Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1888-06-01


The o. Il. & n. Co.'S steamer Ha
y saio, which ran the rapids at the Ca
o cades on the Goth ult., is expected
t arrive on the Sound in about ten day
to go on the Olympia route in place (
r the Hayward, during which time tn
y latter boat will receive thorough II
y pairs.
. Mr.. e. \. Barnes proposes
visit East and will "take in" tn
Chicago Convention en- route. II
has been appointed agent OF tn
Olympia Board of Trade, with com
mission to enlist the cooperation g
capital for the development OF on
latent resources
W. II. Johnson, OF Vancouver
Deputy Clerk of the District Court j,
expected to arrive in this city to-da!
or tomorrow to perform the duties oi
Clerk at the June term, in the alb
sence of A. Reeves Ayers, whose re-
turn is not expected before the Goth
OF the month.
J. c. Percival, local agent of the o.
r. &. n. Co., has made radical
change for the better in the appearance
of the company's Office on Second
street dock. A neat Office railing and
| counter now confront person
upon entering TO transact business
with the company.
The pile-driver, belonging TO Chas
Granger, which has been lying on the
ways here for some three or four
months, was put into the water
Wednesday morning, and left during
the forenoon for Hunters Point, where
it will be engaged for some time on re-
pairs to Mr.. Hunters wharf.
While on his trip to San Francisco
Mr.. Hidden had in his possession lot
of Cur Board of Trade circulars, which
he distributed among the passengers
met on trains and boats, and had the
satisfaction of seeing three of the per-
sons to whom he had presented them
on the same boat with him on his re-
turn to Olympia.
George Light, while chopping
wood on the Westside, received
severe wound on the tieshy part of
the thigh, by the breaking off of a
piece OF the blade of his AK, which
penetrated deeply, cutting off an
artery and causing much bleeding.
The vessel WAS secured and the wound
dressed by DR.. Newell.
Monday morning, about s 80 O'Clock,
while Geo. ii. Allen, of the firm Allen,
Hardness & Co., was wiping one of
the friction wheels of the cant gear,
the cloth caught between the wheels,
drawing his hand in and mangling it
severely. Besides the crushing of the
hand the flesh is considerably burned
by the friction of the wheels.
The Masonic order of this city have
in contemplation the purchase of the
property owned by Gen. Mckinney,
corner Main and Fourth streets, upon
which to erect Masonic Temple
Should they conclude to do so, it is ex-
pected that they will put up three
story brick, at an expense of $4,000
to $4,000, including the purchase
price of the site.
Last night burglars entered the res
idence of +. Lee, on Sixth street, by
removing a pane of glass from one Of
the windows. Mrs. Lee heard someone
moving about in her room, but sup
posing it to be her husband, paid no
attention to the matter. The thief
took Mr.. Lees pants to another room
and relieved his pockets of about s.
in silver.
Judge w. F. Ready will start for
the East on Tuesday next for few
weeks respite from business. He
will take in the Chicago Convention
and will probably visit the place OF
his birth-Washington, Pa. Mr.. X
left his native State in 1852 and
located in Illinois, where he resided
until he came to Olympia in the fall
of 1881. We wish him pleasant trip
and safe return.
A man named Mauerman, working
in one of the logging camps near this
city, fell from a chopping-board on
Saturday last, striking his leg on a
double-edged ak, which he had left
sticking in the tree near the but, cut
ting his leg severely. The wound was
dressed by DIR. Riley, who says the
confusion is not necessarily dangerous
although Mr.. Mauerman will be laid
up for several weeks.
The Geo. H. Thomas Post, G. A. r.
attended memorial services Sunday
at the Methodist Episcopal church, in
a body, under command of r. G.
O'Brien, Post Commander. The
church was tastefully decorated fol
the occasion with flowers and ever.
greens and presented beautiful ap
pearance. The sermon, preached by
Rev. r. H. Massey, Chaplain of the
Post, was an excellent one.
J. NJ. Denning, formerly an EN-
ploye of the Transcript, left on Wed
nesday for his former home in Wis
consin. He is one of those rart
specimens of the genus typo without
bad habits, and has by his strict at
tention to business won the complete
respect and confidence of both his EN-
ployer and the community, Circum
stances require that he should leave
although he says he would mucl
rather remain here than return to hi
native State.
Just as the logging train returned Il
Kamilchie from the landing. on tn