Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1890-10-10

- iNc tIiat Oh COW talI-uOWn
wards.
Word comes that Miss Rena Cava
naush is duly established in Wellesley
Mass, Woman's College and, like al
Olympia candidates, proves first-clas.
student.
Another down-Easter inquiries about
good business openings in the capital
city. There is still wide field here
for real estate offices and few more
daily newspapers.
The Airey shoe shop building has
been moved to the northeast corner OF
the lot on which it stood to make
room for the new brick building about
to be erected upon its old site.
Col. Winston addressed Republi-
can meeting at Columbia Hall last
evening. The usual stock-in-trade
and shopworn arguments were dis
played but without any takers.
As the years go by, good fir bark,
taken from live trees is becoming
more and more an article hard to get
for general Use in town. 1t now COM
mands il higher price than coal.
A pioneer resident OF that city says
it is a foregone conclusion that Tum-
water is to become part and parcel Of
Olympia. Electrical connection and
the street railway will finish the job.
Our townsman, Mr.. J. A. Silsby was,
yesterday, united in marriage at Ia
coma, to Miss Jane Burnett, the pas
tor of the NJ. +. Church officiating
The STANDARD extends its congrat-
ulations.
The old fashioned street COW has be-
come disguised at the metropolitan
Improvements now going on in Olym-
pia and, shaking the dust from her
hoofs, has found more inviting retreats
among the neighboring hills.
Sheriff Billings, last evening, in re-
spouse to telephone message, went
to Tun,water and arrested three
toughs who had undertaken the task
of running the town. They were
brought to this city and lodged in the
county Jail.
A marriageable young lady wants
to know what is the matter with the
matrimonial market of Olympia. She
says it don't pan out worth 4 cent.
Nothing is the matter but herself, and
she can start boom any time she
chooses so to do.
Ayers Hill, as an impeachment to
loaded vehicles is practically thing
of the past. 1t is now simply a long
inclined plane, and when covered
with a coat of gravel from: base to
summit will be an easy driveway for
pleasure or business.
Unitarian services, at Tacoma Hall,
corner Columbia and Fourth streets,
Sunday, IL A. NJ. and 7 80 p. NJ. Ma
poleon Hoagland, minister. Morning
subject, "Womsn's Origin and Rank"
Evening discourse, Thirty Years of
Darwin" Sunday School after the
morning services.
Mr.. Sturgiss, of San Francisco, is
looking for the location of a wooden
factory on Puget Sound. and seems
very favorably impressed with Tum.
water for alocation. He asks some
aid from the people, and doubtless a
proposition will be placed before our
local Board of Trade.
The extensive water plant of Olym-
pia is rapidly nearing completion in
all its details. The managers have
spent large amount of money among
the laboring classes in the past few
months and when their works are
finished they will deserve a liberal
patronage. The flume that conveys
the water to the pumps intersects
Moxley creek about one mile south OF
Union street.
Patrick Conner was shot and seri-
ously wounded about IL o'clock; Satur-
day night, by Maud Arbuckle, a
colored woman keeping house of i'll
fame, at the foot of Main street. Con-
ner is young man about 20 years
Of age and Q laborer in one of the
railroad construction companies. He
is we'll cared for at the Sisters Hos
pital, and will probably recover. The
woman is in Jail awaiting trial.
Miss Laura Crews, Americas favorite
child artistic will appear at Olympia
Theater, December 4th, in the beauti.
full romantic comedy drama entitled
"Spray," with magnificent scenic eff
fects and original music. This talent
ed company begin an engagement at
the Baldwin Theater, San Francisco,
on the 9th inst, and in the tour
mentioned will play only in places
which give assurance OF patronage
worthy of their merits.
By actual count 80 eggs now sell
for silver dollar at the Olympia
markets and grocery stores, and yet
small farmers with everything at their
command will persist in saying that
there is no profit in the reproducing
business. John Cinnamon has not
yet gone into the egg trade but if he
should unite this branch of business
with the raising of vegetables, he will
show the Mclean man that he can
run a poultry ranch on rented ground
and sell eggs the year round for 10
cents per dozen and make money to
send back to China.
A Terrible Tragedy.
A horrible attempt at murder and
the subsequent suicide of the principal