Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-12-05

''hhcf anu an oyster supper will be
lr)mincnt features Of the occasion.
The entire machinery of the
American P.po Company was sold
tins week a, Sheriii's sale, Gov. E.
l.. roiry, o! Seattle, being the pur.
chaser. for = .54S 60. We under
stand that the machinery will 30 to
Sca'co, where convict labor will be
utilized in the manufacture OF
wooden water pipe, in the interest
Of the Tacoma Water Pipe company,
recently incorporated.
The GRIND Amy held an annual
election of oilicerc last Monday, with
results MS follows: Commander, 4.
- Hnr.i .'.uIor Wee Comm lnder
/ L. Carroll; Junior Vice Com.
m1nlcr. J W. B"mer; Surgeon, DR..
Riley. Quprtegnp-ter. W. f. Andsr-
son; Officer Of the Day, John
Discomb; Oh; Of tho Guard, H.
SnLin: H. urcs' NATIVE TO Grand
Eucampmen', Gen ". McMicken;
alternate, J W Bonner.
Robert Frost is rot going to see
tho country suif.r for want of good
stock, II Ice can help it. By the
u rico he tcc'ivel full blool Jer-
scy h,if,r calf, about six months old.
the pedigieo Of the little wifi is as
follows: Out 81 the COW Buttercup,
owned hy jas. l.. Barker, of Berkely,
Cal, it's mother being daughter
II Hubby, Imported Ivy Ex-Governor
Latham. Cal. The calf was sired
10y Jefferson. n noble animal owned
Nv Cap. Thoinburg, of Oakland
Cl
Abou, fly feet Of the west wall
II tho gas building. on East side,
fell Sunday afternoon. The founda-
ton had scarcely time to settls be.
fore tho high tide severely tried the
newly made wall by an enormous
pressure Of back water, which finally
broke through, carrying with it the
lower courses OF brick and finally
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the whole side Of the building, which
had attained height Of about half
a story. The loss will amount to
several hundred dollars, and falls
On Mr. Huntington, the contractor.
Mr. Colhy's answers to the ques-
tons prorounded in Tacoma Hall,
Sunday evening, elected no little
favorable comment from those who
were interested enough in the sub.
iec,s to appreciate the analytical
manner in which they were treated.
They covered wide range Of specu.
la,ivo philosophy and ethical law,
but each received plain, compre-
hensive treatment that left no doubt
OF the ability of tho speaker Tor his
control, as he prefers to put it) to
grasp each subject in its entirety.
MIR. Colby left for Seattle Monday,
whore he will give protracted man.
Hesitation of his wonderful powers.
II is quite evident from tho fol-
lowing paragraph written by our &C.
casioDal reporter that he is dead
gone" on Mss Eytinge. He seems
To have drank from the fountain of
perpetual youth since the Rosey
goddess flashed for a brief period
before his enrap,ured vision:
Like fash Of light, Rose Eytinge
has come and gone again. Song
writers. epic poets and dramatists
may dclineato in word-pictures, the
virtues and frailties Of human ma
,ure, but action alone can invest
them in the beautiful robes of life
and reality. Shakespeare is less than
n corpse to-day, a handful OF dust,
and his characters fimsy creations
Of fancy, but our Booths and our
Ey,inges can call them up from the
shades Of ages and make them stand
before our eyes in the dazzling light
Of glorious resurrection. In all
shc undertakes. Rose Eytinge is the
foil embodiment OF reality. As
+" Felicia" her every feature. glance,
gesture. word and sob, carries with
IL IN electric thrill that is irresistible.
Fancy TO yourself union Of oil tho
moral virtues and intellectual facul-
ties In tho same person of brilliant
address, and you have q mental por.
iraiture Of Rose Eytinge.
George Agnew. a noted character
In this community the past thirty
years. died last Wednesday, after q
short illness. He came to the Terri
tory with Gov. Stevens party at the
formation Of our Territorial Gov.
ernment. and for many years was a
servant in tho Governors family.
He has always been cranky" aud
Of late years suffered an almost to.
tai arrangement Of mind, but was
regarded as harmless in his illusions
and capable Of earning enough