Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-08-16
VOLUME XXNIII.-NUMBER 38.
MERE MENTION.
From the daily Of Friday.


in the city.
Capt. Cove, of Steilacoom, paid a
visit to the Capital city, to-day.
DR.. Ostrander is building a sidewalk
along the Eighth street front of his
residence.
Mr.. VIM. Lemon has just put down
new sidewalk along the front of his
residence.
Mr.. w. T. Cavanaugh is managing
the Partisan Office while Thomas IL. is
doing Washington.
Mr.. A. F. Gum, representing the
Ivison, Brakeman & Co. series of text
books, is in the city.
Mr.. Fcstus Campbell, the Capitol
gardener, will raise about thousand
pounds OF grapes, this year.
Mr.. S. A. Barbee has bought Messrs.
Bickle & Co.'S grocery store near the
corner OF Main and Fourth streets.
The wife and daughter OF Hon. Louis
Sohns arrived from Vancouver last
evening, and are domiciled at the Carl
ton.
Mr.. J. c. Horr reported this
morning that the steamer Fleetwood
would be here on her usual time, to-
night.
A new wharf now spands the long
unoccupied space between Horr's wharf
and the lumber yard OF the Westside
sawmill.
The Olympia Water Company are
putting down mains on the east side
of Franklin street, from Sixth to I'm
ion street.
The new little steamer Detroit, re-
Gently launched on the Westside,
sports a we'll worn horse shoe for a
figure head.
Mr.. w. A. Van Epps, of the big
bazar, is on the sick list and Miss
Edith Burntrager is politely waiting
upon customers.
Mr.. Ewing McReynolds, the well
known timber expert, left, this week
for his Eastern home with the intention
of bringing his family back with him.
Mr.. Dorr has lost several lots of
cord-wood, by forest fire, this season,
and last week a pile of GO cords went
up in smoke. 1t was insured, how
ever. for part of its value.
A loving mother nearly smothered
her two-year-old with kisses the other
day when he rushed up to her with
"Oh ma, me see toad; him green toad
not ripe yet, is he mar"
Ayers Hill continues to be one of the
most active building centers in the city.
The people are improving their street
fronts and continuous sidewalk will
soon extend to the summit of the hill.
Larry Cormier, of the Gold Bar Res.
taurant, is again under the weather.
and proposes next week to visit his
brothers lOgging-camp, ON Hoods
Canal, for few days, to recuperate his
health.
The steamer Fannie Lake discharged
fOrty-five tons of oats at Horr's ware
houses, last evening. This is the first
shipment of 1900 ton purchase
made by Mr.. Horr in the Swinomish
grain-fields.
Mr.. J. T.. Henderson has purchased
the ten-acre tract known as the Cush-
man property, on the Eastside, and
has begun the erection of a large
dwelling house on one of its most
slightly points.
Mr.. Samuel Williams has been put
ting in the week in removing his
household effects into his new resi-
dence on the corner of Tenth and
Franklin streets, and will soon be
living at home.
Mr.. George White, the we'll known
bOOk-binder. has tried hard for n term
years to keep away from Olympia, but
he has failed at last and is now coming
back to his Columbia street home.
He has sold his valuable farm on Grand
Mound Prairie and will now probably
be content with city life.
Some miscreant, last night, at.
tempted to fire the Capital Restaurant
building, in the central part of the
city. A burning gunny-sack, saturat-
ed with coal-oil, was found in a rear
building, about IL o'clock, fortunately
in time for extinguishment. The
cross-arms of the telephone poles af-
ford convenient resting place for a
rope, in case any fire-bugs are caught.
Another alarm of fire was sounded
at 4 80 this afternoon. 1t was occa-
stoned by a burning mattress in the
lodging apartment of the steamer
Fleetwood on Long Bridge. 1t is quite
probable that somebody had occupied
the berth and dropped lighted cigar
in the bed-clothes. This seems to be
a reasonable solution of what would
otherwise be mystery. The fire de-
partment, as usual, were promptly on
duty.
Three Cinnamon who were convicted
OF opium-smoking and sentenced to
pay a fine, or in default to he imprisoned
ten days, have, after their term of i'm.
prisonment has nearly expired, Cob
tanned writ of habeas corpus from
Judge Allyn, returnable at Tacoma,
Sheriff Billings leaves tomorrow with
these pests, who by taking advantage
of one of the most cherished principles
Of American citizenship, are enabled
to PIT the people to still further costs.
The contractors have adopted a
very convenient and effective plan in
graveling the streets. The teamsters
drive through the middle OF the