Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-06-19

Tho Panama troubles stiil continue
without any promise Of abatement.
A plague oi locusis iufss,s certain
portions II Illinois. the heaviest ever
known.
Moro tlan 3 600 women are en-.
rloyed on tho Austrian ssilways 40
ticket agents.
It's reported that . steamer will
soon be placed on q route between
Portland aud Seattle.
DIR. Siebbins. of San Francisco.
preached IN the Unitarian Church.
in Portland. last sunday.
President Grover Cleveland a.
tended Childrsn's Day" Observance
ct Dr. Suthsrland's Church, last
Sunday.
A meteor In Teas, lssl week. Ter.
ribly frightened the colorsd people,
who thought IL the iorsrunnsr Of the
judgment day.
II came in the ordinary course Of
official duty Of . county CLERK ia
Kentucky TO isaus . license for The
marriage OF his own mother.
A boy died at Staten Island. N. Y.
last week. from eating canned cal.
mon, which was supposed 10 have
sngsndsrsd poison from dscomposi-
ton.
A cloud.burst near Yrsha, Cal,
last Sunday. caused a raging stream
10 flow through what had bssn dry
gulch. and delayed the stage several
hours.
Tho California delegates 10 The
National Enoampmsnt of tho Grand
Army loft for Portland, Maine, last
Sunday. the plsco selected for tho
annual reunion.
Three hundred thousand copies Of
Gen. Grants book have been cold
IN advance Of publication. II will
appear next Spring. II the General
survives 10 complete il.
Chicago factories are said 10 en-
ploy 5000 children under 10 years
Of ago. 1000 Of whom ere girls. All
aro compelled TO work from ten 20
fourteen hours per day.
A man by the name Of Sprsgus hss
conceived the brilliant idea oi raisisR
. sunken boiler somewhere In ths
rivor below Boston by attaching
empty bottles 10 II one at = time.
The doctors s,ili insist that Gen.
Grants chances Of life are exceed.
ingly prscav,o1s. A large swelling
has appeared ON his throat, and his
condition appears 10 10 thal Of In
creasing debility. without much
pain.
i: 10 reported that whom Mr..
Cleveland went 10 select . pow In
the Washington church which be
attended. he was asked what part Of
the building no would like 10 cit In.
"Woll," ho said, &" don't want 10
be 20 near the minister that hs can
SOC whether or not am listening.
II 10 not 10 the Msshodisls, a. 10
generally thought. but 10 the Pres.
bytsriaus. that America owes The
word camp-m meeting. Certain Prss
byterian ministers held . sacramsn.
tai meeting at . place called Cane
Ridge. 10 Kentucky, In 1900. II
Was attended BY more tnaa -. 600
people. and wee prosssetsd for
weeks. This was The Arse camp
meeting ever held In the United
States.
Another crank Laa turned M IN
the shape Of doctor. In Rhode lei.
and. who wants 4 position in the
Pension Bureau. HIS application 10
enclosed In On elabcsatsiy sddrssssd
envelope. and that 10 eaesssd ID Q
Russia a-leathsr portfolio. The doosos
sends along half . dozen diagvaus
OF surgical operations hs has per-
formed. a. evidence oi bic mental
capacity. he includes two posms
which he has written.
A little steam. yacht named Nhs
St'ietto beat the famous Eyer Nary
Po~eli. on the Hudsos. lssl wesh, In
. race irom New York 20 Bius Ssa9.
twenty-sigbt miles. which wss made
by the little boat In one hour and
seven miUutss. The Poscsu arrived
there seven minutss bshind hes con.
pstitor. This 10 he Ara tine he
larger boat has bssn bsatss, sl.
though the New Wbvid, osss tAs
mail boat on Puget Sound. hes bsal.
On her time, having accomplished
the unparalleled isst of twenty. eight
miles in = single hour. On the Mud
son. before she was brought 10 THE
coast. The Stilefio ia built on Q new
principle. and her owner says that Q
larger boat oonslsuetsd % Shs sane
plan will bs able 10 attain . spesd
now unknown 10 water craft.
SKcHsrARs Of the Treasury Man.
ming made another cut down VI uss-
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