Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1888-09-07
horses. The driver, Robert Moran

horses. The driver, Robert Moran
jumped from the carriage and luckil
r escaped without injury.
r. w. Gilliland has a force of seve
teams and twenty men at work on tn
Adams street grade, which will
finished in about a month. This wi
f be one OF the finest streets in the cit
When the work is completed.
School teachers, dapper clerks an,
shrewd merchants, both ladies' an,
gentlemen are improving their.time il
Prof. Bauer's pen art school. Ever,
lesson from an expert is valuable
Must bring a lamp to secure a seat.
| Yum kippur, or the Jewish day 0
Atonemen,, begins next Friday even
ing at 6 o'clock and ends on Saturda,
evening, at the same hour. The store.
OF our citizens OF that faith will there
fore be closed on Saturday of mex,
week.
Mr.. c. B. Elliot exhibits the cham.
plon hens egg, and challenges the
barnyard to produce its equal. This
egg weighs 4! ounces and measures
~ by 7 inches in circumference. Mr..
E. will pay 81 for an egg that will
equal this in size.
Some of the fishermen, heretofore
mentioned in this paper as being in
this vicinity, have begun their work
and are not only furnishing Olympia
with smelt and other varieties of fish,
but are making daily shipments to Sc
attic and other points.
Mr.. Daniel Shelton, OF Shelton,
Mason county, resident on this
Coast the past Al years, left last Thurs
day for a visit to Bucombe county, N.
c., home of his childhood, which place
he left 60 years ago. He will be alb
sent about three months.
No ice can be procured in Olympia,
and although local dealers have tele-
graphed to Portland, Seattle and other
points, the universal reply has been
that the factories were taxed to their
utmost capacity to supply local orders
and they had none to ship.
Mrs. S. NJ. F. Jones opened a
class OF vocal culture on Wednesday
evening. Quite number were in
attendance, and the class will be con-
tinued throughout the winter. At
present meetings of the class are held
at the residence of Mrs. Chilberg.
The clock for the tower on Odd Eel
lows Temple has been ordered by Mr..
Talcott from the Seth Thomas Clock
Co., and will be here soon as its recep-
tacle is ready for it. The clock will
have four dials five feet in diameter.
and the hours will! be struck on 500
pound bell.
Ferdinand Toklas, senior member of
the firm of Toklas & kaufman, of
this city and Aberdeen, Toklas &
OF Seattle, and the Great
Eastern Store at Spokane Falls, is in
the city looking after his business
interests here and visiting his numer-
Gus friends.
Gov. Semple has appointed the fol-
lowing persons as Notaries Public: d.
S. Walker, Jefferson county; F. r. !
Cook, Walla Walla; o. A. Fector, z. .
D. Brown, w. L. Root and J. B. Lister,
Spokane; A. A. Wright, King; J.W.
Thurston, and J. o. Water
man, Skamania.
The brick work of the Williams
building is completed, the cornice
work is all placed in position, the
lathing of the lower story is finished
aud the first coat of plaster on. The
work of cementing the outside of the
building began to-day. 1t rir not be
long before the building will be ready
for occupancy.
Our German citizens held II grand
picnic on the Manvill Farm, on the !
last Sunday, and report
having had a most enjoyable time.
The exercises consisted of music,
games, dancing, and the usual accom-
paniments in the way of refreshments.
1t is understood that another picnic |
will be held before the season closes.
Mrs. A. H. H. Stuart will leave
Monday for trip East. She will 60
by the Short Line, her first stopping
place being Omaha. She will then
proceed to the Middle States and visit
relatives Of her husband, and finally !
to Boston, her native city, which she |
has not seen for 20 years. Mrs. S.
will be absent about six weeks or two
months.
Holthosen Brothers, recently from
Kansas, have opened cigar factory in
the Israel building. They will employ
a sufficient number of hands to sue
conduct wholesale business.
Manufacturing enterprises are what
Olympia needs and our people should
bear in mind the fact that, in order to
foster home industries, they should re-
ceive liberal share of their patronage.
Mr.. Cormier, of the Gold Bar Res
taurant, if he keeps on extending his
business, will soon be the proprietor of
a modern-style hotel. He has leased
the upper story of the restaurant
building and fitted up a number of
elegant rooms for transient or perma-
nent guests. Everything that Larry
does is done well, and we predict the
usual success, which has hitherto at
tended his efforts.
Olympia Collegiate Institute opened
last Monday under most flattering
auspices. An army Of young men
and young women assembled from all
narts of the country and were