Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-05-18

Cal, died Tuesday, at Little Rock, in
this county. He was II years of age,
and the father OF large family. He
was the original owner OF the town
site OF Little Rock.
The County Commissioners asked
Tor new trial in the case lately
decided against them, for a months
salary us jallor claimed by ID. h.
Barry, which petition was refused by
the Superior Court.
y theater-party is being formed at
Shelton to come up on the Aberdeen,
Tuesday evening to witness the play
OF The New South" by the Grismer-
Davies company. 1t will probably
consist Of % or 80 persons.
State Treasurer Bowen has issued
calls for general fund warrants from
No. 1851 to 4, 4S0, for $52 ,99S.7S, and
for warrants on the military fund from
No. ], 32l to 1862, for $3,74S.OG, inter-
est to cease after May 18th.
Herbert w. Mari, an Olympia
youth, took the highest standing in
pharmaceutical examination passed at
Seattle, few days ago. His rating
was S4.l2, the highest of II applicants
for pharmacists certificates.
J. N. Green, who resided on a farm
south of Tumwater, died last Friday,
aged "a. He came to this county l3
years ago. A wife and two married
daughters are living, who possess the
sympathy OF host of friends in their
sad bereavement.
By what right are some of our citi-
zens allowed to use the capitol
grounds for a COW pasture? This
query is suggested by citizen who is
impressed with the injustice OF allow
ing individuals to fatten their stock
~ Viz peoeC CApcuSc.
The cold rains have continued at in
tervals the past week, greatly retard-
ing vegetation. 1t is said that many
fruit blossoms have been destroyed by
frost on the uplands, while near the
bay the trees have seemed to have en-
tirely escaped a visitation from the
chilling blast.
The Government has made propo-
sition to educate Indian children in
the public schools, as a means OF
afording the most rapid aids to
civilization. The Interior Depart
ment proposes to pay $40 per quarter
for each Indian child in actual at.
tendance in the public schools.
Sunday evening, in St. Johns
church, the rite OF confirmation was
administered to the following persons
Mrs. Aten, Miss Pathic, Mrs. Brown
Mrs. Bilger, Mrs. Holmes. Misses Julia
and Edith Cavanaugh, Josephine
Prince, Mrs. Armstrong, Mrs. Shepard
and Misses Burkett and Bessie Lee.
Doctors VIM. A. Newell, Robert
Kincaid and I. H. Mitchell have been
appointed Examining Surgeons by the
Pension Bureau OF the Government
at Olympia, in place of Doctors
Adams, Riley and Armstrong. The
new board will organize upon the
receipt of their commissions, a weel
or two hence.
Mr.. Chaplin has posted notice,
inviting bids for clearing the Olym.
pia University grounds at Butler'l
Cove, workmen to be paid one-hali
cash and receive the other half in
real estate belonging to the institu-
ton. A clause is appended declaring
that" Those who have not faith in the
project need not apply"
Hansard gets verdict for $1,653.2(
against the estate OF Nitchke, for the
labor of taking care of deceased and
his ranch one year, and board, lodging
medicines and care, for a term oil
years, amounting to $3.50. Then
there were two other items: Filing
papers $500, and printing 81. The
first was allowed but the printers bill
was, as usual in such cases. disallowed
Doubtless some of our readers on
the farm will be interested in knowing
that they can obtain an Osborn
Mower, q Coates Lock-Lever Rake OF
an Osbone Harrow, at the first cost oil
the machine, and the public in gene.
rel will find like interest in the infor
nation that a full line of hardware in
GLIDING stoves, are for sale at absolute
cost. See the advertisement Of Appa
lonia Hoffman in another column,
The weathervane and windmill nc
longer grace the roof OF the Chilbere
building. They have been packed
aud sent to Washington, the bureau
believing that a policy of retrench
ment should prevail when another
station is no farther distant than Sc.
attic. 1t is ordered, however, thai
Olympia may have bobtail service
by which record is made OF tenn
perature, direction of the wind an,
precipitation.
A BIG TREE.-A tree was cut thi
week in Williamson's camp, nea
Shelton, which measured IL feet
inches in diameter at the but-3-
feet in circumference. 1t was clea
timber to the first limb, 20 feet from
the ground. 1t is estimated that full.
10000 feet of merchantable lumbe
may be cut from this one tree.
HIS HEART is STILL WITH U.s.
r. C. Brown, for several years in tn