Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-10-06


ECLIPSE OF THE SUN.-An annular
eclipse of the sun will occur mex
Monday, visible as a partial obscura
ton to the western halves of NORTH
and South America. The path O
annulus will be in the Pacific Ocean
and run through Lima, Peru. The
beginning of the eclipse here will be
at 10: IA A. NJ. and its close at II :2t
p. NJ.
UNITED IN MARRIAGE. - James
Kelly, a weil-to-do rancher in this
county, was married to Miss Alice
Stapleton, yesterday, by Justice Rath
bun. Both parties have many friends
to wish them happy trip on theil
voyage through life. They are now
on tour to the Webfoot State. The
compliments of the happy couple, &C
companied by feast of good things
are duly acknowledged.
FUNERAL OF NATHAN PATTIsoN.-
The funeral of Nathan Pattison, Sun.
day, was largely attended, the inter
ment being under the auspices of the
Odd Fellows and Good Templars
Short services were held at the family
residence on Eastside and at the
grave, by the former organization
Many people from the surrounding
country were present u do honor t.
the memory of an old pioneer.
USE THE PROPER WoRD.-The OHM.
pian-Tribune falls into the error OIL
many tenderfeet" in using the word
down." when it alludes to matters
up the Sound. 1t refers, for instance
in its voluble personal columns, to
John Jones. having" come down from
Seattle" Now as long as Olympia re-
mains at the head of Puget Sound
and water continues to How down
hill, we shall protest against standing
this wonder OF grand harbors literally
on its head. Say" cup" by all means
brother scribe, or we will Danish yor
to Tacoma!
The MANvILLE BoND.-The sure
ties OH Manville's bail-bond will be
cited to appear before the Clerk of the
Superior Court Monday, to testify az
to their qualifications as bondsmen
Their names and amounts they profess
to be worth are as follows: Ira Man.
vile, $1,000; E. F. Turpin, $1,000
Ben Vincent, 5000; John P. Hays
and wife. $4,000; Ignatius Colvin
5000; ]. d. Spirlock, $1,000. The
Clerk has a difficult duty before him
if the prosecution is as exacting al
the attorneys for the city, when half 6
dozen Of our largest taxpayers were re
jected on a bond of $4,000 signed by
Gen. McKenny, F. r. Brown and C
s. Eaton AZ principals. The Manville
bond is for three times that sum, and
without any recourse on the principal
FRIENDS" AT OLYMPIA THEATER.-
After an interregnum of nearly three
months, Olympia Theater will open to
Friends" one of the purest and
truest representations of American
life that has ever appeared on the
stage. In this respect it rivals Gala.
bama," in action and Hazel Kirke'
in absorbing interest. 1t is hoped
that a reasonable patronage will be
accorded this really meritorious play
which will be presented by an excellent
company, headed by Edwin Milton
Royle. The demand has been for
some amusement of this nature, and
the management has secured this at.
traction more to test the sincerity oil
that oft-repeated wish, than anything
else. If the patronage is adequate
other companies will appear and
Olympia will receive her share of the
worlds attractions in the dramatic
line; if they are not wanted, proba.
bly, no better means of expressing il
could be adopted than by making
this effort to institute a winter season
OF first-class attractions a failure. We
believe that the theater-goers OF Olym.
pia have too firm a love for artistic
NioHta, bhoh w ACuuCI Ltll5 NcIulCt
The date of appearance of Friends" il
Wednesday, the 18th inst.
NEED OF ADAPTATION. - 1t would
have seemed the part of good judg.
mont, in adopting plans for ornamen'
tation of the plaza, that utility should
have received some consideration. The
presence of band.stand necessarily
implies its use for outdoor concerts
and this at once suggests the neces.
sity of accommodations for the
audiences who assemble to hear them
In fact it is no assumption, for the
weekly concerts by our two excellent
bands have attracted large crowds oil
people whenever they have appeared on
the plaza, and the only and oft-re
peated regret has been that some pro.
vision had not been made for seating
the auditors. Now plan, heretofore
feasible, is rendered impossible by the
costly expenditures for a nondescripl
creation of an impractical English
gardener, who knows about as much
about what is required as a Digger In.
dian. With the band-stand and
music, should nave been associated
shade-trees and rustic seats, with
occasional small patches of ground
devoted to flowers and shrubbery
This would have cost but little in