Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1888-10-26
MERE MENTION.

Bells.
Wedding bells.
Music in the air.
Fred Holmes is on the sick list.
Only ten more days before election.
High tides and short "runouts" are
prevailing.
Charley Talcott paid visit to Port
land this week.
Overcoats arc now in demand, morn
ings and evenings.
Ms. Blankenship is suffering from
quite severe illness.
Rev. ]. A. Hanson, Of Seattle, was
in the city last Monday.
The roadway across Long bridge is
now open to the public.
Tho Gold Bar Restaurant is feeding
one hundred men each day.
Miss Minnie Freeman is visiting
friends in Tacoma and Seattle.
Hon. J. I. Berry, of Chehalis, Lewis
county, was in the city, this week.
Ten hours and eighteen minutes is
now the allotted time for daylight.
A captured deer, from the wildwood,
is monarch of an Eastside orchard.
Mr.. Rose has ust finished painting
his Plum street residence, Eastside.
Mr.. VIM. Callow, OF Little Skookum.
was in town during the present week.
Ex-Gov. Squire has been visitor to
the Capital q portion of the past week.
Hunting and fishing are among the
popular pastimes of men of leisure.
The tug Zephyr took another large
boom of logs from the Westside Sun
day.
Piles have been driven for a wide
sidewalk on the north side of Eastside
bridge.
A new sidewalk now graces the
Adams street front of A. Farquhar's
property.
A six-months old infant of Mr..
John Coons, of Eastside, died last
Saturday.
Now is the time to clean the leaves
from your sidewalk before the winter
rains set in.
Jupiter, Venus and Mercury are
al officiating as evening stars at the
present time.
Mr.. w. H. Clarke passed through
town. this week, on his way to down
Sound points.
Mr.. o. G. Laberce has shipped to
Ellensburg choice assortment of
Olympia apples.
See well to it that you vote the
straight Democratic ticket, one week
from next Tuesday.
Mr.. ]. L. Henderson went to Ia
coma, this week, in the interest of his
real estate business.
The Eastside is convulsed by
marriage boom and nobody knows
where it will end.
A new sign for the Tacoma Lodge
Reading Room, has just been finished
by Mr.. w. w. Work.
Mr.. o. G. Laberee, of Ellenshurg
is spending few days in town, visit
ing relatives and friends. - a.
Miss Eta Yemen went down to
Shelton, yesterday morning, and win
return on Tuesday next.
Festive loggers from camps recently
shut down are seeking comfortable
winter quarters in Olympia.
Messrs. Cook 4 Crins have opened .
paint shop in the building lately occu-
pied by the shooting gallery.
Nrs. T. N. Ford is visiting friends in
Portland and taking in the closing
scenes of the Mechanics Fair.
A fro alarm, last Saturday evening
was caused by the burning of Chin
ney in the rear of Shields saloon.
Swan Solbeck, an old citizen OF
Olympus, now of Mud Bay, made one
Of his rare visits to town this week.
Another Olympia girl is soon 70
take her departure to . distant point,
led thither by tho man Of her choice.
Now that cracking fires are in or.
der, everybody should look after the
aaiety of their chimncys and stove
Aues.
George Brown, son Of William
Brown, left last Monday for Seattle
where he contemplates going into
business.
Mr.. Herman Whitney has opened .
grocery store in The McKenny build
ing, formerly occupied by Mr.. r. L
Robertson.
The stone foundation for the towe,
s Of the new Episcopal church 10 com
pIeted and it is q substantial specimen
of masonry.
Mr.. John Grimm is burning his las
kiln Of brick, this week. He win have
about 100000 ready for sale early
next week.
Masons are engaged in putting
down concrete sidewalks along tn
Main and Fourth street fronts Of tn
Olympic Block.
Married, in Olympia. Oct. 18th, b!
Alfred Thompson, J. r, Mr.. Franz
E. Smith and Miss Lydia 8. Diamond
both Of this city.
Ray, son Of A. D. Rogers, the pho
tographer, who has been i'll with scar
let fever the past week, is convalescen
and able to be around.
The last installment OF Indian hop
pickers passed through town, thi
week, en- route to their winter quarter
in the Black river district.
Mr.. D. C. Beatty has removed fror