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

Olympia celebrates.
The District Court convcnes Mond
day.
Strawberries are becoming quit
plentiful.
The Catholic church is receiving 8
coat Of paint.
W. II. Clark, OF Shelton, was in tn,
city on Tuesday.
Some of the warmest days OF the
season this week.
A. n. Ranger returned from Sc
attic on Sunday last.
Mrs. Z. c. Hale arrived home last
Wednesday evening.
J. NJ Wcatherwax, OF Aberdeen, was
in the city on Sunday.
Boat houses are doing good bust
ness these pleasant evenings.
The tug Polikcfsky took boom Of
logs from this city on Tuesday.
About dozen men are at work on
Williams e. Sons new building.
Olympia Engine Co. No. 2, were out
for drill on Wednesday evening.
The Eastside bell tower has been
treated to a coat of tire-proof paint.
Our Centralia correspondence ar
rived too late for publication in last
issue.
Green peas have appeared in the
market and sell at eight cents per
pound.
The steamer Jessie left Olympia on
Sunday with Il scow load of lumber for
Tacoma.
Forest fires again threaten the de-
structiOn Of much valuable timber in
this county.
Nearly all the merchants of this city
closed their places of business on Dec
OIdlIOA La
Mr.. NJ. Heroux, of Chehalis, passed
through Olympia for down Sound
ports, to-day.
Messrs. Ewell & Gullset are putting
up kiln of 100000 brick at the
Westside yard.
Memorial Day was not observed in
this place by any public demonstra-
ton this year.
C. K. Carroll, a compositor of the
Seattle Times, paid Olympia visit
during the week.
H. Hidden, of the Olympia Bottling
Works, returned from San Francisco
Wednesday evening.
Miss Peoples and Miss Brownie
Brown, of Seattle, are guests of Mrs.
Stork, on Eastside.
The stone work on Williams brick
was commenced on Thursday and
Is progressing finely.
DR.. Riley was called to Oyster Bay
on Thursday, where u malignant type
of measles is prevalent.
S. B. Pettengill, editor OF the Taco
ma Nems, made us pleasant call dur
ing his stay in this city.
Farmers cay that crops will be short
this season unless rain should fall
within very short time.
When Olympia sidewalks are good
they are very good, but when they
are bad, they are just awful.
Mr.. L. Hirsch has sold lots l and 2,
in block 66, to Maj. Jas. R. Hayden.
The consideration was $4,000.
The rainfall the past thirty-six
hours will be hundreds of Thousands
Of dollars in the farmers pockets.
The Israel property on Fourth
street is to be sold, by auction, at
administrator sale, tomorrow.
On Wednesday the steamer Willie
left this city with scow load OF lum-
Der in tow for parties in Shelton.
The Olympia sawmill received a
boom of cedar logs, this week, from
Schinke's camp, near South Bay.
Frank NJ. Convey, of this city, was
one of the recent graduates of the
military academy at Oakland, Cal.
CIV. Ihrig, of Tacoma, will open
tin shop in Mrs. Turner'S building, cor
ner Second and Washington streets.
John ]. Carney, a gentleman who
owns considerable property at Elma,
was in the city the first OF the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. D. Whitney, after
enjoying the good cheer of Olympia for
two weeks, left last Sunday for Sc
attic.
A fairy moonlight dance, at the
Five Oaks, last Monday night, was
one of the principal events OF the
week.
City Attorney Aver is again able to
be about, after being confined to the
house the past two weeks with pneu-
monia.
"a Sam Peters will soon remove his
boot-black stand from Shields's saloon
to the alley alongside Charlie Holton g
place.
Steamer Zephyr left Olympia ON
Tuesday, having in tow large boom
of logs from Westside, for the Tacoma
Mill Co.
The steamer Willie left for Shelton
this morning with large number OF
passengers and goodly amount Of
freight,
On Monday last A. H. Chambers re-
ceived shipment Of five tons OF pc,
tatoes, from Coupville, per steamer
Hayward.
Wednesday night the Emma Hay
ward landed her passengers at Olym
ahead nj the