Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-05-09
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ihS' 1t takes Tie wire edge from
youth AMI ensures cleaner cut.
Tho Portland papers allude in the
most enthusiastic terms to the act
ing Of Miss Phosa McAlIistcr. The
N'r" does not hesitate to say that
she is the best performer, with pre-
bibiy one exception, Ganauschek).
who has Visited that city.
\ lis, OF tho habiiuai drunkards of
th" Territory ~ tx..osel in the oric.
Ut IA" Pr"bIe Jnl;e, FIR tie iufor-
M IA OF the pubic, and especially
ia $50 who sell Intoxicating liquors.
nay le wolf for these WHO Triple
. ~ ii 10 keep an eye on The official
bulletin.
Mrs. NJ. {. Leaviit, Superintend-
-nt If tie W. {. T. L. work on the
Pacific Coast, prof oses to visit the
! sound IN June. she will appear in
Olympia on TIE 7th and Sth (Satur-
lay and Sunl,y), in Tacoma, on the
Sth, Port Gamble 10. h, Port Town
senl ll,h. Whatcom 18th, La Con-
ner An and 18th, and Seattle on
he IS h and 1%h, at the annual
meeting of the Society which con-
venrs ut that date.
Til" Lodrr gives " Street Commits.
! ,lon,, Shield, and bis men" credit
for " DONG some excellent work on
Go umhia street, The adjacent
proi ny holders are entitled to the
mos, credit, however, for after the
"CAy hal kicked the dust into the
middle Of the street the property
owners magnanimously covered it
with thick coating of gravel. This
is the way street improvements are
generally made-in the First ward.
The White House resembles bee.
hive in the number Of persons con-
hnually c-ming and going at all
hours OF the day. 1t is quite evil
dent that low prices and fair deal
ing will command custom and en-.
sure an adequate reward. Mr..
Chem has demonstrated this fact,
and secured the patronage Of steady
cash customers, which will ensure
the success of HE plan of doing bus
mess, based upon cash sales and
low prices.
Tho County Commissioners have
been in session since Monday. The
most OF their time has been
taken up in examination of reports
Of road viewers, and in u futile at
tempt to equalize the assessment
roll. Many glaring errors are ap-
parent, and from present appear
ances the full time allowed by the
new law will he required to reduce
1t TO anything like a correct or fair
estimate of property valuation.
Messrs. JSmes Longmire, Thomas
Chambers and John Mckenzie have
been appointed viewers to locate and
estimate the cost of bridge OH the
Nisqually at Yelm. Their report
will DO made in timo for action ut
the present term.
Mr. j. W. Bonner, Of this place,
has just received a copyright for
mercantile blank which gives in de-
tail the amount for which every arti-
Gle Of goods is sold and tho cost of
selling the same. The use of this
blank will enable the dealer TO ascer-
tain at glance the condition OF his
stock, and when the supply of any
article is TO be replonished. The
! advantage to be derived from its use
is apparent on the most casual ex.
animation. All m eichants, whether
doing a large or small business,
can ascertain at any time the exact
condition Of their business, without
going through ponderous ledgers to
arrive at a correct statement. 1t
will undoubtedly have a large sale.
A dnstaidly attempt was made
this morning, about four o'clock, to
fire the town, by some miscreant
doubtless intent On plumber. The
plank wall OF a shed in the rear OF
Browns coffee house, near the cor.
ner Of Fourth snd Main streets, had
been saturated with coal oil and set
on fire. The blaze was fortunately
discovered by an employee in the
restaurant, who was wishing dishes
at sink near the rear window, and
it is probably owing to this fortunate
circumstance that q serious loss was
averted. He easily extinguished
what would soon have been a raging
fire, hy the application of q few
buckets Of water. There is no doubt
but that the effort was made by an
incendiary. for q bottle partially
filed with kerosene was found on
tho spot, ard the cindered remains of
paper and number of half-burnt
matches were scattered on the
ground.
A correspondent writing from