a New orb
ll,nr, G.urgr. the writcr. has arrived in
New orb from England.
During the past week business in New
Work has been very unsatisfactory.
The Indian appropriation hill will prob
aliN l". reported and passed within IA few
daN..
IlcaN, rains aud storms prevailed in
! Arkansas. Texas aud New England last
week
wk. Vanderbilt is said To bc looking
/ At Washington property with view TO
/ building there.
The relief steamer Bear that i Ia he the
/ adt ancr ship If the freely expedition Is
now ready Tor sea.
/ II j. reported that publisher is willing
tn give General Butler S2ru,oOO To write Il
book 81 "reminiscences.
! Frederick l.. Lawrence has resigned the
Iirigndier Gcncral>hip If the eastern divi-
sion Of the Missouri state Soldicry.
Jim Gleason shot John DALEY with a
tort, four revolver recently al Belknap.
VI T. Both are saloon men. DALEY Will
moi recover.
Unil,. the alleged Long Island murderer,
Wn~ denied an extension of time, and the
ri tr,l..Y.I him "a tl,.pI and nrpfpVltu
to get ia" jury.
II. Harrington. oi Jersey City. convicted
~ conspiracy To dcfraud the American Le-
gion of Honor. was sentenced to two wears
In The State prison.
Specials from all parts of Texas reported
heavy rains and northers and, probably,
great damage To crops. Hall ana snow
were reported from several points.
Last week some parts Of Mississippi
were visited by the scverest rain storm
ever known In that State. Crops were Sc
riously damaged 10y land washing.
\. j. Lucas. chief Of the detective force
III the Pacific Coast, is at Niagara Falls.
II IN believed he is engaged in unraveling
the mystery 81 the Parsons-Nedder affair
Popper. "A broker of New York, who en-
hczZf,d bonds from DIR. Merrill and fled to
Chicago. was arraigned in court last week
and pleaded not guilty. Bail was fixed at
$1,000.
The steamship Nevada. which arrived in
New York from Liverpool last week,
brought 3D Mormon immigrants and a
number ~ missionaries, who have been in
Europe several months.
The executive committee of the lndepen-
dent Labor Party has appointed three del
egatcs from each Congressional district in
| New York city to attend the labor cOnven-
ton In Chicago, July 3Oth.
A most severe storm occurred at Macon,
Ca, accompanied 10y hail and lightning.
Great damage was done to crops by wash
ing II lands. Considerable stock was
drowned and struck by lightning,
The American Yacht Club of New York
has elected the officers o. the Greedy relief
expedition honorary members and pre-.
scented them with badges, to be restored
on their return from the Arctic regions.
The New York Sun says that during a
heated political debate on April Both, Gen.
Grady, Of star route fame, knocked down
Judge Hyatt. Of the marine court. They
were separated but the Judge had n black
eye.
The san Francisco Erening Post an
nounccd last week that General John /.
Sheehan, until lately one of the proprietors
81 the Sacramento Bee, has become asso-
ciated In the proprietary interest of the
Post.
The Sheriff Of Cincinnati says he is con-
WINGED there will he another attempt be-
fore long to lynch the twenty-five murder
ers now In Jail In that city. unless they
shall he speedily tried and punished for
their crimes.
Rev. J. y. Given has been expelled from
the New York Conference Of the African
| Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, on n
charge 81 immortality. This is his second
expulsion from the present conference for
the same cause.
General Badeau. who arrived at New
| York recently, was asked as to the causes
of his resignation of the Consul General
ship nj Havana. Badeau replied that he
was not at liberty at present to say any
thing On the subject.
High water in Lake Champlain has
caused the biggest washout ever known.
The Delaware and Hudson Railway tracks
are washed cut for miles between White
hall and Ticonderoga, and no trains are
running ON that division.
The New York Tribune of last week
contains n contradiction, on the authority
l OF n tOuNtu Ot NTH. Il6UlIIeTSIey, VI tuc
New York Worlds story that the latter
had been converted through Monsignor
Capcl TO the Roman Catholic Church.
Members Of sixty different families liv-
ing I'm the west end Of Louisville, KY,
werc poisoned by a cake. A child of Joe
Gross died. Ten others suffered terribly,
but will recover. The poison was arsenic,
but how Il got in the cake is not known.
The committee having in charge the en-
tcrtainmcnt TO be given in New York, for
the purpose Of erecting a home for ex-
Confederate soldiers, report 81, 800 worth
Of boxes and tickets sold. A sale will
shortly take place Mt the Stock Exchange.
The Secretary OF the Treasury decided
that silk iilesefle used for emtroidering is
dutiable at 10 per cent ad rdl0renl, as pure
silk. This question has been pending be-
fore the department for long time and is
Of great Importance to American manu-
facturers.
James Richie, a iunatic, herding cows
on Wards island, near New York, was
shot dead a few days ago by New York
thieves, who landed to steal some junk.
John Riley. aged Is, and Thomas Brown,
not much older, were arrested as the
murdercrs.
The second annual exhibition of the
| w Omens SILK culture Association OF the
United States has opened at Philadelphia.
The display In vast improvement upon
the associations first exhibit. BY aid of
machinery the complete process of silk
manufacture will lie shown.
q. A. Burke. director general of the
Worlds exposition at New Orleans, states
that though the main building is the larg.
eat ever erected In this country, it will be
necessary 10 construct another immense
building IO0xlO0 feet, for government,
state and agricultural exhibits.
Frank w. DeWolt, formerly Canton,
o.. young man, for two years President of
the First National Bank of Leadville, Col,
was arrested Mt Canton recently, charged
with being n fugitive from justice. The
bank failed for $3.50 600 and President De-
Volt was deficient 80, 900 in his accounts.
William II. Winans, ex-City Treasurer
Of Newark, n. i, was fined $500 and costs
recently for allowing false entry to be
made IN his hooks through his neglect.
Judge Deepen said that officials must not
only In honest, but see that officials du-
ties are carefully and intelligentlv dis