Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-10-19
Local Notes.


a, L,,. Arrangements NJ Isaac
Rnrhnsame 10 now enabled to DENY
>, ,nul.r each day nj high tide Al
Ia, Fourth street bridge.
,lr Mcclellan has reduced the
ia, ,nc. 81 horse sboeIng to u
and Le has iacllirIes for executing
the best Of work IN iba, liue.
A humber of Northern Indians
~. IA town. taking "a tho lights aud
preaching marked contrast bet
ween themselves and our home 81
washes.
Capt. Rhodcr 81 Whatcom ~ III
town. looking after ia" Legislature
as usual, since II ~ hand for old e1-
msmherr to stay Mt homo dunrg
succeeding sessions.
Superintendent Hopkins. Of The
Preshyterlan Sunday Sthool. gave
his teacher. aud scholars n social
entertainment, at bis residence
on Thursday evening.
There will he services Of the I'M.
tasian Society IN Tacoma Hail. Sun.
day evening. October 2lst, ut Z
o'clock Sunday School a. Ia
O'Clock. Everybody IL invited.
1, 10 claimed that several illegal
votes we're cas-, Mt the special school
election Saturday. anil various in
fornsht,es render ia doubtful
whether the tax can DO collected.
Jacob Ou's new stores on Fourth
Stree, ARE Dear'y ready for occupan-
~, and when fully completed and
Aeysd, that portion Of town will put
on quite a metropolitan appearance.
1, will prove a welcome item Of
news TO our peace-loving citizens to
hear that q number Of roughs were
summarily ordered to leave town a
few days ago. and some half dozen
OF them have obeyed orders.
The steam engine Of the Olympia
Manufacturing Company. on the
Wes,sids, WIS put in motion, for
the first time, on Tuesday, and We
may very soon hear earh. moInirg,
the blast OF the whistle calling ali
hands to work.
Mr.. james McClelland, has sup
piled this office with several clusters
Of grapes. grown in his orchard in
East olympia. which compare fav-
orably with the imported variety
in size. but are not quite as swee,
as the California grapes.
All ouI exchanges speak in praise
Of the Moss Mius.rels. Don I fail
to witness the best minstrel show
that has yet visited the northern
const Monday night in Tacoma Hail
Reserve your seats early. il you WANT
10 enjoy the performance.
Wood'nen say that nearly all the
bark taken from the logs in ouI
nsighboripg camps. and piled read,
Tor hauling, has been burned up BY
1hs late forest fires. II this be the
case coal. will be more generally
used during the coming Winter.
The East Olympia bridge is &C
nearly finished, now, that there il
little or no call for making an,
more comments ON the work. The
whole structure presents . stately
causeway and reflects credit on those
who have had the care Of the enter.
prise.
Messrs Berry and Gilbert, two
gentlemen from Detroit. Mich, are
taking in the beautiful . emery in
and about our town, and may pos
sibly be led to invest = little capital
here. Mr.. Gilbert is father OF Capt.
Gilbert. Of the Coast survey service,
long q resident OF Olympia.
A man named Frank A. Hill died
about 4 o'clock. this morning, at the
New England Hotel in this city.
He vas resident OF Dayton, Ore.
gon. and has family living in that
place. We did not learn his aye OF
the Immediate cause OF his death.
His remains were taken to Teninc
this afternoon by special train en-
routs for Portland. They were at.
tended to the depot by the Odd Eel.
lows Of this place.
The business in the Land Office
remains still unprecedented. One
hundred and thirty applications
are now on hand from homesteader
and prs-empt0rs. From the bust
ness daily transacted in the Land
Once here, We are enabled to form
something Of IN adequate ides o.
the fapidity with which our publ,
lauds are being taken up by sturd,
settlers and land spectators.
A good beginning has been MAD,
towards The frightening OF Fourth
Street st the west e nd OF Long brid %
Ever since the bridge was built
travel to and from Olympia hae util
'z-d the old gulch road leading ~
The hill. but We understand ,ha
Capt. Perc,val has s,guified to tn