Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-03-01
MERE MENTION.
From the Daily Of Monday.l

A hotel in Olympia adequate to
business demands is the next desider-
atum.
At the present time there ase 80 pa
tients in st. Peters Hospital. All do
iss- iss-Aieely.--~------ -------------s--l
Thrifty housewives, trowel in hand,
are renovating their flower-bcds in the
front yard.
Many prospective business changes
will become realities with the advent
Of the mo th.
Val Milroy says Olympia is still his
home and he contenplates going into
business here.
Logs are now accumulating at the
Eastsidc yard faster than the booms
can be shipped.
City Marshall S.vidge is politely
calling on those who are delinquent in
their city taxes.
Painters are hard at work on the
cottage lately erected by Mr.. George
White, OF Eastside.
Since the moderation in the weather,
IL good quantity of fir bark is sold on
the street at $3.50 per cord.
Miss Elma Woodland returned this
week from Il lengthy visit among rela-
tives and friends in Tacoma.
Olympia has two of the fleetest
steamers on the Coast for the accom-
OF the travelling public
The students of Collegiate Institute
dressed in olden time costume, at
their Washington Birthday party, last
Friday evening.
The large warehouse, so long land
mark on Second street wharf, has
been removed southwark, on Il line
with Third street.
Workmen are adjusting the new
in the Olympia sawmill,
and very soon that establishment will
turn out 10000 feet of lumber per day.
The laborers engaged in clearing
Woodrnff's Addition are well along
towards the summit of the hill and not
a vestigc of the old Marsh orchard re-
mains.
Col. Owings is not deaf to the cry
ing demand for tenement and resi-
dence houses, but has Just erected
another house on the west side of his
Union street property.
The winter so far, and it is nearly
over, has been as mild and balmy as
spring. Some Of our people have be-
gun spading up their grounds for
early garden vegetables.
Messrs. Slater and Brown have
leased the south store in Odd fellows
Temple and Will open therein next
week large assortment of gentle
mems furnishing goods.
1t is rumored in the streets to-day
that large farm just beyond Tumwa-
ter had been disposed of to Eastern
parties, who propose plating it and
placing the lots in the market within
80 days.
Two car loads of grain-fed cattle
from the Willamette valley, Oregon,
arrived to-day. One is consigned to
A. II. Chambers of this city, and the
other is for Willy and Freeburger, of
Shelton. Tomorrow another carload
from Walla Walla, will arrive for Mr..
Chambers
Mr.. T. c. Van Epps announces that
he has at last found good customer
for his mammouth store ON fourth
street in the person of his son, Mr.. w.
\. Van Epps. The mantle of the
father falls on worthy shoulders and We
bcspeak for Artic II prosperous career.
Mr.. f. A. Stevens, who has filed
the Office OF operator in the Western
Union Telegraph office, of this city
the past twelve years, has rendered
his resignation to take effect next
month. lie intends to take a rest
for awhile, but will remain resident
of our city, and probably in the course
of time engage in some other business
Mr.. Stevens successor has not been
Captain Savidge, recently appointed
City Marshal, is native of New Jer-
sey. fellow townsman of Gov. w.
A. Newell. He entered as private
Co. g., 1lth N. J. Volunteer, and
served throughout the war. He WAS
in twenty pitched battles and numer-
Gus skirmishes, was severely wounded
at Charlottesville and SpotsylvAnia
Court House. Co. G. consisted of
one hundred and forty men. Every
officer WAS either killed or
disabled, and of the whole number
but twenty-one returned, Mr.. Savidge
being Captain. He will make an
excellent Marshal.