Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-04-26
MERE MENTION.
From the daily of Friday.

The Third street approach to Perez
walls dock was completed to-day.
Gov. Moore has appointed +. NJ
Mem isttrs, OF Ellensburg, a Notary
Public.
Edwin Eels, the Indian Agent at
the Puyallup reservation, is registered
at the Carlton.
To-day is Good Friday and is being
celebrated all over the Land in an ap-
propri tie manner.
Miss Is-bella Pinkus, daughter of
Isaac Pinkus, of Tacoma, is visiting Al
tas heass Of Joseph Cheim. ~
Ex-Gov Laughton, of the Salmon
River district, arrived in this city last
evening and left this morning.
Hon. Thad Hus' on, Ct Tacoma, came
to Olympia last evening with the new
ly appointed Associate Justice Calkins.
The Olympia Watcr Company are
Union st eet from Franklin to Adams
siIee S.
The weather Office to-diy reports
the barometer at 80. The thermome-
ter ranged between 61 and 80, with a
sharp frost abroad this morning.
A letter received from Pat Dolan to
Mrs. Dolan states that he sa led from
New York on the 18th of the month,
after very enjoyable visit to his Sis
ter, and old friends.
Among the arrivals from Tacoma
last evening to attend the banquet
given by Robert Bru e, Cnapter of
Rose Croix, were Chas. S. Reeves, w.
w. Sly, VIM. J. Meade and Robert
| Wingate.
Mr.. Hussey, young man of ability
as civil engineer, accompanied Gov.
Laughton to Olympia last evening.
To-day he stopped over to view our
city and he is so charmed with it and
the advantages it offers to he young
and aspiring, that he has about con-
cluded to locate here.
This afternoon, while the electric
light trimmer was hosting the light,
corner of Fourth and Main streets,
into position, the hook in the post that
holds the block and fall suddenly gave
way, eau>ing the lamp to fell to the
ground. 1t was smashed into many
pieces and rendered worthless.
On Sunday afternoon an extra trip
will be made at o'clock on the Olym-
pia & Chehalis Valley rail Dad as far
as ienino. This is done in order to
accommodate a number Of Olympia
folks who desire to catch the Portland
train for Tac ma, thence TO Spokane
Falls to attend the G. A. r. encamp-
ment.
Major C. M. Barton, the genial cor
respondent OF the Oregonian. is in the
city to-day on visit for the first time
in many years. He is delighted with
our loc .tion and predicts that when
the RAILROADS nov projected between
here and Gray's Harbor are completed,
and they will be before the end OF the
year, Olympia will be the best city on
the Sound.
At McClellan's brickyard the erec-
ton of the first section of a kiln of
pressed brick has commenced This
is the first uf batch by the machine
and experts say that in their present
DOLBY state they are almost equal to the
I'D ha I'd made brick when burned.
When this batch has been suhjec ed
to the fire it is claimed their superior
will not be in existence.
Julia, the wandering squaw who goes
about the streets with patch over her
eye, had hard luck yesterday. She en-
trusted faithless Boston man with so
cents to procure some whisky and
~hen the fire water was purcha c ! he
absolutely refused 10 let her even smell
the cork of the bottle, he appropriating
the whole charge. To get even, the
female descendent of Pc cahon as pro-
cured some cider and had Yankee
drunk all aloue.
Allan c. Mason, than whom no man
alive has done more 10 build up the
great City of Destiny on Commence
ment Bay, was among the guests at
the Masonic btrquet last evening. He
is no stranger here, but he declared the
city was almost strange to him so many
aud varied were the Improvements un-
der way and in contemplation. Mr..
Mason and his Chief Clerk, Chas. S.
Reeves, staid over to day to look about
and see the city by daylight.