Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-07-06
Local Notes.

necessity TO place 81 tw'.cent staml
on yoar hank checks.
Mr.. Van Epps and faulty returned
from their trip East Yesterday. Van
,,oLs none Tie worse from the long
journey.
The new dump carts now make
regular trips between the terminus
At the Q and >. X. f. bridge and the
blacksmith shop.
/. will tie seen that correspond
eli kindly pours caster oil over the
troubled waters wLlci. flow abou;
East Olympia bridgc.
A little glr. a daughter Of Mr..
CARPENTER, who lives near this place
fell froEu y swing, few lays ago,
and broke her right arm.
Much to the satisfaction Of the
public the clerk of the District Count
has established office hours. They
are from 10 to II 4. N. and / to 3p. NJ
Messrs. John Williamson and Pc
ter Hanson, of the revene cutter VOL.
colt. rendered the committee much
aid i'll their preparations for the cele
bration.
AIRS. Florilla Brown. of Narnvine,
Lewis county, has been visiting rel.
atives and friends in this place, the
past few days. She returned home
this morning.
Leo, only son of Mr.. and Mrs. f.
r. McCausland, died in this place
Tuesday, after very brief illness, Of
pneumonia, aged five years and
three months.
The steamer Jessie row has dock
Of her own. aboat midway of Long
Bridge. 1t is IN the form OF float,
with steps leading from siding
level with the bridge.
There will be service next SUNDAY
in St. Johns Church. morning and
evening, by Rev. John G. Fair, Of
Seattle, and at Tumwater in the
afternoon by the same gentleman.
One of the absurdities of red tape
instructions now requires postmasters
to afix the date.stamp on all letters
coming in the mails before delivery.
This will delay the distribution and
lead to some grumb'ing.
There are some people who, in
forcible if not elegant parlance, have
q remarkable propensity to run
their noses where there is no SMELL
A late instance is afforded by petty
officer taking to himself the squib
about happens ring" among Fed.
eral Office. holders.
A painful accident happened to
Mrs. Benz. Vincent, yesterday.
While drawing the baby in a car
riage across the porch fronting her
dwelling, she inadvertently stepped
off backwards and fell distance of
about five feet, sustaining very
severe injuries. It is thought that a
nib was broken. The carriage like
wise fell and was broken to pieces.
but strange to relate, the baby es.
capped injury.
The entertainment by the ladies
Of the Congregational Church, Mon
day evening, afforded q fine exhib-
itioa of local talent. musical and
literary. Tue rscitations of Miss
Huntington, especially Of 1.-THE
Sleeping Switchman," were exceed
ingly we'll rendered. and the selec-
tons on the piano executed by Miss
Miller were praisewor,hy. While
oil did we'll, we take especial plea
sure in noting the proficiency of
these young ladies, who exceed the
expectations Of strictly amateur tall
ent.
Yesterday afternoon, Mr.. McSor-
ley, of East Olympia, entered his
dwelling and found that somebody
had been rummaging about the pre-
misses, as many articles were dis.
turbsd. His FIRST idea was, of course,
that burglary had been the OBJ
lect OF his unknown visitant and
arming himself With a bayonet at
tached to q short stick he searched
the premises for the marauder.
Finding somebody in his bed he, af-
tor repeated challenges, thrust the
bayonet through the blankets aud Sc
'erely in the lungs Frank Mossman,
VINO itappears. for some purpose
had sntsted the dwelling and fiua ALLY
snveloped himself in the bed cloth.
ing, whether for rest or in the vain
endsavor to escape detection, nobody
knows. he lies in u critical condi-
non ct the residence of bis relatives in
East Olympia. Mr.. McSorley volun-
'a'rly gave himself up the authorities
to answer for the act.
An uptown lady has struck a bo-
nanza. She is fair, fat aud forty,
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