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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-07-19

and overrowercd the brutal seconds
The fighters were seized nnd carried
off Little Mack died in the carriage
that wa. conveying him to the steam.
er; his old mother went crazy over the
affair and the whole thing was Justly
stigmatized as murder. The sue
cessiul contestant, himself little better
than dead man, was arrested, together
with the brutal second of his victim. as
purticeps criminiS, but sporting money
saved them from conviction. 1t may
be that prize fighting has been toned
down little since those DAYS, rules
may have been refined and more Gu
phonious terms introduced into the
code, but the world looks in vain for
improvement in the moral outcome.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-07-19
A Bad Case.

Tho Observation-Disclosures seduc-
ton case has at last closed, Judge
Allyn having granted Il new trial, at
Seattle, last Tuesday, and the prosecu-
ton made motion to DISMISS, which
was duly entered. The people will be
glad that this disgusting farce has
ended. 1t has not redounded to the
credit OF any OF its principal actors,
and even the defendant is not entitled
to much sympathy for having placed
himself in position whereby, it seems
quite plain, he was made the victim O;
somebody's spite.
The Brantner girl, by her own con.
LESSONS, has been transformed from
the innocent, contiding, loving. victim
OF lust, to the INSCRIPTIONS and in
trlguing tool OF designing persons bent
upon inflicting injury on Mr.. Wicker.
sham. The profound sympathy which
was accorded her in the first character
is replaced with disgust at the duplici
ty and utter want of moral principle
shown 10y the exhibit of her true ma
ture in her subsequent confessions
wherein she unblushingly admits acts
which no true woman under any cir
cumstances, should reveal. The mora,
turpitude that makes such a confession
possible, precludes the belief that 8
rev months previously she might have
oeen the pure woman that her stor,
led one to believe. Nor does the yer,
general belief that her confession va,
bought, place her in any better ligh,
before the public. 1t indicates thai
she had price for her good name a.
we'll as for playing an essential part il
compromising felony.
The results OF this trial cannot I'm,
leave its unhallowcd impress upon tn,
pubic. Such trials invariably do
Familiarity with vice divests it O
much OF its horror, and the purest ma
ture Is sometimes contaminated bv TN,
contemplation of sin, surrounded as il
always Is, by much that enlists tn,
sympathy of humanity. If Mis-.
Brantner's complaint was true. sb,
was entitled to something more thar
sympathy: n redress through tn,
means OF the outraged law. If it wa,
not true, she herself, and those who
abetted her. should be made to SUITE,
a penalty commensurate with tn,
ofiense against the people, individual,
and collectively.
A heavy bill of costs has been taxct
against the people without cause: pub
lie sympathy has been deeply aroused
without its object possessing anv O
those moral attributes which enlis,
the warmer impulses of the human
heart, and Satan has danced in glee a.
the mind of youth has been RECALLED
with the infamous details of the motto
nous case. Let us hope that repeti
ton Of this travesty on Justice ma,
not occur.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-07-19

