Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1886-04-02

The Prohibition League of Olympia
rfe, met viii hold mass meeting at the
Methodist Church. sunday evening, at
, -. tIdrcssts are tu be- delivered hy
Rev James Caml bell and the Rev. W.
Il Lee. pastors Of the Congregational
and Presbyterian churches, respectively
The beach road from Schneider's
Ilnc" {" III" Wcst-iie wharf has out
lived It's usefulness and is now impassa
IDLE even ter pedestrians. Large sections
II the once substantial causewav are
washed away ami the high tides once
more rea'h thc foot # the bluff.
N - meeting Of the Trustees of SUM
TUESDAY. Rev Geo. r. Whitworth was
appointed an agent I" visit the Atlantic
>tai,- and solicit aid iur an endowment
fund Rev. q. \. Mrkinay and Rev.
" Is Lee Mere rc-rlcricd trustees for
three wears.
The railroad grading which has been
! ''hllii'i'tu near W aTTtH Iollt ttIus
To- remind Olympia's older citizens of
the davs when the populace turned out
to keep time with pick and shovel to
the music Of the band and the roar of
the howitzer mounted on the back of
Charlie Granger big mule.
Mr.. VIM. llilderbrand has taken the
contract for building fine two-s.ory
residence for q. Kaufman, Esq, on his
lot which corners on Seventh and
Franklin Streets. Work was begun
this week. and the building will
be ready for its occupants, the family of
our townsmon, now in Germany, by the
LIST 81 June.
In the ease Of Territory vs.. n. A. Fos-
ter arrested by Deputy Sheriff Houston,
on II complaint OF Philip ID. Northcraft,
on charge Of grand larcency in stealing
$40 in gold and gold ring from the
house Of complainant, after examina-
ton, the defendant was held to wait the
action Of the Grand Jury on the charge
and committed to Jail in default of 500
bail.
The ship Harvey Mills cleared from
Port Townsend, this week. with a cargo
of one million six hundred thousand feet
of lumber. This lumber goes to San
Rosalia, Mexico, where most of it will
he used for railroad purposes. To make
this item wholly local, it is only neces-
sary TO add that large percentage of the
above cargo is the direct product OF logs
sent away from Olympia.
The steamer Gold Dust was moored
over the spit, near the foot of Second
street, last Wednesday. to await the 60
ing out Of the tide, when some slight re-
pairs were to be made to her hull. On
the return Of the tide, owing to some mis-.
management or accident, the steamer
did not right, but remained listed over
till the incoming waters completely filled
her and she was wholly submerged with
the exception of her smoke stack.
Mrs. Tuite started, yesterday morning,
fM Chicago with her invalid sister, Miss
Ida Estcp. Their brother, Mr.. f. ]. Es-
tep accompanied the ladies as far as Ia
coma. The object of the journey is
mainly on account OF the continued i'll
health of Miss Ida. A large circle OF
friends join in wishing them prosper
GUS trip and hopeful change in the in
valid's state Of health. They go to CEN
trail Illinois where their parents reside.
The house now going up the foot of
ltlams street, designed as tool shelter
and general stowaway for the city will
be building with shed roof, fifty feet
long by sixteen feet wide. This relieves
much valuable room in and about CO.
lumbia Hall which has long been encum.
bered by promiscuous gathering of road
implements, wheelbarrows, and other
things used by the Street Commissioner
and his men. Messrs. Cullen and So
freed have the job Of putting up the
building.
The following is the T. 3. N. Co.'s
steamer Messengers route and timetable
between Tacoma. Olympia. Arcadia, Big
and Little Skookum. until further notice:
Leave Tacoma Monday. Wednesday and
Friday mornings at nine o'clock upon
arrival OF railroad train from Seattle); ar.
rive 1t Olympia 1t one O'Clock P. ~; leave
Olympia 1t o'clock ?. NJ; arrive at Ar.
cadia 1t three and ut Shelton's Point
about ~. n. Returning. leave Shelton's
Point Tuesday. Thursday and Saturday
mornings ut seven o'clock, Arcadia at
eight, Little Skookum about nine, arriv.
ing At Olympia about eleven o'clock;
leave Olympia for Tacoma at one p. NJ,
arriving at Tacoma at five ?. H., connect
ing with steamer for Seattle.
Four families of emigrants arrived
from Donphan, Missouri, last Monday,
and established temporary camp ON
Westside, while some Of its members
we're sent out to " spy out the land" and
select place for location. In a talk
with Mr. Frank Ponder, one of the party,
we ascertained that this arrival is the
forerunner Of about twenty families who
wish to locate in the vicinity OF Olympia,
or on Gray's Harbor, if the report is ia
vorablc. The preference seemed to be
to purchase farms if they can be OBJ
tanned at reasonable figures, rather than
to incur the hard labor and loss Of time
in subduing the forest. and bringing the
land under cultivation. This implies,
Of course, that they come prepared with
means for investment, and it is this
class who will mako farming o success
and relieve the county from the stagna.
ton incident, in some degree at least, to
the apathy Of our producers. We want
class Of husbandmen who will furnish
all products required for local consump-
ton at less prices than they can be
brought thousands of miles and sold by
our tradesmen after the carriers freight
bills and the middlemen's profits are