Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1886-12-03
MERE MENTION.
First month Of winter.

room hv rheumatism.
Three Or.In- and one Piano for SALE.
very cheap al Van Ell'>.
Do not forget I" register y,.,r name
in tim, f"r the city election.
\ nice lot OF hand-painted fans
lust received from Paris, at Van Epp>'.
4 daughter was born to the wife of
Th"> West, Uf this place, last sunday.
The frame work OF the new channel
i, completed, SO let everybody rest in
hope.
\ neat and snowy piazza now adorns
the front OF Charles Grainger's resi-
dence.
During the past week Olympia has
been unusually full OF parties from
abroad.
Mr. J. H. Mitchell, Jr., of Seattle
made professional visit to Olympia
this week.
Oliver Shead, Of Scatco, and :. NJ
Blcaumer, OF Tcnino. visited our city,
this week
Samuel Willcy's logging camp, on
Big Skookum Bay, has closed down
for the Winter
The Masonic Hall block is now
wholly surrounded by II regulations
width sidewalk.
Messrs. Elwood Evans and George
Fuller, well known lawyers Of Tacoma
We're in the city yesterday.
The Eureka Restaurant is again for
sale, and if not disposed of within n
reasonable time will he sold 10y auction.
The ladies Of the Episcopal church
propose giving an entertainment III
Columbia Hall, next Wednesday even
ing.
DIR. S. ID. Starkweather, one of the
physicians at the Insane Asylgm, has
been visiting old friends in town, this
week
1t will he seen by the Ordinance
published in this issue that collection
of city tax has been postponed one
month.
Mr. r. p. Shoecraft has rc-opencd
an office in this city, for the trans
action of Il general land and auction
business.
Thomas Connolly, who has filled the
position of clerk in Mann's drug store,
the past two years, is very ill with ty-
phoid fever.
Joseph Gutherie, one of the older
residents of this county, leaves on the
next steamer for Los Angeles, Califor-
MIA, for the benefit of his health.
Wedding bells will ring in Tum-
water Sunday evening, our handsome
friend c. II. Springer acting in the
principal role, supported by the fair
Miss Anna Coulson.
Mr.. J. A. Silsby having failed to
come to time" in consumating Ills
purchase OF the Episcopal Church lot
and building, it was to-day resold to
Mrs Fidelia B. Turner.
Our reporter says that he has already
began to diet himself in order to get
ready for the grand New England din
ner soon to be given at Columbia Hall
by the Ladies' Aid Society.
The STANDARD begins its twenty
seventh volume with this issue. 1t is
probably safe to affirm that no coun-
try" newspaper in the United States
can show as long publication under
one management and without suspen-
sion of single issue.
Olympia Lodge, I. o. o. II. Monday
evening elected the following officers
for the ensuing term: T. C. Van Epps
N. G., o. r. Simenson V. G., J. r.
Brown R. S., N. p Pattison 2. S., 7.
N. Ford Treas, and J. Il. Brown, o. r.
Simenson and c. F. Eastman Trustees.
For Rent-Red Cross Hall is now
subject to engagement for society or
social uses, at a low rate. The lower
floor, suitable for storage or business
purposes, is likewise for rent at a mod
crate figure, the present tenancy being
only temporary. Apply to Mr.. N.
Pattison.
The students of the Collegiate In
stitute have organized a well-appointed
debating club, holding meetings every
Friday evening. Tonight, the hack
neyed Tariff question:" will be
hacked to pieces and probably forever
disposed of by the ablest ability of the
school.
Capitol Lodge, X. p, elected the
following officers, at his last conv en-
ton, to serve the ensuing term: ]. r.
Pattison c. c., J. w. Robinson, V. c.,
Jas. Snider p, Brad. w. Davis X. of
r. and s., G. E. Thompson NJ. of F.,
0. X. Simenson NJ. of f., Gus Harris,
NJ. at A.
Those who neglect to read the serials
which have appeared on the fourth
page of this paper the past few weeks,
miss a rare treat for lovers of fiction.
The one now running" Slings and Ar
rows" is by Hugh Conway, author of
Called Back" and other works of con-
siderable note.
Marshal Guyot has very properly
put stop to the practice of rude and