Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-01-28
Mere Mention.

A protracted meeting is i'll progress,
at Tumwatcr.
The Wol,o brought the Uaiota' .
freight to Tacoma last Monday.
The attendance at the Blue Rib
bon League meetings. is increasing
lyr. Rawsou has just received Il
fine lot Of oranges, lemons and
chr~tnut'.
Prot's. Henderson and Tweed arc
ahoui to begin nioht classes in
mathematics and book,hcei iDH.
The Methodist Sunday School
is making, preparations to give Il
concert next Sunday evening.
3lrS. Mollie Crosby, of san Fran
CISCO, i, on Il visit to relatives in tins
place. She returns in few days.
II member noscntlal's clos.ny out
sale will last but one month longer.
The the prices Will so up TO the
old tiSu;es
The NYlyr carried to Tacoma,
Thursday, thirtyiive cords of water
pipe, for shipment on the steam
ship Victoria.
The Blue !i'hb"n League meets
at ) Sunday !,..nuun ond I Mon
day evening, in Champion Hall,
Everybody is cordially invited to be
present at every meeting.
The steamer Messenger was de-
tanned by stress of weather. on her
first up-trip, this week, and did not
reach her wharf till Wednesday
noon. She brought the Molo's
freight.
Yesterday was China" New Year"
1t is generally accompanied by many
demonstrations of JOY and hilarity
by the Celestials, but this year they
did not appear to celebrate the
event with anything like their usual
fervor.
Our merchants this week found a
new item in their freight bills,
whereby the amount was increased
six per cent. of the invoie ed value of
the goods. 1t was called general
average, on losses sustained by the
accident to the steamship Dakota.
AT the solicitation of the Olympia
Board of Trade, Gov. Newell will
deliver public address to the
citizens of Thurston county, on
topics of general interest, at Column
bia Hall, on Friday evening, Febru-
rary 18th. A general attendance is
solicited.
Miss Laura H. Munson, of Auburn,
California, is on visit to the family
of her uncle, j. H. Munson, Esq !,
of this city. She received cordial
welcome and is enjoying herself very
much with her n.wly-madc acquain-
tances. When she returns it will
doubtless be with pleasant remem-
brantes of her visit to the North
west Corner.
No preaching in the Congrega-
tional church next Sunday, but the
Sunday school will be held at the
usual hour. Mr.. Huntington will
preach at the Eaton school house at
II O'Clock. He wishes to cordially
invite all the people of the surround
ing settlements to be present, with
their Children and take part in the
organization OF n Sunday school.
A sudden change in the weather
occurred last night, and this morn
The Iiopud was covered with five
inches of damp, heavy snow.
Further installments of the floecy
covering have fallen ut intervals
during the day, without adding
much to its volume. What the
weather prospects are, nobody can
predict an hour ahead, and it is ex-
ir2mely difficult to keep run of the
past, so frequent are the changes.
The contest over the little position
of Marshal of Olympia is assuming
the importance of Presidential
campaign i'll some quarters. 1t is
surprising what an amount of ener-
gy is wasted to control u position
! with but few hundred dollars.
]: all who are " working" for their
favorites would spend the time in
cuttinp cord wood. they would