Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-03-27

denominations ha~ cal-ttt a great deal OF at
verse criticism.
The Gates farm house, nj Nictoria. Is.
C., built thirty wears ago. Wa burned last
week.
Yokohama advice stale that. mr.u'la
ton, h-iv-en .js,p;,i: and China IL refer
.nc,. Ia he torcli. tr,rli'c Will Ia" '"-''in
at Picking shortly.
Ih- Lord Major ri i.rntm has Issued
an appeal !" the working pro,it- Tor funHS
with " huh IL r-ll,ve di-'r.--- ;'n,ong an
employed working l"'"I''''.
sir Peter I.uul>dt.n. British commission
or CA the Af-h,n frontier question. ai:d
his SIR. -yiu.s party, are .II"aml"'t At ~
raad OH Persian territory.
T;,n;,,a> Barns convicted Al Saii Fran
cisco :.r Illegal voting IN November 'tii
ia>i. has been sem 10 Sth Quentin i"'
three ye..> and iinel : 'hi.
Air.. i:.,n,. 50 Years If ..Gr. ijVit- Acne
near Falmouth. ny. barge! the 'is"'r- ami
windows of itr h.n,c he other day. start
ed aIc ard pea i>hr,i therein.
Fifty l.r.s. wooden chests were ieriIilr,,
IL cnnvr. the private papers ami persona!
effects uf President Arthur and hi- ianil.
from Wa-hinrlon I" New York.
\ letter ma~ received Il, the washington
pu,,ot,ir.. the other ia, addressed: "ii"i,.
Mr. Cleveland. in tie White HOUSE Al
Washington. Please examine quick.
I'm additional brigade of Briii-lI in:an
ir, has i.cn ordered to reinforce the "ar-
rlson> AT tlueI!a AID tlohe-n>. Persia
gives assurances ot perfect nt'l;iailt!.
General i.rirr de- i.~l.. teirgraph- that
on March ;i he raised the siege ct TUN-
enuuan,, relieving the French garrison.
The Chinese fou.h! hard tnr eighteen
days.
The Catholic mi>>i,nar, organ al Paris
states thai several hundred Catholics resi-
d.nt'ai human have been nia>>acr"d II,
obedience to >ecre, orders from ih. HI
n.>e Nirero..
|, is !~aid ot the - United States :>cna,
tors. nj least 81 arr. professors of religion,
including jew. Roman Catholic and =
lni!arians. OF these. H. or jus! half. are
Prp>h, teriais.
During IA small fire in y Investor. hniid
ing on India street. Boston. Sunday, a
ladder fell and killed James W. Swreizer,
formerl. a lieutenant in the san Francisco
tire department..
Hugh !. Swer best known as III. pro.
proprietor Of DIR. Spinnty's di>t"n-ary.
has disappeared from san Francisco, ir:,>-
numerous debts. II is believed he has
gone 20 australia.
1t has been decided that the marriage of
the Princess Beatrice Ii Prince Henry OF
Battcnhury. shall take place in Whipping
ham Church. Isl, "f Wight. in July, while.
the Queen j. At Osborne.
Near New Columbia. Pa, recently.
Georg. Hahn and August Storage were
killed hy being thrown from Il sleigh.
Hahn's neck was broken and Siara2le :
head was torn from the booty.
The Court of Claims has rendered a
Judgment in favor Of the Pacific Raj road
Company mow the Missouri Pacific Com
panyI FOR ) II. NW.I for bridges burned by
the government during the war.
Arpcent sortie by the garrison a, ka~s;,-
la, which has been defending the town for
a year against the Mahdi, resulted disas-
:rOusiy. twenty eight officers Of the garri-
son and $50 privates being killed.
The police surprised corking main IL,
Blue Island, not far from Chicago early
Sunday morning, and hauled in nifty
sports, including Paddy Ryan and half II
dozen prominent Chicago citizens.
Under the decision Of the coirtmarli al,
Swain will draw $500 per aununI. with
an allowance for fuel. forage. etc, for the
next twelve years. when he wi IN. re-, irei
with the rank of Brigadier-t;eneral.
AdviceS from Tthrran state that Sir
Peter Lum>den is encamprd on Persian
territory not far from llerat. TIL. txpec.
,ation il that he will enter Herat i'm ca e
the Russians make an further advance.
\ manifesto has jus, been i,su"l l,y the
Paris dyLianiter>. addressed to the Prince
of Wales. p!ed.sing him safety during his
visit TO Ireland, because he is a Free Ma.
son. The doc uuient Is signed Michael
Flannery.'
Last week in DmMitt county, Texas.
the scene of tn" recent combat with Mex
lean mauranders. n party Of Americans
hanged three MEXICAN sheep ranchers.
who were not known to have been guilty
of any offenses.
\ race of l25 yards for 81 .OU side took
place at Central Park, San Francisco, last
Sunday. between L. T.. Lewis. Of Oregon,
and Z. +. Gibson, of California. Gibson
aud half seconds.
One hundred thousand head OF cattle
are in sight, ready for u movement North
in the next sixty days from southwest
Texas. providing the quarantine laws of
other States do not prevent II. The out
look is unfavOrable.
Charles J. Riggee, Of I.ovington, Ill.,,
aged -, grew Respondent over the loss of
all his money in the I.ovington bank,
which failed Il year ago. and on the night
of the 9th inst shot his aged wife TO deaf
and then killed himself.
At dance held near ROcktialp, Texas, a
difficulty occurred between led Stephens
and Buck Scales, resulting in the death of
Scales. While making his escape Stephens
shot and killed bystander named Hodges
and mortally wounded a lOyear old girl.
A large house at Cosenza, capital of the
Italian province of the same name wa
wrecked recently by the fall Of the floor.
Sixty persons were In the building nj the
time Of the disaster, and all were injured
more or less severely. Twenty are not ex-
pected to recover.
The liquor dealers at Rome, Ga. are pre-
pairing t" "boycott a large number Of
men who continually drink to excess, thus
in,juring themselves and not benefitin he
saloons. When the list is fully made on,
every SalOOnkeeper will forfeit $50 If he
ever sells TO man on the list.
JIDuEch, ~ tuV lDTVlSSclN IltSdl VD-
servatOry has published the first result of
the last transit Of Venus in which he
places the suns distance at 81. 7:i, ssN miles.
OF the previous determinations of the dis
lance made since lSti2 Levcrrirr. WAS
nearest, being 81 ,35' 900 miles
At Toronto, Can, few days ago. Mrs.
McRuar an her a-year-old son, being in
destitute circumstances, stared out to
obtain relief. when binding snow storm
came on and they lost their way, and wan
dered around until they sank down ex-
hau. ted. Both were found dead.
The Duke Of Cambridge. presiding at
the National Rifle Association at London.
announced tina. the Colonies would IN fu.
ture send a team to Wimbledon To COM
pete for the Calapore Cup and the Queens
prize. He made no reference to the tip~ir.
ability of Americans participating.
4 popularity Of most Of the Paris papers
10 that they rent ont the finunpial a.. ,lu,,,u