Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1890-04-25

me Board of Trade have called
citizens meeting, at Columbia Hall.
thls evening, to receive and consider
reports OF the several railroad subsidy
committees.
Hugh kepler fell iuto the bay last
Monday, and was rescued by Mr..
Dascomb. This is the second life
saved by Mr.. d., in a similar manner.
IN the past few years.
The Caroline Gage Comedy Co.,
which made such favorable impres.
SION in late appearance in this city,
Will begin weeks engagement at Co
lumbia Hall, May 18th.
The site selected for the passenger
depot of the Union Pacific Railroad is
Just west Of the gas works, and for
the freight depot, tract fronting the
Blgelow property, on Eastside.
Every available barn and COM
modious woodshed in the residence
portions of the city are being remod-
eled into dwelling houses, to shelter
incoming families from all directions.
The Eastside has had large acces-
SION to Its population during the last
few days. Several families have ar
rived from abroad, and now there is
not an empty house in that portion Of
our city.
Prof. L. E. Folladsbee and Miss Amy
Case, both experienced teachers, have
been appointed to serve under the new
school law as members of the Board OF
Examiners for ThurstOn county, dur
ing the ensuing year.
Mr.. James Mix, of Mud Bay, left this
week with his wife for California.
The object of the journey is to seek
such climatic change as will be favor
able for Mrs. Mix whose health has
been very poor for several years past.
Mr.. Charles Walbert, who has been
working for Mr.. Ed. Callow in his log
ging camp near Kamilchie, last Mon
day had his leg broken by a rolling
log and was brought up the next day
to st. Peters Hospital for treatment.
Solemn-faced Indian women are
threading the streets of Olympia bare
footed, just in the days of yore, before
we all became millionaires. The
boom is nothing to them so long as
they can monopolize the olaHy in
dustry.
Mr.. Jos. Kenlet got out the keel
for Capt. Hatch new boat which is
being built at Tacoma. The stick
measured 146 feet in length and was
q inches in diameter at the small
end. This will be the length Of the
new boat.
"The Hoosier Schoolmaster," pre-
sented by the students and teachers of
Olympia Collegiate Institute, at Co
lumbia Hall, Friday night, was very
clever rendition for amateurs, and the
audience testified their appreciation
be frequent applause.
Mr.. ID. w. Schmoldt, with Sanborn-
Perris Map Co., has been in the city
the past few days making a map OF
the principal streets and buildings and
those in process of construction. This
map is to be printed in New York for
the special use of insurance companies.
Mr.. Edward L. Snockels died at st.
Peters Hospital, Tuesday evening,
after short illness. He was born in
Grant county, Wisconsin, and was 81
years of age. He leaves a wife, and
other near relatives in this county to
mourn his loss. The funeral took
place on Thursday.
Carpenters are in demand, and dur
ing the summer many more will be
required for the Improvements al
ready contemplated, to say nothing of
others that will spring up under the
new order of things. Knights of the
hammer and saw can come to Olym-
pia with every assurance of profitable
employment.
That Olympia leads is amply demon
strated by orders received by Messrs.
Toklas & kaufman from every point
of the compass. This week an order
was received from Seattle, by a Gus
toner who had inspected their sock
and compared their goods and prices
with those of the leading firms OF the
Queen City.
Messrs. Toklas & kaufman have
put in a stand of new shelves in the
northwest corner of their immense
salcsroom, to accommodate their rapid
ly increasing business. These will be
devoted to their extensive line of
ladies' and misses shoes, of which
they possess a specially both in va
riety and quality.
The next teachers examination,
which begins on the second Thursday
in May, will be conducted strictly in
accordance with the provisions OF the
new school law. The session will last
three days, and candidates for first
grade certificates will be required to
pass in the additional branches of ma
tural philosophy, English literature
and Algebra.
An exhibition of the merits of the
wire gauze oven door on the Charter
Oak stove took place at the Olympia
Hardware Co.'s store, to-day. The re-
suits are marvellous. Meat baked in
it is rich in juices, and does not shrink
in size or weight. The bread baked is
light and porous, and the loaves are
increased in size by the process. Call
at the Olympia Hardware Company's
store, and investigate for yourself.
1t never rains but it pours." A
company of prospectors who went out
into the Black Hills a few weeks ago,
report the discovery of a ledge that
seems to be rich in the precious met
ais. An assay is waited with impa-
thence. The prOspectOrs are reticent
in regard to their find, but from words
that have been dropped it is presumed
to be within a short distance of the
Olympia & Chehalis Valley Railroad.
Last Monday, Mr.. Barnes bonded
his residence block, on Fourth street,
for twenty days, to parties in the East,
at $25, 600, very reasonable amount,
when the prospects of that excellent
business thoroughfare are considered.
Mr.. B. will not give possession till
August, and in the meantime renovate
his dwelling-hOuse at the head of Main
street for occupancy till next year,
when it will be removed to the Nc
Causland lots adjoining, lately bought
by him, and an elegant residence be
built upon its present site.