Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-09-06
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John Forbes VINO cOInlilttcu tHe
assault on Officer McNair, has left the
city, fearing arrest.
The infant daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Youngi quite i'll of disease rcsem
bling cholera infantum.
One OF the small printing presses
OF the R,riew Office was shipped to
NOntesano this morning.
Mr.. W. +. Woods, the business man
ager, of the Tacoma Globe, is in our
city to-day, on business.
The Mul.nomah brought an I'M
usually large number OF passengers
and quantity of freight to-day.
The air this morning was pure and
- fresh and gives evidence in favor of
the grand climate of Olympia.
There will be a meeting OF the Wo-
mans Relief Society, in the Council
Chamber, Thursday afternoon, Sept.
9th, AT o CLOCK.
Some OF our Olympian sports are
taking advantage of the prevailing
breezes and many sail boats dot the
bay each afternoon and evening.
The new building on the corner of
Washington and Third Streets is now
in the hands of the painters, and will,
ere long, be ready for occupancy.
The Governors Office is undergoing
thorough cleaning, under the super
intendence q. the Governors genial
and very obliging clerk, Miss Aver.
Mr.. Samuel Cohen leaves to-day for
few days vacation down the Sound.
He has worked steadily at his counter,
in Messrs. Toklas e. Kaufman's store,
for twenty-five months.
Our local educational authorities in
sist in using geography in our pub
lie schools whose maps contain no Ia
coma, and in whose descriptive text
Mt. Rainier is unknown.
Considerable sport was occasioned on
Main Street this morning, by the at
tempts of man under the influence
of liquor, in trying to preserve his
equilibrium on the sidewalk.
The Signal Service Office records for
to-day are as follows: Minimum
thermometer 80; maximum thermom-
eter 66; weather, clOudless; no rain
Barometer rising from 5000 to 1922
inches.
The Salvation Army still attracts
/. large crowds to their barracks, every
evening. The seats are all we'll filled,
and the general expression and report
is that the hall is too small for the
attendance.
Tie Board of Trade assembled last
night to hear the report of E. T.
Young on the Capital question, but as
Mr. Young did not arrive in time to
enlighten them, they adjourned until
this evening.
DR.. Flanagan placed w. H. Cooper,
from the reservation at Hoods Canal,
in the Hospital last night. Mr.. Coop
er had his leg severely mashed from
the knee to the ankle. The doctor
will, in all probability, save the leg
from amputation.
The grading of the public square is
an extensive undertaking, and will re-
quire considerable amount of earth
and labor to complete the work. The
people of Olympia are ON the proxres-
sive march, and the public square will
be finished in due course of time. :
The public school on Washington
Street has total number of 108 pupils
boys 81 and girls 81. The school is
divided into two departments. The
number of pupils under Miss Mcclure,
in room No. l., are, males %, and fe-
males 70. This department has three
grades. The ninth and tenth grades
are taught by Miss Mcclure and the
eighth grade is under the care of Miss
Stamp. Room No. 2, has 63 pupils, |
boys ., girls "a, under the tutorship
of Prof P. NJ. Lewis.
People who think the real estate |
market is dull here, and who have any
idea that Tacoma and Seattle are 90 |
far ahead in the sale of real estate,
can readily make their minds easy on
that fact. Investigation proves that
Olympia is fast upon their heels. The
total amount Of transfers from Aug. I'd |
to Sept. 3D., in Thurston county,
amounts to $67, 2l5.43, which was a
surprise and an agreeable one too, to
many Of our business men. That fact
shows we are not dead, nor even sleep
ing, but awake and among the leaders
of the business world.
The reporter called upon Mr.. E. T.
Young this morning in reference to
his visit to Seattle and Tacoma in the
interest OF the Capital. That gentle
man said: II stopped in Tacoma and
made an investigation, the result of
which was very encouraging to Olym-
pia, but the leaders of both parties
firmly maintain that they will not
make that question an issue in the
coming campaign but are of the opin-
ion that Olympia is the choice and
cannot tell what the workers will do
at the eleventh hour. The same opin-
ion prevails at Seattle. There is only
a. small faction in that city who are
a personal fight, as Judge
Lewis and son, who are interested in
Yakima. I was informed while there
that Billy Cochrane was going on the
stump in favor of Ellensburg, which
think, will not in any way jeopardize
the chances of Olympia. On the
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