Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1886-11-05
MERE MENTION.


Thanksgiving.
Stop that leak in Your kitchen roof
Look to the safety OF yolr stove
Aues.
hive q. CASTS Il + ,es are still at
! work.
Our resident as' r'nonrr Is looking
ant for November meteors.
The pile driver finished, this week,
the shore end of the work assigned to
4 it.
A sidewalk has been built on the
southside OF Fifth, west from Main
street.
:. General ]. w. Sprague, of Tacoma
maid this city a business visit during
the week.
Mr.. w. ]. Huestion, one OF the Rep
resentative men of Tenino, was in town
: this week.
| An Olympia newspaper man says
be IL glad election is over for he can
now stop lying.
4 A brilliant display of aurora borealis
| was observed by late street-goers, last
| Wednesday night.
/ An unusually large number OF
/ strangers have been in town during
the week just past.
4 Now that the election is is over, don't
fool away your time in talking about
4 what might have been.
4 Messrs. Sam1 Coulter and J. B
4 David, the coal mine magnates Of
4 Portland, were in town this week.
1 Gov. Newell, having ended his Con
4 gressional aspirations, is making prep
/ arations to come to Olympia to reside
| That turkey gobbler which was laid
| ON our table, last Thanksgiving was g
whopper. Who will beat it this
year?
| The many friends of Mrs. Carrie
| Cornelius will regret to learn that she
| is lying seriously i'll, at the Carlton
House.
= Remember the White House, wher
you lay in your supply of winter
| clothing. A fine assortment jus
opened.
1 An observing chap has it that un
usual quantities of oysters went down
this week, while the price went up
Election week.
| A new sidewalk has been ordered
to he built on the south side o
Sixth street, between Washington ant
1 Franklin streets.
/ Married, in this city, November 3
1856, by Rev. James Campbell, MI
John F. Convey and Miss Annie Stew
ems, both of this city.
w. F. Carson, the travelling passen
ger agent of the Northern Pacific
Railroad, passed through Olympi;
| yesterday, on his way north.
Mr.. L. G. Abbott, the grocer, ha
Y just received supply of fresh grount
buckwheat -four, desirable commod
ity during the flapjack season.
The Talcott Bros. are giving ava!
some very unique crockery ware to tn
patrons of the Silver Star Bakin,
Powder. Everybody gets prize.
The Commissioners of Thurstol
county met in regular session las
Monday, and without transacting an.
business, adjourned to the 18th instant
Rev. A. B. Banks, the Baptist HON
Missionary for Western Washington
will preach in the Baptist churcl
next Sunday, morning and evening
All are invited.
The freight of the steamship Queen
lof the Pacific came by the local steam
er, yesterday. 1t is now only matte
of time when the Queen herself viii
come up through the new channel.
Olympia Graded School District NJ
l, votes for two Directors and Clerl
at the Central schoolhouse, to-morro,
(Saturday) beginning at noon. TIL
polls will remain open till four O'Clock
It is reported that the steame
g Fleetwood is to brought around from
the Columbia and placed at once o.
route between this place and Seattle
She is the fastest boat on the river, ez
cept the Telephone.
4 The ladies OF the Congregations
Echurch will give Rainbow Social,
at the Carlton House next Wednes
day evening, Magic Lantern views
Music, REGULATIONS, etc. Admission
free. Supper Is cts Children 10 cts
Mr.. S. w. Rex has opened a shoot
ing gallery in the building formerl,
occupied by Mr.. Wright as saddler'
shop, next door to Littlejohn & Kirk
endall's stable. 1t promises to becom
favorite resort for sportsmen AM
yothers.
The vote in Olympia Precinct o.
Justice of the Peace stood: Alfre'
Thompson 391, w. F. Ready 800, c
". Hartman 346 and J. G. Spark
80. For Constable, the result was
David Cook 262, Elias Dwyer 1922 an,
Gus Bettman 25S.
Thomas Marshall, an old resident @