Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-07-19
MERE MENTION.
From the daily Of Friday.

Mr.. w. A.. Van Epps' store begin:
to resemble a conservatory OF music.
From the green and scented mead
ows comes the song of the merry hay
makers.
Mr.. p. d. Moore is reporter for the
OLYMPIAN in the constitutional Con
vention.
Material for the foundation is being
hauled to the site OF the new bank
building.
Mr.. J. c. Horr is building a whar
| a. the rear OF his furniture house on
Columbia street.
Some extensive changes for the
better are being made in the Tacoma
Lodge reading room
Workmen have been the past few
days setting up a new brick and iron
range for Young's hotel.
Good eating apples, fresh from
Olympia orchards. are prominent
feature in the fruit stores.
Cucumbers have made their appear
ance in our markets and the doctors
faces wear beaming smile.
A new dwelling has been erected
during the past week on the north
east corner of Second and Franklin
streets.
The Fourth of July arches spanning
Main street are growing rusty and
the question now is, how to safely re-
move them.
A large building, to be used as a
carpenters shop, is going up on the
south side of Fourth street, opposite
Ellis wharf.
The weather to-day has been excep-
tionally cool, and an invigorating sea
breeze sprang up with the incoming
tide, at noon.
The fires will soon be started under
the arches Of another kiln containing
ECO 600 machine pressed brick, ct the
Eastside yard.
Pen-and-ink sketches OF the mem
bers of the Constitutional Convention
will be continued until all have passed
under the facile pen OF our word-artist.
The Superintendent reports that for
every school in this county there will
average five applicants, and three out
of the five are those who have recent
ly arrived from the East,
Mr.. A. A. Phillips, few days ago,
sustained severe jam of the fingers
OF his right hand while moving a
trnnk. He had for time to do his
writing by proxy while he carried his
arm in a sling.
The pavilion has been removed and
the public square practically cleared
of rubbish. When the iron fence is
set up and the finishing touches have
been applied, that enclosure will be
one OF the most pleasant retreats of the
city.
Indian Agent Eells, has been in the
city during the week, on business con-
nected with his Office. Among other
things elicted from that gentleman, is
the possibility. if not the strong proba-
bility, of the Puyallup Indian reserva-
ton being thrown open to settlers.
Much to the disappointment of the
sunday School children, the steamer
Willie landed them at Dofilemire's
Point this morning, instead of at But
ler's Cove. There being no wharf at
the latter place, the steamer could not
make a landing on account of the
swift outrush of the tide.
The Presbyterian church bell pealed
forth in m ,rry tones at an early hour
this morning, and almost before the
sounds had died away crowds OF
children with lunch baskets were seen
their way to the end Of Long
Wharf. The steamer Willie was in
waiting to convey them down to But
ler's Cove where they had arranged to
60 on picnic.
An OLyMPIAN reporter has found out
the difference between"springchickc
and "old chickens" He is not an expe
rienced market-goer, but he says a real
spring chicken means, in marketmen's
parlance, fowl that has been Matched
any time since the first OF March,
while an old chicken may have been n
Iineal descendant of the cock that
crew when Peter went out and wept 80
The first tidbit of informa-
lion he got from the marketmen
the second from sweet ex
perience.
From the daily Of saturday