Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-04-27
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.


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shruhbery is now being planted on
Sylvester PAX
nj. ~hillman has returned from q
TIP T. { 4liiornia.
Frank Williamson is down the
sound on business
Fred. Manson has been parloncl
from the Peditentiarv.
Tie new Postmaster assumed the
duties OF his o.iice to-day.
Councilman Gilmour is on bust
ness trip to SAagit county.
Everybody should hear Henry
Watt.rson Tomorrow night.
Ira Mceker, the Puyallup hop
king. was in the city Yesterday.
{. NJ. Bets and Lulu Waller, OF Blu
coda, have been licensed to wed.
Numerous fishing parties went out
to the several lakes last sunday.
Capt. Allen i. treating his steamer,
the Estella, to new coating OF paint.
Many Olympians will take advant-
age of the approaching camping sea-
. SON
Surveyor General Watson and FAM
lily arrived on the Multnomah last
evening.
J. A. Gale has been appointed
Deputy Fish Commissioner for this
district
Walter Scanned, formerly of this
city, is now managing shingle mill
At Buckley.
The Montesano Baseball Club has
challenged our local organization for a
match game.
Another employe of the Nisquslly
single mill has lost q thumb. His
name is Marquis.
Miss Virginia Huff, of Richmond,
Ind, is in the city, the guest of Mrs.
G. G. Williamson.
A tree was struck by lightning on
Westside during the thunderstorm
Wednesday evening.
1t is contemplated to establish an
orphanage in connection with the new
college at Woodland.
f. F. Turpin has charge of the
market now owned by Colvin & Dodge,
in the Granger building.
Maud Graves. an incorrigable girl OF
II summers, has been sent to the
reform school at Chehalis.
Joseph Stripf, the grocer, has been
confined to his house several days this
week by an attack of quinsy.
Both Eastside and Westside mill.
are again running on full time. They
have been idle several months.
Rev. G. C. Wilding, of Vancouver
delivered temperance lecture at the
M. E. Church, Tuesday evening.
C. H. Aver has been elected Presi
dent OF the Olympia Quincy Cab ant
Transfer Co., to succeed George Foster
2 resigned.
J. Q. Robertson, the Southent
grocer, has bought a ranch near Sar
Jose, Cal, and will soon leave for hi
new home.
Mrs. Kinnear and daughter, VIII,
have been visiting friends in this city
returned to their home ut Seattle
Wednesday.
Gov. McGraw will preside at thu
meeting at Tacoma, tomorrow. for th'
breaking of ground for the new Inter
state Fair buildings.
Mrs. H. L. Chapman and daughter
of Oakland, CAL, old-time residents o
this city, are the guests of Mrs. A
Hartsock, of Eastside.
The Emergency Board, which me
Wednesday, decided to refer the claim
for aid to the Legislature for such &C
ton as it may deem proper.
In Justice Rathbun's court Wednes
day Charles Granger secured Judge
ment for costs, in a suit brough
against him by the Castle boys.
Olympia Lodge of Odd Fellows cele
brated the 18th anniversary of thu
order in this country by appropriate
exercises in their hall last evening.
The lecture OF William Newell, an
nounced for Monday night, at the M
E. Church, on Nicaragua matters, wa,
postponed, as the attendance was yer,
small.
Arthur Weston has opened a gen
eral repair shop on Columbia street
near Fourth, where he will be pre-
4 pared at all times to undertake an!
kind OF mechanical work.
The City Council, at its meetin,
Wednesday evening, decided to built
bridge on East Bay Avenue, at ,
cost not to exceed 500. This i'm
provement is made to overcome
steep grade fronting the old brewery.
A special meeting of the City Coun
Gil will be held Monday evening Il
consider the petition for payment o
saloon licenses in six-months install
ments. The Council is in doubt as t
the legality OF making the concession
Gov. McGraw and Gen. O'Briel
visited Woodland Tuesday, with
view OF selecting suitable place TO
the encampment of the Nationa
Guard. They returned well-please'
with the adaptability of the ground
for that purpose.
The Committee On Awards OF tn
Midwinter Fair have officially notifie,
tho Enyorpor IF <ha CSot1 thck G