The tide fiat cases in Seattle have
been continued until the next term OF
court.
The trainers OF Garfield county have
taken steps toward organizing Il grange
IN that county.
The Fair building at Aberdeen was
broken into by burglars, a few nights
ago, and robbed OF $1,000.
About =, 90 front feet OF brick build
ings have been contracted for in Ellens.
burg since the fire occurred
Tracklayers on the Walla Walla Pen
dleton branch OF the .. d ". T. are
within . miles OF the latter place.
Jacob Woolery, an esteemed citizen
of Orting, died on last Saturday. from
having his leg crushed in the Urung
mill.
DR.. L. NJ Davis has sued Mike Ward
at Walla Walla, for libel, in the sum OF
$4,000. Ward accused DR.. Davis OF
theft.
The system of irrigation employed on
the Mckee farm in Yakima county i.
failure, the result being baked soil and
short crops.
The wheat crop in the region Of Wal
la Walla has been damaged by the I'M
usual hot weather, and the yield will
not be as great as was expected.
The crops between Umatilla and the
Dalles are total failure and it is feared
that they will not even make enough
hay to feed the stock during the winter
The business of the Northern Pa
cific railroad during the present month
considering the dull season of the
year, will fully equal in volume the
business OF last November.
The Seattle Electric Light Company
are in receipt of most all their machin.
cry for their new works. They expect
to use their old boilers. which are not
damaged to any great extent
w. III. Holshumaker, a teamster al
Seattle, was run over by seattl.
Lake Shore & Eastern train on the Sd
cutting Off his right leg above the knee
and his left foot was horribly crushed
Recovery is doubtful.
Prof. Clayton, the mining expert
who was injured at Wardner Junction
Idaho, in the stage accident, June
18th, died at Spokane Falls on the
4th inst. The remains will be taken
to Portland for interment.
In 1887, the population of Waitsbure
was Alb, and it is now 1853 OF the pres
ent population 269 are married and 49,
are single. The widows and widower.
are included in the single list. There
are 397 males and 36l females.
/ Tekoa had a small blaze on Thursda,
OF last week. A big fire in the stove OF
Robt. Works harness shop heated the
stovepipe, which set fire to the eros.
piece in the roof. Prompt action with
few buckets of water saved a confa
grafton.
Although in some parts of Eastern
Washington, the dry weather previou:
to the Fourth of July sets the crop.
back to some extent, yet the cheering
report comes that the wheat crop of the
Territory will be a good deal larger than
it was last year.
| There is young girl in Walla Walla
who is destined to make her mark
Some one gave her ten cents one day
She bought a yard Of calico, made il
into sunbonnet and sold the bonnie,
Tor Az cents. She invested the &C
cents in more calico, made more bon
nets, sold them, and pretty soon had
$lO. With this 10 she bought pota
toes. planted them, and came out with
a clear profit of $40.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-07-19
The Court System.

The judiciary Committee is holding
long sessions and has about completed
a plan ior the Judicial system for the
new state.
The system favored by the commit
tee consists OF a Supreme Court, hav
ing Chief Justice and four Associate
Justices, and a Superior Court having
general and probate jurisdiction
1t is proposed to divide the Territor,
into about fifteen districts, and give
some of the larger districts two judges.
In arranging the districts it was pro
posed by some Of the members OF the
| committee to make one district OF
Pierce and Mason counties, and one
district OF Thurston and Chehalis
counties. The Pierce county district
would have two judges. This arrange
ment is not satisfactory to Mason
| county. Her citizens would prefer to
be part OF this district. 1t would be
much more convenient, and there is
no reason why it should not be so The
Tacoma member Of the committee
holds that with two judges at Tacoma
they would have time and hear all Ma
son county business. That may he
so, but one judge can certainly attend
to the business OF these three counties
During the past year, the Court bust
ness of these three counties has been
transacted in little over five weeks
time, while the Tacoma business has
kept the Court in session there about
twenty weeks, and it may be safely
said that the legal business OF the two
sections is in almost that proportion
the business OF Pierce county being
about four times that OF these three
counties That being the case, the
Convention would not be justified in
taking Mason county from its old as
sociates and its choice, and adding il
to another district
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-07-19
Local improvement.

