Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-08-05
Mere Mention.

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Champion Hall, Sunday, at half-past
three.
Reserved seats for the " Mirror oil
Ireland" may be secured 10y calling
at Mr.. Van Epps' bookstore.
Services will be conducted in the
Presbyterian Church, next Sunday,
by the pastor, Mr.. Thompson.
Olympia and Chehaks Valley
Railroad has musical sound which
resembles the cadence of the "Sweet
By-and-bye."
High mass will be held in St
Aichael's Church, next Sunday, al
half-past ten, and Vespers at seven
in the evening.
Miss Belle Dubois, q young lady
of considerable note as vocalist in
Portland, her home, is visiting
friends in East Olympia.
The Daisy met with Il slight dam
age Of machinery last Saturday,
while Il few miles away, and was
towed in by the Messenger on hen
return trip from Seattle.
A Lombardy poplar shade tree
was cut down this week on Fifth
Street. fronting Mr.. Stevens pro-
pesty which measured Al inches in
diameter 80 inches from the ground.
1t was planted in 1855.
Gen. Sprague intimates that the
railroad will be very apt to benefit
Olympia if the people accord gen.
erous sympathy to the endeavors
which will be made to extend it's use
fulness. Enough said, General.
A meeting of the Fair Directors is
to be held to morrow. proposed
this year to offer large premiums for
trials of speed, Grassland and base
ball matches, and to advertise the
fact through the newspapers of the
Territory. If this course is pursued,
it is safe to predict a success.
The Seattle papers speak in com.
plimentary terms of the " Mirror OF
Ireland" as panorama, and the
performance of the company illus
trative Of Irish wit and other nation
al characteristics. Tomorrow night
our people will be afforded an OPP
portunity for forming an opinion OF
the same exhibition.
The Sisters of Charity will open a
school in this place, next month,
in the old church building. They
will reside on the premises adjacent,
formerly known as Gidding's prop
erty, now belonging to the church.
1t is gratifying to make this an
nouncsment, as the schools under
this management are great aids to
popular education.
A man who could toss figures
aoout just as a Juggier docs wooden
balls, held forth from street ros-
trum, Monday evening, to a wonder.
ing group. His object was to sell
Towards Art of Computation" q
pamphlet of upwards, Of 100 pages,
giving short rlles for solving all sorts
of mathematical problems. The sale
was rapid while the supply of books
lasted.
Some sensation was produced this
morning by one of our prominent
citizens, whose COW had been i'm
pounded, taking the law and an ax
in his own hands and demOlishing
the barriers erected by city ordi.
nance that made the animal captive.
The undertaking was complete sue
cess, but at last accounts "the
Judge" was awaiting the appearance
of an officer and a warrant with con.
siderable trepidation.
Mr.. j. II. Munson has, after sew.
eral years persistent effort, succeed.
ed in acclimating the water-lily, and
perfect blossom of this beautiful
flower has at last rewarded his ef.
forts. The bulbs were planted in
barrels where they put forth each
season an abundance of leaves, buI
no blossoms. He at last set the bar.
rels in the ground exposed to the full
sunlight, where the water could be
maintained at an even temperature,
and the blossoms appeared.
The owners of the steamer Dam,
have traded the boiler of that vessel
for the one in the Capital, which is
considerable larger and will add very
materially to her power, an import.
ant requisite since she is engaged
almost exclusively in towing heavy
RATS of logs. The boiler hitherto
used by the Daisy and the machinery
of the Capital will be transferred to
Allen & Bakers machine shop and
the latter vessel incontinently re-
duced to the rank of an ordinary
wood-scow. These changes will DO
made next week. .-.. -..-
1t is significant omen Of the fu-
ture that while our local railroad
company were arranging plans for
an aytapcion If fboir roi1o 70 Nbabo