Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-05-26
Mere Mention.

burn a large Kiln OF brick.
NO l" NV haul> in the trains and we
note al Improvement in time.
Mr. Mir,rly i~a-tiu confined to his
room bV iuil ,nra,iun o. the lungs.
Carpenters are III great drmInd and
many m'rccould find employment.
The front r,,om on the graund floor of
Good Tcmlirr Hail Is being filled up Tor
the Po>tnllicr.
The >t,a n>hir Filter arrived at Wcstsihe
whtrI TINS morning with 100 tons OF freight
II - passengers.
Tilrptt has finally concluded t. build Il
brick bui din-., and Is contracting tol the
material to he II, d.
Mr.. Frost saved nearly SOD worth OF
90 DIS from ms stnJk duriuE the fire
enough for Il fair start i'll business.
y new boiler has been ordered for the
Oll mpii Mil by til Use of winch Its ca
pIc.ty viii u, lu;rel>cd 10 1000 tect per
day.
And now people, who are determined
II Yer to b. satisfied, are com blaming Of
not weather, with the Thermometer III the
seventies.
Ruling Elder Gen. II. IL. Milroy will
conduct ruhlir worship at South Bay
School House, on SUNDAY neat, at 2.oU
o'clock T. M
Shelton ~ Co. have just received some
beautiful croqu"t sets which viii doubt
i,ss nnd ready sale IA the season tor their
use adv ances.
Mr.. Bag " has sold his office building
To Mr.. ilIi,Z and intends to erect "A ncw
"hc oh the vacant lot opposite the Good
IL np!ar Hall.
MIR. Frost proposes moving the ware
house rec entity bought by linn Of the mill
company To the lot on Main Street, form
criy Ucciplcd by his store.
Chlibcrs has laid the foundation of Il
new store bui.iinG. Ii is SAID That Charley
Moore will hereafter be associated with
INN III the grocery business.
Cnar,ey Ialcott has erected Il booth OPP
bIi>k ira H. Ill Lemonade and saltwater
while awaiting .he erection OF his brick
building.
y special city election is announced to
AXE place on the 5.h ploXimo, TO vote on
the levy of Il special tax OF two and one
half mills to provide means for eXtin-
guished fires.
Mr.. Q. q. Linington, a capitalist, who
proposes with his family to make olympia
his future home, bought yesterday, of Mr..
Rsmke, his residence Oh Main Street, near
Union. The pr ice paid was 81 QUO.
Miss Ada Burntrager, one of our most
promising young vocdlists, entertained a
number OF her young friends, at the resi-
dence of Mr.. and Mrs. W. +. Ready, on
Monday last. it being the anniversary OF
her fourteenth birthday.
The funeral sermon ofthe late Miss Case
will be preached by Rev. J. K. Thompson.
Of Olympia, at the residence OF her father,
on Grand Mound Prairie, one wee k from
next Sunday, June 4th) at 1870 O'clock
A. N. Friends ofthe family are invited to
attend.
Their will be no services in the Presby-
terrain Church next Sunday evening. The
mornings service will he conducted by
Rev. j. l.. Henderson,; subject, Love"
He will likewise speak at Tumwater, IN
the afternoon, at 3 o'clock. OH the subject
of Temperance"
1t has been demonstrated that when you
go fishing it is best to announce the object
of tho a y c,rsion offer. Won raturn and thnn
call it simply picnic, or be prepared to
give many reasons why the fish don't bite
at certain state of the weather. stage OF
the tide, or time of the day. A patent
fishing apparatus is a" dead give away
unless you can carry it i'll your vest pocket
Some of the residents of the upper part
of town propose to pay reward to any.
body who will ring the district school bell
for the purpose of giving an alarm of fire
We presume, however, that the proposition
only applies to fires which occur late at
night, when either a larger or nearer bell
IL required to arouse them from their
slumbers. Quite number of the people
above Eighth Street knew nothing of the
late fire until they came down town to at,
tend to the ordinary duties of business the
next day, and probably the loss is larger
than it would have been had the efforts
made been REINFORCED by other willing
hands.
Property values within the city limits
continue to appreciate. The Turner lot on
the burnt district, bought a few years ago
with building, for 81 ,2U0, is now held at
$4,000. for the bare site. he OFT property
bought of Mr. ). L. Howe for $3.50 wear
| ago, with good dwelling house on it. is
now held at 81, 800, covered only with
ashes, and its owner has received SD per
month rent from it even sinte he assumed
possession. The Hoffman fractional lot
| corner of Main and Fifth, sold by Mr.
Ouimette, two years ago for $1,000 with
| large two story building. is now said to be
held at 81 600, for the bare site. sc by 81
| feet in size, less than one.half the area by
| a full lot.
People did not know what Olympia pro
pertv WAS worth until project sub,e
| quent to the fire made a transfer of ii; IL
| to certain real estate probable. 1t was then
| ascertained the owner was richer than ht
had supposed himself to be and he would
not sell the bare ground for sum he
would gladly have accepted a few weeks
| ago for lot and buildings thereon which
| were insured for 81 900. Ard SD it is witt
nearly every foot OF ground thus exposed il,
eligible sites for business houses. All thai
Olympia now needs to keep the ball il
motion is a little more confidence a little
more nerve, a disposition to make indivi
dual effort not alone for personal gain but
the public good, and she will enter upor
an era OF prosperity excelling the hopes o
, her most sanguine admirers.
Howard the three year old SOL
and only child of Frank A. Pontius
a druggist OF Seattle, got hold Of