Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-02-27
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Foreign.
Genera Wol~clcy has started for Cad
kul
Special taxes are levied upon bachelors
| in France.
London workman are combining, :odr,vc
| Irish lahorers from that city.
| The news Of General Gorlon death
| has been officially announced.
| 1t is denied in official circles shat the
| Russian government intends Ia occupy
| ilerat.
| Italy has 3.3i0.OHl men IA its ar, ' and
| some Of he finest Ships and suns IN tn
world.
Tcmr>>ar is the first city in Eurpp" To
nave il streets lighted thrHu.lI, u ". TN
electricity.
Among the Arabs the belief i prevalent
that washing the face is eimpl. an lndircci
| form Of suicide.
Lard Salisbury recently received an ad
dress from West ESSEX twenty seven
| yards in length.
Mrs. Lowell, wife of the Ann, ri,an Min
lister To England, is srrio usly i'll with hla;n
! i'N'' AZ i.'ii'ipH-
ISmai rasha, * k!rd vc of t-yri. *
now in London, canva sing tor snrrurt, -
for his restoration.
\ neck lace composed of seventy -ouc or.
nam"nled pearls brought Ei,4@ AT 4 re-.
cent sale in London.
The lnpcrial Court at I.irrsir has de
cided that beer ought To consist u,!N 1t
malt, hops and water.
The King Of bavaria has jus; los, our If
his hunting castles hy fire. It was first
robbed and then fired.
Divers have commeccd operations e"
raise the Chinese war SHIPS SUM, in lhc tn
| gagrmcnt at Foochow.
| Englislrncn are learning To like Amrri-
can beans. and there is an increasing rX
portation to that country.
\ Berlin physician was fined the other
day on not keeping himself informed on
modern methods Of practice.
Queen Victoria and the Council lave
ratified the hetrothal Of Princess Beatrice
and Prince Henry of Batlenberg.
King Theebaw Of Burmah has rcfo.i-cd
and given mp drinking. and he threatens 10
| Hog every drunkard in his realm
| -hu DctG tAlllihlibll W liI me
held in Vienna next April. under the aus
pieces of the leading Austrian brewers.
| The English government has ordered a
number of steam launches sent To Suak-
EN-, to be used in transporting troops.
General Earle Of the English forces. was
killed Tuesday the l0ih inst. during tie
storning OF the enemy position ut Brit.
| Family etiquette i'm the Reich stag com
pclS that no one shall speak at the iah!cuntIl
Bismark permits with some gracious s,.sn
| English ship owners are accept ING con
| tracts to export troops and supplies 10
| Egypt at almost half the rates charged in
Is !.
Sir William George Armstrong. the in
vcntor Of the famous Armstrong gun -
about to start large steel works near VA
plies.
y London pauper convicted Of having
chopped of the tail of a eat was sentenced
ro six weeks imprisonment with hard
labor.
or the total distance of the Canadian
Pacific r>ilwayC25 ~ miles the road j.
graded 22Hl miles, and rails are laid 1u1u
miss.
Reports arrive of the destructive mum.
loss of number If lives and heavy dam
age to property.
At Liep.ic musical critic has been sen
fenced to five days imprisonment tor DIES
cribing the leader Of an orchestra as Il
violin ~ raper.
The British army has now II field
kitchen, the fire of which vii 90 like That
Of n steam fire engine. and do its work
while on the march.
The governments of Germany and Ru--
STA have appoiRtcd respectively tichthof
ten and Monronsi members of the Eg>i,-
tian debt commission.
Gladsi one has sent letters 10 hi- sun
porters i'll Parliament imprcseing upon
them the Importance of their presence a,
the opening of Parliament.
A very brilliant light IS obtained in
China from candles-only of late Years I'M
ported into Europe made of wax suprIird
by insects especially reared through Chi
nese Ingenuity.
There is great activity in 0sman biz
mas camp. Women are being armed and
drilled, and every possible preparation i
being made for obstinate resistance to the
British advance.
The Tichborne claimant has now fallen
50 10" tlltt ne appears III provincial va
riety company and takes his turn between
an acrobat styled the human serpent" and
the comical mute.
Every common trade in Amsterdam has
Government shop where deserving poor
can always find emplo, men'. The goods
! there made are used 10y the Government
instead Of being sold.
During ball at the town Witkawitz. in
Bohemis, a dynamite cartridge was eXplo
ded ulthe basement of the building. the
staircase demolished and several PEI sons
injured. No one was killed.
Speaker Miller of the Ontario Senate.
has issued an order excluding ever, body.
press included, from visiting any of the
adjacent rooms to the chamber. no matter
what their errand may be. 1t is said he is
afraid of dynamite.
Lord Rossmore the Orange champion,
has been compelled to part with his racing