Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1890-09-19
MERE MENTION.

lO.ltlcal tecS are OuZZlnG.
The rainy season will soon begin.
Hop picking is drawing to a close.
The street cars are again running.
The prices OF real estate are improy-
ing.
Fruit raiscrs are gathering their fall
apples.
Rev. James Campbell, Of Seattle,
is in the city.
A new roofhas been placed on the
Presbyterian church.
The steamer Fir5ta,oI is again max
ing her regular trps.
The land office OF this district will
open on the lst prox.
Dr. J. W. Waughop and his son
Phillip are in the city.
Main street is now gravclcd nearly
to the Tumwater road.
Mrs. Ella Irving left on Tuesday
morning for Ellcnsburgh.
On Tuesday evening light shower
OF rain fell in this locality.
Calcthea College is daily receiving
new acccssions from abroad.
1t is the true American who does
not forget to register his name.
A son was born to Mrs. II. S.
Weston, of this city, Wednesday,
Married, in this city, Sept. 18th,
Marion s. Ford to Amelia Gildow.
Delegates-elect are being holly I'M
portuned by prospective candidates.
Read the advertisement Of Mari &
Ross in this issue headed "Wanted.
The Republican primaries passed off
quietly, last Tuesday, in all the wards.
Messrs. Toklas & Kaufman will be-
gin their grand fall opening next Mon
day.
A first-viOlinist is needed for the
new orchestra to be formed in this
city.
The pioneer, Mr.. J. Longmirc OF
Medical Springs, was in the city this
week.
Eastsiders are rejoicing over their
first street railroad, but it is dirt
train.
The dirt train is running regularly
from the summit of Ayers Hill to the
bridge.
The Republican County Convention
meets tomorrow to nominate county
officers.
A respectable sized village is spring
ing up in the vicinity Of the Westside
sawmill.
Linemen are putting up the wire
for the Olympia Light and Power
Company.
Mr.. Ramm is covering the Sparks
lot, on Fourth street, with wooden
structures.
The east bulkhead OF Fourth street
bridge rs nearly filled with earth from
the dump cars.
Mr.. Hildebrandt is erecting frame
building on the corner of Third and
Franklin streets.
Fir bark is being brought in from
the neighboring logging camps and
sold at 81 per cord.
The T. j. Potte, is now making reg
ular trips from this port to Seattle.
She leaves at 2 Pm.
The steamer Nellie arrived last
evening, bringing large amount Of
freight for J. c. Horn.
The Westside road along the water
front is to be improved so as to make
it passable for winter.
Larry Cormier now presidcs behind
the counter OF the Byrne's grocery
store on Fourth street.
Construction trains are running
across Grand Mound Prairie as far as
the Black river junction.
1t is a matter of vital importance
that those who register their names
should preserve their certificates.
Mr.. Mari, the City Clerk, says he
cannot make duplicate certificates for
those who have lost their originals.
Miss Linnie Barnes has been en-
ployed to take charge of the inter-
mediate department of the Tumwater
school.
Twenty thousand is now the COM
monty estimated majority that Olym-
pia will have in the coming Capital
contest.
The races between the Potter and
the Multnomah, contendipg for the
same route and schedule, is about n ip-
and-tuck.
The breaking OF a water main while
the company was filling their cistern,
last Sunday, inundated portion of
Fourth street.
Rev. d. S. Banks, reports from San
Francisco that he cannot accept the
position as pastor of the Presbyterian
church in Olympia.
The piling for the trestle work of
the Northern Pacific railroad now
reaches from Percival's creek about
half way across the Bay.
Yom Kippur, or the day OF Atone
ment in the Jewish Calendar, begins
next Tuesday and continues till the
evening of the next day.
"The Parlor," is the name OF one OF
the neatest little places of resort just
opened by Mr.. r. Tozier, corner OF
Fourth and Washington streets.
The bulkheads OF Union street