Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-03-01
MERE MENTION.
From the daily Of "Wednesday.

.or,v f,mil;c. wan houses in Olvm-
pia, Immediately, and IS ye'' not one
is avilahle.
Frank Williamson is preparing an
;,,mcn.e boom Of logs for the Fort
Discovery mill.
Governor Semple has appointed I'd
ward Eland of La Center, W. H. As
notary Public.
Henry Jones, Il lad aged about ~
wears. died on Easts;de this morning,
of dropsy of the heart.
Half OF block 6 in Swans addition
was Yesterday sold by 7. NJ. Reed, Jr.,
TO Patterson & Carney for $500.
Newton Tice, of Tumwater, yester- +.
day sold his 4O-acre farm to Fred
Fanck. The price paid Was vi 100. 4
The three weeks old child OF +. \.
Horton is lying dangerously ill at the
home OF its parents with Little hope Of
recovery.
Teams and scr 'pers were set st work !
Yesterday, cleaning the mud from
Fourth Street between Main Street
and Esstside.
The OLYMpIAN is but child yet
but it has lusty constitution and as
a child it promises to bean adult OF
massive fame and strong sinew.
Real estate transfers continuc to be
the dominant pursuit of Olympians,
business being quite as generally trans
acted upon the street as in the office
or counting room.
If advertisers will but bear with Ills
for while We shall &c: around to
them. Yesterday we were forced to
a, bar as seven column paper in
stead of six and the end is not yet.
Subscribe for the OLYMPIAN and
send it abroad to your friends. Let
them see what kind of community
you have driven your stakes in and
our word for it they will be pleased.
John Byrne, one of Olympia's old
time residents, returned yesterday,
after a stay among strangers. He Is
of the opinion there is no place like
this CITY and has concluded to stay
here.
An up town dog Caused a lively sem
sation, yesterday, by exhibiting symp-
toms supposed to presage rabies. An
expert, however, allayed all fear by
diagnosis which showed that the ami
mel was suffering from the effects OF
poison.
Geo. Foster yesterday let the con-
tract for the grubbing and clearing OF
s lots in Maple Park. AS soon as the
work is completed Mr.. Foster will
commence the erection of a neat
dwelling thereon, which in point Of
finish and architectural design will be
equal to any.
As evidence of the desire to secure
Olympia realty it may be stated that a
number of loggers came to the city
yesterday and placed their sheckels in
that article. They were satisfied with
small piece at a fair price, while
some years ago they could have II large
plot for q song.
There is nothing that advert Uses or
peaks for city as well rs its home
productions. Therefor, friends of
Olympia, step up to our counting
room, leave the address of friends you
desire to immigrate to this section and
we will senda sample copy of the
OLYMPIAN. In its present form it
compares favorably with any newspa
per on the Coast.
A close observer claiHs to have fig
ured out that the patr. mage alre.dy
extended to the cab and hack lines on
Fourth and Main Street TOUT is fully
adequate to the support of an ele. trio
street railway a'ong the thorough
fares. Then who will be the first to
construct line from Columbia street
to the foot of Ayers Hill, and from
Long wharf TO Union stree. or high
bridge.
Mr.. Jeffries, of Boyd & Jeffries, real
estate dealers, retired the other even
ing and concluded he would look over
his paper while reclining at ease ON his
couch. Mother sleep claimed him,
however, and how long he slumbezed
he knew. not. He was suddenly
awakened by a singing burning
sensation and found that his light had
ignited the curtains and the fire had
communicated to the carpet, the bed
clothing, and succeeded in burning a
big hole in his night shirt. A few
buckets of water quenched the flame
with but slight loss to the furniture.
WIcKERsHAN CONvIcTED.-L st eve
ming, after the regular issue of the
= OLYxPIAN had been run off and was
Il the hands Of it's many readers, word
was flashed TO this office that this Gel
ebrated case now ON trial in Seattle
for more than week had come to an
end, and that the defendant had been
found guilty of the heinous crime OF
the seduction of previous chaste fe-
male. As to the findings of that jury,
there is not one man or woman in fifty
that believes this is just, but all are
unanimous that Wickersham ought to
be punished for his fragrant acts with
his fame for paramount. If one-hall
of what was brought out at that trial
be true, the community can well spare
nimble Jim and the whole gang. 1t il
a source of satisfaction to the public
however, to know tn at in these days Of