Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-01-30

- 'i ~ - aNt.ii Ilil hLCSS ana
Mr. Nellie stuart, were united in
muIia"c
The how residence Of Mr.. \. J.
Nf~hy. Irc-ent' all imposing appear
an'' from the vicinity of Eastside
ml.ls". The fortunate owner in
ilie~ "a that he Will move into his
ncN home early tie coming month.
\ new departure in the work of
assessing thl, city, this year, will lie
the distribution, of printed circulars
to answer about a thousand questions
anticipated by the Assessor. These
r.rcu.nr- will prove II great conven-
renee 10 all concerned.
Some long needed repairs have
Just been made III and about Colum-
bla Hall. The d,lapidated condition
of the side stairway and the premises
at the rear Of the IN IN building has
long been n subject of complaint.
The late improvement are we'll
timed and the surinnn :inss now
/ present m M 81 lea'nt ~ and clean
Illness
some of our church,people will
probably acknowledge the joke on
th'msci>c, when they find out that
: mp bubble Parties originated with
the Ivory Soap Co.." Yankee
concern, n u means OF advertising
lis wares The bubble parties East
are about as ethereal as the sapon-
aceous globulcs which our very liter
eral people made the means of aug
meLting their church fund.
Everybody says that Olympia is
tho livelicst place on the Sound.
Why Is ii asks one. Because we
have not inflated property values
beyond reason. Because we have an
abiding confidence in the ultimate
recognition of the many superior
advantages of location. Because
we have not lived beyond our means.
And because we are content with
" Letting well enough alone"
Mr.. G.. A. Barnes returned by ast
evenings train from an Eastern trip.
/ After his brief visit to New Orleans,
he proceeded TO New York where he
remained n week, and then came west
ward as far as Lansing, Michigan,
aud made few days visit to relatives
in the capital city. During the home
ward trip by the Northern Pacific
he was detained fourteen hours by a
SNOW drift at Big HON, On the Mon
tana Division. The weather every
where was cold, with snow or rain,
but his treatment at Pasairo Springs
/ California, seems to have removed
every cause of rheumatic pain, and
this result amply repays the incon-
veniencc Of travel in the Winter
season.
A variation Of the Mum Sociable,
lately devised, will prove great aid
in coaxing unwilling dimes from I'M
gallant pockets. The conditions of
tho game are tina. for every word
spoken by the gentlemen at the sup.
per table, where the restriction be.
gins, a forfeit of ten cents is imposed,
and the man who finishes the meal
without speaking wins the "pot," OF
rather tho meal cooked in the pot
Many and frequent are the articles
and sub,erfuses resorted to by the
ladies to entrap the unwary, and one
by one they generally succumb to the
battery brought TO bear upon them.
More money might BIZ raised by re.
versing tho order and making the
ladies' hold their tongues, an ute,
impossibility, it must be admitted, il
the tea is strong.
The City Surveyor says that the
stream beneath East side bridge is
not. at that point, understood to be
o nnvigable channel, the meander
line being some distance north OF
Fourth Street. If this be so, then
it is only by the grace and urban
ity OF the city authorities that the
bridge is opened by the removal
Of the span for the passage of pile
drivers and loaded barges. But it
is qaiie certain that SO long as there
exists n broad expanse of deep water
above the bridge ut each flood tide,
tho smaller craft will bs clamoring
for a passage either way, above
or below Fourth Street. If the
present method of taking up tho
planking and removing bents, con-
tiDues to DO practiced for each and
every emergence, the longevity of
the bridge will be of short duration.
Tho proper authorities should see 10
it that the bridge over the channel
either remains n solid structure, or a
light and easily operated draw
should be Immediately erected.