Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-11-09
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.
Have it your own way.
Gov. McGraw voted in Seattle.
The city election takes place next
month.
J. b. Starr went to Tacoma this
morning.
A vestibule is being erected to
the NJ. E. Church.
Miss Mary Neylon is confined to the
hospital by illness.
Mrs. Joseph Sanford has gone on
visit to California.
The revenue cutter Grant visited
our harbor Monday.
Mrs. c. J. Lord is fast recovering
from her recent illness.
1t may be fairly assumed that the
rainy season has begun.
loot your horn now. 1t is not al
ways in order for blast.
The Thurston County Horticultural
Society meets tomorrow.
The enrolment at Olympic Uni
versity now numbers so.
The County Commissioners will
meet again next Thursday
Peter A. Stewart and Mrs. Abbie v
Ross nave been licensed to wed.
Wonder what will be the next cause
for delay in construction of the capitol
A daughter was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Kendrickson, of Eastside, yester
day.
Remember how it was two years
ago. Reflect how it may be two years
hence.
1t will take the dredger about five
or six months to complete her job in
our harbor.
A. G. Myers, accompanied by hi,
wife, left Thursday for Coldwater
Michigan.
A beautiful little yacht, the Comet
of Seattle, has been on a visit to our
bay this week.
1t rained necessarily on election day.
Nature seemed to weep over the per.
versity of man.
YOung's saloon is to be re-opened by
John Lundquist, August Carlson and
Andrew Fsgernis.
The Daughters of Veterans are pre-
pairing for concert which will take
place on the 10Th inst.
Misses Mary and Annie Shields left
Wednesday for San Jose, Cal, where
they will enter q normal school.
James c. Skaar and Emma Berlin
both OF this city, were united in mar.
riage, at Tacoma, last Saturday.
The train from Tacoma Wednesday
was delayed four hours and half by .
break in the bridge near Sumner.
The new cruiser, Olympia will win
ter on the Sound, and undoubtedly
visit her namesake during her stay.
Mrs. Eunice Turpin, accompanied
her son Frank, went on q visit to his
home, Port Townsend, the early part
of this week.
Mrs. G. w. Stark, of Nebraska,
mother OF Grant Stark, Of the Argo
restaurant, arrived few days ago and
will make this city her future home.
The funeral of Jacob Countryman
took place from the NJ. E. Church last
Sunday at p. NJ. A number OF friends
were present from Shelton and Ka-
milchie.
Olympia elected two Democratic
Justices of the Peace, Blankenship
and Atkins, and one Constable, Hill.
The other Constable is Aldridge, Re-
publican.
A transit OF the planet Mercury over
the Suns disk occurs tomorrow, first
contact, 7:46.4 A. NJ, last contact,
l:2.7 p. NJ, It will be visible on the
Pacific Coast.
Several families at North Adams
and Wheatland, Mich, have purchased
Olympia realty through Mr.. Chaplin,
and will arrive soon to make their
homes with us.
Now that the Great Mogul is per-
pitiated, let him vary the monotony
of delay and authorize the removal OF
a few more spade's-full OF earth on the
capitol grounds.
John Gietsen, farmer on Black
river, had both bones Of his left leg
fractured, the other day, by log he
was rolling on a steep hillside. He is
at st. Peters hospital.
Architect Flagg, who made the
Washington State capitol plans has
been the successful competitor for a
design to be used for 81 ,5OO,OOO
State building in Minnesota.
Mrs. Mary Giddings has applied for
letters of administration on the estate
of her deceased husband, and Il. l..
Robertson for like authority to settle
up the estate OF Mrs. Nina Brown
wife OF F. e. Brown, now of Chicago.
The Palladium says the "closi ne