, 1892-10-15

bel deaIerg are becoming plentifuI.

Inc OApOlIdtlOu OF oysters from Olym-
pla IS increasing.
The county clerk will move into his new
quarters next Monday.
Real estate dealers claim that business is
improving in their line.
Dealers in second stoves have engaged
extra help to polish their heaters.
The prohibition rally announced for Ia
coma hall tonight has been postponed until
Monday night.
David King was fined S1OO by Justice
Rathbun yesterday afternoon for Insulting
school girls. He went to Jail
John Miller Murphy has been given
three days IN which to remove the old county
building occupied by the auditor.
M. A. Root will make a republican speech
at Rainier tonight Prof. Royal is in Spo-
kane and cannot accompany him.
R S. Anderson, of the state auditors
office has purchased the residence of H.
r. Hedrick on Maple Park, for 81, 1900.
The Crescent Literary society of the o.
q. l. was permanently organized last night
and will hereafter be feature of the school.
The new brick store of Harris & Sons is
rapidly nearing completion. They expect
to take possession about the first of the
year.
variety of old furniture, consisting Of
desks and chairs, will shortly be put up at
public auction by the county commits
sioners.
An enthusiastic democratic heeler took a
political census Of the shOemakers and now
announces that democracy will be a sure
winner.
). z. Wiman has been appointed iapitOr
Of the county court house. He will take
the place made vacant by the death Of
Frank Smith.
The governor has suggested that the mer-
chants should close their stores next Fri
day afternoon, in honor Of the Columbus
day exercises.
The Miller-Bloomfeld-W Weir controversy
IN the supreme court is in the hands .oi
the court. Arguments were made yester,
day afternoon.
The iron door of the brick vault con
nected with the county clerks Office will be
used on one Of the vaults in the court
house basement.
Thirteen democrats attended the demo-
cratic meeting at Tenino last night. 1t is
claimed that Mr.. VOORHEES, forgot himself
and told the truth.
Gelger & Zabriskie announce that they
Will begin the work of dredging Olympia
harbor December 1st and will complete the
contract in so days.
Property owners and tenants on Main
and Fourth streets took advantage of the
clear weather today, and thoroughly
cleaned the streets.
The free train from Tenino tonight will
be met at the depot by the hambeau club
and the visitors escorted to the theater
with the band and the drum corps
- Susie, the ten-year-old daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. }. w. Lawton who died at her
nome on the Westside Thursday night,
was buried at O'Clock this afternoon
fThoro mil k, A.
Friendly society on Monday evening" at
the home of Mrs. R. G. O'Brien, to make
arrangements abouta a Halloween party.
On account of repairs the Multnomah
will not make her usual trip Sunday morn
ing. She will resume her regular trips on
Monday morning.
Ira s. Smith, of Monmouth, Oregon, for
merly member of the real estate firm OF
Jordan Il Smith, of this city, is here at
tending to business connected with realty
transfers.
I. q. Slater brought some sawmill ma.
chlnery down from TumWater on a scOW
last night, at high tide, and will load it
onto hatcar Of the Northern Pacific line,
for shipment to his mill near Elma.
Piling was being driven in the tide flats
on the south side of Fourth street, between
Columbia street and the draWbridge, this
morning, upon which ]. Stamphler will
erect warehouse 3Ox60 feet in size and one
story high.
County Attorney Aver will not move
into the Office provided for the benefit OF
the county attorney in the new court
house, owing to the near approach of the
end of his term.
The jury disagreed in the case of Cook &
Son vs.. Pat Dunning, tried before Justice
McReynOlds yesterday afternoon. Action
had been brought by Cook & Son to collect
bill for nursery trees
Small boys with hoops ranging from a
barrel hoop to a wagon tire, are plentiful
upon the principal streets, and there has
been corresponding increase in the de-
mand for life insurance policies.
A difference of opinion amounting to ex-
actly $50 exists between the city and county
as to the value of the court house base
ment. The county offered the west half
for $40 or two rooms in the northwest cor
ner for 500. The city wanted. the full suite
for $50.
Rev. N. P. Tedrick, Ph. D., Prof. NJ. G.
Royal, A. M. and Rev. S. A. Bright, d. d.
will each make short addresses at the
Good Tldlngs Day services at the Metho-
dist church tomorrow evening. Good
music will be feature of the occasion.
Rev. Samuel Moore, D. D., one of the
brilliant pulpit orators of the Methodist
church, will occupy the pulpit of that de-
nomination Sunday at II am. At the
conclusion of the sermon the Sacrament of
the Lords Supper will be administered.
The county commissioners have adopted
a resolution authorizing the county treas
urer to cancel all delinquent taxes and
sales to the county against all lands and
town lots and blocks for all years prior to
and including the years 1889, upon the pay
ment of all the original taxes and COSTS
with interest at the rate of 10 per cent from
the date of delinquency or date of sale, as
the case may be.
Chehalis county was represented before
the state board of equalization today.
That county has valuation of SO, 800 600
and asks for 20 per cent. reduction The
board will be in session all afternoon and
perhaps part of the night before final
conclusions can be reached on all values
submitted.
William Ragless, of Tenino, purchased
the brick in the auditors vault for S25. He
will realize about 10000 brick out of the
structure at cost Of So for removing the
same. This morning he was removing his
purchase. He will use 1000 brick and start
a brick yard with the remaining 1900.
Miss Lillian Meays, of Olympia, who has
charge of the school in district No. 35, near
TeninO, reports for the month ending Oc-
tOber IA, number enrolled, 10; average
number belonging, Is; number of days
present, 33oi number OF days absent, II; =;
number Of times tardy, 3; per cent. of at
tendance, .95; neither absent nor tardy,
COrdelia Wilhite, Florence Shelton, Ada
White, Gladys McGonigle, Frank Man
vile, Robert Shelton.
Nomination certificates to the number of
2,3l2 for state Offices and 100 for judges and
joint senators were mailed to county aud
itOrs today from the Office of the secretary
of state. Each package was registered. A
certificate as large as a sheet of legal cap
paper was made out for each individual
candidate and signed by the secretary of
state The entire force of the Office has
been busy four days on the certificates.
The holes in the ballot boxes used in the
last election are so narrow that it is feared
the big ballots cannot be placed therein
without removing the lid Chairman
Brewer. of the commissioners, when asked
about the matter said: "Oh, I suppose if