Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-08-12
Mere Mention.


The Commissioners of TEurston
County have been iii session since
Thursday.
MIR. j. W. Snidcr has assumed the
management of the City Restaurant,
hitherto kept 10y Mr.. John Mum.
Ms. Rawson has resumed hel
hairwork, and is prepared to make
switches, guards and ornaments to
order.
MIR. Weston has opened a general
comission business in the Odd Eel
lows building, corner of Main and
Fifth streets.
The bill of Mr.. Billings for seryi-
ces as Assessor, amounting to 1902,
was ordered paid by the Commits
sioners, last Thursday.
Mr.. f. p. Chase has been awarded
a contract by the county for build.
ing IL bridge across McAllister Creek
The price to be paid is S494.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kay, old-time resi-.
dents of Olympia, now living in Vic.
toria, are over on q visit. Mr.. Kay
was for several years principal of oul
district school.
Mr.. Portman continues to receive
many novelties in the grocery line.
An inspection of his stock is ALMOST
certain to result i'll the selection oil
some desirable rarity.
Mrs. Harriet NJ, wife of E. G.
Austin, died in this place on the
10th inst. The funeral occurred
at 2 o'clock to-day, the remains be.
ing deposited in Masonic Cemetery
Mr.. Anderson has succeeded in
driving q tube-well, in the rear oil
his restaurant building and obtain.
ing plentiful supply Of pure water.
1t was sunk "a feet and penetrates
the hard-pan, rendering the water
innoxious from surface seepage.
A fire at an early hour this morn.
ing destroyed the dwelling-house of
of Mr.. j. N. Gale, corner of Main
and Ninth streets. The precise orr
gin of the fire is unknown. Mr.. G..
places his loss at 81 900 on building
and furniture. A sofa, rocking
chair, some bedding, and few 9th.
er articles were saved. Insurance
81 200.
Mary Melissa Billings, daughter OF
William Billings, of this county by
his former wife, died last Sunday,
after q protracted illness, of con-
sumption. Her age was but 10 years,
still with the suffering she has un-
dergone, doubtless death was re-
lief to the burdened spirit. She was
buried in Masonic Cemetery, Tues.
day afternoon.
The new sidewalk in front of the
Methodist Church is an improvement
which receives hearty sanction, but
there are very few who do not re-
greet the loss of the magnificent shade
trees which encroached SO much upon
the line of the walk that their re-
moval was deemed necessary. Now
the sidewalk west of the church
should be Immediately replaced with
q new one. 1t is a constant menace
to life and limbs.
The Olympia saw.mill. hitherto
owned by Ward & Mitchell, was
this week sold to Allen Il Baker, to.
gether with the lumber in the yard,
and all the appurtenances belonging
to the business. The purchasers in
tend to transfer the boiler of the
Daisy, the engine of the Capital,
and the machinery of their shop to
the mill, greatly extending its Gu
pacity. They will soon be pre-
pared not only to saw lumber, but
to manufacture almost anything in
wood or iron required by the pub.
lie.
Since the pump at Tumwater
broke down, the upper part of town
is absolutely at the mercy of the
flames whenever fire overleaps its
barriers of chimney-piece or lue.
If the " Water Company" do not in
tend longer to supply these resi-
dents, the town should construct
cisterns at convenient points to en-
sure the ordinary protection. 1t was
fortunate that the building burnt
this morning stood in an isolated
position, or the loss would inverita-
bly, have been much greater. 1t
might not be an unwise undertaking
for the town to buy the reservoirs
and mains of Mr.. Horton, and keep
them in repair by tax levied for
the purpose.
Sam. Coulter always did maintain
a level head, and in nothing has he
shown it more prominently than in
the way he is spending his Summer
vacation. Instead of banishirg him
self, from many of the necessities
and all the luxuries of life, in " camp
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