Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1890-03-21
MERE MENTION.


Now moon, yesterday.
Olympia, the beautiful.
One week more to pay taxes.
Columbia street is being graded.
One week more Of the Legislature.
Build dwellings and make money.
Read the new ads. ir the STANDARD.
Mr.. Ed. Hardness is reported quit,
ill.
Olympia's population is rapidly in
creasing.
The Legislature is on the HON,
stretch"
Tumwater is all aglow with prosper
Gus enterprise.
A number of children are afflicted
with the measles. 4.
Olympia is fast becoming a city O
wharves and bridges.
An advertising drop curtain is to be
placed in Columbia Hall.
Work on the new theater will be
gin sometime next month.
There remains but one calendar
week OF the Legislative session.
Mr.. J. c. Horn has just returned
from visit to San Francisco.
Rev. Mr.. Smith, of Seattle, preached
in Tacoma Hall last Sunday evening.
AL. J. Munson and wife, of Shelton
are on a visit to relatives in this city.
Mr.. L. G. Abbott now has charge Of
Tacoma Library and its reading-room
The additional electric lights at the
draw and near the hospital have been
put in.
The Olympia sawmill is fast extend
ing its land area by piling and filling
with slabs.
Mrs. A. J. Burr, OF Seattle, was visit
ing relatives and friends in this city,
this week.
The weather, during the present
week has been a fair admixture of the
lion and lamb.
The break in the machinery at
Sternberg's shop has been repaired
and work resumed.
Mr.. E. L. Van Pelt and Miss Isabella
Hall were united in marriage few
days ago, in this city.
Rev. Mr.. Mooney lectured at Co
lumbia Hall, Wednesday evening, on
Gladstone and Ireland.
County school boards, generally,
arc casting about for the teachers OF
their summer school.
The Capital city is filling up with
strangers, who generally come from
the Eastern States to locate.
Mr.. John G. Wooley, the temper
ance evangelist, lectured in Columbia
Hall Monday and Tuesday evenings.
Mr.. A. B. Rabbeson sold this week
two acres on Westside for $1,000. Mr..
Conrad Schneider was the purchaser.
Family friends of members OF the
Legislature are arriving from distant
points to accompany the Solons to their
homes.
The Young Mems Christian Associa-
ton will meet in the NJ. E. Church,
Sunday afternoon, at half-past three
O'Clock.
The many friends of Mr.. John
Meacham will be pleased to learn that
he is recovering from his late severe
illness
Col. T. v. Eddy, who has been un.
well and under treatment at st. Peters
Hospital the past few days, is in a
fair way Of recovery.
Rev. w. F. Coween, Christian evan.
gelist for the Northwest, will preach
in the Baptist church. next Sunday
morning and evening.
Capt. Messegee, the Street Com
missioner, is preparing his plans for
active street work at the earliest time
the season will permit.
Mr.. Charles Hoyt, of Tumwater, has
sold out his interests in that city, and
is now getting in readiness to open up
business at Puget City.
Mr.. H. Quigley, Assistant Engross-
ing Clerk of the House, died, a few
days ago, at st. Peters Hospital, OF
congestion of the brain.
New dwelling houses are going up
all over the city. This shows that the
citizens are in earnest in promoting
the prosperity Of Olympia.
Two pulpits in Olympia. the Pres
byterian and Baptist, are now virtually
without officiating pastors. Two
openings are thus waiting for talented
men.
Justice Austin united in the bonds
of matrimony, on Monday last, Geo.
W. Croll and Emma Hopkins. The
happy couple live in the Black river
neighborhood.
A pleasant party was given by Mrs.
Belle Oppenheimer to her friends, last
Wednesday evening. Cards, dancing
and angling" were among the pas
times of the hour.
Aproject has been set on foot by
some Of our citizens for an excursion
to Seattle in compliment to the Legis-
lature. 1t will take place on Satur-
day, the Goth inst.
The South Olympia shingle mill,
the Westside sawmill and the Central
Olympia sawmill, are all running on
full time to supply the building in
dustry Of our thriving city.
A young lady has lot in Ofutt's
Addition, cleared and level, 100 by