Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-07-22
Mere Mention.


to obscure the landscape.
The Methodist Sunday School are
planning their annual picnic.
Misses Ella and Ida Fenlason, of
Snohomish, are visiting relatives in
this place.
The steamship Uakpta sailed from
San Francisco for the Sound last
Wednesday.
The prevailing epizootic" has set
everybody to barking like a colony
of prairiedogs.
Mr.. Geo. Chambers and Miss Ella
Waddell were married, on Chambers
Prairie, last Sunday.
The Presbyterian Sunday School
made Il picnic excursion to Priests
Point last Thursday.
Squash and pumpkin now comes
canned up ready for pies. Mr..
Portman has them for sale.
The Executive and Legislative de-
partments of our Territorial govern
ment will be enabled to fire at short
range this Fall.
The Tumwater Mill is building up
quite trade with the lower Sound
as the uniformly excellent grade of
its -four Is becoming known and ap-
preciated.
Mrs. Hopkins, wife of our old
friend Charley Hopkins, of the Pa
louise Gazette, is visiting relatives in
this place, during her husbands
temporary absence i'll San Francisco.
The Widow Bedott Comedy Com
pany have settled with their Olym-
pia creditors, after q delay which
had caused considerable unfavorable
comment. Ais we'll that ends well.
1t seems that o number of our
Federal ce-holders "met by
chance" in Portland, on the arrival
of the new Collector of Customs,
but it is apparent from the tone OF
the Courier that their pilgrimage
was proftless.
This seems to be season of gen.
eral repair of sidewalks. A new one
has been laid fronting the Willard
property corner of Fourth and Co.
lumbia Streets, and at several places
on Main. A new walk is much
needed near the Methodist Church,
q want which, we learn, will soon be
supplied.
Rev. j. r. Thompson will preach
at the usual hours next Sunday, IL
the Presbyterian church, and at
South Bay Schoolhouse in the after
noon at 3 o'clock. Subject of even
ing's lecture will be "The original.
ty of Christ's Character. All skep.
tics are specially and cordially invi-
ted to hear this discourse.
A disgraceful row occurred in q
beer hall on Main street, Wednesday
evening, in which deadly weapons
were drawn and dire threats made
but the disturbance was fortunately
quelled by an officer. We hcve
heard of no arrests, although the
otfense plainly comes under pro.
| vision of our Territorial statutes.
Albert Mum, a boy about ten
years Of age, had the middle finger
of his right hand severed at the frs,
joint, yesterday, while playing with
q cross-cut saw. A younger com.
panion was saving log and Albert
assisting the op Grafton by rubbing
tallow on the to lii, when his finger
was caught with the above result.
Mr.. Allen Weir, editor OF the Por,
Townsend Argus, paid our town a
visit Saturday evening, remaining
over Sunday and addressing the
Blue Ribbon League in the afternoon
of that day. He had just returned
from the session of the Grand Lodge
United Workmen, in which body he
and Mr.. Bradshaw represented Juan
de Fuca Lodge, of Port Townsend.
Already an innumerable throng Of
office-seekers have begun to lay the
wires to capture Legislative votes.
Good mechanics await the troubling
of the waters that they may step in
and secure the exalted position Of
door keeper, clerk or sergsant-at.
arms, and amateur" boarding.
house keepers are beginning to count
the golden eggs, and will probably
derive more solid comfort from two
months of expectancy than they will
the sixty days of realization of thei,
hopes, even giving them the benefit
of the doubt as to success browning
their efforts. 1t is surprising what
an amount of reserve force, the
biennial assembling of the Legisla.
ture developes; power which il
steadily applied to any Legitimate
pursuit would lead on to assured
The Kansas colony has determined
its location at Whatcom, purchasing
eight hundred acres of land, includ