Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-03-30
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.
Look out Tor the new moon.

Next sunday le \ OOi day.
Read Joseph strip 4 Co.'S new al.
The city school money is running
low.
Day after tomorrow will he Low
Sunday.
This is the season for tdying UP the
front yard.
Honey bees know their business and
are about it.
Swallows are looking for desirable
huilling sites.
Gov. McGraw LETT for Seattle by the
afternoon train.
\ good motto :or next sunday,
Don't get fooled
The frogs have it all to themselves
now, every evening.
Hooters" are beginning to be
heard in the woods.
The city is enjoying Il nearly per-
feet state Of health.
Drygoods are cheap, cheap enough
when traded for eggs.
Miss Eta Yemen will return from
Eilenshurg next week
Open-air concerts will soon be rem.
dercd by the new band.
Jupiter and the Bull will have a
sharp set-to, next month.
The ubiquitous bad boy will be full
OF his tricks next Sunday.
The warm weather is coming; pull
off your coat and 60 to work.
1t is with regret we note that Mr..
Shannon's health is on the wane again.
The lower story OF Tacoma hall, is
being renovated for business purposes.
Westside people are proud OF the
metropolitan appearance of their lit
tie burg.
The past week has been one of SUM-
shine and storm, in about equal pro-
portions.
Myriads of ducks and other water
fowl are leaving the bay for their sum-
mer quarters.
A new band has been organized OF
the members OF the Capital City and
Marine Bands.
When delate jersey milk gets to be
as cheap as eggs now are, We will all
be good livers.
J. w. Reeves and wife, formerly OF
this city, have established a home at
Petsluma, Cal.
w. P. Watson, of Seattle, the newly
appointed Surveyor-General, assumed
his Office Tuesday.
T. NJ. Reed has so far recovered
from rheumatic pains that he is able
to be on the street.
The vegetable question is growing
more interesting, day by day. Keep
it before the people.
A. B. Cowles received last Tuesday
information of the death of his moth.
er, at Rochester, MINI.
Mrs. ]. G. Stone delivered an ad-
dress on temperance reform, in Ia
coma hall, Monday evening.
Now railroad rumors are in the
air, but they are too vague to cause
any excitement among the wary.
A meeting of the Executive Com.
mittee of the State Press Association
will be held in this city April 9th.
The new foundry building at the
lower end of Main street is emphati-
cally indicative OF paying business.
Miss Martenson met with q serious
accident at the skating rink, Saturday
evening. She fell and fractured her
knee.
7. M. Reed, jr., will remove from Sc
attic to this city and occupy the resi-
dence of z. J. Hatch, on Franklin
street.
The beautiful constellation, Orion.
can still be seen in the southern sky,
but other groups are fast taking its
place.
Remember the Elk's Minstrels at
Olympia Theater, next Friday night.
Reserved seats on sale at O'Connor's
Tuesday.
The boiler and engine of the Bloom
mill was sold by the Sheriff, Monday,
and were bid in by the judgment
creditor at 81, 400.
After week of balmy spring-like
weather, the record is broken, and we
have had, the past few days, . sue
cession OF showers.
Cards and dancing are getting to be
more and more the popular mode OF
evening entertainment at private
residences, both in city and country.
City Attorney Moore is absent on a
visit to Waterville, in Douglas county.
The Olympian intimates that his trip
b not without very important OBJ
\iect.
Gov. McGraw says that he will call
the Capitol Commission together on
or before the 10th of next month, for
the prosecution of the work before
them.
The front lawn is fast taking the
place of the old.fashioned front door
yard with its high, ungainly picket
fence. Why didn't people think of
this before?
A new trial in the case of Stickler
vs.. Giles, is before the Superior court
to-day. This is a suit for $1,000
damages, for having blacklisted the
plaintiff for debt.
Much of the track of the Westside