Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-07-05

acterishc OF everything Olympian, ii
the participants babe each other GOO
morning at parting.
Mayor Convey, this afternoon, tell
graphed the Mayor of Ellensburgh a
expression OF the deep sympathy feI
by our people in her great afllictior
with protier of aid if it is needed.
"Our enemies being judges" Olyn
pia has received many fattering en-
comiums this week, emphasizing tn
assertion that she is che of the mos
beautiful cities on the Pacific coast.
Johnny Meagher, after an absenc,
OF fourteen years in the south, has re
turned to the Sound, and has been Wis
iting old friends in this city the pas
few days. His present home is Seat
tie.
Messrs Bush & CASTOR have taken 6
lien on the property of the Tum
water Lumber Company, for the re
covery of 5000, that sum being the
value of logs furnished by Bush & Gas
ton to the lumber company.
1t seems that in the log-rolling con.
test, yesterday, the medal was either
justly or unjustly given to George
Mayo, and now comes Jack O'Hara
offering to roll logs with Mayo, for a
purse of any amount, from 800 to
$500.
The Western Union telegraph Office
has been moved to Chilberg's store
room, and branch Office has been es-
tablished at the capitol. The former
will be under the control of d. G. Par.
ker, and the latter in charge of Ed
Stevens.
A man calling himself Phil Ahren
hailing from Tacoma, was arrested yes
terday, charged with an assault upon
the person of a girl named Ellen
Ramah, about twelve years of age,
Ahren was consigned to the lookup to
await his trial to-day.
Tom Cleary, of San Francisco, and
Tom Ward, of Oregon, will spar for
points on Monday night at Columbia
Hall. Five ounce gloves will be used.
The prize is $3.50 and the gate receipts.
A 800 forfeit has been put up by each
side, with Capt. Hambright.
Mrs. w. C. Johnston, the wife of an
eminent lawyer of Oregon City and
Portland, better known to the older
residents of Olympia by her maiden
name of Josephine DeVore, was on a
visit to the Capital City yesterday, and
spent several hours very pleasantly
with her old time friends. She was ac-
companied by two of her sons.
One of the brilliant hits of Mr..
Wheelwright's address, yesterday, was
to the effect that, as the name OF our
future State is infinitely above and be-
yond that of all the others in felicity
of conception and import, so is its
star destined to become the blazing
cynosure and central point of light in
the blue field of our country's sky.
| A unanimous verdict of praise is
rendered on all sides for the efficient
manner in which the Fourth of July
Committee acquitted themselves o.
the onorous duties imposed upon
them. So far as known not jar OF
break occurred in the elaborate details
of the programme, but all went like
clockwork and everybody was happy.
The man Phil Ahren, who was te
have been tried before Judge Ready to
day, got off more easily than he might
have done, had the law taken its course
After sleeping over the matter, the
mother, strangely enough, withdrew
her complaint upon receiving w
damages from Ahren who was Their
discharged upon the payment OF about
IS costs.
Only one runaway was reported yes
ter.ay. A team from the country
came tearing down Main street, and
in passing the Olympic hotel, the
horses, as if bent on fun or mischief
SHE'D to the left just enough for the
pole of the wagon to rake into one o.
the Drewry hacks. Not much dam
age was done and the runaway team
was stopped at Austin's stable.
A woman, giving her name as Mrs
]. E. Often, who same up from Tacoma
yesterday on the steamer Potter, re
ported the loss of her purse containing
two return tickets, some five or 81,
dollars in money, q prOmisory note
made in Santiago, CAL, for $25, and
few other things of slight value. The
purse was taken from her pocket
somewhere on the way from the
steamer to the pavilion.
Mrs Tice who lives at Tumwater
very prudently, as she thought, tied
up in handkerchief yesterday, the
avails of some property she had lately
sold ($45O) and stuffed it into the back
pocket, of her dress, and came to
OLYMPIA to see the Fourth of July
While sitting on one of the benches Of
the platform, the professional pickpock'
ct extracted the nice little package
and that is all Mrs. Tice knows about
the matter.
The log-rolling contest at Long
Bridge, on the evening of the Fourth
was won by john O'Hara with two
other contestants. Theprize for walk
ing the creased pole was won by James
Dofflemyer. Only two of the contest
ants passed over the course in the
bicycle race, collision having occurred
between two of the wheels which threw