Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-11-24

uc TWO Masonic lodges pI llllc CITY,
after mature delibcration have de-
cidcd not TO unite under one charter.
The Populists, no matter what may
lie their methods, have selected the
most popular plank ever sawed, in
adopting rctrenchment, at the present
time.
+. c. Bickford will soon move his
large stock of goods from Tacoma
Hall to the building formerly occupied
by the Cdpital newspaper, on the OPP
posite corner.
1t is now just ten days till our
municipal election is held, and is ap-
parent that the parties which intend
to put tickets in the field must get a
sudden move on.
Citizen Lane declares that he will
have sweet revenge upon the Populist
chairman, for sitting down upon him
50 severely, Saturday night, and he
will have it at the polls.
a series OF meetings have been held
the past week by the United Presby-
terians in their room in Hale block,
Fourth street. They will be conduct
ed all next week, at Z. NJ.
Councilman Giles won the prize at
the carpet-rag sociable few evenings
ago, at an entertainment given by the
Westside chapel. The BOBBY prize
went to Miss Lizzie Savidge.
The Olympia memorial entertain
ment, under the management of the
Sons of Veterans, has been postponed
to Dec. It'll. The entertainment will
be by local talent and in the theater.
The substitution of q man for Miss
Yeomans, in the Postal Telegraph
office in this city, is to economic ex-
penses, and unite duties with those of
operator too arduous for woman to
perform.
The steamer Multnomah is under
going general overhauling at Seattle,
and will not resume her trips for
fortnight or more. In the meantime
the Aberdeen will 60 on the larger
boats schedule.
A large number of settlers on
fractional township on the ocean
beach near Quinault reservation, were
at the Land Office promptly at 9
o'clock this morning to make entry
Of their holdings.
A number of Odd Fellows will 60 to
Kamilchie, by special steamer to-mor-
row Saturday afternoon, to exemplify
the secret work to the new lodge late
ly established there. They will re-
turn Sunday morning.
The management of Olympia Thea
ter has declined dates for Alvin Joslyn
and Mdlle. Madeline Merli, this
month, in consequence of the inability
OF our community at present to pat
ronize more than one show a fort
night.
w. o. Bush, the Thurston county
exhibitor at the Worlds Fair whose
efforts did so much to redeem the
general inefficiency of the State Com
mission, has returned and came to
town Wednesday to see his many
friends.
Mrs. DR.. Wilder has succeeded in
arousing considerable interest in
Spiritualism, by series of lectures in
Liberal hall, the past week. She is a
ready talker and her audiences have
tested the capacity of the hall each
evening.
The Mother General of the Sisters
of Charity of the House of Providence
is visiting the members of her order
in this city. She lives in Montreal,
Canada. and makes annual tours to
the converts under her immediate
jurisdiction.
Judges Gordon and Pritchard OF
Olympia and Tacoma, respectively,
have snapped places this week, and
while the former dispenses justice in
the City of Destiny, the latter has
charge of the thunderbolts in the
City of the Gods.
The STANDARD was thirty-three
years old last Friday, and like people
who have passed a certain age, the
date flew by without recognition.
Time was when we INDUCED in a half
column cackle upon each annual re-
currence of the 18th of November.
The Rhodendron Dancing Club is
the name of a new organization per.
fected by some of our young men, a
few days ago. Chas. E. Leighton is
its President and w. r. Hull is Sec
rotary and Treasurer. They will hold
their first dance Saturday night in
the parlors of the Unity church.
John Strange, a paper manufacturer,
of Menasha, Wisconsin, is on q visit to
his brother.in-law, T. L. Brown, OF
this city. 1t is barely possible that
Mr.. s. may transfer his interests in
that business, in part at least, to this
State, and if he does, the power at
Tumwater will receive careful con-
sideration as an adjunct of the BUSH
ness.
Mrs. George w. Husk, who lives on
Pear street, Eastside, met with a pain
full accident Monday. 1t seems that
her COW, which was tethered out to
feed, had became entangled in the
rope, and Mrs. H., in an effort to re-
lease her, got her hand jammed
against a snap at the end of a line,
which cut one of her fingers quite
badly.
A desk used by Gov. Stevens, the