Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-11-01

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FAR to the building formerly occu-
pied by Joseph Cheim on Min street.
Chas. Turner, OF West>ide, while
working on building at Tacoma. fell
a distance OF 80 feet. sustaining ser
ious injuries, from which it is feared
he may not recover. He was brought
! home Ger treatment.
The Seattle Weekly Post-InteHiq.ncer
and the STANDARD will be sent for
one year for - in advance, til" regular
price OF this paper. Those who pay
up arrearages and one year in advance
will be entitled to the same offer.
J. c. Hurspool, the lawyer, shaved
slice off OF one Of his fingers while
splitting .klndlings with Ratchet,
Monday morning. Few men, it
seems, can handle that sanguinary
tool with the skill of Washington.
We call attention OF the readers OF
the STANDARD to the new advertise
ment of our popular druggist, Mr.. A.
Shelley, in another column. Every
thing in his line can be found in his
store at prices within reach of every
body.
James Mitchell. better known as
Mitch" who has been in the employ
OF John Pulles for several years past,
has been in Tacoma for several DAYS
at the bedside of his son, who
recently suffered relapse of ty-
phoid fever and is lying at the point OF
death at the hospital in that city.
Daniel Sully has Cancelled his date
for appearance at Olympia Theater,
Dec. 4th, giving as a reason that he
will not pay the exorbitant charge of
$50, exacted by the Port Townsend
Southern, for special to carry bis
company fifteen miles to make con-
nection with the Northern Pacific ut
TeninO.
The steam-pump ordered from the
East, has been placed at work on the
Olympia hotel well, and has been
pumping a twO-inch stream, heavily
charged with sand, for nearly a week.
This gives an assurance of a subter-
ranean reservoir of ample proportions
to hold an adequate supply OF water
for all demands of the hotel.
The registration of voters for the
municipal election progresses slowly,
there being but 376 on the roll up to
this date, against total of lila last
year. The names enrolled are ap-
portioned as follows: First ward, sc:
Second, AZ; Third, G5; Fourth, CO;
Fifth, IS, and Sixth, ~. The last
day for registry will be Nov. 2lst.
Brewers market delivery horse took
fright, Monday, while at Percivals
dock, Of the shyill scream of a steamer
whistle, and started on a run. He
turned down Columbia street and ran
as far as the Northern Pacific tracks,
where he was stopped without damage
to the vehicle or driver, who retained
his seat during his John Gilpin ride.
The report came last week that
Fritz" Arnold, formerly of this place,
was seriously i'll in Portland, and his
wife, who was just recovering from q
severe illness in this city, was quite
overcome by the tidings. She has
tened to Portland, to find her hus-
band suffering only temporary i'll
ness, doubtless caused by a change
from the salubrious climate of Puget
Sound to the damp and malarial at
mosphere OF the Webfoot State.
The children, grand children and
friends of Mrs. ]. G. Sparks gave the
old lady pleasant surprise, Tuesday
evening, by party in commemora-
ton of her 18th birthday. She is still
in excellent health and possesses a
promise of many years of life amid her
children and children's children. She
is the mother of six children, the
grandmother of 50 and great grand.
mother OF 81, all of whom live in this
State aud Oregon.
A display of Japanese water-colors
and photographs, illustrative Of the
late war OF that nation with China,
was on exhibition in one of the sales
rooms of Stuart's Corner, several days
this week. An Americanized repre-
sentative OF the Mikado. described, in
broken English. the salient features of
his display. He had sideshow OF
lantern views, illustrative of "a Trip
to JAPAN" from which he derived a
small revenue to pay the cost of his
patriotic epdeavors.
Merrilield & Co. have arranged in
their show-window very unique ad-
vertisement of a portion OF their
wares. A sylvan grove is represented
in the foreground OF which is saw
buck, saw and Ak, and near by a pile
of split wood, the product of those
implements OF industry. To those who
have never played upon corpora
ton fiddle" "a name given the buck.
saw by some lazy individually it ap-