Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-04-29
Mere Npnfi0n.

Eggs have advanced to - cents
per dozen.
The weather is again all the heart
can desire.
Mr.. Mann has a limited supply OF
tomato plants for sale.
Butter still continues very scarce
and commands a good price.
The East Olympia Academy pupils
will go Oh a May.day picnic next
Monday.
The box-lst of the minstrel per-
Torrance Saturday evening indicates
u full house.
Mr.. +. Henry was elected Justice
of the Peace. without opposition,
last Wednesday.
The League meets ut the usual
hour next Sunday afternoon and
Monday evening.
The Odd Fellows excursion set for
the Goth was postponed on account
of inclemency of the weather.
The Bon Ton Restaurant continues
to be favorite resort for those who
appreciate good fare properly served.
Mr.. Caples, of Portland, delivered
an excellent temperance address be-
fore the Blue Ribbon League, last
Sunday.
The regular Spring examination
for teachers certificates will take
place at East Olympia Academy next
Wednesday, at Ga. NJ.
We begin the publication, this
week, of an interesting serial en-
titled "Tlue as Steel" 1t will run
through the issues of several months.
Revs. Armstrong, Mccoy, Reid,
Farrar, Macfe, Bird and Whitworth
will fill MIR. Thompson's pulpit dur
ing his absence, which will extend
over a period of about two months.
Three families of immigrants mr.
rived by the Idaho. One of these,
from New York, has settled in this
place, and the other two, who hail
from Kansas, have gone to Chehalis
county.
The oyster season closes the mid
die of next month. The weekly
shipments have averaged about 100
sacks, and the revenue derived from
the business has been an important
factor to our local trade.
The sacrament of the Lords Sup
per will he administered in the Con-
gregational Church, next Sunday
morning. The subject of discourse
will be Immortality" Mr.. Hun
tington will preach at Tnmwater in
tho afternoon.
Rev. j. r. Thompson will conduct
his last Sunday services previous to
his departure for the East, next Sab
bath, morning and evening, and
preach the funeral sermon of the
late Charles X. Wellman, in South
Union Church, at $50 o'clock P. NJ.
Mr.. G. NJ. Moore requests us to
say to those who are indebted to the
late firm of Lammon & Moore, that
if they do not call at the Farmers
Market and settle their accounts by
the 18th of May, they will be placed
in the hands of lawyer for imme-
diate collection.
Mrs. Harriet Barnes has leased
the Pioneer House and is prepared
to entertain regular and transient
boarders and dodgers. AS she has
had considerable experience in the
business and her terms are low, we
doubt not she will receive liberal
share of patronage.
The Blue Ribbon League have q
telescope name. 1t was first called
the Blue Ribbon League; then the
Blue Ribbon Temperance League
then Olympia" was prefxed, which
was soon dropped and 4" Lucy
Hayes" substituted, and now it is
proposed to replace the word " tenn
perance" with "anti.alcoholic," SO
that the top-heavy cognomen will
read: "The Lucy Hayes Blue
Ribbon Anti-Alcoholic League.
Whether it will end at this, or is
capable of indefinite expansion, is a
question which can only be decided
by the course of events.
Mr.. Peter Cook and family re-
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