Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-09-13

city this morning were entirely dis.
PEELED by one smile from the great
lamp Of the universe, cold Sol"
Bert Ready, who has been employed
on the Mason County .InnrnnL+ at
Shelton, for the past few weeks, re-
turned home to-day for a short visit.
A complaint was made in Justice
Sparks court, to-day, by Wan Chong
against Long Chong, Long Kong Brod
and All Toon for keeping gambling
house.
The Signal Service Office reports
the minimum thermometer 80 degrees
maximum Y; weather cloudless, no
rain; the barometer rising from 1896
\ to 30 inches.
The following transfer of real estate
was recorded to-day: John r. Chaplin
and wife to Albii II. H. Stewart, lots
X, l., NJ, N and and 2 block 4, Cap
ital addition, $40O, which makes the
sales of the past week reach the sum
$1S,636.S6.
A wager of 10 cents was made in
the Democratic Convention this after
noon between T.. N. Ford, Republi-
can, and ]. F. Murphy, Democrat, on
the general result of the coming cleo
ton. This shows that the interest
has already begun, and speculation is
at its highest pitch.
The enrolment of pupils at the
public schools is about 80; which is
an increase of 60 per cent. over the
enrolment of last year at this time.
The high school has an enrolment,
which is 80 per cent. larger than last
year which proves the assertions here
tofore made that the population is on
the steady increase.
There has been considerable COM
plant the past few weeks from efforts
made by employees on the steamers
plying to this port to steal valuable
dogs, and carry them to other cities,
doubtless for sale. Forbearance has
almost ceased to be virtue in this
matter, and a prosecution will result if
the culprits are discovered.
The first regular meeting of the Di-
descalion Association was held in the
assembly room of Collegiate Institute,
last evening. The following officers
were elected for the ensuing term
President, w. G. Hazard, of Chehalis
Vice President, Preston Troy, of New
Dungeness; Secretary, Miss Amy
Bucklin, of Port Blakely; Sergeant-at-
Arms, w. N. Williams, of Honolulu;
Door-keeper, Charles Seeley, of Napa-
vine. There was large attendance of
young ladies and gentlemen, and a
voluntary programme was carried out
with much enthusiasm. A regular
programme will hereafter be prepared
for each meeting.
The Democratic County Convention
met this afternoon at 80 and was
called to order by chairman T. c. Van
Epps. Secretary John Miller Murphy
called the roll, and the delegates of
the different precincts answered, after
which they at once proceeded to nomi-
nate candidates for State Senator,
which resulted in the selection of D.
L. Ward, of this city, as the standard
bearer of the Democratic ticket in
Thurston county. The next order of
business was the election of candidates
to the House of Representatives which
resulted in the choice of G. 7. Prince,
of Seatco, and Daniel Gebay, of
Chambers Prairie. Next, the conven-
ton made unanimous choice of Mr..
James Radcliffe to represent them Oh
the ticket for County Clerk. The
election of a Central Committee was
next in order which is as follows: G.
E.. Kehoe, James Radcliffe, L. A.
Ceons, Jas. Frazer, A. B. Vandermark,
E. A. Otterman, Geo. Chambers, NJ. NJ.
Ouelette, Frank Ruth, A. H. Manier,
A. E. Young, Patrick Dempsey, Har
ry Wetherall.