Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-08-23

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guests OF the Pacific Navigation Com
pany.
From the daily of Saturday.
Mrs. l.. NJ. Sizer left, yesterday, for
her home in Seattle.
Mrs. T. NJ. Reed, Jr., of Seattle, is
visiting her parents in this city.
, Rev. James Campbell, OF Seattle, is
visiting and transacting business in
this city.
! Mr.. A. f. Gum, the energetic text
book agent, left, to-day, by the State OF
!, Washington,
Mr.. Stock is erecting neat cottage
residence on the corner of jefferson
and Dayton streets.
i Arley Van Epps is improving very
fast and will be able to be out ON the
street in few days.
The town has been literally packed
to-day, with visiters from the country
and upper Sound points.
A sidewalk has been built on the
north side of Sixth street between
Main street and the water front.
The Constitutional Convention will
probably consume the greater part of
next week in winding up its business.
A brisk business is carried on in the
shipment OF early apples from Olym-
pia to the lower Sound and eastern
points.
Several invigorating showers oc-
Cured last night and to-day, and pres
ent prospects indicate that more rain
is coming.
The Episcopal church is rapidly ap-
proaching completion and is destined
to be one of the most beautiful editices
in the city.
The reception rendered to the wives
land daughters of our delegates, this
week, by Mrs. Convey, is spoken of as
q pleasant and popular affair.
Mr.. John Finlayson arrived this week
direct from Prince Edwards Island.
He is taken with Olympia and will
probably make his home here.
Hon. Frank Dallam, Delegate from
Spokane Falls, who visited that city
Immediately after the fire, returned
this week, accompanied by his wife.
OF the eighty or more candidates ex-
amined by the educational boards OF
Thurston and King counties, Miss
Janet S. Moore was the only one who
received frst-grade certificate.
The Signal Service Office reports,
minimum thermometer, 56 degrees
maximum thermometer, 63 degrees
weather cloudy and raining; rainfall,
II of an inch; barometer steady at %.
SO inches.
Mr.. and Mrs. Billings are doubly
afflicted Only three day ago they
buried their little daughter out of their
sight, and now two other children are
sick with that scourge of childhood
the Group.
The entertainment at Columbia
Hall, last night, was enjoyed by large
and appreciative audience and the
Ladies' Guild of st. Johns church net
ted a handsome return for their lau-
dable efforts.
The arrival of the MultnOmah has
opened new era in the steamboating
business between this port and upper
points, and her owners should receive
all possible encouragement from the
people of Olympia
| Mrs. Nettie Guyot, Recording Sec
retary of the Woman's Christian Tenn
perance Union, announces that Miss
Mary Allen West will hold Woman's
meeting in the Methodist church, on
Tuesday, the 2Cth inst, at 3 o'clock
z. NJ.
Mullagatany may be hard word
to pronounce, but the soup that bears
that name is exceedingly palatable
and Mr.. Richards, at the Holton Res
taurant knows just how to flavor it.
He is, as everybody knows, the prince
of caterers.
Mr.. Pratt has introduced novelty
at his saloon in the form of an cleo
trical machine, which win Oily per-
form when nickel is dropped into Il
slot. When started, however, it "rat-
ties" person quite as actively as a
ten-cent cocktail.
A man by the name of Fred Boke
amused himself, last night, in trying
the doors and windows OF private resi-
dences, considerably alarming the in
mates. He was run in by officer Nc
Clelland, and this morning sent adriit
on the charities of the cold, colo world.
VIM. Pumphrey, who was one OF the
best kno.- N men in the Territory thir-
ty years ago, when he kept house OF
entertainment on the Cowlitz, Tor
travellers between Portland and Puget
Sound, came over by last evenings
train to visit old friends and see what
the Convention is like.
Il THE officers of the Washington Press
Association for the ensuing year are
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