Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1890-11-28
MERE MENTION.


day in advent.
Fall blowing is the dominant indus
try in the country.
Logging camps, generally, suspended
work for Thanksgiving.
DO we sleep, or are we awake -? Is
it spring or is it autumn?
The friend who writes holiday poems
has not made his appearance.
Miss Hattie Callow lett, yesterday,
for a short visit to kamilchie.
The Owl Club give social dance at
Columbia Hall, this evening.
The Capital Thcater will reopen
next Monday under new management.
The new Opera House is to have a
little angel TO preside over its destin-
les.
Thanksgiving services were duly
held in the various churches, ycster-
day.
1t comes from good authority that
trailing dresses are coming into fashion
again.
Farmers are finding ready market
for their baled hay at the railroad
camps.
Thanksgiving dinners caused many
old non-residents to visit their former
homes.
Fourth street is now virtually
widened from Chestnut to Jefferson
street.
Mr.. and Mrs. n. S. Porter, of this
city, are on visit to friends in Ia
coma.
Wild game in plentiful quantities is
being brought in by white men and
Indians.
The moon was full, last night, and
is now doing her best to pale the cleo
trio lights.
L. Bettman is making arrangements
to fill his water lots in the rear OF his
residence.
Shop windows, just about this time
are places Of sweet sojourn for small
children.
The subscription price OF the STAND
ADD has been reduced to 50 per year
in advance.
The City Treasurer is calling for the
payment of assessments on Fourth
street grade.
Strangers just arrived from ice-in
vested climates are asking when the
snow is coming.
Beautiful flowers in great variety
can be gathered from the gardens Of
the Capital city.
Miss Annie Parsons closed success.
full term of school in the Collins dis
trict, this week.
The almanac is not far out OF the
way when it predicts "Indian sum
mer" for this week.
Standard time can be found in
Olympia by adding eleven minutes t(
the local mean time.
1t is thought that another room ii
the opera house will be ready for Gale
thea College, next week.
Mr.. w. w. Work and his men arr
putting the finishing streaks on thu
front of the Opera House.
The present hitch in the weather il
very favorable to farmers who are de
layed in their fall work.
Services will be held at the Presby
terrain church next Sunday by the new
pastor, Rev. T. J. Lamont.
Farmers say that the acreage TO
grain in Thurston county during thu
coming season will be large.
A gallery has been erected in thu
Methodist church which materially
enlarges its seating capacity.
At its present rate of increase, Olym
pia cannot have less than 10000 in
habitants when spring opens.
The students OF Calethea COLLEGE
have been doing term examination
work during the present week.
There are more real estate Offices il
Olympia than all the dry goods store'
and groceries counted together.
Mr.. Craig's new building on thu
north side of the the bridge begins te
assume magnificent proportions.
Henry M. Murphy, foreman OF thu
Standard. is confined to his bed with
severe attack of malarial fever.
The Olympia, Westside and Tum
water sawmills continue to be stocked
for a long time ahead for lumber or
ders.
Good progress is made in the work
of filling Third street. Adams stree
also, is to be filled from Fourth tt
Third.
The STANDARD reporter, says it il
meet to give thanks about this time
but then he means turkey meat all tn,
same.
Mrs. Ella Irving returned home from
Ellensburg on Saturday last, afte
rather long visit among relatives ant
friends.
A Christmas goose we'll dressed an(
stuffed is always becoming to al
editors table, and it should soon b'
coming.
Send somebody years subscription
voucher for the WASHINGTON STANDARD
and you will have done good Thanks
giving deed.
Boarding students whose homes arr
within visiting distance of Olympus
have gone to spend Thanksgiving will
their parents.
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