Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-06-26

lower Tumwater bridge, in buggy,
their horse SHE'D and jumped over
the precipitous bank, dragging with
him the vehicle. Mr.. Springer
jumped out before the descent, but
MIR. Esterly fell With the horse and
buggy distance of about 40 feet,
and strange to relate. escaped witt
Sigh injury to his foot. The hors,
was uninjured and the buggy dam
aged but little considering the rougl
usage it received.
A full programme has been ar.
ranged for the Fourth. Mr.. D. p.
Ballard will deliver the Grafton and
Miss Florence Jones will read the
Declaration of Independence. The
principal exercises will take place
on the Capitol Grounds. The after
noon will be devoted TO sports and
games, military parade, ETC., fol
which liberal prizes have been pro-
vided. 1t will pay our people
throughout the country to attend
the home celebration.
Mrs. "A. D. Whitney, of the Carl
ton, has a strawberry patch in an
unusual place if we Judge from re-
port lately published. 1t seems
that while taking a walk, last Janu-
airy, that lady filed her husbands
pockets with moses, gathered at
the Capitol Grounds, and among
them was a tiny strawberry plant,
which she placed in q hanging bas-
ket. 1t has grown until it now has
five vines. and ripe aud q green
berry, which have formed and are
maturing without the direct rays of
the sun.
A spirited runaway occurred this
morning, resulting in nothing more
serious than a few bruises to the
horses. The express wagon OF the
Olympic Hotel had just started up
from Second street wharf when the
bit of one of the brides broke,
leaving the team practically unman-
ageable. The horses turned up
Main street and collided with A. H.
Chambers' delivery wagon. in front
of the City Market, where they were
brought to stand still: Fortunate
lY, no passengers were in the vehicle.
The programme for the quarterly
nesting of the NJ. E. Church, which
begins in this place tomorrow, is as
follows: Saturday, at 100 P. NJ, lee.
ture, subject The Genius of Meth
odism"; Sunday, $50 A. NJ, Quar-
! terly Love-ieast; 1890 preaching,
followed by administration of the
Lords Supper; 1915 P. NJ, Sunday
School; $50 Young Peoples Meet
ing; 100 preaching; Monday, 7.3O
P. NJ, Quarterly Conference. The
Board of Trustees, Sunday School
Superintendent, local preachers.
class leaders, and all committees are
expected to be present with written
reports.
Tho new Tumwater bridge. just
completed. is much the superior of
any of its predecessors, either above
or below the town. The portion
built by Messrs. Ward & Sons, ex.
elusive of the new draw, comprises
about fifty bents. each OF fifteen feet
span. The piling is wholly of c.
dar. each bent being supported by
four piles. The floor OF the bridge
is twenty feet wide and divided by q
stringer into right and left hand wa
gon tracks. The draw itself is a
marvel Of strength and neatness Of
workmanship. It has q center ad-
justing screw by which it can be
raised whenever it, locomotion be-
comes impsded by sagging.
A stranger whose name has not
come to hand. was furnished & she.
cial conveyance for himself and a
lady passenger. last Sunday, by the
Chehalis stage proprietor, and a.
the carriage came upon tho west end
of Long bridge, in approaching
town, quite serious mishsp oc-
CURED. The pole strap gave way
frightening the horses into q fearful
run, dragging the man over the
dashboard and throwing the lady
out of the vehicle. The horses
cleared themselves and ran some
distance up town, where they were
secured. The occupants of the car.
carriage were considerably bruised.
Nobody who witnessed the ron
dition of the great drama Mary
Stuart" Monday night, could fail to
discover the genius of q powerful
artist in Nine. Janauschek. Her
age alone initiates agains: what
would otherwise have been as faith.
full rendition as could be made of
a purely English drama by an actress
of another nationality. Accant il