Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-08-02


sued by princely corporation.
The Johnson Concert at Columbia
Hall, last evening, was not as fully at
tended as it merits warranted Mrs.
Luema JohnsOn's selections were of
the highest order She possesses a
voice of rare power, and her rendition
OF difficult solos indicates study and
practice. Miss Bennett performed
acceptably several classical pieces
and the children-for children-did
well. Entertaining Sisters Beau" ,"
by little Annie-only six years OF age
was exceedingly good and elected a
rapturous encore. We sincerely hope
that Mrs. johnson and her interesting
family will receive a patronage else
where that their talents merits.
From the daily of Monday.
New moon.
Smoke lends enchantment to the
view.
Charles Garfielde is confined to his
room by illness.
The delegates say they are getting
down to solid work
The residence of DR.. Flannigan is
receiving new roof.
Listen to the saw and hammer and
be convinced that Olympia and the
| world are moving.
Mrs. w. F. Crafts addressed the
children of the PRESBYTERIAN Sunday
School, yesterday.
The farmers of Nina Prairie are
harvesting their wheat and oats and
report an average yield.
The earth from the Washington
street sewer excavation is being carte q
away to be used for street filling.
Mr.. Roberts commenced, this morn
ing, to put up the framework of the
third story of the hotel building.
1t is glorious contest to vie will
your neighbor in the race for pros
perity. Don't let him get ahead o.
you.
Laborers are at work clearing the
block on the south side of Thirteenth
street, between Main and Columbia
streets.
The Olympia Water company have
put down a main from the pump
house on Moxlie creek to Fourth
street, Eastside
The aurora borealis is strikingly typi
fed every evening by fires in the
woods. Last night the light was
streaming up towards the zenith on
the north, south and west.
The almost constant arrival and de
parture of cabs and hacks at the Cap
tol, the presence of telegraph and
telephone Office, the shrill cry OF &
dozen news-boys, the solemn boot-black
etc, altogether give that locality &
metropolitan air.
People do not see all the activity
in Olympia by simply going "down
town." Ii they would would see all
they should put in a whole day, in
dustriously riding about and taking
in every quarter of the city We are
in the midst of a rapid, though in
some respects an imperceptible
growth.
There is no mistaking present indi
cation as to the business growth in and
about Olympia. As the summer wears
away people are perfecting their plans
for the autumn and winter. Many
beautiful residences are going up tC
be occupied by the builders while prob
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intended to supply in part the
STEADILY increasing demand fol
comfortable tenant houses. The
activity among carpenters and painters
was never. greater than at the present
time. "There is tide in the affairs Of
men," and we believe that that tide is
setting in now.
E. J. Allen, Esq, of Pittsburg, Pa,
is registered at the Carlton. Mr.. Allen
was, far back in the fifties, resident OF
Olympia, and one of her ablest and
most public-spirited citizens. And
although his business interests called
him away many years ago, he has al
ways retained warm place in his
heart fer his former home, and has by
word and pen done as much as any
living man to call attention to our
wonderful resources. Mr.. AS visit is
purely one of recreation. He is ac-
companied by his wife and son, who
are scarcely strangers to our old-time
residents coming heralded as they do
as the family of an l." odd settler" so re-
spected as ia the subject of this nara
graph.