Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-06-28
VOLUME XXVIII.-NUMBER 81
MERE MENTION.
From the daily of Friday.


into town by the pony-load.
The street sprinkler now extends its
rounds to the Eastside bridge.
Capt. S. w. Percival is slowly but
hopefully improving in health.
Even the old Greek lantern-carrier
could not find an idle man in Olym-
pia, to-day.
A delightful sea-breeze has material
ly mitigated the hot weather of the
past few days.
The air is now resonant with saw
and-hammer music from 7 o'clock A.
NJ, till 6 in the evening.
The smoke from the neighboring
forest fires is beginning to transform
the afternoon sun into big ruby.
Have you a furnished room to rent
during the session of the Constitu-
tional Convention? Then happy are
you.
Mrs. Jordan and son left this city
this morning to join Lieutenant Jor-
dan, who is engaged in the Coast Sur
vey, about the San Juan islands.
Contractors and carpenters affirm
that a deficiency in the supply of
proper material is a great drawback to
the building enterprises of Olympia.
Many property owners are painting
their residences, and the prospect is
that visitors to our national celebra-
ton will see tidy city, on that occa-
sion.
Several private night watchmen
have been employed by the business
men OF this city, whose duty it will be
to look after fires and burglars. A
wise measure.
Mr.. Frank Tripp and Miss Lizzie A
James were married at the residence
of the brides parents, on Grand Mound
Prairie, last Sunday, June 16, Mr..
Fred w. Stocking, of this city, officiat-
ing.
A box of white raspberries was left
at the OLYMPIAN Office, to-day, by Mr..
J. w. Smith, and for this little courte-
sy the donor has placed under renewed
obligations every one employed in the
establishment.
The last act, for the night, of the
manager in the central Office is to put
the Hospital in telephone connection
with the residence and Office OF DR..
Flanagan, the medical superintend-
ent of that institution.
John Reed, in the employment of
the Puget Sound & Gray's Harbor
railroad, received . severe wound upon
the forehead, by the rebounding Of an
iron lever. He came to this city yes
terday for surgical treatment. DR..
Newell dressed his wounds.
The Signal Service Office reports to-
to-day: Minimum thermometer 4S;
maximum thermometer, up to 4
O'Clock, p. NJ. 80: weather cloudless !;
no rain; barometer rising during the
and falling during the after
noon, to 1880 inches.
The Olympia small boy of to-day is
an exact prototype of what he was q
score of years ago. To secure Fourth.
of July spending money he sells scrap
iron and other plunder to junk dealers,
and when hard pushed he resorts to
the chicken racket. OF course, we
were.boys once. and know all about it.
The present post-office building has
been bought by Mr.. Mann and others,
and will next week be removed to a
position opposite Columbia Hall, just
east OF the building formerly the st.
Charles restaurant. 1t will still be
for the distribution of Uncle
Sans mails, the new postmaster hav-
ing leased it for o term of years for
that purpose.
During the term Of the District
Court, which closed in Olympia Tues
last, Mr.. H. L. Forrest was admitted
to the bar as q duly licensed attor-
ney of Washington Territory. Mr.,
Forrest has practiced law in Kansas
for nine years, with excellent success,
and in addition to this has been one OF
The leading educators and public speak
ers of that State for many years. His
in all these departments
are first-class. He is now permanent
resident of Olympia, and proposes to
begin the practice of law here immedi-
ately.