Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-08-30

Major Breckenridge leaves Monday
for business visit to New York. He
will he absent for about three months.
Mrs. l.. l.. Talcott, and her son
Grant, will leave Monday for visit to
the old homestead near Pittsfeld, IL
inois.
The tax levy for municipal purposes
was fixed by the City Council, last
evening, at the maximum sum OF fiji
teen mills.
\ staging fell at the new bank build
ing this afternoon, creating quite. an
excitement for the time, but fortunate
ly nobody was hurt.
Yesterday workman on the hotel
had the second finger Of his left hand
pulled apart, by catching it in the
sheave of pulley. DR.. Flanagan
amputatel the injured member.
II. A. Swift, OF Edgewater, King
county, is at st. Peters Hospital in
this city, just recovering from an at
tack of typhoid fever. His doctor
says he will be we'll enough to return
home in about a week
Miss Eva Sturdevant, of Dayton, a
daughter of the member of the COnsti-
tutional Convention from Columbia
county, has come over to attend a
term OF school at the Collegiate Insti-
tute. She will live with Mrs. Moore
Mrs. Fidelia Turner has bought the
Hoyt property, consisting of half a
block on Franklin and Twelfth streets
and neat and commOdious residence,
for $3, 800. This is the cheapest real
estate sale made in many months
past.
Olympia is not one of those towns
that owes its existence to other towns
or people. She was recorded on the
maps OF Washington before towns
that now claim that they should be
the Capital of this Territory had a
name.
Mr.. Geo. Williams met with mis-
hap last evening, while out riding,
which was fortunately without serious
consequences. His horse fell and
broke the shafts of the buggy, while
passing down Main street, but was
kept under control by the GOODNESS
and self possession of his driver.
Richard Cummings was brought up
from Kamilchie yesterday and placed
in ST. Peters Hospital, suffering severe
ly from a wound in his thigh caused
by silver from a sledge, which frac-
tured a blood vessel. He was labor
er in Simpsons camp, and will be like
ly to be laid up for three or four weeks.
At the Democratic primaries, last
evening the following delegates were
elected: First Ward, J. n. Squires,
J. r. Wood, ii. Hadlan, A. d.
Glover, John Miller Murphy and J.
Chilberg: Second Ward, Milton Giles
r. b. Hoy, John V. Yantis, f. Giles
NJ. Scully and James Radcliffe; Third
Ward, r. Frost, Peter Cook, r. c. Van
Epps and ID. S. b. Henry.
That the school-book question is an
important one is shown by the follow.
ing note received to-day, from one Of
the rising generation. We coincide
with the opinion expressed that the
matter should be decided, even if il
leads Young America" to rebel:
OLYMPIA, WISH, Aug. %, 1889.
MIR. MURPHY
Dear Sir:-I am little girl foul
years old; go to school, and am in
Miss Moore's room. like my studies
and / don't care what they do SC
they leave the Synthetic course
But don't you think that as one has
got one end of the rope and the Other
the other end, and don't know which
will go to the middle first-as l say
about the new chool-books-that al
us pupils ought to stay right at home
till the school-book fuss is over? Coco
bye. EDNA RADCLIFFE.