Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-01-04

The starry skies are never more at
tractive to professional or amateur
observers than at the present time OF
year.
]. c. Horr received a dispatch, few
days ago, announcing the death of his
brother, r. A. Horn, at Wellington,
Ohio.
Nothing short of visit to the Capt.
tai grounds will reveal the magnitude
of the preparatory work now going on
there.
Fred. Northup donned his star of
Office as Chief Tuesday. Let male
factors beware. "A new broom sweeps
clean"
City Clerk Robt. Graham has filed
his bond in the sum of $1,000. DR..
Riley and d. s. B. Henry are his
sureties.
| The Olden-time custom of making
new year calls was not q prominent
feature in Olympia social life last
Tuesday.
] The hour for distribution of mails
Sundays at the Postofiiee, has been
changed from between 4 and 5 to 3 80
aud 4 80 p. NJ.
Mrs. Joseph Longmire, OF Eastside,
who has been quite ill of typhoid
pneumonia for two weeks past, is re-
covering slowly.
w. E. Greenway and Miss Edith 1.
HORSEBACK, were united in marriage, at
the home of the brides parents, near
Bucoda, last Sunday.
Five children of Mr.. John Abshire,
who reside in the southern part of the
city, near the water works, are affiict-
ed with scarlet fever.
Santa Claus has gone back to his
arctic winter quarters to record in his
great ledger the names OF the good
children he has made happy.
No actress on the boards enjoys
more genuine admirers than Katie
Putnam. She is always greeted with
good audiences wherever she goes.
DR.. Newell reports the birth OF a son,
each, to Mrs. Lane, Bigelow's ranch;
Mrs. Mcpherson, Ayers Hill, and
Mrs. Arnold, Mud Bay. All recently.
The annual meeting of the WASH
ington Equal Suffrage Association will
be held Friday, Jan. IL, at Z 80 p. NJ,
in Horticultural Hall, in the court
house basement.
Edward Harrison, an old veteran,
living in the southeastern boundary
of the city, ia exceedingly i'll of pull
monary disease. with but little pros
pect Of improvement.
Capt. Green, who has had charge of
the dredger work in Portland, has sue
ceeded Capt. Bentzin hitherto in
charge of the dredger Anaconda, now
at work in our harbor.
The sight of barefooted Indian wo.
men threading the streets and alleys
OF Olympia with loads of clans on
their backs rather loudly smacks OF
other days best known to old resi-.
dents.
Some estimate of the weight of the
snow on your roof may be formed
from the deposit yesterday morning
on McBratney's hay scales, on Column
bia street. The platform is 8 feet
wide and 81 feet long, and the snow
on it weighed LOO pounds.
The first issue of the Olympian as
an evening paper, appeared Tuesday
evening. 1t is materially improved in
appearance, and now gives much OF the
telegraphic news that appears in the
Tacoma Ledger. The price of month
ly subscription has been reduced to GO
cents.
Eugene Dye was before Justice
Rathbun, Wednesday, on complaint of
]. C. Bennett, who has charge of the
Rod and Gun Clubs grounds at MIS-
qually, for trespassing and hunting
on their grounds contrary to law. He
was fined $40 and in default of pay
ment went to Jail.
The Daughters of Veterans have
elected the following officers for the
ensuing year: Lulu Van Eaton Lang.
President; Aldana Giles, Vice Presi-
dent; Ida Hannah, L. Melton and
Clara Giles, Trustees; Minnie Forbes
and Marguerite Cotter, Delegates to
Division Encampment.
Robt. Kettle, an employee in Mosh-
er & McDonald's logging camp, had
one of his eyes destroyed by silver
from a steel wedge, last Wednesday.
The missile passed directly through
the ball of the right eye and lodged at
the base of the brain. DIR. Riley re-
moved the injured member and his
patient is doing we'll.
A parallel to the saying "A man
does not know what q rascal he is till
he runs for Office" is found in the
administration of some dead mems
estates. Since the sudden death OF
MIR. J. H. Burns in this city, it is
found that he could not have paid
fifteen cents on the dollar, while
when he was alive he paid his debts
JolIor for dollar. The real fact is his