Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-07-07
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF


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Several private picnics took place
,a>; Tuesday.
Mrs.. o. {. Lacey is recovering from
her recent Illness.
Harry McElroy has returned from a
TIM east oi the mountains.
VIM. Owens WAS confined to his
room with illness Yesterday.
Tie only Ou-Rang-Ou-Tang in this
country will be here July llth.
Chas. Hartman, of Port Angeles, is
sp n,ling a few days in the city.
Mr.. and Mr.. Whitney will probably
make seattle their future home.
Mrs Mamie daughter OF Frank
Ruth, OF Rainier. Is still quite i'll.
Henry Kenny and wife, Of South
BAY, rejoice in the birth Of daughter
The only Zcbu ever seen in a
Christian land, will he here July llth.
The balance in the hands of the
CIV Treasurer June 3Oth, was $S,-
0iiij.
Quite a brisk shower OF rain fell
Just as the procession was forming on
the 4th.
f. +. Gregg left yesterday for New
York. He will he gone several
months.
A dance was given at South Union
on the 4tl, and many OF our citizens
were present.
II you want anything in the musical
line, call on b. F. Denton, at the Olym-
pia Music House.
Inc city Attorneys coIiec,Ions rur
June amounted to SS43.15, and those
of the City Marshal to $G6.
Considerable work has been done OF
late in the way of rebuilding sidewalks
and filling up holes in the street.
The Demorest medal contest will
take place in the Christian Church
this evening beginning at s o'clock.
Miss Grace Bennett, the worlds
greatest female rider, will amaze every
body at the big shows at Olympia,
July 18th.
1t is expected that the war-ship
Monterey will visit this harbor be-
fore she leaves the Sound. She is now
at Tacoma.
Frenchy from France" was con-
spicuous character in the procession
on the 4th, and marched in the rear
OF the Indian band.
There were three dances on Fourth
OF July night, at Olympia Theater,
the Armory and at Tumwater, which
were all we'll attended.
The steamer Multnomab laid up in
this city on the 4th, and gave all her
employees an opportunity of partici-
pating in the celebration.
L. C. Axtell, of Bucoda, has bought
the abstract business of the Olympia
Abstract Co., and will hereafter give
it his personal attention.
The County Commissioners ad-
journed to-day and went to Little
Rock to inspect the Black River I'm
provement near that place.
The ladies of the M. f. Church
realized over 500 from furnishing re-
freshments on the Recreation grounds,
during the Caledonian sports. on the
Fourth.
Chas. and Bridget Mort were bound
over in the sum OF 500 each, by Jus.
tice Lacey, yesterday, TO answer to a
charge of cruelty to animals, by
driving COWS OFT Lis premises with
vicious dogs.
Joseph George, while at work in Q
shingle mill, ON Chambers Prairie,
yesterday, received a severe wound
near the eye by flying fragment Of
steel. which penetrated the cheek
bone. The piece was removed by DIR.
Newell, and the patient will expert
ence no lasting effects from the injury.
Thos. G. Patrick, business manager
OF the Tacoma Ledger was in the city
to-day to arrange for the early delivery
of that paper in Olympia. It is the
intention Of the Ledger company to
send bundle of papers down on a
hand-car so they will get here at six
o'clock and be delivered before brea K.
fast.