Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-07-19

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this morning, at the residence OF Geo.
). Allen, where he had been living a
number OF years. Deceased was born
at Fltchburg, Mass, June 10th, 1910,
and was consequently a little over 10
years OF age at the time Of his death
tie had been for many years a resident
OF Olympia, and was well-known as an
industrious, handwriting old man.
BY careful management he had ac-
cumulated good deal of property, but
being single man, little is known rs
to his relatives or anteceients. The
funeral will take place at $50 A. NJ,
tomorrow, Rev. Mr.. Pope officiating,
at the residence of Mr.. Allen, and the
remains will be deposited in Odd Eel
lows cemetery.
From the tally Of Thursday,
The Board of Education adjourned
to-day.
Nobody but an Olympia croaker
would complain OF the present spell of
weather
1t is in order now for school child
rem to gather up their old books and
trade them for new ones.
| Work is being prosecuted to put the
various schoolhouses in proper order
for the opening OF the school year.
The people on Fourth street, East
side. are going to be. supplied with a
lOngfelt want, line of water mains.
The Olympia sawmill has been shut
down to-day in Difference to the funer-
al of its respected manager, Joseph
Souther.
Apples, pears, peaches and plums
are among the indigenous fruits now
displayed in great heaps in Olympia
markets.
The most unique looking structure
in the city isthe new Episcopal church.
1t is clearly Gothic in style and forci-
bly, reminds the benolder of the archi-
lecture of the middle ages.
The SignA Service Office reports
Minimum thermometer, so degrees,
maximum thermometer, IS degrees
weather clou,lless, no rain; barometer
rising during the night and falling
during the day to 1902 inches.
The hay harvest has so nearly been
finished that the farmers are assured
that the yield has been an abundant
one, and the hay secured in splendid
condition. All declare that the late
rains proved the salvation of the crop.
In speaking of the big peaches
raised in that section, the Walla Walla
Journal says that fifteen OF them
weigh five pounds. Now let that pa
per tell US how much one peach weighs.
That is what the OLyNPIAN wants to
know.
The following persons received Ter'
ritorial certificates at the late Judicial
Teachers Institute held in this city
Mrs Francis s. Dumass, OF Waitsburg
A. w. Budress, of Haddock; w. A.
Payne, of Dayton; Miss Tina Johns
ton of Seattle, and Edwin Brantner, of
Dixie.
Next Sabbath, the Rev. BENJAMIN
Parsons, of Seattle, will preach in the
Presbyterian church OF this city, on
exchange with the Rev. DR.. w. B. Lee.
Mr. Parsons has lately come to the
coast from New York State, and has
been installed as pastor of the Second
Presbyterian church of Seattle.
In a letter describing Evangelist
Moody's school, at Mortified, Mass,
the writer says, "a distance of three
miles divides the boys school, on
Mount Herman, from the girls school,
in Mortified, separated by the Connec-
ticut river" This is co-education OF
the sexes at q disadvantage A board
fence separates the boys and girls OF
this city at Collegiate Institute.
Rev. /. d. Driver, a gentleman well
known to Olympians, writes letter to
the Oregonian from one of his eastern
stopping places, and in describing his
quarters, "a large and very finely kept
hotel, built by q Boston company OF
religious men," the reverend gentle
man says, mo man at this hotel is
afraid to leave his pocket-book any
where with any amount OF treasure. u
Wonder if the new Olympia Hotel will
ever receive such a puff as that?
The elegant and commodious steam.
er, State OF Washington made her first
visit to Olympia this morning, and
left Immediately on her return trip to
Tacoma. The State OF Washington is
owned by the Pacific Coast Navigation
Company, and commanded by Capt
Henry Bailey. Until further notice, this
steamer will leave Tacoma ut ten
O'Clock NJ, arriving at Olympia at
about twelve NJ, and returning she
will arrive at Tacoma at three O'Clock
in the afternoon. A safe and fast
daylight steamer should be duly ap
preciated by the travelling public and
we hope that such will be the case.
Mrs. Daniel Warner died at her resi-
dence, in this city, last night, aged 81
years. The funeral will be held at
the Presbyterian church on Saturday,
at ten o'clock A. NJ. Deceased, better
known as the widow Of Selucius Gar.
fielde, was an old resident of this city,
and through her first husband, widely
known throughout the Puget Sound
country as lady of superior intellec-
tual and social culture. She was a
member of the Presbyterian church
and united with her Christian profess
sion many of the rarest qualities Of
true womanhood. She leaves FIVE
orowp children. q daughter and four