Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1890-07-04
MERE MENTION.
Fourth of July.

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Railroad workers are busy.
The hot weather has come.
This is the day we celebrate.
How do you like the weather?
Clan,-bake today at the Capitol.
The city is OVERLOOKING with strang-
ers.
Laborers are moving the Public
Square.
Many picnics are taking place these
fine days.
Olympia postoffice is row second
class in rank.
Housewives are putting up" the
luscious fruit.
1t is now good time to pay de-
linquent taxes.
Cherries are very plentiful and
cheap this year.
Mrs. Kings new residence on Fourth
street is enclosed.
Do not forget the grand ball at
Columbia Hall tonight.
Logging camps have very generally
shut down for the Fourth.
Mr.. Philip Hiltz has moved into his
new house in South Olympia.
Mr.. Waldron has opened an ice
cream saloon on Percival's dock.
Mr.. Reeds new house is now fully
enclosed and ready for the painters.
Married, in this city, June goth,
VIM. Cooper and Anna Jane Roberts.
Mr.. H. v. Gates is resident engineer
OF the Union Pacific Railroad in this
city.
Rev. DR.. Horatio Stebbins, of San
Francisco, called on the STANDARD
Monday.
Collector of Customs, C. NJ. Brad
shaw, of Port Townsend, was in town
this week.
Mrs. Fannie Jenkins succeeds VIM.
Littlejohn as proprietor of the Column
bia House.
Mr.. J. S. Kline, Of this city, is buy
ing butter, eggs and cheese, for firm
at Tacoma.
The steamer Clara Brown brought
up an excursion party from Tacoma
last Sunday.
The horse belonging to the Central
Market, ran away Saturday. No dam.
age was done.
The railroad tunnel, near Tum.
water, begins TO look like big hole
in the ground.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. NJ. Reed, ST., left
Tacoma, Tuesday, by the Queen for
trip to Alaska.
Mr. T. c. Van Epps, and wife and
daughter, returned yesterday from
tuCAH Zip CoSts
H. P. Lind, Of Seattle, has received
the appointment of private secretary
to the Governor. ~
Workmen are putting down o sew
er on Eighth street, between Main and
Washington streets.
Mr.. G. M. Savage, of The Olympia
Street hallway Company, has gone
east to purchase new cars.
The appearance Of upper Main street
has been wholly changed by the grad
ing now going on in that portion OF the
city.
The second story Of the. 4" Olympia
Theater" is going up and the magni-
tude of the building begins to be ap-
parent.
Mrs. Anna Macleay is building a
neat and handsome cottage on Ounce
street, Eastside, which will soon be
ready for rental.
Mr.. r. H. Hannah, of Eastside,
raised this year from one-ffth of an
acre, $2l600 worth of strawberries at
Wholesale prices.
A large number of the Alumni Of
Olympia Collegiate Institute propose
to have social gathering at La Con-
nor on the Fourth.
At meeting at Columbia Hall,
Sunday, $500 we're subscribed for the
Collegiate Institute. 1t is hoped to
increase it to 5000.
Ole Bull, leader OF the Tacoma
Theater orchestra, will give q vocal
and instrumental concert in this city
some time next week.
The Postal Telegraph Co. have
force Of eighteen men extending their
line along the route of the Port Town
send Southern Railroad.
The big iron pipe to be used rs
mains BY the water company have
arrived, and arc being distributed
along our principal streets.
Rev. DR.. Horatio Stebbins, Pastor Of
. the First Unitarian Church, of San
Francisco, preached to crowded
house, in Columbia Hall, last Sunday
night.
Milton Giles market has been
moved to the northwest corner of
Fifth and Main streets, to the stand
formerly occupied by Brewer &
Wright.
The foundation of . saw-mill that is
designed TO cut l5O, 1000 feet of lumber
per day was begun on Westside last
Friday. It will be owned by Russell
4 Gaines.
VIM. Richards, the restaurant man,
died Wednesday at st. Peters Hos
pital. He was man Of generous inn
pulses and had many friends in the
community.
Brad. Davis, who has been enacting
the role of Nimrod in the mountains
tho mat few weeks. has returned, look