Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-07-27
CITY NEWS YIN BRIEF.


Ira Manlille has removed to Grant:
Pass, Oregon.
Apple pies are among the new find
ings on the table.
August celebrate. its initial day
with new moon.
Tons Of red raspherries are heing
brought to market.
BE sure YOU are right and then
read the Standard.
New hay is coming into town in
consid rahle quantities.
Baby carriages still have the RICH,
OF way on the sidewalks.
Autumn is approaching and the
nights are growing cool.
Olvmpians are patiently waiting to
hear the stone-cutter's chlsel.
The Methodist people went down
ebay on picnic, yesterday.
The representative girl OF the
period is the gum-chewing girl.
Mrs. Laura st. John, OF Chehalis, is
visiting her parents in this city.
The rain which fell Tuesday night
did good service to the root crops.
Go and hear the Rev. c. c. Marston
at Olympia Theater Sunday night.
Workmen are engaged in painting
the Bettman block, on Fourth street.
Indian women, as of old, are raking
the mud for oysters in the upper bay.
Putting up fruit is now the domi-
nant business Of the provident house
wife.
Lawn tennis is one OF the popular
games, just now, for young men OF
leisure.
1t is said that the money invested
in Olympia bicycles reaches about
$4,000.
Everybody goes blackberrying, in
GLIDING Cinnamon, Siwashes and
small boys.
Now that the Capitol bonds are all
right, let everybody stop growing and
go to work.
Some lively interest is manifested
at the revival meetings in the Chris.
tan Church.
The. Westside. Sunday School gives
an entertainment for their friends TO-
morrow night.
Gen. Hazard Stevens arrived from
Boston last evening and is domiciled
at The Olympia.
There should be no tramps in
Olympia when actual work begins on
the capitol building.
A good many teachers are expected
to be in attendance at the County
Institute next week.
The sun rises now at half past four
about the time Toodles is coming from
the lodge meeting"
A kiss is little thing but it can get
up big muss when it is shot off by a
A son was born to the wife of VIM.
LOhr. a few miles south of this city,
last Wednesday morning.
The Thurston county Teachers In
stitute opens next Monday, at the
Washington school building.
There is room in Olympia for just
one more young lawyer, provided he
wants to have restful time.
The woods have been almost daily
the past fortnight full OF women and
children picking blackberries.
A brilliant meteor passed over the
city, towards the southwest, Wednes-
day evening, about 10 O'Clock.
Next Wednesday is the beginning OF
august, but the heated tern, has prob
ably already been experienced.
st. Johns Sabbath School have
made arrangements to 60 ON a picnic
to Hartstein Island, next Tuesday.
Napoleon Hoagland and family, are
at Providence, r. l. Mr.. H. was
lately manager of Unity Auditorium.
The sons OF the late David Lister,
OF Tacoma, are negotiating to reopen
the Olympia Iron Works, OF this city.
90 what beautiful weather." is now
among the social amenities when
friends meet each other ON the street.
Nothing in the shape OF a vehicle,
except baby carriages, Can hereafter
60 on the sidewalk, say our city faith
ers.
Hurry up with your work. The
day has shortened Is minutes since
the 2lst of June, the longest OF the
year.
E. r. Hawkins, the new Register of
the Land Office, has received his com.
mission and assumed the duties of his
Office.
The gas plant is laying in its winter
supply of coal and teamsters are en-
gagged in hauling the carbon from the
wharf.
Mrs. Gilbert left yesterday, to join
her husband at Roche Harbor, who is
prosecuting the coast survey in those
waters.
The NJ. E. congregation propose to
move their church from its present
location to the opposite corner of Fifth
and Adams.
The trouble now is that the archi-
tect won't send the plans fast enough
TO enable the Capitol Commission to
show its wire-edge.
Lewis Lee, the son of Rev. w. B.
Lee, q former pastor of the Presby-
terrain church in Olympia, is visiting
friends in this city.
When you hear blackberry pickers
say the fruit is not plentiful this
year, rest assured that the woods are
full OF the luscious berries.
The Elks will 60 on a moonlight
excursion on the bay this evening.
They will take passage ON u barge
towed by the steamer Estella.
The Tacoma papers say the circus