Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1890-12-19
MERE MENTION.
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"On with the dance
Little Lord FaunilerOy.
Hang up the baby's stocking.
Luna is in her first quarter to-day.
The season for high tides has come.
This is the week for Chinook winter.
Only A calendar week before Christ
mas.
Assessor Samuel James was in the
city this week.
Old mother earth is nearing her
perihelion point.
OLYMPIA has an even half dozen
iewelry stores.
Long, long stockings, are chiefly
called for now.
A white, or black Christmas; that
is the question.
The country people are complaining
of Olympia mud.
Mr.. James Pratt is quite i'll at St.
Peters Hospital.
Beautiful spring weather." is a
common remark.
Ducks have pre-empted the waters
of the upper Sound.
Legislators are securing by proxy
their winter quarters.
Mr.. Nathan Pattison is confined at
his home by sickness.
Third street is decidedly one of the
high streets OF Olympia.
Keen your doors and windows Sc
curely fastened at night.
Miss Jennie Corliss, of South Bay,
was in town on Tuesday.
Mr.. Edward Callow, of Kamilchie,
was in the city yesterday.
The water service again proved its
efficiency at the late fire.
Mr.. J. H. Wilson is building a resi-.
dence ON East Fourth street.
Happy is he who can begin the new
| year with clear conscience.
Mr.. Arthur Ellis is rapidly gaining
his accustomed state of health.
Twelve days remain to retrieve the
errors OF the past twelve months.
Mr.. George Chambers, of Yelm,
visited the capital city this week.
Remember the grand opening of
the new Opera House next Friday.
About dozen neat residence build
ings are going up on the Eastside.
The electric power house at Tum-
water is rapidly nearing completion.
Little Lord Fauntleroy is the Prince
Charming to all OUR village maidens-
The Bowers dredger works night
and day and minds its own business.
Nimrods and fishermen are prepar-
ing for a grand tournament, next
week.
Quite a true semblance of April
weather has prevailed during the pres
ent week.
A car load of turkeys are being
fattened in the vicinity Of the slaugh-
ter house.
Westside citizens want an electric
light to be erected at the west end of
Long Bridge ~
The Northern Pacific railroad con-
tractors have broken ground on
Seventh street.
Remember the sale of seats for the
opening night at Olympia Theatel
Tuesday night. 10
Laborers are engaged in clearing
the hill in the rear of Captain Perc.
walls residence.
Work on the Third ward school
building is progressing as fast as the
weather will permit.
Fancy goods vendors are striv
ing hard to excel each other in theil
show-window displays.
Coal has been discovered at the
depth of LOS feet, in digging a we'll in
Fourth street addition.
There seems to be slight disunior
in the Union Pacific. The dcnone.
ment will come by and by.
The Northern Pacific contractor.
are building their trestle work across
the track OF the Union Pacific.
About every school house in the
country will be the scene of merry
festivities during the holidays.
The Germania Verein will give 8
Stiftungs Ball in Columbia Hall or
Monday evening, the Goth inst.
The coal cart wends its way through
the streets in striking contrast to the
ice wagon of the heated season.
For a hungry man, it is the mex,
thing to q feast to look into the
various markets about this time.
Full moon occurs almost exactly al
noon on Christmas day, this year, q
rare phenomenon in almanac lore.
A large number Of men having been
discharged by the Union Pacific and
contractors are focking to Olympia.
The Eastside women are utilizing
high rubber boots while the men are
utilizing high flown, emphatic exple
tives. - ---s7.
Day after tomorrow will be the
shortest day of the year and women
with glib tongues should make note
of the fact.
Mr.. Harry A. Clarke, of Spokane
Falls. has been quite i'll the past few
weeks, has recovered and returned
to his home.
Olympia market men contemplate
supplying their holiday customers