The public square will now be in a
condition to rank respectfully with
anything on the coast. The iron fenc-
ing has arrived and now lies piled up
in great heaps on the north side ready
for the workmen. The rubbish lately
scattered over the enclosure has been
burned and now there remains some
leveling to be done when the whole in
closure will be ready to receive its iron
environment. The new fence is de-
cided improvement on the metal pal
lngs IN vogue few years ago, A
small part of it only is of cast iron.
The posts are between six and seven
feet high and composed of wrought
iron strips strongly bolted and riveted
together. Altogether they are highly
ornamental and much more graceful
than If cast i'll single shaft, like a
lamp post. The fence proper is COM
posed of panels, likewise of wrought
iron, each panel consisting of three
rails with pickets six inches apart.
The long pickets that pierce the upper
rail are one foot apart. These panels
rest upon ornamental cast iron sup
ports twenty inches high, so that the
top OF the fence will be over five feet
from the ground. The gates are
elegantly fashioned, light airy, and
provided with hangings and fasten-
ings according to the most approved
style. When this fence is set up and
nicely lacquered, it will be a good time
for old residents to contrast the public
square with what it was twenty years
ago when school children played hide
and seek among the stumps that dot
ted its undulating surface and the
swallows nested under the long pro-
truding rafters of the old blockhouse
that stood in the northeast corner, like
grim old sentinel as it was, and
frowned down upon the passing ST.
washes. In those days, neither the
rudest fence nor vestigc of n sidewalk
had desecrated the greensward borders
of the space reserved for a public
square. 1t will be remembered that
for many years the blockhouse served
the double purpose OF county Jail and
town lookup and many white-haired
old buck and klootchman can be found
to-day whose melodious howlings broke
the midnight stiffness of the neighbor-
hood while they were serving out a
term of whisky sickness within its
grim and mOss-grown walls.
After the iron fence is built. it will
be in order for the city to erect a suit
able pavilion and arrange row of seats
on the shady side for MONDAY loungers
and eventide loafers. Of course all
such luxuries will come in time and
be strikingly in contrast with what ex-
listed in earlier times. In the olden
days Augustus and Samantha were
content to sit upon the ground and
lean their backs against stump while
the man in the moon listened to their
prattle and the stars winked to each
other. But let us have the improve
ments.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-07-19

THE CAPITAL-It is rumored that
the Chairman of the Committee on
State Institutions and Public Build.
ings," Mr.. T NJ. Reed, will report in
favor of locating the Capitol tempo
rarily at Olympia with a provision
that the State Legislature shall, at
the expiration of three years. submit
to a vote of the people the question Of
permanent location. This seems an
unwise procedure and probable sur
render of the Capital, as it gives an
opportunity as we'll as an invitation
to form combinations, intrigues, bar
ter and sale, briberies and corrupt in.
ducements to remove and fix it else.
where. We are really as we'll prepared
to locate it permanently now, as con.
templated by the Enabling Act, as at
any future time. Moreover, MAORI.
ty of the Convention are ready and
willing to locate it permanently at
Olympia and have public buildings
erected, as provided by the Enabling
Act, which is certainly wiser than to
defer it for term of years and compel
the State to get along without the
requisite buildings and accommoda.
tiOns for the State Government.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-07-19
Notice for Publication.

LAND OFFICE At VANCOUVER, WASH TER. !
July Eth, 1859
NOTICE il her. by given that the following
- named settler has filed notice of hi> int. n
ton Ia make fl al proof in support of his clair
and that said proof will be made before H.
Judge and ex ofiicio Clerk of the Probate our
for hurston county. W T., at Olympia. ". I.
ON September 3. 1ss9, viz: u. Frank Ruth Jr
Pre- u. 5, No. 997. for The NV q NV !, Sec %
TIP 10 n X f., Wy
lie names the following witnesses to prove hi
continuous residence upon. and cultivation OF
said land. viz: Welis \ reiton, Henry liar
mer, Of ielm, Thurstvn county. W. 1 William
) 1nman ant John W Pomeroy Jr Of Taroms
Pierce county. W. +.
Any person who desires to protest against tn
allowance OF auch proof or kLow~ of any sui
stan:ial reason. under thu law and the regula
tions OF the Interior Department.. why sue
proof should not be allowed, will be given ri
opportunity at the above mentioned time an
place to cross -eXsmine the witnesses of sal
ella mant. and 10 offer evidence in rebuttal a
that submitted BY claimant.
W. S. AUSTIN
Register.
Date Of first publication, July 10. 1855.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-07-19

The Convention is being flooded
with propositions and the members are
getting down to their work in good
easnest. The indications are that the
session will necessarily be longer than
was supposed by many. The members
seem to realize that their work, when
completed il not for q day, but is to be
90 executed that it will bear the clos
est examination and seveyest criticism.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-07-19
YOU CANNOT AFFORD

At this season of the year TO be without
good reliable diarrhoea balsom in the
house, as cramps, collie, dia rhoea and all
inflammation of the stomach and boewls
are exceedingly dangerous il not at.
tended to at once. One bottle of BEGGS
DIAkRHOEA BALSOM will do more
good il cases of this kind than anyother
medicine on earth. We guarantee it.
E. B. KEsrER & Co, Druggists
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-07-19
Centralia Items.
CESTRALIA, July Is, 1889.

