Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-08-27
Mere Mention.

Tie famous olnllkaIUeeu lille, Is III
town.
Butter has taken an upward ten
dency, and is now selling at 25 cents
per pound.
The Dakota did not come to Olym-
pia this trip. Her freight was
brought up by the Messenger.
The usual services will be held in
the Congregational Church Sunday
morning. No service in the evening.
The finest sample of cultivated
blackberries we have seen this year
has been furnished by Mr. Tallentire.
Hay has been imported from Cali
fornia, this season, to supply the
local demand. Still we complain of
hard times.
The atmosphere is clear today of
the smoke which has hung like pail
over this part OF " creation" the past
few weeks.
The forest fires have Frustrated
many trees across the roads leading
to town, and travel is greatly OBJ
structed thereby.
A camp has been established on
the Nisqually to get out cottonwood
bolts for the barrel factory at Seattle.
A fine lot is now ready for shipment.
A FAILURE of the wheat crop in
Umatilla county, Oregon, is reported
this season. The growth is so in.
ferior that many Of the farmers will
not attempt to harvest it.
Rev. j. r. Thompson will conduct
the usual public worship in the Pres
byterian Church, next Sunday, morn
ing and evening, and at South Bay
in the afternoon at three o'clock.
The steamer Capit7l made trial
trip last Tuesday, which was salts
factory to her owners. Sho left
Wednesday night for Seattle to I'M
dergo inspection by the Government
officers.
Mr.. w. NJ. Evans will depart for
the East next Monday, to attend as
delegate the session Of the Supreme
Grand Lodge I. o. o. F., which
meets at Toronto, Canada, on the
Goth prox.
1t will be seen by advertisement
that the East Olympia Academy will
begin its Fall term on the Goth in
stant, under the charge of Prof.
Henderson, assisted by a competent
corps Of teachers.
The rival candidate for places on
the Republican county ticket are
engaged in tearing each other to
pieces. Laudable endeavor! Let
humanity no more boast Of the dig
nifty of manhood.
Mrs. White leaves for Portland,
Monday, to accept situation as
teacher in one of the public schools.
We regret to lose so competent and
successful an instructor and hope
her absence will not be prolonged.
Sufficient rain has fallen the past
week to clay tho dust" but not
enough to extinguish the fires raging
in the forests, consequently the at
mosphere is still obscured by smoke,
while the work of destruction of our
fine timber goes on.
Great excitement has existed the
past few weeks in consequence of the
almost nightly visits of petty thieves.
The premises of DIR. Ostrander, Gov.
Ferry, Gen. Mckinney, and Messrs
Lammon, Willis, Ouimette and Mrs.
Moore, were placed under contribu-
ton to swell the amount of personal
property which their ambition COW
eted. All sorts of articles were taken
from clothes-lines to rubber over
coats, and everything eatable seems
to have been in demand. A large
number of those articles will be re-
stored to their owners, after they
have been used to convict the par
ties under arrest of felonious intent.
AT the Olympia Republican prim-
airy, last Saturday, 1870 votes were
cast, indicating considerable inter-
est in the result of the rivalry be-
tween MIR. Brents and Mr.. Allen.
The friends of the former gentle
man carried the convention by about