Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-07-13
Local Notes.
Mr.. A. Ha.emire is quite i'll.


street grade are sad to work well.
B!acbberries come to the rescue as
the fes,ivs strawberry steps to the
rear
Nessrs. S;ruve ~ Haines' little
steam pleasure Yacht visited this port
Wednesday.
Mr.. A. D. Wright has fitted up
the buIIdin,, adjoining Granger 3
stable for harness shop.
Mr.. Wi.li, Hawk had an arm brok-
en-. while tetmin5 at Simmons log
giug camp, last Saturday.
Mr.. II. \ Chambers Is building a
com .nodlous warehouse, on Column.
hi. street, few doors south of the
Postoiiice.
Olympia : great want, first-class
hotel. still affords an excellent ill.,
yest,nent for somebody who has the
money to build it.
Eggs have advanced to 4oc. But
ter still remains firm at 65c per
"two.pound" roll. Extra family
-four sells at s. per Darrel
The East Olympia yard is now
we'll supplied with brick, and it is
reasonable to expect that soon the
ring of the trowel will he heard.
The steamer anderson, left for
Seattle, last Sunday, for the finish.
ing touches on her cabins, it being
impossible to secure competent labor
here for the purpose.
The contract for for rebuilding the
anderson wharf has been let 10 MIR.
Ward, and work is to begin lmmed-
lately. The bents will rest on mud
stills, thus obviating the necessity of
driving piles.
Mr.. Horton has large force of
men employed in laying pipes and
excavating for the new reservoir.
When the service in hand is perfect.
ed, it will be fully adequate for pros
pective as we'll as present wants.
Miss Stevenson, young lady late
ly from the East, who brings first
class testimonials as teacher aud pro-
lessor of music, has become resi-
dent Of this place. She is living, for
the present, with Dr.. Turner's faml-
ly.
The New York Store seems to be
growing III popular favor con .inually,
and the business done by the firm
is increasing at an unprecedented
ratio, indicating fair treatment of
Customers as well as prosperous
times.
a few days of rain would be boom
to our farmers whose clops are
parched by the heat, as we'll as
blessing to the people generally, who
lose much fine timber by the destruc.
tive forest fires raging all over the
Sound.
1t will be seen by Gottschalk &
Co.'S new advertisement that they
are still ON the war path against
high prices. Their business the
past ten days has been unusually
large, indicating that their system is
bearing good fruits.
MIR. Gottschalk proposes an early
departure for San Francisco, to lay
in full supply of dry goods for the
Fall trade. He requests Us to an
nounce that lie will be pleased to
receive orders any for specialties in
his line of business.
The committee have 1923 so left
after paying all the bills of the 4th
OF July celebration, which til ey pro-
pose to appropriate for a fire bell, if
some plan is adopted for securing
the balance. 1t is thought that in
this connection, the project for a
town clock will be revived,
Capt. Wiley, of the steamer Susie,
has bought the Tallentire premises,
consisting of house and three lots
on Fourth Street, East Olympia, for
81, 400. H. lately sold his farm in
IN Mason county, and proposes to
move his family to THIS place and
establish permanent home with US.
At tue Sheriff's sale Of the pipe
factory properly, last Monday, Mr..
Burlingame, the holder of The execu-
ton, bid in the realty, water. power
and Buildings for s19, 900; and the
old Water pipe servics for $3.50. Mr..
kosnder, the brewer bought six lots
in East Olympia at $3.50. There
still remains about 81 900 on the
execution unsatisfed.
The Messrs. Bluvelt, masons, have
associated with themselves Mr.. Chas,.
Patnude, late Of Wisconsin, a prac.
teal workman of much experience.
aud are now prepared to execute
contracts with expedition as we'll as in
irst'class manner. The presence Of
an adequate force of competent work.
men, removes one of the main OBJ.
etructiOns to the erection of brick