Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1886-10-22

Street
An unusually large number Of
strangers have been in town during
the week.
Mr.. A. J. Burr is doing a good bust
by selling his cranbcrrics at one dollar
per gallon.
Mr.. Thompson, late of the Cole
giate Institute has taken school in
Puyallup Valley.
Rubber goods are now in demand
and they can be found at the New
York Cash Store.
Mrs. T. NJ. Reed and son left
Wednesday for Los Angeles, Cal, to
visit her sister in that city.
The demonstration "Wednesday
evening may very appropriately be
denominated a " flash in the pam"
Mr.. Henry A. Swift has resigned the
position ef salesman at the lumber
pard oil Burlingame and. company.
The melodious thud of the pile
driver is again heard in driving the
stakes for our harbor improvement.
Rev. w. B. Lee returned from Spo-
kane Falls, yesterday, where he went
to attend the meeting of the synod of
his church.
Mr.. A. A. Seagraves, President of
the Puget Sound Pipe Co., returned
from a prolonged business trip to
California, this week.
Mr.. J. c. Horn has few more
cords of wood and bark to dispose of,
before his supply is exhausted. Pre-
pare for winter by filling your wood
shed.
Mr.. Edward Downward, for long
time clerk of the Territorial
Secretary. has resigned his position
and left Wednesday for San Fran
cisco.
Eleven days more and the unrest Of
candidates will be ended. They will
either repose on flowery beds of
ease" or fall the prickly thorns of
discomfort.
How hio Aievander
That people call him great:
Not quite so large as Maj. Gen.
O'Brien, son, the commander of the
Flambeau Club.
Capt. Clancy of Tacoma was in
town to-day and unqualifdly endorses
the location of the harbor improve
ments as made by the committee and
ratified by the people.
A large number of Olympia's rep
resentative men went hunting and
fishing, last Sunday. They could not
have been good Sunday School schol-
ars when they were boys.
Everywhere We 60 We hear unstint-
ed praises of the Carlton House,
which is placed in favorable compare
son by the travelling public, with the
leading hotels of the large cities.
Mr.. Mark Jones has supplied us
with some onions which beat those
displayed at the Mechanics Fair, in
Portland, averaging over two pounds
each. They are of Maul's "Silvel
King" variety.
Chaplain R. S. Stubs, General SUI
perintendent of the American Seamen's
Friend Society, will occupy the pulpit
at the Congregational Church next
Sunday morning and evening. A full
attendance is requested.
A leading question is asked by some
Democrats when they proposed the
following query: Chow much of the
federal officer holders money helped to
pay for the lingo Bradshaw-O 'Brien
parade, Wednesday night?"
An alarm of fire was sounded Fri
day evening, about seven O'Clock,
caused by the burning of an ash bar
rsl in the rear of the New York Cash
Store. The engines were promptly
out, but their services were not
needed.
"Well, I'll tell you what's fact"
said member of the Flambeau Club
Thursday morning, ave gave Brad
shaw a better reception then he gave
u.s." This man had big head and he
bowed his aambeau just as high as
any of them.
\ Lordy Goodness! that was an ex.
tremely brilliant pageant! sixty torch.
es in line, and fourteen borne by boys
But didn't lingo" O'Brien "walk
turkey" Did you see c. H. Aver with
1 that little soldier cap on, wasn't he
\ sweet; and A. Is. Brown! How he was
admired by the ladies for his upright
hgure and martial tread.
l The Flambeau Club organized by
Ten. O'Brien to whoop up" Brad
shaw ct a., was in keeping with that
sentleman's ambition to play soldier
A better man could not have been Sc.
ieeted for such tomfoolery, and il
served most admirably to fix his status
asa Federal officer under the civil ser.
Vice rules of Democratic Administra.
ton.
The work of driving piles for our
aarbor improvement has been delayed
l0y repairs to the engine of the pile.