Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1886-03-05


"Wednesday morning. I" set them at lib
crtY THIS leaves lIrtzcl, Bales and
''eiing still waiting for their good for
tune g. com" next m turn.
Nj ] | stanford. the efficient Super
int'nlrnt 81 our local ga- works, left for
Rtitl~h columbia. "Wednesday. where he
I'f,t-' the erection 81 works AZ two or
iuui. piiuts IA that country. Mr.. = is
man for the management of
such enterprises. AMI gentleman who
wear. well "n acquaintance.
The people 81 the Wcst-ile seem to he
gwen to amusement 4
~"ial dance vas held in their school
hon-r. last Friday night, AMI then to
max, au end 1T thu refreshments left
over 'hc, sluilv adjourned tlll SATURDAY.
nigl'. 80 dsncr aNaN the ilccting hours
and d-lo-, II the numerous baskets Of
remnants
thNrr ~pragur. while working for Ed.
ttlluW "n Little >k""kum. few days
ago. i,ll,d irce and while running To-
get nti 81 danger. was struck 10y falling
iinh, RECEIVING a s,Nvrc wound upon the
Knee hc-idcs other injuries about the
ioini The wound IL considered u dan
d"rou- one. and tlc injured man is quar-
tered AZ loung's Hotel for surgical
treatment
zen uf Tacoma, were brought to this
place. Monday. for intcrincnt in the Jew
i-h Cemetery. lie died on the 18th in
-taut AT the az. 81 alnut ~ years. 4
wife and four children and host Of
friends mourn his loss. lie was a mem
~r 81 the United Work men, under
whose direction and that Of our Hebrew
riiikens. the rites 81 sculpture were held.
Mr. Coleman was engaged in the furni-
ture business in our sister town at the
time 81 his death
several advertisements are omitted in
this issue, b. give place to the very inter
csting message II the President to the
1 =. senate on submitting causes for
removal Of Federal officers. One Of
these was Mcs-r-. Allen & Hardness an
nounrcmcnt 81 their new mill, and Mr..
Whites advertisement Of his sash and
,luor factory. II will appear next
week, with the others crowded over. 1t
II hoped that our patrons will overlook
the delay. which does not often occur
with the STANDARD.
Saturday night the steamer Louise of
Seabcck, ran into the Gold Dust, which
was lying at anchor near the Eastside
wharf, doing considerable damage to the
latter II seems that the Louise's bow
struck the little steamer amidship,
knocking in the house on the starboard
side and by her momentum carrying
away about - feet of that structure. \
portion Of the guard was likewise broken
oii. involving total damages Of $3.50 or
faD. The Louise was unnjured. The
Gold Dust left sunday Tor Tacoma to I'M
'lcrso repairs.
The friends Of Rev. W. b. Lee met at
the residence of Capt. J. J. Gilbert, last
Monday evening, and marched thence to
the pastors quarters, giving the whole
household rs genuine surprise as ever
happened on such an occasion. Tech
NICELY, the affair was II "pound party"
each visitor being supposed to carry at
least one pound Of something in the gro
Gerry ar provision line. or similar value
Ia something else which could be utilized
In every wcll-regulated family. The
booty Was deposited on the kitchen table
and articles Of peace were soon thereafter
ratified. After u short time spent in pleas
ant small talk, the attacking party with
drew In good order.
Manager Howe complains Of Olympia
~ show town." and says he has lost
money ON several engagements for this
place. II IL doubtless true, but il he re-
fleets q little, he will discover that he
has only himself to blame. He has per.
sistently endcavored TO palm off snide''
companies rs first-class performers. The
result Is. that any assurance he can give
will not satisfy the people that they may
not he imposed upon, and that two OF
four-bit show may not be rung in on the
dollar schedule. The visit of the Wag.
ner Minstrels, this week, Ia o case in
point The music was barely passible
and the funny business consisted
mainly Of jokes that had been buried so
long that their monuments had crumbled
Into dust and nearly everybody had for
gotten their last rcsting place. The only
things that redeemed the performance
were the acrobatic fcats Of one Of the per-
formers and the musical novelties intro
duccd by two others, who played on var.
ious instruments Of unique appearance.
These features did not belong to min.
strelsy. however, and il was obtaining
money under false prctcnses to make
them the main dependence of the outfit
Whenever really crcditablc performances
are given In Olympia, and the people
know II, they have not been stinted in
their appreciation.