Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1890-07-18

Fourth street, began Thursday tc
crawl towards the doomed district on
Fifth street, near Odd Fellows Temple
The work of grading the Northern
Pacific track on Percival creek, began
this week. The work OF slashing on
that division has been in progress for
some time past and is now completed.
Several generous, well-to-do parties
of Olympia, are about to establish
scholarships for deserving young per
sons of both sexes who wish to attend
Calethea College. This is as it should
be.
Mr.. J. NJ. Rice, fresco painter, has
just arrived from Kansas, and pro,
poses to locate in this city. His
services will be needed on the many
fine buildings going up in all parts of
town.
The incandescent light promises to
be exceedingly popular. Mr.. Chambers
informs us that the orders already
taken for wiring houses, is up to the
capacity of the dynamo, and he will
purchase another of equal capacity.
The steamer Zephyr, at one time Il
favorite, passenger boat, but now
shorne of her honors and engaged in
the most mental of service-such as
towing logs and carrying all sorts Of
burthens-was in our harbor this week.
The old McKenny buildings, which
have stood quarter of a century on
the corner of Fourth and Main streets,
have been removed to the foot of
Main street, giving that district still
more decided Barbary coast" appear
ance.
On Thursday night of last week,
Capital Lodge No. Is, X. P. installed
the following officers: E. O. Free,
G. c.; N. S. Porter, V. c.; J. C. Rath-
bun, P; P. NJ. Troy, K. of r. and S.;
Cusack, NJ. at A.; E. Newsona, I. e.;
l.. E. Follansbee, o. G.
Mr.. A. Novey, Of Lewis county, the
Russian exile and count, whose mis-
fortunes and final success in obtaining
a portion of his property in that des-
potic country, were the theme of much
comment a few years ago, visited
Olympia this week to renew old &C
quaintance.
The Westside mill, under the man.
agement of its owner, Mr.. F. r. Brown,
has begun saving, but there has been
some delay in getting the finishing
machinery placed, on account of the
scarcity of help. Several good mill
wrights can find immediate employ
ment there.
Piles tor the Port Townsend South
ern Railroad track are being driven
along the water front of Westside.
They will be used for mile or more
when the route passes to the land
and will be built on the beach with
cribbing and fill. The road bed will
be fifteen feet wide.
Three very small Italian beggar girls
have been perambulating the streets
the past few days, with an accordian,
on which they play sort of an &C.
COMPARTMENT to their singing. The
tender sympathies of our people, UNI
used to such sights, are easily aroused
and the little people reap a q rich har-
vest of nickles.
There is q reasonable doubt whether
anybody has right under the law, to
move wooden buildings from one part
Of the fire limits to another. If pro-
lection is afforded by ordinance, it is
to property owners individually as
we'll as collectively, and it is imanifestly
unjust to allow one part of district
to make dumping-ground of another
portion.
Miss Stella l., daughter of our towns
mar, Hon. A.P. Fitch, arrived last
evening from Pomona, CAL. where she
has been engaged the past year as
professor of music in Pomona College.
Miss F. came to the coast from Glen
coe, Mimi, where she had likewise oc-
cupied a front rank in her chosen pro-
lesson. She will remain with us, and
doubtless her presence will add luster
to the social armament.
The new -four mill at Tumwaten
owned by the Olympia Light and
Power Co., is to have five flour rollers,
one graham roller, one barley roller
and a co5aPeal outfit. 1t will begin
with the manufacture of 125 barrels
of flour, y Of graham and sc tons of
feed daily, Which output will be in
creased as circumstances warrant, the
of the machinery being much
in excess of those amounts.
A Portland real estate firm writes q
letter to Thurston county official re-
questing him to send them certain
requiring the transcribing
of several hundred names, besides
good deal of promiscuous writing.
They inclose one of their firm enyel-
opes without a stamp, and to pay the
official for his labor they promise to
send him, O my! "a beautiful litho-
graphic picture of Portland" -
Manager Edwin r. Lang, of the,
Capital Theater, will be rendered
benefit by his friends at Columbia
Hall, next Monday evening, at which
all the members of his company will
appear. Mr.. L. is deserving of some
recognition for his successful endeav-
ors to relieve the vaudeville stage of
many Of its objections. He is max
ing an effort to establish business of
his own and become permanent
resident of the city. >1,t --
Mr.. B. NJ. Price succeeds Mr.. Rath-