Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-04-19
MERE MENTION.
From the daily Of Friday.

year that measures q inches acros
he face.
Capt. Delanty came to Olympia Las
evening from Union, where he is bus
loading q large lot Of piles for shiI
ment East.
T. G Van Epps is preparing a ma
Of the city with al the additions. ]
viii be very complete AMI will be 58z
10 inches ia size.
Reports from the country are tina
fish ares ae9iiiniag to rise 70 the fly
As a result many outfits are receiving
.horcu., IN overhauling.
j. w. Gardner, of Tacoma, the lead
ing plumber there. arrived last even
ing. iiis mission is to look after tn,
heal. =; apparatus for the new hotel.
A drLnkeE man staggered agains
one IT Barber Browns posts to-da,
and because the post refused to bulge
he g"i very mad and crssed loudl,
the ialt that il had more right to tn,
sidewAl. tiis n he.
w. i. Frazier, the surveyor, ha
completed the work Of plating a towr
site of 20 acres Mt Hunters Point, ter
miles DOWN the bay on the West side
the lots are 50xl20. The plat of thil
townsi.e will be filed Monday.
An alleged bird musician with &
very squeeky McTammany organ ha.
struck the cjty ard Is plying his yoca
ton here. Tacoma has been sorely
pestered with these folk and the pa.
pers went after them, causing a mum
Der to decsmp.
Out neai Tenino wonderful progress
Is being mace. j. w Derrickson has
force of eleven men constantly EN-.
ployed in bis gus rry procuring stone
o! which several buildings in Tacoma
are being constructed. The railroad
has aeed spur OF track from thei,
main road to the quarry, and daily
large quantities OF splendid rock are
shipped to various points.
From the daily Of Saturday
+. A. Moore, OF st. Helens, Oregon
has heen appointed a Commissioner oi
Deeds for this Territory.
TIE report Of Coal Mine Inspector
Page has been filed with the Governor
and makes Interesting reading.
Boyd's subdivision of block II, stu
ated on Fourtt; street, has been disposed
OF to some parties from Minneapolis.
A number Of San Francisco parties
are in the city negotiating for sites on
which to establish mercantile houses.
Mrs, Jones has resigned her place as
music teacher at the Academy and Miss
Edith Wilson has aeen appointei in her
stead.
Miss Cora Aver. who was taken to
the hospital day o. so ago suffering
from typhoid fever. is rel orsed as very
Ill to-day.
At various times last night The wind
in this section was travelling from IL
to 10 miles per hou-. This rate is sci.
dom attained here.
Henderson & Guyot have sold to A.
W. Shaw, of La Crosse, Wisconsin. 6s
acres in the Austin claim, The con-
sideration was 1000.
Alex Macleod, OF this city, was
cruising for timber near Henderson
BAY yesterday. He intends To start
logging camp in that vicinity.
Governor Moore has appointed N.
4. Grimes, of Ellensourg, Samuel
Ayers, of Davenport snd Thomas
Perryman, of Seattle, Notaries Public.
Geo. Jones is manufacturing a flag
pole 26 feet long, which xiil adorn the
Odd Fellows building 1t is made entire
Of stout sheet iron aud presents an unique
Geo. Ii. Atkinson, of Tacoma, for
Gears manager OF fianaon's & n.ill Mt that
point and founder of t.,e Pacific Mill Co,
there, was in Olympus Yesterday, oil a
business trip.
M. Harris, OF this city Deputy Grand
Chancellor of the Knights OF l'ythies fer
his Territory, leaves to morrow TO insti
tute new lodge Of .hat order 1t Taeorla.
II will be number -.
The Signal Service Office lSse to-
day reports the baroms.sr as 1882, a
all of &c. The thermometer ranges
between 6S and Al and 6irinE the
night .03 of an inch fell.
F. r. Wall, OF the Aberdeen Herald,
was in the city to-day on mis- way to
Seattle. He reports times in his sec
ion on the whole to be better than
,yer before in its history.
Some days since J. W. Robinson was
appointed Territorial Code Commissioner
vice James Wickershan removed. The
did not suit the rank and
lie very we'll. and Mr.. Robinson refused
% accept it. Almost the last official act
If Governor Semple was 20 appoint r. II.
Cann, OF Seattle, in his stead.
A very hopeful sign for the ,uture of
Olympia j. the fact that travel by tAe
7arious routes is not at all in the de-
line. The boats and trains arriving
laily bring their full complement Of
'ight-seers and they all linger long 4
enough to be iavorably impressed, not
/ few making their hss.s among us.
This morning DIR. Flannig&n's horse
.ot it irto his head to run away and
le started. He was let go at his will
Ind his speed considerably accelerated
,y several sharp cuts OF the whip. Al
er short run, during which he sue
,eeded IN breaking the buggy shafts.
he was content to stand and was lei
% his stable.
Olympia to-day stands preeninent]y
It the head OF ell points on the sound,
both in point of location and the ad
'antages offered to intending settlers
Possessed Of ample scope OF the finest
agricultural land to be found any
shere, it it o,ily but matter cf li'tie
while when We will have more popula-
ion than any other county IN the
State.
Complaints come thick and last of
many acts OF petty pilfering On the
part of employees Of the steamship
who handle freight from
San Francisco here. Recently Mr..
Tusiin of This city had about 10
pounds of candy taken from 90
pound package. Hardly a crate OF
oranges comes 30 this port but it is
more or less triiled with, and he lass
concluded to put in a bill for damages
10 the company. THIS is not the onlv
case in point, and unless matters mend
some one will he compelled TO suffer.
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