Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-01-23
Matters of Interest.

ranging his alfalrS Tor n trip 10 Eu-
rope next spring.
The Northern Pacific will soon
have 1000 men at worl. in the rock
cuts above Yakima.
Charles j. Large is held in Van
cOuver on charge of fraululen.ly
pre-cmpting 100 acres of land ON the
Toutle river.
About fifty new building have been
erected in Centralia during the past
year, including six stores, meat
market, hote! aud glist mill.
There are twenty "ricks of com,
each COO feet long, stacked on Bla-
lock fam near Walla Walla. 1t
will be fed out to beef cattle this
Winter.
H. A. Hilsenhoff, a resident at
Salkum, Lewis county, has been
adjudsed insane and sent to Stella
COON He came there from Mon
mouth, LII.
+ b ln3er,oll SAYS H.. wants tine
Republican party to succeed, but
! that 1t can never do 80 while the
preachers take so prominent a part
i'll its manaSem, ut.
The good people of the Baptist
church of Rockford, ILL.,, have
bounced their pastor because he
voted for ST. John. Ii this rule
were adopted in the churches gen.
orally, there would DO fewer fanat-
les.
The Washington monument will
not long enjoy It's pre-eminence as
the highest structure in the world.
An iron tower of the astonishing
height Of l 900 feet is to be erecting
in the grounds of the French ex-
hibition in 1889.
Tho New York star, the organ of
the Tammany Society in that State,
has suspended publication. 1t is
thought by many that this is all in
dication that John Kelly has con.
cluded to retire from the political
arena as boss So mote it he.
The half dozen Commissioners -
sent 10 New Orleans are quarrelinS
among themselves about the div.
sion of spoils-$G, 1913 and nothing
is on exhibition at the Exposition
except a lot of Commissioners.
The Eastern States sent one Com
missioner and respectable exhibit
of natural resources.
Three little words have played a
prominent part during the post
three months. "Burn this Letter u
defeated Blaine. "Tell the Truth #
made Cleveland President. Rum
Romanism, and Rebellion" lifted
Burchard from obscurity. "My Dear
Wife" has just cost ex-senator Sha,
ron n fortune and linked him to a
tartar. BE careful what you write
or say.
,, A. Il. Wilson, the inventor Of the
Wheeler Il Wilson sewing IL achine,
has been sent TO an insane asylum a
hopeless wreck in mind and body
The cause of this sad ending of n
career that might have been glorious
is drink. Unable to stand the pros
perity that came from his invention
and raised him from poor me-
chanic to rich man, he contracted
the habit that has ruined him.
The New York Tibun, pays this
compliment to Miss Robinson: Miss
Leila j. Robinson, IL bewitchins
young lawyer of Boston. went out
to Seattle W. T., to SETTLE short
time ago. She has been winning
cases from the best lawyers of the
Territory, End the people now talk
about making her Judge. This
modern Portia is also said to be /,
good newspaper m-we mean No.
mau.
The st. Paul Piontcr.Pre<S com
pliments j. NJ. Buckley, Assistant
General Manager of tine Northern
Pacific Railroad, for his energetic as
si3tance to the Oregon railway dur
ing the snow and ice blockade. In
going out he had supplied himself
literally with giant powder, and
with this explosive be was able to
make a progress of Is miles "a day.
Perhaps for pushing his way throus b
serious physical obstacles Mr.. Buck
ley has not his equal among the
railroad managers of the United
States.
The Ledger man spent part of Sun
day looking in vain for notices Of the
school election which should have
been SO plenty that man could not
turn around without seeing one. In
the event of bit of tragedy non
sence going on at Tacoma Hall CIV.
erybOdy is informed Of it several
days ahead, bnt when an importan,
matter such as "are we going to
have schools next year" comes up,
no one knows anything about it. |,
is q fact tina. three.fourths of the
voters did not know that the school
tax was to be voted for or against
> Cor. Ledger.
Ed. Berner, a German living a,
Carrolton, COwlitz county, W. T..
has been missing since the 18th inst.
and it is supposed be has killed him
self. He wrote to man at kalama
: sending picture of his sister ant
SOsoa hOOEo op1 sov,nu that ~, n /,
, the letter reached its destination tn,
, writer would be dead, but gave n,
, reason. He was to have been mar
, ried, the day before, to Miss Ann,
!. Whitley, and he willed all his prop
erty to her. A new razor which h,
8 was known to have, was the onl,
thing missed from his personal ef
fectst He was aged about As, ant
in comfortable circumstances.