Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-05-15
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Ms. l.. Miner. The fire companies
were on. in force to do honor to the
occasion, and at a late hour sat
down to a fine collation. spread at
the hospitable mansion of the happy
/ groom.
At the open-air service at Five
Oaks last Sunday, there was a very
attentive audience of about one hun
dred and fifty persons. The singing
was excellent. Five names were
aided to the Congregational Church.
I Two young men were immersed at
the close of the exercises in Patter-
sons lake.
Many strangers have been in at
tendance upon the Grand Lodge OF
odd Fellows, this week, and several
. Of those who have seen Olympia for
the first time express themselves as
being quite agreeably surprised at
the appearance of the Capital city.
Queen of Sheba like, the half had
not been told them.
Mr.. ID. W. Dineen was seriously
injured by the bursting of a jack
screw, while Loisting logs from the
ears at Ellis logway, on Nozzle
creek, last Monday. The momen-
tum impaired to the lever was suffi-
cit mt to drive it through the feshy
part of his arm twice. This accident
will lay him up q month or more.
There may be seen at the First
National Bank a couple of bracket
writing desks, which for elegance of
style and neat workmanship are
equal to anything ever imported here
from metropolitan furniture houses.
They were designed and put up at
the Tumwater sash and door factory,
and are made wholly of Washington
Territory timber.
Mr.. j. r. Robbins, while working
on his farm, near South Bay, fell
from log which he was chopping,
Thursday of last week, distance of
about six feet, his hand striking the
blade of the AK, cutting cash from
the root of the thumb to the middle
of his forearm. DR.. Riley, who
dressed the wound, says it is the
most serious hand-cut which has
ever come under his observation.
Attention is called, this week, to
the wholesale and retail house of
Messrs. Canaday g. Jones, grocers
and general produce dealers. corner
of Fourth and Washington streets.
The ring of their advertisement,
found in another column, at once
tells the story of their business push
and enterprise. The fact that their
delivery wagon is seen early and late
threading every street in the city, is
a reliable index of their extensive
trade. Don't fail to read what they
say.
Miss Kennedy's school commenced
on Monday according to announce
ment, but came to q sudden stand
still by order of one of the lynx-eyed
members of the Council. It seems
he had discovered that according to
the terms of the insurance policy,
the risk was taken on the Central
school building with the understand
ing that it was to be used for pub
lie school only. So here is ques-
ton to be wisely argued and decid-
ed. 1t does seem that the building
should not be closed to private
schools during the Summer months.
Mr.. John Herman, young man
in the employ of Mr.. Peter McKen-
zie of Mud Bay, was instantly killed
last Friday, by a falling tree. It
seems when the tree began to de-
scend be ran to a log short dis
lance off and sat down on it, when
the tree struck the opposite end,
raising the but and throwing Her.
man to the ground at the same mo.
ment. When the log fell, it was re-
moved o few feet from its original
position and across the body of the
young man. Death must have been
instantaneous. 1t is a singular fact
tina. this casualty occurred on what
would have been Mr.. Herman's last
days work for Mckenzie, after an
eighteen months engagement. 1t
was his intention to have started i'm
mediately to visit his parents in one
of the Western States, who had been
apprised of his coming, and whose
joyous anticipations have been by
this sad event turned into the most
poignant grief.
1t is to be regretted that the rain
storms prevailing several days this
week made it necessary to give up
the excursion and clambake which