Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-09-09
Mere Mention.

IS nearly completed.
Now is the time 20 lay III Il sup
ply of wood and bark.
The Sister, school beriI.s next
Monday, i'll the old church building.
Mr.. Macleay will leave t"r Eastern
Washington about the middle OF
next week.
\ tile on the hearth, morning aud
evening. is beginning to conduce to
comfort.
q" What delightful weather. is a
exi resaion, now among our appre.
cia'ive people.
The season of tho scar and yellow
leaf has come, if we may Judge from
the fading foliage of our maple
ohaietrees.
Real estate agents and rent col
lector, say there is q brisk demand
for good dwellings and tenement
houses. This is good news, So far as
it goes.
For the past two or three weeks,
Olympia has been Hooded with
drummers, representing almost every
kind of wholesale business in San
Francisco.
The Fair Managers propose TO es-
tablish a semi weekly paper to nd
vertise their exhibition. The first
plumber will he issued in about O
fortnight.
Mr.. Rawson has now 80 far recov.
cred that he is able to appear at his
meals. The restaurant which had
been closed owing to his illness, re.
sumed business Wednesday.
Our hotels and boarding houses
are being put in condition for the
reception of u large crowd of guests
incident to the coming of Fair time
and the meeting of the Legislature.
Once more our sidewalks are
blocked up with piles of new goods
Of every description, a periodical
occurrence which tends to revive the
old query. Where do all the
goods go?"
Mr.. Hoffman has Thoroughly over
hauled and Strengthened out the bust
ness of his two ste res in this place,
and will leave in few days for San
Francisco to select full assortment
for both trades.
The ten-horss power engine and
boiler formerly used in Allen &
Bakers machine shop, has been sold
to Mr.. Meeker, of Puyallup. to sup
ply the motive power used in his
hop drying operations.
The caterpillar-kill.r is on The
war-path with due au hority from
the City Fathers TO extyrminate this
scourge, and there is fair prospect
that the worms will be DESTROYED
whether property owners are willing
or not to part with them.
The many friends of Thomas Mac
leay. Esq, propose to call on hin
at his residence, corner of Union
and Water Streets, Tuesday evening
between the hours of 7 and 8, tc
wish him bon royage on his tnp east
of the mountains for restoration OF
health.
Mr.. Harris has just returned from
San Francisco, and he was proceed.
ed by a magnificent stock of goods
suited to the season. The plan
adopted by him of introducing bet
ter class of goods than those usual.
ly exposed for sale in this place, has
had a marked effect on the dry goods
trade and made his store a popular
resort.
Mr.. Hagemyer has placed on our
table, peaches. grown in his orchard
near Maple Park, which measure
nearly ten inches in circumference.
They were of delicious flavor, and
much superio, to any we have seen
imported from California. Still We
do not claim that this is "peach
county," simply because our people
are not satisfied with ordinary re-
suits.
The reception held in Champion
Hall. Tuesday evening. by Mr.. and
Mrs. Weston, in commemoration oil
their marriage anniversary, was 6
pleasant reunion of relatives and
friends of the happy couple, many
of whom had witnessed the nuptia'
ceremonies one year ago. The hal
was decorated for the occasion. an6
a repast was provided, to which the
guests did ample justice. A feature
of the entertainment was afforded
by the spontaneous generosity OF th.
guests, who filled a table with al
sorts of cotton fabrics and articles O.
utility. as tokens of good will ant
remembrance; of the occasion.
COLLECTOR Bash and wife left Port
Townsend on the Sd for Walls
Walla. The Collector is on tour o
inspection of the eastern part of the