Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-07-20

New potatoes now sell AZ one cent
Pr pound at retail.
Geo. Chambers creamery at the
Yclm l. in full operation, and turning
olt an excellent quality of butter.
The Wor.men and Royal society
81 Coed Fellows have changed their
place oi meeting to Odd Fellows hall.
John K. Swinton and Mary 4.
Robinson, OF Gelm. have concluded To
sit by the same tirc-i,ie the remainder
OF their lives, and have asked the
consent OF the County Auditor to DO
So.
Sneak thieves still continue their
depredations Mr.. McNeals grocery
store, at Tumwater, was entered sun
day night. and several articles besides
small amount OF cash were carried
away.
Olympia may safely rank as a city
OF lodges. The last organized is the
Woodmen, which is said to have en-
tered upon its existence with tlatter.
ing prospects OF long life and useful
ness
The Good Templars moonlight ex-
cursion, on the steamer Multnomah.
Monday night, was a decided success.
The party was large and the enter
tainmcnt entirely satisfactory. They
returned about 4 o'clock Tuesday
morning.
J. NJ. Swan, the Populist delegate
who was tied-up by the strike at the
Yakima convention, arrived home
Saturday. He can now doubtless re-
late. from personal experience, some
of the evil results of the Populists'
agitation.
A heretofore skeptical Olympian
says he is thoroughly convinced now
that water can be made to run up
hill. He was converted by watching
a runaway milk wagon tearing up
Ayers Hill. He says it was a clear
demonstration.
Eggs now command from III to 90
cents per dozen; new potatoes (Cal.)
retail at one cent per pound; butter
remains at 80 and 80 cents roll; the
last of the Strawberries sell for five
cents per pint box. and blackberries
(wild) readily command 80 cents per
gallon.
David Lister, of Tacoma, who was
taken i'll on his visit to the encamp-
ment at Woodland, and has since
been under treatment at the residence
of his daughter. Mrs. James Cham
bers, is no better, and DIR. Riley, his
attending physician, has very little
hope OF his recovery.
Somebody who is complaining OF
hard times and nothing to do might
make good wages by fitting up a spray.
ing outfit and soliciting jobs from the
owners of fruit trees. There is scarce.
ly one of them but would hire a
competent man to do that work if he
should apply, so general is the pres
ence OF various kinds OF scale.
An alarm of fire Wednesday after
noon was sounded from Box 81, cor
ner of Fourth and Jefferson streets,
caused by flames in the roof OF the
Olympia Door & Lumber Co.'S mill.
The department was soon on the
ground. but the mill hands having a
hydrant near at hand and a couple
sections OF hose had the fire nearly
extinguished before help arrived.
The Committee of Awards of the
Columbian Exposition have recog-
nized the excellence OF the exhibit OF
the Olympia public schools, in, First,
general superiority in class work
second, special merit in high mathe.
MATES, science bookkeeping and PEN
manship; third, excellent photo
graphs of interior and exteriors. pen.
Gil work, charcoal sketches from ma.
ture, water colors and fine map draw
ing; fourth, variety of kindergarten
matter, sh lowing good system, with
excellent results.