Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1888-11-02
MERE MENTION.
Oysters are in their prime.

Carpenters are crowded with indoo
work
Mercury will be in perihelion o.
election day.
Mrs. A. II. ii. Stuart is expcete,
home tonight.
Flocks of migrating fowls ar
headed towards the south.
Olympia trucks have begun to dol
their rough weather covers.
Is your woodshed we'll packed will
fuel? Then happy are you.
Juicy wild game is now plentiful a
Olympia hotels and restaurants.
Drummers are wrestling with bust
ness men of Olympia, this week.
Mr.. w. w. Work is engaged on thu
inside painting OF Olympic block.
Mr.. A. B. Rabbeson is confined t(
his room with quite severe illness.
Capt. ]. J. Gilbert, of the U. S. Coast
survey, arrived home last Wednesday.
Read the STANDARDS local items
this week and know what is transpir.
ing.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. G. Laberee left for
their home in Ellensburg, on Thurs
day.
Tuesday night was exceedingly
stormy with high wind from the
south.
Election is coming, SO is thanksgiv-
ing. Bring us a good, fat, Cleveland
turkey.
The completion of Long bridge has
opened up boom for wood and bark
dealers.
Fred Holmes is improving his ten
acre ranch in the northeast portion
of town.
A good umbrella now assumes the
importance Of All indispensable outer
garment.
Mr.. L. E. Follansbee accompanied
his wife and daughter to Tenino last
Saturday.
Mr.. A. w. Guislar, Of this city, lost
an infant son by sudden death last
Saturday.
Visitors to the reading rooms COM
plain of the cold damp air in those
apartments.
Mrs. Seeley, of Lewis county, moth
er of Mrs. Clarence Seeley, is visiting
friends in town.
Chehalis county stages continue to
be crowded with passengers despite
the muddy roads.
A large quantity of brick from the
Eastside yard are being shipped to
down Sound points.
A new sidewalk has been built along
the front of Mrs. r. A. Parker's resi-
3 dence, Adams street.
Street Commissioner Cullen is in
dustriously tidying up demoralized
sidewalks and crossings.
Col. N. H. Owings has sold his
South Bay farm OF 12O acres to Mr..
Albert N, Hall, for $1,000.
The Hoffman Stove & Hardware
Company are still waging an aggress-
i've warfare on high prices.
Mr.. James Longmire is still suffer
ing from his injured eye, but he trusts
! the sight will be preserved.
After Tuesday the nation will arise
with q sigh of relief and the universal
/ acclaim will be-" Glad it is over"
The public pulse win beat high un-
s Ill Tuesday night. Then bright skies
! for some and broken idols for others.
George s. Hopkins, q Tumwater.
boy, is successfully teaching school
In one of the Chehalis county districts.
Would you vote intelligently, next
/ Tuesday then read, carefully, thepres-
snt issue of the WASHINGTON STAND
ARD.
Shippers say that the larger fruits
cent away from Olympia are steadily
growing in reputation at distant
points.
Messrs. Work and Westerman have
the contract for painting Masonic
Hall and the surrounding improve
ments.
Those Who CHANGED to be out Of
doors rather late Tuesday night were
treated to = rich display of aurora
: borealis.
That is wise candidate who says
be has engaged, conditionally, acanoe
4 70 30 up Salt river in case he 10 not
elected.
In accordance with legislative en-
actment, next Tuesday will be observed
- holiday by the various schools OF
this. city.
They have the boss curiosity over at
the Collegiate Institute. in the be-
witching shape Of y young lady with
out bangs.
Loaded wagons can now be driven
directly to the pipe factory by turn
ing in at the corner Of Fourth and
Cherry streets.
"The Reception" Mr.. E. T. Young's
new saloon and club rooms will open
tonight. Everybody is specially in
vited to be present.
Professor McMurlrey will organize
dancing club, for instruction in the
"intricate mazes," at Good Templars'
Hall, Thursday evening.
A number of pupils of the various
public schools of Olympia is unpre-
cedentsd, mainly owing. it is claimed,
to the influx of families from abroad.
The contemplated sidewalk intend