Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-11-08
MERE MENTION.
Hotels are crowded.

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Read the new advertisement OF
Toklas & kaufman.
Ho, for Thanksgiving and the good
cheer it will bring.
Mrs. Brown, wife of the Presiding
Elder, is i'll with typhoid fever.
Carpenters are putting the mansard
roof upon the new bank building.
Mr.. w. n Harris, of Seattle, was a
visitor to the Capital city on Sunday.
Messrs. Walter and Bruce Milroy
were in this city last Tuesday even
ing.
The measles is rapidly spending its
strength among Olympia school child
rem.
Mr.. Jacob L. Myers, of Aberdeen, is
visitor to Olympia, his old home,
this week.
Mrs. p. c. Hale, OF the Eastside, left
on Wednesday for California to spend
the winter.
Mr.. Ed. Kuhn, formerly of this city,
and late of Portland, is visiting his
friends here.
John Gunston has been appointed
Supervisor of Road District No. 81, in
this county.
In default of pleasant weather, slow
progress is being made ON the street
railroad work.
The steamer Erangel was in the
harbor, Sunday, with load Of shingles
for 1. C. Ellis.
Mr.. Wilkinson contemplates build
ing a tenement house On his Ayers
hill property.
Last Sunday wasaa beautiful day
and our citizens generally were out
promenading.
Mr.. C. NJ. Moore has removed his
butcher chop to his new stand in Odd
Fellows Temple.
The Capital city is over run with
legislative members, candidates, lobby
lists and strangers.
The Oldest inhabitant fails to re-
member when Olympia was so full Of
strangers as at present.
The steamer Fanny Lake arrived in
the harbor ON Saturday evening, with
load of grain for J. c. Horr.
Larry Comier's Washington Chop
House will open next Tuesday. 1t is
to be frst-class in all respects.
Col. Parker, of the Walla Walla
Statesman, arrived to-day, to take a
hand in the Senatorial contest.
The County Commissioners have is
sued license to sell spirituous liquors
to Fred. G. Spencer, of Tenino.
Mr.. A. D. Whitney, of the Carlton
House, has leased the lodging rooms
in the Stork residence, Eastside.
Hon. E. C. Ferguson, of Snohomish
City, President of the Washington
Pioneers Association, is in the city.
Mr.. Jacob Hunsaker, once an old
resident of this county, gave US call.
He is q member of the Legislature.
A new resident is already looking
for the cold snap. that he says occurs
every winter. He is lately from Min
nes0ta.
Mr.. w. H. Hughes, of Seattle, a
member of the Legislature, and typo,
made this Office pleasant call, few
days ago.
The students of Collegiate Institute
have erected upon their play ground
the various appliances for gymnastie
exercises.
Read Mr.. Forl's new advertisement,
in this issue. He is one of the relia-
BILE agents of several of the soundest
companies.
The ties for the street railway have
been laid from Thirteenth Street to
the Plaza, and track laying will begin
next week.
News from Iowa is, that mittens
mufflers, caps with ear flaps and over
shoes are in order. Overcoats came in
last month.
Hon. T. H. Brents, of Walla Walla,
Senatorial candidate, has his head
quarters in J. w. Robinson's rooms,
Olympic Block.
The new iron fence around the
public square is thing of beauty but
far from being q joy forever to the dis
gusted bellcow.
Hon. J. B. Allen, of Walla Walla,
has opened rooms in the Woodruff
block, to entertain his adherents fol-
the U. S. Senatorship.
A large portion of the business be-
fore the County Commissioners, this
week involves disputed questions from
country school districts.
The Presbyterian Sunday School
has just added large number Of new
and carefully selected books to its al
ready well-stocked library.
Mr.. Jos. Gibson, of Bucoda, was q
visitor to the Capital city Tuesday
He speaks in glowing terms of the fu
ture of our city and county.
The county school Superintendent
reports that the October apportion
ment amounts to the enormous sun
of about IS cents per capita.
The County Commissioners last
Monday, rejected the bids for rebuild
ing bridge over the Skookumchncl
river on the ground that they were al
too high.
The members Of the Y. p. S. c., Of