Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-06-14
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with All enjoyable concert Tuesday
evening, at Olympia Theater, will
visit us again next year.
Mr.. J. kulrich and wife, of Ma.
milchie, were in the city on sunday
the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Ar.
mold. Mr.. X. says the logging bust.
ness is improving down there.
| Brof. Beeler, who has just complet
ed term rs Superintendent of the
city public schools, will leave in few
days for Culbertson, Neb., where be
will remain for an indefinite period.
| Those ladies who took off their hats
at the theater, or who have adopted
a headgear of modest proportions, are
entitled to and receive the heartfelt
thanks OF all sensible men. Let the
reform go on.
The county officers have resolved
upon closing their respective offices
at 4 p. NJ. on Saturdays. The tax.
payers Gas well as those who cannot
pay their taxes) will continue to work
till shutdown as usual.
Samuel Ward of Tumwater, met
with a narrow escape from injury
Sunday, by taking pistol from too.
box, when it was accidentally dis
charged. The bullet passed within a
few inches of his body.
If those immense sleeves that
Fashion has declared women shall
wear become universal, an ordinance
drafted after the form OF the bicycle
law will become necessity to protect
the rights of those who do not wear
them.
A young daughter OF J. G. Lybarger
was seriously injured Wednesday, by
her clothes taking fire while playing
in the yard at her home. She ran
into the house, where the flames were
eYtinguished by her mother, but the
injury sustained is of nature to
make her recovery a matter of doubt.
John Hersey, an employee of Frank
Williamson's camp, in Mason county,
met with an accident, last Monday,
which is reported to be serious, by
log rolling on the upper part of his
body, crushing his chest to some ex-
tent and bruising his head. He was
taken to Shelton for medical treat
ment.
1t is matter worthy of note that
T. M. Reed, who was this week elect
ed Secretary of the Grand Lodge of
Masons, has held that Office con-
tinually SO years, and B. F. Harmed
who was continued in the Office of
Treasurer, has filled that position for
% years. Both gentlemen are resi-
dents of this city.
Bids will be opened tomorrow, at
l 80 P. NJ. by Commissioner Osborne,
for improvement of Main street road
from point where the electric car
line leaves Main street proper to the
Union Pacific tunnel. The improve
ments are to consist of grading and
graveling and the construction of a
culvert and drains.
Miss Bessie Booth, of this city, and
Mr.. Nelson Leeds, of Minnesota, were
united in marriage, Wednesday morn
ing, at the residence of the brides
parents on Westside, by Rev. G. L.
Diven. The newly welded couple
left on the Aberdeen on the afternoon
OF the same day for Minneapolis, via
the Great Northern.
Olympia Camp No. ITO Woodmen
OF the World held meeting Wednes-
day night and elected the following
officers for the ensuing term: w. M.
Martin, Consul Commander; Charles
Stark, Advisory Lieutenant; G. B.
Mann, banker; L. E. Freitag, Clerk
j. c. Rathbun, Escort; DR.. J. w.
NOVEL;, Physician; F, A. Rust,
Waterman; B. A. Van de We're, Sen
try.
Workmen have been engaged the
past few days in hauling the wheels of
the cars used on the old logging
road owned by George Foster that
terminated at the mouth of Nozzle
creek. When the camps that used
this road closed, several years ago.
the trucks used were dumped together,
where they have laid until the wood
work was destroyed by rot. The
wheels. however, are still serviceable
and will be used at Skookum Bay, for
the camp to be opened soon by 1. c.
Ellis. Sam1 McClelland has a con-
tract for construction of six of these
logging trucks.
A very interesting meeting of the
Bimetallic League was held in Column
bia hall, Saturday night, and towards it's
close the discussion assumed somewhat
the controversial nature of the
pr opposed educational combat between
"Coin" and Horr. Mr.. Bullfinch de.
clared himself q Republican and an
apostle of John Sherman, but showed
that he knew but little of his party'i
position on currency when he declared
that it favored free coinage of silver al
a ratio of 16 to 1. He was shout al
much off on some other assertion
but that did not justify the fusillade o
questions from all parts Of the house
after. he had been invited to state hi
views.
o. ]. H. Swift, of Tacoma, is sum-
the United States Firem ems 1nsur
ance Company. of Philadelphia, in thu
Superior Court of Pierce county, fO
SIC. 900, for alleged libel in inducing
the Pacific Insurance Union to issue {
circular preventing him from securing
insurance.