Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-03-22

One Of the first AMI most C ;mplet
assortments OF g ntlen ems furnisi
ing goods ev,r brought to the CITY, is
now displ ,ycd by our old and reli .ble
townsman, Mr.. Louis Bettman. 1t is
simply superb.
About twenty he'd of work oxen
were taken aboard the steamer thi-
morning, from this city, for Port
BIaktly. They have been wintered in
the Little Skookum, and are slick and
c,ean, after their rest.
Temperance meetings will be held
every evening this week at the Metho-
dist church, having for their uliimat-
object the prepuation of the public
mind f "a prohibition claus, la the
new Stae Constitution.
The L dies weekly union prayer
meetings W.T. herearer be held ID the
lecture room of the Meh dist church.
This change was made in consequence
Of the wmk Of ref ting the old O!d
Fellows Hill, now in pr"gress.
Poitics is booming now. A great
many candidates are springing up for
the Office of member # the Corsti-
tutional Convention. 1t Is pity, but
it is true, neverthe 'ess, that the offices
are not us plentiful as the ca didates
are.
Eas s'ders cl i'm that the var Gus
industrial pursuits now being carried
on in their portion of this city repre-
sent an aggregate capital of over $780,
600. These figures may seem open to
criticism, but they are warranted by
facts.
The firm OF Shoecraft, Smith &
Cook, have Dissolved partnership, Mr..
Cook retiring. This action on Mr..
Cooks part became necessary on &C
count of his rapidly increasing busi-
ness in his profession, that of a first
class sigu-writer.
Governor Semple has appointed the
following persons notaries public: An
drew J. Thorsen, Stanwo d; Eugene
J. Carson, Spokane Falls; B. c. Mayor,
Falls City; G. c. Strong, Ouila; F. B.
Tichnor. Walla Walla; John G. Nc
MILAN, Hoquiam.
The rush still continues at Toklas &
Kaufman's. They have good thing
for the public, and make it known.
They are like the sculptural wise
man, who did not hide his ght
under hushel, but placed it in a
cand,es'i k that al might see his
good works. This firm believes in
advertising, and the result is they
lead.
.ster'lay WIS the anniversary Of
the birth Of Ircland's patron saint,
Patrick. AS usual on such occasions
our Irish citizens did his memory no.
mage by wearing displayed conspicu-
ously on their persons sprigs of sham
70 k or tiny bits of green ribbon. There
was no publ C demonstration, but at
many IL table last night the future PROF.
poets of the Emerald Isle WAS drank in
tumblcrs Of wine.
A logg r, with moe whisky aboard
than was good for him, caused a heap
of merr ment on Main street, yester-
day. In his abortive efforts to walk
stfaiSut anu iHahc pOtpic UcilcNc Ie
was richly sober, he would carom from
post to pillar AMI b ii'ding galore.
Finally he stretched himself full leng h
on the sidewalk, ard remained there
until friend happened along and
dumping him into a wagon drove off.
A dirl-b grimed and wretched look
ing tramp, took great delight, Sat-
urday last, in terrorizing some of the
residents 10 the ne;ghborhood of the
pipe factory. He demanded food, and
when that was furnished him by one
lady, he threw it on the floor at her
feet, alleging as an excuse, that the
bread was not fresh. This aroused
her ire, but instead of fsint;ng, or
raising a hubbub, she quietly pro-
cured dipper Of hot water and
treated Mr.. Tramp to the first dose of
water he had taken for many day.
If the OLYMPIAN only knew the lady's
name it would take great pleasure in
publishing it.