Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-06-22

Capt. Thomas, of the steame
Willie, lost finger Saturday, by hav
ing it damned by heavy cask he wa
handling.
Mr.. Nelson Tunin, clerk at the
Carlton House, returned this weel
from an extended vacation trip down
the Sound.
Emery French of Grand MounG
Prairie and Carrie f. Prince of Little
Rock, have resolved to travel life.
journey together.
Mrs. James A. Griffey will, soon a.
her deceased husbands affairs are set
tied up, leave for California, to reside
with her mother.
The Olympia Baseball Club won
the match game last Sunday, by a
score of a to- 8. Their contestants
"Cic piCkcu nine.
l.. A. Treen, former resident oil
this city, now a wholesale shoe dealer
in Seattle, came up to attend the G.
A. X. encsmpment.
Spray your trees. There are several
kinds of pests this year, and a
thorough course of spraying will re-
lieve you OF them all.
The occupancy of the old Fair
grounds for Sunday recreation has got
to be an established thing with the
Light & Power Company.
The grand gold medal contest, un-
der the management OF Miss Page
will take place in Olympia Theater, on
Friday evening, the Goth inst.
1t is reported that the Northern
Pacific will place q local train on
between Woodland and this city, to
run at frequent intervals during the
encampment.
Geo. Hamlin, OF Lincoln creek, had
his hand 80 badly shattered q few days
ago by the accidental discharge OF his
rifle, that it was necessary to ampu-
tate his hand.
Among the effects burned with the
residence of Mrs. Darcy, on Bush
Prairie, few nights ago. was a $500
piano, on which she had juet made
her last payment.
Cinnamon have embarked in the
strawberry culture and there is q pros.
pect now that common people and
newspaper men can occasionally in
dulge in this luxury.
Fred Guyot, head warden Of the
Western Washington Hospital for the
Insane, who was up on . visit q few
days ago, reports IA inmates Of that
institution at the present time.
P. d. Moore will discourse on
" "reminiscences of Anti-Slavery Time Q
and Men," at the Unitarian Church.
next Sunday evening, at Z 80 o'clock.
The public is cordially invited.
The itinerant medical render, with
his concert company has made bis sp.
pearance on the street the past few
evenings selling his cure-all nervine.
The sale is not marvelously encoursg-
ing.
Henry lanes building, which has
occupied site corner of Columbia and
Sixth streets, now quietly reposes on
Plum and Seventh, it having made
the transit of the town within the past
few days, aided by a windlass and
rollers.
Ayoung German at Tumwater who
is learning to ride the bicycle, lately
made such John Gilpin dash down
the hill, at the upper falls, as to gain
the soubriquet of "The Flying Dutch
man." . title of which he very proper
ly feels quite proud.
The reason why the price Of straw
berries has fallen so low is not be-
cause the product is not up to that OF
the past years, but because the pur-
chasing power of money has vastly
increased. This is true likewise of
all other commodities.
The funeral OF Marion Cornell, of
Tacoma, took place here Wednesday,
at Masonic cemetery. Deceased was
born at Tumwater IS years ago, and
was well.known to all old residents.
For some time past he had been en-.
gagged in the hotel business.
DR.. H. S. Wyman returned Wednes-
day from New York, where he has
been attending q course at tho New
York postgraduate medical school
and hospital. He is accompanied by
his brother-in-law, F. D. Lambs, of
Blisfeld, Mich, who comes West for
the benefit of his health.
An old soldier who never visited
Olympia before the coming of the
Grand Army veterans, this week,
calamity says that he never saw any
thing more beautiful than the capital
city, save the women who inhabit it..
A few regiments of such soldiers
would conquer the world.
The clambake to-day, was for every
body and his family. A lunch bas-
ket was the only required passport to
admit the picnicers on board of the
steamer. The attendance was pro-
nounced fully equal to that gotten up
in honor of the Press Associa ton
during their late visit here.
Two alarms Of FIRE, Zone a still
alarm) occurred yesterday. The first
was caused by burning tar in the rear
of Colvin & Dodge's market, in the
Granger building, and the other by
clearing rubbish in the rear OF the
Harris residence, on the plaza. No
damage, in either instance.