Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-07-29

Mere Mention.

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Rawson is well supplied with late
fruits.
Sweet potatoes are now in the
market.
Rosenthal received new goods by
the DaIUfd.
Van Erps has the revised Tesla
ment for sale.
The atmosphere is clear and cool
since the rain.
Mr.. J.. Z. Yemen will soon return
from San Francisco.
CioSby's harness shop is receiving
Il very liberal patronage.
The caterpillars are making their
annual raid on fruit trees.
Judge Lewis addressed the Blue
Ribbon League last Sunday.
Several families of immigrants
came by the Dalota to cast their lot
with us.
The column of mercury has shown
a Partially for the eighties the past
few days.
The Capital brought up the freight
of the Dakota from West-side, We'd
nesday evening.
Mark Jones exhibits rhubarb stalks
three feet in length grown from the
seed this season.
The Methodist Sunday School
picnic will, weather permitting, take
place next week.
The steamship Dahota brought
fifty tons of freight to the Wes.-side
wharf Tuesday evening.
The evenings grow longer as day
light dec eases, and soon the season
of parties and festivals will begin.
Mr.. Macleay will by tomorrow be
moved into his new store, nearly OPP
posite his present place of business.
Messrs. Macleay Il Co. received
this week four carloads of supplies
for their store, besides a large lot by
steamer.
Mr.. Collins, of California, was the
purchaser of the Eaton Farm, whose
son will soon arrive and assume
possession.
Mr.. Kerr, the teacher of public
school at Port Townsend the pas,
year, is on a visit to this place, his
former home.
Mr.. White is building a bulkhead
to render available the lower por-
ton of his lot corner of Fourth and
Columbia Streets.
An excellent stove wood made
from the refuse portions of the pipe.
logs at Tumwater, is delivered fol-
three dollars per cord.
Francis Marion. only son of Fran.
els II. and Mary A. Donehoe, died
at Chehalis, Lewis county, on thu
Sd instant, aged three years and five
days.
Some parties are building a fish
wier at the east end Of Long Bridge
in which they expect to capture al
sorts Of finny prey for edible purposes
as we'll rs the oil.
A party who went to Pray's lake O
few days ago to trough it," tool
spring-beds and brussels carpet, tt
smooth down some of the rough
corners OF camr-life.
A regular meeting of Alpha En-
cumpment will be held in Odd Eel
lows Hall, next Wednesday evening.
Members in good standing are re
quested to be present.
Mr.. NJ. V. Harper, an old resident
Of Goldendale, and q member of the
last Legislature, has removed t.
California, and became q resident OF
Santa Rosa, Sonoma county.
Nearly all the vegetables used by
this community are supplied by two
Cinnamon, one of whom tills small
tract at Nisqually and the other .
few acres at Priests Point.
Among tie passengers by the
Dakota, was Mrs. Osborne, "a sisteI
of Mrs. Robt. Rawson, of this place,
and her son and daughter-in-law
who intend to make Olympia theil
permanent home.
Rev. J. r. Thompson conducts
public worship next Sunday, as usu
al, in this place, at II A. NJ. and y P
NJ, and at South Bay at 3 P. NJ. TIL.
| lecture iu the evening will be q con
tinuation of the theme of last Sun
day evening-"T The Originality O.
Christ's Character.
Olympians just now seem to be
taking an interest in the gold ant
silver mining districts of our Terri
tory. We will soon have company
with headquarters here, to prose
cute work on its gold and silver
claims in the Similkameen counts.
According to what we have heard
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