Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-02-01

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Is Puhlic. and of Frederick A
Bnrnhnm, OF Nv York city, as
t"nmI--l, n.r 81 ID. eds.
VI q {. Israel left for St. Louis,
M"ui'N morning, To be present
AT MI operation 10 be performed on
hs wife, the removal of II cancer,
which II attended with extreme peril.
lie will prnhnb'v be absent a mouth,
Dung winch time Mr. Judson will
bo here Saturday, aud Mondays, to
attend 10 the Lu,luesI OF the firm.
Charley Muu,nn cut off the end
OF his night thumb, while splitting
wood, few days ago, with an az
he IuJnry IL not 30 great, how
ever, that nature may not effect
n complete renewal Of the lost flesh
The bone fortunately appears to be
uniractuted, or none serious resu
might tie anticipated.
Tacoma l. pd.e NJ. l. |. q. q. I.
elected officers Friday, the 18th inst
~ follows: I l.. Brown, ". G. f.;
Nellie McCnu,lnhd. W. V. r.; Mark
l. Reed. W. See: y. Patllson, W.
1. ); Jenne McCaioyher, W.
Treas; Geo. G.. Mills, W. NJ; Jos.
McCarogher, W. Chap; Minnie
Morrow, |. e.; b. W. Davis, o. G.
Barney johnson, n logger employed
in Ellis camp met with an accident,
last Monday, while at work, which
disfigures his face and will keep him
from labor for few weeks. 1t seems
that limb fell from "a tree and
sinking him III the face, left deep
bruises on his nose AMI about the
eyes. 1t is fortunate for him that
the result is no worse.
st. Valentine day seems to be held
IN unusual veneraiion this year, if
one IN TO judge from the dainty mis-
sives displayed in the show windows.
There are some, likewise, which ara
not intended to give expression to
to the tender passion, for the use OF
sour old bachelors and crusty old
maids, but as this is leap year they
will probably not come into as gen.
eral use as on the odd years, when
" maids must wait the wooing."
The Tacoma LccIy,r gently chiGes
its olympia correspondent for the
use Of Latin, in review of sermon
from one Of our local pulpits. That
journal very sensibly affirms that the
average Olympian will have a hot
time finding his way 60 heaven
through Latin grammar. keep
your Latin" it rdmonshes, "for
the front pew, and give us thirsting
sinners in the charity seats common
United States language in moderate
chunks" Sensible.
Monday afternoon the large kettle
OF boiling asphaltum used by Mr..
Horton to coat water pipes, near the
the East Olympia mill, took fire, and
for short time created quite COM
motion in town, the black smoke
arising from it causing belief that
a great destruction of property was
inevitable. The hall bell sounded
an alarm but the new steamer was
not brought out. as there appeared to
be no danger Of the flames spreading,
and water is not the most speedy
agent for exiting uishing burning tar.
The removed Of the large saloon
building to its present site adjoini ng
the bank will materially incr ease the
iire-risk 10 that block. Hitherto the
brick bank, centrally located, has
been bullwark of safety against the
spread of fires originating on either
side the block from The low buildings
adjacent to it. 1t performed this
service in 1877, when brick walls.
and the fruit trees IN the center of
the block afforded an effective barrier
to the flames aud the south side
was saved from destruction. There
has been some talk Of establishing
fire limits, but the city authorities
have deemed it impractical until
better facilities are afforded for OBJ
tanning fire proof building ma erals.