Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-10-11

our table some beautiful clusters of
late blackberries and currents, the
product of her garden on Fourth
street. The blackberries are unus-
ually large and OF excellent flavor.
The State Convention of the Chris
tan church lately closed its session at
Tacoma. There were about 60 dele
gates present. The reports show that
there are 80 Christian churches in the
State, with a membership of about
5000.
Louis Otermatt, who lives on the
Eastside, was taken to St. Peters hos.
pital, few days ago, suffering from
acute brain trouble, which renders
him at times insane. He is a young
man without family, and has been
employed in railroad work and sur.
veying.
Al. j. Munson came up from Shell
ton, Saturday morning. on his bicycle,
in just two and one-half hours, a dis
lance of "a miles, much of it billy,
beating the City of Shelton seventeen
minutes in her run of that morning.
The route is four miles longer by land
than by water.
DIR. Riley and party who returned
last week from the Olympics, report
sporting excellent. They killed two
fine elk, and caught trout which
weighed from seven to ten pounds Gin
their own scales). The Doctor re-
ports the discovery of petroleum, iron
and zinc in the mountains.
Miss Lillian H. Hallock, . daugh ter
of Rev. DR.. L. M. Hallock, of Tacoma,
who is we'll known to our citizens
from her connection with the public
schools of this city the past school
year, was united in marriage, in Port.
land, Me-, on the 25th ult., to DR..
Geo. R. Campbell, a young physician
of Waterville, in that State.
Miss Sarah J. Patterson died Tues
day night, at the mothers residence,
corner of Fourth and Franklin streets,
after an illness of about two years.
She came to this city about four years
ago, with other members of her family,
from Luverne, MINI. The funeral
took place yesterday and interment
was made in Masonic cemetery.
The Olympic Mill Co. dispatched q
raft of 100000 feet of pavement plank
to Tacoma this week, and has another
about ready. The RATS are utilized
for shipment of shingles IS Tacoma,
and 100000 were taken on the first
raft, and about 100000 remain to be
clipped. They are for covering a
mammoth warehouse on 1.-THE water
front Of that city. r.,
Capt. Allen, realizing that "a thing
OF beauty is . joy forever" has con-
structed very neat tower for the
tank Of his artesisn we'll, and has
combined utility as we'll, for lie has
placed it adjacent to the kitchen OF
his residence and fitted up the lower
story for . pantry and the second
story for bathroom over which is .
false roof to carry off any drippings
from the tank. He will have double
walls, filled in with sawdust, to protect
the pipes from cold weather.
What are thought to be an excellent
quality OF paving brick are on exhibi-
ton in Mari & Ross windows, made
from clay sent by E. T. Young to
the Denny Brick Yards at Seattle.
They are dark colored and very hard,
and were subjected to heat in the
kiln which fused the ordinary clay
brick. It did mot, however, change
their size nor shape, and they passed
the ordeal without crack or blemish.
The clay from which they were made
exists in great abundance on Mud
Bay.
There is likely to be lively times in
the County building when the Com
missioners meet again. 1t seems
they have made y formal demand
upon County Clerk Leach for filing
full reports covering the first six
months Of bis official acts, and decreed
that he should not draw any salary
until this was done. Whether this
u4anner Of enforcing prescribed duty
was legal or otherwise, the Auditor
issued Mr.. Leach q warrant in pay.
ment for salary despite the Commits
sion rs' ruling.
The Bancroft Whitney Co. have
won the mandamus suit brought
against Secretary Price to compel him
to accept 800 copies Of volume ten OF
the State laws, in the payment for
which the Secretary construed the
cost OF the plates" of previous issues,
to be deducted, to mean cost OF COM
position as we'll as of making the
stereotype plate after the type were
set. The company offered to pay
6fty cents per page as the actual cost
and this is the amount for which the
court holds the State is liable.
The two Sams-Woodruf and Per-
cival-" got one" on Booth, the popu-
lar conductor on the Port Townsend