Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-02-23
CITY NEWS IN GRIEF.


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No are : ing t. have another run
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G..--a A..c, : the father ii a brand
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!4v WY taxes "While the lamp
J. IL ont to burn" etc.
NJ. Allin Ros. has reopcncd the
A:.."-ton iinins-room.
capitol Commissioner Glover re-
tened to his duties Tuesday.
Eggs have ri" the retail price
INV being 90 cents per dozen.
Judge GorIon will preside over the
Samuel Collyer case at Tacoma.
Granite. Angle, editor of the shelton
J.parli, was in the city yesterday.
William ]. Duiord brother Of Mrs.
II. l.. Forrest, has gone to Kansas.
Aprons on crosswalks were the
cause OF many hard falls this week.
Women vii! have to talk fast this
month to make up their usual quota.
Lenorc Gale. who has been an in
valid since last August, is improving.
Olympia can boast OF fewer rough
characters than any city in Washing
ton.
Corporation Counsel Donworth, OF
Seattle, attended supreme Court Thu.
week.
Mrs. E. P. Ferry has gone to Sc
attic to visit her daughter, Mrs. John
Leary.
And now we are told that the oyster
bed decision will not be filed until
Monday.
John +. Convey attended meeting
OF the State University board at Sc
attic this week.
f. l.. Melton and Miss Luleigh Saw
idge were married Wednesday morn
ing at 10 O'Clock.
Sleighing parties with cow-bell at
tachments have been popular during
the heecy season.
Monday morning, from 1 A. NJ. to
6 A. NJ, Olympia experienced an i'm
imitation blizzard.
Much complaint has been made Of
allowing the sidewalks to be used for
coasting purposes.
Company A, n. G. W., yesterday
complied with the State law by parad.
ing in the forenoon.
A marriage license has been issued
to ID. NJ. Broderick and Mrs. Lizzie
Shaw, both OF Tacoma.
As usual the G. w. P. Co. this week
offer bargains at prices that cannot
be met with elsewhere.
The nomination of A. w. Wisner
to be Postmaster Of this city has not
yet reached the Senate.
All Slong, the Gate City contraband
Chinamsn, has been ordered deported
by Commissioner O'Brien.
The only exhibit of cranberries at
the late State horticultural Conven.
ton was from Thurston county.
Hon. ]. B. Metcalfe, of Seattle, At
: torney-General during territorial days
was visitor at the Capital Monday.
For the first winter in twenty years
Olympia is without a Protestant
academical or collegiate institution Of
learning.
The Father of his Country is evident
ly being forgotten, judging by the lack
OF enthusiasm on the anniversary OF
his birth.
Mrs. Hidden, State Organizer of the
w. G. 7. u, delivered an interesting
lecture Tuesday night at the Presby-
terrain Church.
The State Land Commission has
accepted the offer of $1,000 of San
Juan county bonds, subject to the
usual approval.
The White Sewing Machine Com.
pany has been given judgment ol
5000 against ]. Meacham in the
Superior Court.
Judge Pritchard, of Tacoma, occu.
pied the Superior Court bench to-day
to hear cases in which Judge Gordon
was disqualified.
The main part of the Nesqually
bridge was found to have settled when
examined by the Commissioners, but
it was repaired easily.
DR.. Nathaniel Redpath, Assistant
Superintendent of the Steilacoom
asylum, was in the city Saturday tc
see George d. Shannon.
Farmers and others who have occa'
sion to use the roads leading into the
city declare them in bad condition, the
<oesult of the recent snowfall.
Monday, in the Superior Court, the
jury gave q verdict Of 81, O72.15 for the
defendant in the case of F. Born vs
Black River Cedar Company.
Mrs. L. A. Coates, of the Western
Union Office, has gone to Sumner II
visit relatives, and her position is be
ing filled by Mrs. A. A. Booth.
An informal reception of Capital
Lodge No. Is, K. OF P, was held a,
Woodrufi's hall Wednesday evening
Grand Chancellor Ronald was present
The Harmony Brass Band is the
latest musical organization. The
band is now playing nightly at thu
skating rink and plays exceedingly
we'll.
Puget streets, Eastside, has been thu
principal coasting point during thu
past week. Large crowds have beer
congregating there every evening will
all sorts OF sleds.