Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-12-23
Mere Mention.

W ttt!"S''tN WIZ tH' ''iOi' - tt'.
This is She season Of unusually
high tides.
The measles still remains epidemic
III ;hi~ place. bat no cases have re-
suited fatally.
Van i.lps' store is a vcri:able
8. Curiosity SAop" since the a,'y,fit
IF Santa Claus.
Sir. G.. ". Titus, of New Tacoma,
came ny Yesterday to spend Christ
mas with Oh friends.
1t is How Thought that the Sunday
law viii be very generally observed
Throughout tnr Territory.
Look o,.t FOR the Grand Hibernian
entertainment, on II Xt "Wednesday
eveuii.g, December 18th, in Colum-
lila Hall.
Cros5y's store has reaemblcd u
beehive the past f"w days. from the
busy WORK If lis -c;ci in supply
ing Christmas goods.
Christmas tree festivities will be
he'd in the Methodist, the Presby-
;crian, the Unitarian and the Epis-
copal churches tomorrow evening.
Chambers market is clothed in hoI-
iday attire Of evergreen, but not tho
least of the adornments is the fine
array OF fat turkeys and geese which
await orders for Christmas dinners.
Prof. Roberts and Mr. J. c. Per-
cival have taken steps for holding u
grand masquerade carnival, in Col
umbia Hall, on the evening of Jan
larry 81. 1t w!ll undoubtedly be Il
very amusing and enjoyable affair.
Alphi Eucamrmcut l. o. o. f..
elected the following officers to serve
one year, at its last meeting, We'd
nesday evening: c. r., Ct. &. Turn
er; ii. p, j. NJ. Murphy; S. W.,
L. n. Ford; j. W, J. y. Baker; S.
j. Il. Brown; T., j. S. Dobbins.
Trustees-E. T. Young, G. Il. Bag
| lev and II. y. Ford.
1t Is with great pleasure we an
Iounce that Prot. w. Ii. Roberts
will resume his permanent residence
in this place, from the beginning of
the new year. He has accepted the
position OF clerk in the Office Of the
Collector Of Internal Revenue, and
will enter upon the DISCHARGE of his
duties at that date. Mr.. Roberts is
valuable aid to any community and
his return will be n glad surprise to
everybody.
The music at the Catholic Church,
next Sunday-Christmas-will be of
an unusually high character. There
will be three masses celebrat ted, the
first at Z, the second ut s and the
third, grand hi n mass, at half-past
10 \. VI. Peters celebrated mass in
ID will be rendered, Adeste Fideles,
and Lambillotte's grand Christmas
hymn, Pastoros. The evening SER
vice will commence at 7 o'clock, dur
ing which tho following grand pieces
will be rendered by the choir: Ve-
mite Adoremus Dominum, Gloria in
Altissimis by Lambillotte, Ave Ma
ria (solo) by Willard, Lauda Sion
grand chorus by Lambillotte, and
Tantam Ergo by Rossi.
a Silver Wedding festival was
prepared for Mr.. and Mrs. J. A.
Silsby, Tuesday &venins, by their
son-in-law and daughter. Mr.. and
Mrs. Weston. About fifty invited
quests participated in the Joyous
occasion, and none seemed younger
and happier than tho recipients of
the token of love and esteem on this
twenty-fifth anniversary of their
start together on the great voyage
of life. The evening was spent very
pleasantly in social pastimes, and at
the close a bounteous repast was
spread which embraced all the deli
cacies OF a veritable marriage feast.
This was followed by the reading of
conSratulatory poem by Mrs. Le-
Sourd, readings by Prot. Henderson
and speeches by others, with n
heartfelt response by Mr.. Silsby.
y table In one corner of the parlor
was fairly laden with beautiful and
costly presents; constituting almost
, an entire silver service, which will
4; doubtless be treasured not less as
souvenirs OF friendship than remem-
ORANGES of the happy occasion. At
midnight the guests departed with
many expressions of hearty good
will.
DELEGATE Brents has introduced,
as he did at the opening of the last
Congress, many bills, with the re-
mote hope of some one of them be-
coming law. Among these acts
are: One for the admission of Wash
inSton Territory as State into the
Union; and others to create two new
land districts, to increase mileage of
jurors and witnesses in Territories,
to erect custom house and bonded