Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-10-25
MERE MENTION.
This is the season "f high tides.

4 few showers OF rain lave iiilcn
the past week.
Sweep of the leaves and preserve
your sidewalk
The Eastside claims 10 lead the city
in the building industry.
Mrs. NJ. II. Snow, OF Nashon Island,
is visiting friends in this city.
Prospective legislators are securing
rooms in convenient localities.
Mr.. F. A. Hoffman is extensively
improving his Eastside property.
$40 pair OF boots worth SO 80 each at
81 90 per pair at Toklas " kaufman's.
A daughter was born to the wife OF
Albert Hall, on Eastside, last Monday.
The hull of a small steamer was
launched at the Westside mill Wednes-
day.
The political pot is beginning to
boil, and, as usual, the scum is rising
to the top.
JOS. w. Robinson, left yesterday, for
Washington, with the official vote on
Statehood.
The finest line OF childrens' overcoats
ever shown in this city at Tol,as &
Kaufman's.
The brick work of the second story
of the new bank building has been
completed.
Wild geese are flying towards the
south. and old settlers are predicting
hard winter.
Candidates for Legislative offices are
beginning to spring up like grasshop-
pers in Kansas.
Mr.. Billy McFadden returned to this
city on last Friday, and is visiting his
numerous friends.
1t is encouraging to state that tin
smiths are at work on the court roof
of the hotel building.
Mr.. C. S. Reinhart, editor of the
Goldendale Sentinel, visited our city
this week, on business.
Carpenters are at work building q
bay window on the east side OF Mr.. j.
L. Henderson's residence.
Capt. Gilbert's surveying steamer
F"ca arrived in our harbor yesterday,
to 60 into winter quarters.
In response to the call of the Street
Commissioner, every available teamster
has joined the gravel train.
The steamer Fleetwood will be on
her route next week, having been re-
paired for the winter trade.
Mrs. L. Stork, returned from Seattle
Saturday. She had been absent on a
visit to her sister, Mrs. Bush.
1t is in order now for abutters on
the newly graveled streets to step for
ward and settle the cost of the same.
Our city has been visited the past
week by strangers, all looking for
homes and some for improved farms.
The many friends of Mr.. Dave An
derson, will be sorry to learn that he
is confined to his room with rhcuma-
tism.
Mr.. Thomas H. Cavanaugh has
rented the upper story of the new
bank building for Surveyor Generals
Office.
A force of iron workers have been
engaged during the past week in setting
up the new paling around the public
square.
For some time past, the Olympia
saw mill has been running till late at
night in order to fill its fast accumu-
lating orders.
When the new hydrants are placed
in position, Olympia will be as we'll
protected from fire as any other city
in the State.
The family Of Secretary White have
become residents OF Olympia. On dit,
that Mr.. w. will soon assume control
of the Pnrfssnn
The Salvation Army went after the
sinners of Tumwater, Tuesday even
ing, and so Olympians had a short re-
spite from their labors.
Mr.. George Raymond, of Yelm, was
in the city on Tuesday, and speaks in
glowing terms of Olympia and the
improvements going on.
The Pacific Telegraph Office has
been removed from the Acme Drug
Store to the building lately occupied
by Mr.. Carlyon as fruit stand.
Mr.. John G. Grimm, and old resi-
dent of this county, was married, on
the 18th instant, to Miss Marie Woar-
ashka, lately Of the old country.
1t is hoped that the world will not
tip up when 10 gets on the other side
of the continent with that heavy Re-
publican, majority in his grip-sack.
A"camp-whist" party was held at
the residence of Mrs. A. A. Phillips,
Wednesday evening, in compliment
to Mrs. General McMicken, OF Ho-
quiam.
F. S. Harmon, of Tacoma, has been
awarded the contract for the furniture
of the Hotel Olympia, and Walter
Brothers, of Portland, the contract for
carpets.
Only one subscriber to the hotel
fund has gone back" on the obliga-
ton, and that is firm which at one
time insisted that Olympia did not
want the capital.
Mr.. Young's Hotel coach has been
refitted and repaired and now appears
good as new. With it and his ele-
CANT bus" he should be able to car