Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-07-19
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The Olympia passengers by the
steamship City of Puebla for San
Francisco, Wednesday. were Mrs. T. i
J. Lamont and Miss Blanche Lamont. /,
Mountain Eagle" who conducted
a pawn show in this city last year, has
returned from California and will
probably reopen his curiosity shop in
a few days.
John X. Mitchell, who has been on
a trip to Springfield, H., on pro-
fessional business. returned home
Wednesday evening. He was not in
the best of health on his arrival.
st. Johns Sabbath School went on
an excursion Wednesday to Doiilemy-
er's Point. They went on the
steamer City Of Shelton at s 80 A. NJ.
and returned by the Multnomah at Z
Pm.
Mrs. Hale's second tube we'll has
increased the combined flow so much
that No. 3 hydraulic ram is kept in
motion which easily raises an ample
supply to the tank on the roof of her
brick building.
Mr.. Finger visited Portland this
week to get some castings made for
his ice machine at Tumwater, which
met with smash-up last week, since
which time it could only be operated
at about one-half its capacity.
A new mill at Gig Harbor costing
about $75, 600, which has laid idle the
past year or more, was purchased
Wednesday by S. G. Simpson at about
one-eighth OF its original cost and will
be at once placed in operation.
One of the most picturesque and at
tractive natural features about Olym-
pia can be found at Tumwater in the
falls OF the Deschutes river with their
heecy cascades and curious pot-holes
in the rocks. Visitors should not miss
them.
A noted advance in the price OF
wool and iron is reported. The ap-
probation of cost Of the latter COM
modify has saved about $500 to the
pipe company of this city on the ship.
ment Of band-iron just received by
them.
Oliver & Co. are making extensive
Improvements in their warehouse on
Fourth street, near the draw. They
have reconsfdered their determination
OF restricting their business to -four
and feed. and will continue to- keep a
full stock OF groceries.
The following teachers have been
engaged for the Bucoda public schools
for the coming year: Mr.. A. l..
Thompson, principal; Miss Nellie L.
Purvis, intermediate department, and
Miss Adelaide E. Williams will have
charge of the primary grades.
Capt. Hatch has concluded to trans
fer the steamer Monticello to Califor-
MIA waters, where she has already
secured profitable route. 1t is init.
mated that he will bring a new steam
err to run on the upper Sound which
will carry the broom for speed.
At the school election held Monday
the propositions to increase the out
standing Indebtedness and validate
outstanding warrants were adopted
BY barely three-fifths majority. The
number of votes cast were SIG, OF
which $40 were in the affirmative.
Two of the large logging cars recent
ly built by Sam. McClelland, for 1. C.
Ellis new logging camp at Skookum
Bay, were loaded on q barge and
towed down to their field of duty last
week. Sam. has contract for build
ing four more of these monster trucks.
Thomas Decker, Wisconsin mill
man, has been in this city the past
few days, the guest of Jos. Lammon,
looking for a new location for BUSH
ness. He has secured an option upon
the Boutwell, property, on the West
side, and expects 10 return with his
family in few weeks.
Baby Sinnot, in J. K. Emmets
&" Fritz in Mad House" is the young
est actress in the United States; that
is, child actually having a part and
doing specially. She is but five
years old, is sweetly captivating, and
she makes her audiences go fairly
wild with enthusiastic admiration.
A letter from Jos. Alexander, who
left few days ago to discover bonan-
20, in the Okanogan country, indicates
that while he has not yet reached the
goal of his ambition financially, by
unearthing the present basis OF re.
demption money, he has killed rat.
tlesnake, and in token of that event
he encloses an instalment of rattles.
Arrangements have been made for
grand excursion to this city next Sun.
day, from Tacoma, by the
steamer State Of Washington. 1t is
expected that fully 600 guests will
visit Olympia on that day, and an ef-
fort is to be made for their entertain
ment by use of the electric cars to
visit the capitol grounds and Tum-
water.
The fourth quarterly conference OF
the Olympia circuit of the Epworth
League meets at Freedom school
house tomorrow Saturday afternoon.
at 3 o'clock. In the evening Elder
Moore, of Tacoma, will preach, and
Sunday morning love feast will be
held at IL o'clock. On Friday even
ing, the 26th, a quarterly social will
be held, at the same place.
Mr.. A. d. Sheldon, superintendent OF
the water works at Chehalis, was in the
capital CITY this week, and reports en-.