Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-11-09
HAVE you paid your taxes?
The streets are full of water. 4

BORROWED umbrellas are wanted
at home.
FARMERS are fa,tening turkeys for
Thanksgiving.
BusINEss was never more lively
among the teamsters.
The business of the Olympia Oys-
ter Company is steadily increasing.
The Episcopal has the largest Sun
day School of any church in town.
CHrIcH-disturbance is one of the
besetting Sins of Olympia hoodlum-
ism.
MAIN Street has been graveled in
places that sadly needed it, as far as
Union Street.
We learn that son of Mrs. N. T.
Matthews, OF West Olympia, is Sc
riously ill with the typhoid fever.
OLD Mrs. Probabilities says the
present rain was foretold a week ago
by the roar of the Tumwater Falls.
GERMANY remembered her country
men in the cities afflicted with yel-
low fever, by sending three thous-
and marks for their relief.
The new crossings are very good,
but they would be better if the grav-
el had not so much clay in it. A fact
revealed by the late rain.
We read that Russia is increas-
ing her army in Turkey to 200, 900
men, we are not much inclined to
believe the flaming reports of peace
treaties.
PROFESSIONAL hunters report that
mallard ducks are abundant in the
Nisqually and its tributaries and
that they are readily brought within
range of the clumsiest Nimrod.
PRUDENT mothers will see to it that
their childrens' throats are wall pro-
tsctsd during we prevalence of our
damp weather. A little precaution
may ward off a world of mischief.
NOBODY need suffer for the want
of wet-weather boots and shoes, or
for umbrellas and rubber goods.
Go to our advertisers and put your
self in street attire for the Winter.
THERE is a silent note in the busy
turmoil of our town, from the fact
that the school-bell in East Olympia
is not cheerfully ringing at morn
ing, noon and night" this week as
usual.
The new Touring mill recently
erected near Elma, Chehalis county,
is doing much towards inducing an
increased emigration into that grain
producing region. We hear that the
mill is running at it's full capacity.
If you want any sort of an oddity
in the line of family groceries go to,
Chilberg. He has maple syrup,
pigs feet, canned Goldfish, apple
butter and everything else nobody
else ever thinks of keeping. Go
and see.
SINCE the first announcement of
the death of Mr.. Charles Hunting
ton, we learn that he was found dead
in Public Hall, at La Conner. How
long he had been dead when dis
covered is not known. His remains
were brought from La Conner to
Seattle on the steamer Fanny Lake.
Sunday: and thence to this city,
Monday, on the Zephyr.
IT was recently decided in the
Court of Common Pleasat Philadel-
phia, that q man has right to vote
on the day before his twenty-irst
birthday, on the ground that the
law does not recognized tho fraction
OF a day, and besides, because the
custom" hadpbtained from such q
practice long Continued. Perhaps
this may account for the large vote
in this precinct, yesterday.
IL Vas Shakespeare who wrote,
1T 10 beauty that dOeth oft make
women proud; it u virtue that doth
make them most admired; il i mod.
esty that doth make them seem d.
yine." And, TO clap the climax in.
tended By ths great dslinsstor oi
our nature. ws odd. it 10 the Unborn
curiosity Of the dear creatures that
makes them scramble % furiously
for our Daily.