Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-10-17


tho tenth Application for like rrivll.
's's, aud ia every instance iavor-
able response has been made. Is it
not about time there should he some
d'hm'" results. l. II only gas,
aHor all : Must VIC he satisfied with
All tax and no cider?
\ call hao been issued by Alfred
Thompson for meeting of the cit.
<ens OF OLYMPIA to be held in the
lower rooms II Columbia hall next
Monday night The ilec,ing is in
tao interest 81 the proposed O!ym-
ia imldue Association with view
Ia r.ittcuug the organization and
dlaftluS the nIticlc> of Incorporation.
There are many features about the
sOclaliUn 10 commend it TO the
citizens of lhls place aud there is no
doubt Of II. success.
/ {. Montgomery, late of the
Tacoma L'dgr, has assumed edito-
RAJ charge of the li"kH courier.
Mr Montgomery IS a ready writer
aud when so disposed can WELD q
trenchant zen. in respect of which
ms sad his employment upon the
official organ is due. a marked i'm
provement IN the paper may be e1-
pccted from this on.
HapPenlnS TO stop several days in
the mage c!tv ot Chehalis, Lewis
Co, IA short time since, the writer
lodged and muchumucked at the
Cottage Restaurant, kept by Mr..
Frank Miller, If way up hospita bic
fame, aud 1t woulG be a rank violation
of good courtesy not TO say that its
Establishment CONES the next thing to
being ones own fathers house."
When apprcciative passengers step
from .he trains in that little city,
they make lee line for The Cottage
Restaurant.
Wednesday night last the men,
bers OF the q Shanty club rendered
their fellow .aembcr, J. W. Robin
SOP. an informal reception in honor
of his triumphal return from the
Bay City wilh John Keinapple in
charge. An oyster supper at the
Olympic supper was TIE chief fea-
ture Of the occasion, and after hav.
ing done it ample justice the boys
Adjourned 10 their rooms where q
right royal time was bad. Bon mots,
songs, recItniions aud stories kept
the fun agoiuG until late hour.
J. W. Bonner, late proprietor Of
tho Groto saloon, has transferred all
his right tito and interest in The
same To one Frank Brown, a guam
dam solicitor for Frisco liquor
house. Tho consideration paid was
5000. The former proprietor Gel
cbiaIed his retirement fiom the bus
mess by rendering his friends a
champaign supper. lis said there
was much mcirimeni over the board
ard that "mne hos." was the recip-
tent of many VAIN congratulations
over his new departure.
The Good Templars have succeeded
ia raising quite n little sum toward
their fund for an Orphans Home
With commendable enterprise. the
local lodges have resolved to secure
TO their own yicinage the site for
this charitable institution by donat-
log The largest amount as required
by the founders. To this end they
propose giving u series of public en-
tertainments or sociables al which it
confidently expected The public, from
liz well known sympathy in such
undertakings, will give them 4 gen.
erous support.
The Chinese quarters in this city
aae kept constantly in Il state OF tur-
! MOL and excitement through the
iyranical whims OF lis only female
inbabiiant. China Mary, as she is
called, is IL veritablc sbrew and never
II isses an oppo rtuuily 10 raise cy-
clone OF fem,ni inc wrath when her
wishes are opposed. Daring the
week she was twice iucatcerated for
disturbing the peace and quiet Of
tho neighborhood. but Mashal
Brown and bis dungeon have little
or no terror for her. lis pity she
could not be sewed up in rice sack
and shipped 10 Ben Butler rs CAM
paign document.
The Capital Guards give another
one OF their sociable hops to- night at
Columbia hall. As on the previous
occasion, The hall has been lastly
decorated aud preparations made
ioi n large attendance. Music has
been secured from Seattle and moth
ing has been omitted 10 assure the
company success equal 10 OF ex-
ceedug their FIST ball. A camp
lire on tho stage in the hall, around
winch IL grouped in realistic tab
lcau OF soldiers rs they appear in
bivouac, will he ono of the interest
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