Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-07-26

MINIMUM thermometer, % degrees
maximum thermometer, IS degrees
weather partly cloudy; barometer ris-
ing from. 9.SS to 29.9S inches.
Capt. Gil Parker authorizes us to
announce that he will see 81 600 COW
cred il that sum is put up on wager,
that the new steamer State OF Wash
ington, can beat the steamer Olym-
plan, in fair race.
The young son OF Mr.. j. X. Rose, OF
Eastside, met with a serious accident,
this morning. The child was playing
in the street while one OF the gravel
wagons was passing, and by some
means was knocked down and badly
injured
Workmen are still engaged on the
Jefferson street reservoir To-day they
are putting in the timber work. In
case OF a fire in that portion OF the city,
the building of this cistern will be
shown to be a wise and prudential
measure.
Carpenters are putting up the dag
onal walls of the new hotel building.
When this edifice is finised it will be a
model of grace and elegance, and the
strongest combination of timber and
iron chat ever entered into the cree
ton of an Olympian house.
People living near the junction of
Third and Jefferson streets, complain
of the rubbish that is dumped at that
point as being detrimental to the
health OF the neighborhood. Empty
fruit and meat cans should be thrown
in the water or covered with Il good
layer OF earth.
In its earlier history the Presbyte-
rian church edifice was called the
church on the hill" title rendered
especially appropriate now by the late
street grading in that vicinity A
basement room is in contemplation
to be used for Sunday School purposes.
Never before in the history of Olym-
pia was the building industry so exten:
sively carried on as it is at the present
time. In every quarter of the city
lots are being graded and new build
ings are in process OF erection. Lum-
ber teams are threading the streets
and alleys. and great piles of building
materials here and there indicate that
the people are awake Let the good
work go on without calling halt.
Winston & Harrington's New Zoo
on exhibition at the plaza, is well
worth the price of admission. % cents
for adults and ID cents for children
Fine specimens of the buffalo, an ami
NAL that is fast becoming extinct, arc
exhibited, also OF the cayote, bear
monkeys and other rare animals. Be
sides this, there is on exhibition a
series of stereopticon views repre-
senting Dante's Vision, in which skel
etons with cleaning eyeballs of fire
appear to be holding high revelry with
beautiful women. The exhibition will
be repeated this evening and on Mon
day, in the afternoon and evening.
Dr. York's lecture, last evening, on
the labor question was mastery ex'
position of the conditions which envi.
ron the life of the wage Garner, and
the difficulty he finds in securing a
just recognition of his worth as a fac
tor in passing events. He noted the
fact that as the rich grow richer the
poor become poorer, and commended
the spirit OF inquiry, the disposition to
think and the effort for organization
as means of rending the letters that
have become so firmly attached to his
limbs. 1t was speech that left stored
in the memory enough of the true
principles of human rights, to inlist in
| quiry and promote deep thought on
this all-important subject.