Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-03-06
LATE NEWS ITEMS.
Domestic.

Domestic.
Property worth Sl25,6CO,OO was de-
stroyed by fire in the United States during
the year Is 4.
The Illinois Board of Agriculture has de-
cided t. hold the State Fair at Chicago for
the next two years.
The Senate has passed bill authorizing
the construction of another bridge across
the Mississippi at ST. Louis
The loss of Texas cattle and sheep by
recent cold storms mounts up into the
millions some think $i0,OOO0O0.
The public exhibition of the Keely mo-
tor, which was promised Tor tins month.
has been again postponed sine die.
Upward of one hundred ships are over
due at the port of New York, and the re-
cent terrible gales cause great anxiety.
In Chicago wagons call at houses for
books borrowed at the public library, and
return any book desired, for a nominal
charge.
Sportsmen in the vicinity of La Sale,
H., find SO many quail starved or frozen
that they fear the birds have been eXter-
minated by the storms.
In fight, Indian fashion, as set down in
a dime novel, a twelve year-old boy, John
Parker, killed his playmate, named David
son, recently at Grovesnor. Mich.
The Offering for sale in New York of a
large bar of refined silver lead to investiga-
tions which showed it had been recently
stolen from the mint at Philadelphia.
Two tramps removed a rail on the Mis-
souri, Pacific track, near Marthaville.
wrecking train of twelve freight cars
and killing the engineer and fireman.
Mcdaniel & Wrights flour mill at
Franklin, Ind, was wrecked last week 10y
boiler explosion. One man was killed,
and other employees had a narrow escape
Ridbourne, of last years Providence
Base Ball Club, received the largest
amount of money that has ever been paid
tn ball player. He received 5000 for
the season.
The warden of the Kansas State prison
reports that more convicts, in proportion
to the population, come from counties
where the prohibition law is enforced than
from counties where there is no liquor
law.
The defense put in by man in a New
York Police Court, the other day arraigned
on a charge of beating his wife was that
she had hidden his wooden leg in the eel
lar so that he could not go out of the
house.
Entcrprising owners of buildings on
PenAsy lvania avenue at Washington are
advertising windows for sale on inaugur.
alton day. Prices range all the way from
S. to $l00a window. according to location
and size.
An offer of 500 has been refused by a
citizen of Thomas county, Ca, for mad
stone which he found in Montgomery
county while OH visit there recently. Ii
is egg. shaped, and about half the size OF
a hens egg.
Relatives OF young man who was
drowned short time ago in Princes Bay
II. l., have buried no less than three
bodies, which have been washed ashore
at different intervals, each of them being
identified as his.
The new Billings Library building OF
Vermont University is to be dedicated at
commencement in June. II is spacious
and fire.proof, and has been erected by
means of gift of $l09,OOO by the Hon.
Frederick Billings.
| A washerwOman who found $500 scwed
up In an Enlargement which had be.
longed to a deceased person, and had been
given her to wash, IL approvingly spoken
of by the Chicago Times. The poor wo
man promptly returned the money.
The Union Employment Bureau of New
| Haven, Conn.,, received an order for | ,0Ot
weavers to 20 to Philadelphia for Dennan
Bros. & Co. The Knights of Labor tele.
graphed from Philadelphia that the order
was intended to fill the place of strikers.
| New York fire insurance companies are
withdrawing their agencies from Texas
because Judge Pardee of the United
States Circuit Court has decided that the
face of policy expresses the value of the
property insured in case of it's destruc
ton by fire.
A well in the yard Of Macon, Ga, cit.
izen. which formerly supplied the house.
hold with water, WAS discovered n few
days ago to have started producing kero
sene oil. A trial OF the oil for illuminat
ing purposes was made. and the result
was very satisfactory.
The Western League OF base ball PLAYERS
was organized last week at Indianapolis
II. V. Mckinn. of Kansas City, being
chosen President. Clubs from Toledo
indianapolis, Kansas City, St. Paul, Cleve
mitted, but one of these towns will be
dropped.
Unaismaysd by the failure of the ire
mendous storm that ne predicted for De
cember. but which did not come off at
that time, Virgins is now reported to
have set the l7th.1Sth of March for the
performance. 1t IL to be sort of lorna
Observation-Disclosures ylone ar
rangement.
Two hundred thousand dollars in cur.
rency was destroyed in the wreck of the
Midland Road, near Washington on Feb
ruary 10Th. This is the heaviest loss In
the United States mail ever occurring
from q railroad disaster. One hundred or.
binary mail pouches and thirteen regis
tered letter pouches were destroyed.
The sale Of seats in DIR. Talmage's
church At Brooklyn for 1895 brought the
church $.2,067, Of which $4,4 was in
premiums above the actual rental price.
This amount is all increase over the sale
Of last year, when the rentals and pre-.
miums amounted to $2l, 1850. The esti.
mated total Of the collections taken up
throughout the year is $4,000.