Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1886-07-16

Us that lahorers will he paid two dol.
lars per pay, exclusive of board and
lodging. He expects to return to the
scene of operations tomorrow.
The Presbyterian Sunday school
went picnicing down the BAY, last
Tuesday. The steamer Jcssip WA.
chartered for the occasion and took in
tow a large barge upon which the
school had congregated. The point
selected was the " Burntrager place"
about tw" miles below Buffers
Cove
Harry Dickgciser, young man
working in Morris camp, met with a
painful accident, Monday, while " snip
ing" logs. His AK glanced and struck
his left foot, inflicting deep and
painful wound. He suffered great
Frustrating from loss of blood, while
his companions were bringing him to
town.
Mr.. Ritichie, the new mail con-
tractor on the Montesano route entered
upon the service on the LIST instant,
fully equipped for meeting all the re-
quircments of transportation on this
important artery of local trade. His
stages leave this place and Montesano
mornings at half-past five, and arrive
at destination about six p. NJ.
Judge &. w. Hartman will leave
Monday for a three weeks visit to the
Gray's Harbor ami Shoalwatcr Bay
country. His close attention to bust
ness has necessitated respite for a
time, for recreation. We bespeak
for him the best inequalities of our
coast friends, as he is true Democrat
and firm sympathizer with the inter
csts of the laboring man.
Somebody has expended great
deal of main strength and awkward.
ness in drawing greasy cartoon rep.
resenting the defeated prohibitionists
crowded into II sort of NOah's ark
bound for some more congenial cline
The late election was not Il political
issue and when the unsuccessful party
gracefully bows to the situation, it
were better to leave them alone.
Mrs. J. A. c. Merryman, of Cheney
superintendent of the scientific depart.
ment of instruction, as presided over
by the Women's Christian Temperance
Union for Eastern Washington, has
been in town during the week, together
with her colleague, Mrs. M. o. Shaffer
acting in similar capacity for West
ern Washington. Both ladies left for
their respective homes, this morn
ing.
The address of Mrs. Duniway in Co.
lumbia Hall, Monday evening, was a
complete vindication of her course in
the prohibition contest. She gave
many unanswerable reasons for the
line of policy pursued, and if all were
not satisfied with the logic, they must
have been impressed with her utter
sincerity. 1t will not he long till the
wisdom of her course will be apparent
to even those blinded by fanatical
zeal.
Arthur McAloon, last Tuesday, while
unloading logs from car, on the
Westside, at his brothers. camp, was
caught between the end of log and
the car-bumper crushing his chest, frac-
turing the sternum and three or four
ribs, one collar bone and dislOcating the
other, besides badly mulitating the
neck, face and one hand. NOtwith-
standing his severe Injuries. he is now
resting easily, and bids fair to recover
in three or four weeks.
A citizen of Eastsidc reports holly
contested battle between wren and a
hummingbird. The encounter took
place in an appletree. The tiny hum
mingbird darted like streak of light
ming ut the wren, making vigorous at
tempts to stab its antagonist with its
long sharp beak, but the wren parted
the thrusts at all points, flying from
limb to limb to escape from its lillipu-
tan foe. At last the larger of the two
birds was glad to give up the fight by
retreating altogether from the field