CESTRALIA, July Is, 1889.
EDIToE OLYNPIAN;
The brick yards are kept busy, in
fact they have all they can do to sup
ply the demand.
J. &. McAllister has enlarged his
store and has built fine, commodious
warehouse Mt the rear.
The new schoolhouse is almost
rooted in. 1t is fine building and
the children are anxious for the fall
term to come round.
Blackberries are getting to be scarce.
Plums are coming in quite lively.
though the crop will be nothing to
what it was last year.
VIM. Agnew has lumber hauled to
the ground for building. Atprcsent he
is residing on his hop ranch, but in all
probability he will move again into
town.
Gus. Blackstone is building another
single mill. on ground leased from
the Centralia Lumber & Manufacture
ing Co. He will be ready for work
shortly.
Mr.. kahler has opened up with
good stock of groceries. Messrs Hub
berd & Hoyle are also now in this bus
mess. This makes nine grocery stores
alone in old Centralia.
John Buchanan has sold or traded
his grist mill to Mr.. Barnum, of the
firm of Barnum & Roman, contractors.
They are to put him up on the adjoin-
ing lots two large stores.
The rain that has fallen during the
past twenty-four hours has made every
thing look fresh and green and cooled
the air, which is quite treat after the
heat and dust we have experienced
lately.
Mr.. David Shelton and Arthur Flem-
ing, who were both in the fruit and
confectionery business, have gone into
partnership and are to be found in the
old postotfice building, where they
keep good supply OF everything in
their line.
Mr.. Frank Rhoades, our new Post
master, has moved the Office to Tower
avenue, next door to DIR. Bakers office.
We were all sorry to lose John Shelton
and his estimable son David, from that
office. 1t is a great pity that change
in Administration of Government
should call for change of all faith
full Office holders.
The Rev. Mr. Davis, from Sprague,
is here in charge of the Episcopal con-
gregation, which is fast increasing in
numbers, He will be absent this week
to settle up matters in Sprague and
bring his family here At present the
sevices are held in Crosby's Hail, but
the new church in Ellsbury's addition
will be ready for use in two weeks.
The Centralia Daily Mews will make
Its first appearance to-day, so we are
informed. We hope the editor may
succeed in this new enterprise. The
papers are little ahead OF the times.
We have not seen the Chronicle, said
to be published in Centralia, yet,
though We have heard it intimated
that such a paper may come out in
the future.
Two tramps passed through here on
Thursday evening, with three bogus
checks which were cashed by our mer-
chants. The men made the excuse that
they were greatly in need OF the money,
and as it was after the bank was closed,
they obtained the money as above
stated. Next morning their trick was
found out and the citizens went in
pursuit. They returned with the men
but let them go again as the tramps
stated they had bought the checks OF
other parties.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-07-19

EQUAL SUFFRAGE-It is understood
that the friends of Equal Suffrage
irrespective of sex, are strongly OPP
posed to submitting separate article
and will claim to have an article in.
serted in the Constitution. The Com
mittee on Elections and Elective
Rights gave the advocates q hearing
Tuesday evening.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-07-19
A Peculiar Race.

