Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1890-04-11
MERE MENTION.

May day is coming.
Snow and sunshine.
April showers are prevailing.
More snow on the Black Hills
Olympia's 4 is in the ascendant.
Will Olympia celebrate the coming
Fourth -?
The steamer Hayward was in port
Tuesday.
Peach trees are displaying their
blossoms.
Work has been resumed on the Sec
ond Street Dock.
Mr.. B. S. Barger, of Shelton, was
in town, this week.
Monday was a day of rain, hail,
snow and sunshine.
A dance was given at Tacoma Hall
Wednesday evening.
George Gelbach, of Tumwater, is
building new house.
Rev. r. Thompson, of Vancouver,
was in Olympia, this week.
Salmon trout are nimbly sporting in
the waters of the upper bay.
Farmers report that all sorts of
crops will be good this year.
To lay off TOWNSHIP is now the
ambition of the typical old settler.
VIM. Foreman, laborer, died in this
city Monday, at the age OF 65 years.
Born in this city to the wife of Mr..
c. G. Williamson son, on Tuesday.
Which side will the Union Pacific
adopt? is the leading question of the
day.
Hotel registers are we'll filled with
the names of travellers coming and
going.
Mr.. J. H. Crawford, a new conner,
has opened law Office on Fourth.
street.
Mr.. George Ellis has on exhibition
some excellent imported Clydesdale
horses.
The return stroke Of la grippe is
manifesting itself among some of our
citizens.
The public schools of this city, after
weeks vacation, resumed work last
Monday.
McGinty Williams, the bill poster,
left to-day for down Sound points on
business.
The pile-driver of Mr.. C. Granger
is busily engaged on the new Perez
val wharf.
Twenty-four thousand dollars repre-
sents the sales OF one real estate Office
yesterday.
Mr.. Charles E. Orange, of this city,
made q business trip to Montesano,
this week.
Messrs. d. H. Mullan and J. E. CAL
der Of Montesano, were in the Capital
city, this week.
The excavation for the new build
ing ON the corner of Main and Sixth
streets is completed.
Olympia now has four brick yards
they bound the city on the north,
south, east and west.
Conger and Chilberg sold yesterday,
30 acres ON Ea stside, near Gull Har-
Dor, Tor $220 per acre.
The steamers Multnomah, Hassalo
and Fleetwood. bring scores Of passen-
gers to Olympia daily.
Z Repairs have been completed at Ne
Central Olympia sawmill and regular
work has been resumed.
The Wastside sawMill, it is said, il
70 be enlarged to the capacity of co.
600 feet Of lumber per day.
For nicely furnished rooms by the
day, week, or month, call ON Sixth
street, third door from Main.
Eggs have steadily settled down to
twenty-five cents per dozen, a fail
price for dealers and consumers.
Spokane and Tacoma real estate
men have been buying acre property
al around Olympia the past week.
The students of Collegiate Institute
are rehearsing for an entertainment
soon to be given at Columbia Hall.
Westsiders complain Of the almost
impossible condition of the road lead.
ing from Long Bridge to the sawmill.
The Salvation Army have not been
holding meetings this week on &C
count Of the moving OF their barracks.
O0A1CI8A MCA1SkOU 8uu WIG, VIII
have been spending the Winter in San
Francisco, returned home q few days
ago.
Messrs. Thompson and Drum OF Ia
coma, this week, bought the Galliher
and Hanna tract of 100 acres, for &c.,
600.
Gov. Ferry and T. H. Cavanaugh
have bought jointly ten-acre tract
Of land on Eastside, at cost of 81, 600
cash.
Messrs. Jas. Pratt, III. Hadlan and
P. Dolan are fixing up their places OF
business in fine style for the summer
trade.
The club-rooms that were used by
the members Of the Legislature, on
Fourth street, are being fixed up for a
saloon,
Mr.. Ed. Hardness left Wednesday
ior San Francisco for the benefit OF
his health. He will be absent about a
month.
A layer of snow greeted the sight of