Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-07-07
Mere Mention.

Tn" street sprinkler i, needed on Main
Street
\ delightful shower of rain fcil his
morning
Tn" Z,Ii3,- drought up the freight of the
Ethr, 81 tons, last Wednesday.
Passengers for the ELl'r will leave 10y
thu Z'riW tomorrow morning.
The Presbvterians hold festival in Co
iuInhi, hall next Thursday evening.
the tide, have been unusually high the
past few days for this season of the year.
Mr. J. VI. Scott, of Union Precinct, we
regret to learn is suffering from Il cut
foot.
Dradtall sidewalks continue To menace
, streets.
| The Grand Lodge of Workmcn meets
in his place on Wednesday, the 18th
| instant.
| rhrr'S Island proposes To visit us next
week and teach lis to dance by chart.
| The Workmcn intend to havea grand
clam bake and choudcr party for the en-
| tcrtainmcnt of their vi itinS brethren.
Mr.. Convey, the latciy-arp, inted Regis
ter of the Land Office has arrived and en-
| tered upon the discharge oil his duties.
| The Mcthodists contemplate Il moon
| light excursion sometime next month,
to aid in raising funds for the church.
Mr.. {. Il. Sea ger and Miss Lou. Wy
| viii. both of Mason county were united
in marriage, i'll this place, Il few days ago.
The session of the Grand Lodge OF
| Wurkmcn will he held III the Represent
ativcs Hail of the Capitol. II inns next
| Wednesday.
| The installation of the officers of Wash
inston Lodge Of Workmcn will take
place at the Capitol, Tuesday evening, 10y
! the Grand officers.
! The riid-day mail service has been dis
continued. AS Government paid nothing
fur it. nobody is to blame, but the public
should he thankful for what they have
already received.
! 1t has cost the Champions of the Red
Cross only 81 the past year To carry "A ST.
QUO policy on each life. Every assessment
80 far has been promptly paid and conf
dencc in the stability of the order is in
crcasng.
Mr. Louis Bettman leaves for San Fran
cisco next week to replenlsh his stock OF
goods. While there hc will probably have
cast the iron front Of the brick store
which is to be erected early in the Fall.
Mrs. Pressey, OF Tumwater, died in
that place, last Sunday. aged 90 years.
She was the widow of T.. b. Pressey, and
one of the oldes; residents of that vii
lage. The funeral took place Monday
afternoon.
The roof of the Presbyterian parsonage
caught fire last Saturday, from that pro-
life source ofmischief, accumulated moss.
A timely discovery saved loss of the
building and probably damage to other
property.
Monday afternoon, about hall past one
o'clock, the roof of DR.. Turner's dwelling,
on Second Street, was ignited by Il spark
from the flue. An early discovery rem.
dered it quite easy of extinguishlnent.
The fire company was promptly on the
ground.
Miss Josie f. Munson. n compositor or.
the STANDARD the past four years, has gone
to Port Gamble TO take passage on the
James Cheston, commanded by her Uncle
Capt. Kellar, for San Francisco. She goes
for recreation and will probably be absent
several months.
The orchard at Westside wharf has
been selected as the place for the Work
mems clam-bake, Thursday afternoon.
Members of the order and invited friends
will he conveyed by lighters to the wharf.
1hirty.tive bushels of clans have been
ordered for the occasion.
The ante-rooms of Champion hall have
been plastered, painted and furnished and
the fittings of the main room renovated.
The Encampment is now out of debt, and
can afford to finish upthe work which was
begun several years ago without the means
OH hand to complete it.
Barking dogs have the past few nights
disturbed the slumbers of of the innocent
and if we thought it would be of any use,
we would call the attention of our author.
tiles To the existence Of an ordinance reg
ulating the amount of dog" that is toler-
able in this community.
Miss A. K. Luse, late of Philadelphia
now elocutionist in Willamette Univer.
sity. is to give apub,c reading in the NJ
+. Church, in this place. Wednesday even.
ing, the 18th instant. This lady stands
at the head OF her profession and has
read several times in Portland to large
and delighted audiences.
| The fire in the woods SOuheaS of town
last Wednesday spread until it covered
many acres and created some alarm
among those owning property in the
suburbs. 1t is said to have originated from
a clearingon Mr.. McSorley's lots, near the
brickyard. The only damage done so tai
has been TO the timber.
Rev. Mr. Campbell, lately from Kansas
who preached in the Congrega tional
Church, last Sunday, is a young man OF
uIassuming but fine appearance, ready
speaker and his sermon was much better
than ordinary pulpit efforts. His sub
ject was the Foundation of Christian
Character. Accepting the premises j,
was logical and conclusive. The dis
course was remarkable for the absence
of anything like oratprical effort. 1t was
the natural expression of one who under
stood his subject and could command jus,
the words to place it properly before his
hearers. 1t is such men who max. the
ministry profitable to others than them.
selves and fulfill the true mission OF
teacher.
A BLAST at Camp No. 8, on the
railroad extension, Columbia river,
last Friday, killed laborer named
j. Hart and shattered the knee bone
of another named Mead, so as to
render amputation neces sary.
John HALEY. the piOneer stapemaD