The book fiend is as tenacious of
life as salamander, and il he had as
many lives as Grimalkin his progeny
would overrun the world. His bust
ness commenced with the invention of
printing and is we'll nigh immortal.
He is also ubiquitous, and 20 where
you may YOU will find the book fiend.
In the railway car, on the palatial
steamer, atop of the stage coach, JOS
tied by the tide Of humanity that flows
through the crowded streets of great
city or pensively vending his quiet
way along some country thoroughfare
there you will be sure to meet the
book fiend with his gripsack in his
right hand and his sample copy under
his left arm, ready to accost all who
will stop to talk with him.
The book fiend is also a duality
either he, or she, or both; a sort Of
ingerminate, reduplicated specimen Of
humanity. whose essential characters
tic is as hard to determine as the dog.
nosis of new and strange disease
We had one of these ambiguous crea
lures in our Office the other day. He
was solemn-visaged and clad in sombel
oI~ =
expression and wore dark colored
dress, yelled of course, full of word.
and having the most wonderful list Of
books ever published; just the works
in fact, that we and everybody wanted
Among other titles we noticed How
to make money without working fol
it," How to get riches without de
serving Them" Marrying made easy
1.-THE heightened blk" and many
other works of equally rare subject
matter. But 1.-THE great ultimatum,
particularly attracted our attention
and we eagerly asked TIE nature of the
sublime topic upon which it treated
But the polite agent replied that III
had never read the book, nor could she
give US any information as to the qucs
tons it discussed. The fiend was Ger
tain only upon one point, and thai
was, that it was a most sublime work
We referred the individual to our mex
deor neighbor, who, in turn, sent tn,
shadowy spectre adrift upon the colo
charities of our city.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-07-19

The Roman gladiators fought to 4
finish. 1t was . foregone conclusion
that, when two men entered the arena
of the Coliseum only one was to come
out alive. Very often it was the case
that both received mortal thrusts and
died before the vast assemblage Of ap
plauding sight-seers. The contests be
tween men and wild beasts, were per
haps. . slight improvement upon the
gladiatorial exhibitions, -, in such in
stances only one human life would be
placed in jeopardy. When two men
came into the arena to fight, rude
etiquette required of them q kind oil
salutation to the people. After repeat.
ed bows they exclaimed 1--WE, about
to die, salute you" A few modern
critics have gone 20 far as to maintain
that it would be much better in all re.
spects if the prize fighters of the pres.
emit day were obliged to keep up thei,
pounding till one or the other passed
in his checks. 1t is on record, in fact
that something like this has been
done in our own country. The read.
ers Of the sporting events that occur.
red away back in the fifties, will re.
member the tragic end of Little Mack,
middle weight celebrity, who wal
the son of poor widow and the only
support Of his mother. Having
achieved some notoriety as . boxer, he
was inveigled into fight with much
larger man. The contest took place
on Long Island and lasted about four
hours. Long after the result was de-
termined in the minds of the specta.
tors, Little Mack was allowed by his
friends, and even bounded ON by them
to answer to time call by crawling on
his hands and knees, from his corner,
only to be knocked down again by his
murderer. But men had bet their
money on the little hero. and they
were going to win it. if by the sacrifice
Of the last drop Of blood in his poor
broken body. Cries Of "Stop the
fight" take that man out of the
ring!" began to be heard on the out
side, but still the show went ON.
Finally, when the instincts of human
ity had been outraged to the last point
Of endurance, q riot occurred outside OF
the ring. Strong men rushed into
the pentrup, blood-bespattered arena
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Notice..
TERRITORY OF WAsIINGToN,
County of TLurston. es.

TERRITORY OF WASHINGTON,
County of rburston. ss'
In Justice Court, W. F. Ready, Justice.
To ii. l.. Baron Smith, doing business under H.,
hrm name and style of II. L. Baron Smith d
Co.:
You are hereby notified that Frank l. Blodgetr
hss filed complaint against you in said couri
which viii come on to he heard at my office II
the city OF Olympia. i'll Thurston county, w. I.
on tine 18th day OF July, issJ, al the hour of 1
o'clock A. N and unless you appear and thei
and there answer, the same will be taken a. con
les cd and the demand OF the plaintiff granted
Tie Object and demand OF said complaint i,
900. advanced by plaintiff TO defendant on /;
written guarantee
Complaint filed June %, 1850.
". +. kEADY, J. T.
First publication. June q 1850 n