Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1888-08-31
MERE MENTION.

New moon, next "Wednesday.
School children are despondont.
OLYMPIA hotels are full Of guests.
Mr.. G. Nosehka is grading his VI
ter front.
Green corn is nov Ne vi the season
able relishes.
Rev. W. b. Lee is once more at hi
post of duty.
Mr.. Follansbee is expected HON
this evening.
Every available Siwash has gone +
the hop-felds
Mr.. Gale, OF the Transcript, still lc
mains quite i'll.
Mr.. Hildebrand has painted hi
dwelling house.
The last empty dwelling house wa,
secured this week.
The public schools begin their fall
term next Monday.
Another book fend ha. made hi,
appearance in town.
Several families are encamped near
the Capitol grounds.
Miss Mary O'Neil commences her
school next Monday.
Mr.. A. Farquhar is about to improve
the front of his store.
Mr.. William Pix contemplates re-
moving to California.
DR.. Yik Shing Tong sports dainty
gootee and mustache.
Work will soon begin ON the re-
newal of Long Bridge.
Prospective candidates are carrying
boquets to the printers.
Mr.. shinke of South Bay has discon-
tinued his logging camp.
There is scarcely vacant house in
our city at the present time.
Mr.. L. P. Yemen is treating his
house to new coat of paint.
Miss Maggie Carney has gone to
San Francisco to attend school.
A dense smoke the past few days in
dicates the spread Of forest fires.
A white man and an Indian are the
sole occupants of the county Jail.
Miss Edith Burntrager is spending
few days with friends in Seattle.
Another scow load of cool has Just
been discharged at the gas works.
Mr.. John Corkish, manager of the
Pipe Factory, was in town this week.
A daughter was born to the wife of
James Mcintosh, Of this city, last Sun
day.
Mr.. Abbott, the grocer, has rarity
in the form of sweet pickles. Try
them.
Mr.. Corkish reports that the Pipe
Factory is unable to fill incoming
orders.
Mr.. John Crins has the contract for
painting the Collegiate Institute board
ing hall.
.. Mr.. Anderson, q prominent mer-
chant OF Elma, is on a visit to the Cap
ital city.
w. G. Bush was in town, this week
in the interest of his extensive logging
business.
Mr.. Hoffman is making a large ad-
,dition to his already extensive stock
Of hardware.
Messrs. Smith & Ellis have just re-
ceived fine lot of watermelons from
Eastern Washington.
Mr.. J. V. Yantis is manager of the
New Transcript Office during the ill.,
ness of Mr.. J. N. Gale.
Walter Axtel and Mrs. Ada Avery
were united in marriage by Judge
Root last Wednesday.
Boss Tweed is still in the ring, and
the Partisan virtually comedies his
nomination for Auditor.
Olympia Collegiate Institute opens
its doors next Monday and large
attendance is predicted.
This city will be connected with
Montesano, Aberdeen and Elma by
telegraph within sixty days.
The opium sickness" is prevailing
to some extent both among children
and adults in this vicinity.
To stop your neighbours dog from
disturbing you by barking at night,
shoot him. Shoot the dog.
Mr.. John Newsom Of Chambers
Prairie is going to remove to town for
the sake of school privileges.
A man who wrestles with a bear, at
334 cents per wrestle, il the latest
novelty on our street corners.
Eggs now retail at 30 cents per doz.
EN-, butter at GO cents per roll, and pc
tatoes at SO cents per bushel.
Messrs. Edward and William Callow
of Kamilchie, make favorable report
OF their portion of Mason county.
,Messrs. Toklas & Kaufman have
opened one of the finest assortment
of cloaks ever brought to the city.
Attention is called to the advertise
mont of Mr.. Frank Kimball. Reat
what he. has to say about pianos ant
organs.
Gov. Semple has gone up to Roslyr
to look after the mining disturbance
that seems to have assumed serious
proportions.
The roof of the Williams bricl
building is now completed, and the re
mainder of the work can be prosecuted
rain or shine.
Mr.. Seaman, the STANDARD re
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