Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1919-04-25
WHAT OUR Fathers READ ABOUT
IN THIS PAPER FIFTY YEARS AGO

From The Washington Standard for
Saturday morning, April D, 1869.
Vol. TX. No. p.
Editorial correspondence by tele-
graph: Portland, April 23.-Gov-
erpor Moore's nomination is received
With the greatest applause. The rat
,ification meeting last night at Van
couver was large and enthusiastic.
Today the delegation came over here,
accompanied by many citizens of the
Territory. upon the Fanny Troupe"
with flags flying, music. cheers, etc.
A procession was formed on First
street and marched to the Cosmopol-
titan hotel, from the balcony of which
the speakers addressed q large. en-
thusiastic audience, Judge Lancaster
leading, of in grand style.
The "Politkofsky''-This new tug
boat, recently purchased by Mr.. Cav
ley for the Port Madison mills, made
her first appearance at Olympia at
an early hour on Thursday morning
last. She left Port Madison with GAS
tons of merchandise for this and ia
termediate points.
Accidentally Shot.-Ym. /. Nc.
Allister Of the NisQually bottom,
some miles above >the crossing, mar.
rowly escaped being killed by the ex-
plosion Of bis gun on Tuesday last.
Having occasion to cross fence into
a field, he placed his gun in an up
right position against the fence. and
when he again attempted to take up
the weapon, the lock or trigger came
In contact with one of his feet. A
premature discharge was the conse-
Quence and, he received heavy
charge of buckshot in his shoulder.
A Serious Disaster.-Last Monday,
while the steamer ~. B. Libby" was
getting upon the ways to have her
bottom creased, she displaced the cap
of two of the piles composing the
ways and, when the tide ebbed, set
tied nearly midships upon the piles.
Her entire weight resting upon these
two piles, they were forced through
her planking near the keel In such q
manner as to require their being cut
out with axes. The holes being tenn
porarily covered, she was taken upon
the ways the same night and the dam
age repaired on the following day.
The "Oriflame" sailed from Port
land on the 21st inst, on the con-
templated pleasure and business ex-
cursion to the Sound. She has on
board q large number of invited
guests from Portland. The services
of the Aurora brass band, one-sf- the
finest in Oregon, has boom secured to
discourse Sweet strains of music dur
ing the excursion. She will be due
at Olympia about the middle of next
week.
Painful Accident. - On Monday
last, while Captain Libby was getting
his steamer on the ways. he accident
ally stepped on broom handle,
which turned under his foot and bad
" wrenched his ankle.
On Thursday last there were four
steamers lying at Olympia, as fol-
lows: Eliza Anderson, Wilson G..
Hunt. Politkofsky, and ]. B. Libby.
We see by Victoria papers that a
light shock of an earthquake was ex-
perienced there last Sunday morning.
The contract for the construction
of the Tum Water bridge has been
| let to Messrs. Geo. w. and j. S.
French and Oliver Shead. for the sum
of $4,000.
cargo OF ice has ben shipped this
season from Boston to JAPAN.
Great" Discoveries of Gold at
Alaska.-The San Francisco papers
have got hold of story to the effect
that wonderfully rich gold mines have
been discovered at Alaska. The news
was brought down by a schooner. the
hands on which had made the
strike" The deposits are represent.
ed as immense and in placers; the
/ location, on the mainland. Is in lati
tude 81 north, longitude $50 west
from Greenwich. The discovery was
made 1870 miles from Kodiak island
upon the Kayak river. which de-
bouches into Cook river. by a Rus
sian engineer who was prospecting
The second mines discovered are