Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-09-06

u. X. SlmOnSen mas removed his
jewelry store to the front part of the
room occupied 10y the Northern Ex-
press Co., IN the Williams building.
The next steamer for San Francisco
will he the Umatllla, leaving Seattle
on the 10Th, and for Alaska, the City
OF Topeka, leaving on the 10Th inst.
' Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. l.. Melton are
happy over the advent OF bright
little daughter, which took up its
residence with them Tuesday night.
= Capt. Rinbart. Ed. LOOMS, John,
George and Bill McClelland left last
Monday for hunt in the Oily mpics.
They expect to be gone about three
weeks.
The book-fiend has appeared in
town, and this office is putting its
book-agent chair into position. There
is wisdom in the observance of timely
warning.
The big scow of the Westside Mill
Co., which has been undergoing re-
pairs several weeks past at the bone
yard" on First street, is about ready
for service.
A meeting of the Bimetallic League
will be held in Columbia hall to-
morrow Saturday evening. Senator
f. w. Taylor, OF Tacoma, will deliver
an address.
Nashon College begins its fall term
next Tuesday, Sept. 10th. A number
of students from Thurston and Ma
son counties will go down Monday to
enter this school.
Mrs. Bateman, whose husband was
recently killed in the railway accident
near Shelton, has commenced suit
against the Peninsular Railway Co.
for $25, 900 damages.
The Multnomah and Aberdeen have
been carrying persons attending the
NJ. f. Annual Conference, at Seattle
at $l.oO for the roundtrip. The con-
ference closes Monday.
Robt. Frost has on exhibition at his
store Oat stocks six feet eleven inches
high and timothy seven feet four
inches in length. They were grown
on the Chehalis Indian reservation.
The sinking of an artesian we'll at
Bucoda was not Il success. The driv-
ers struck a layer of sandstone at 80
feet which they could not penetrate at
the price they were charging for their
labor.
The Multnomah brought up yester-
day two fine draft horses for S. G..
Simpsons camp. Wednesday she de-
livered a similar span for Thos. Bor-
deaux, to be used in his camp in Ma
son county.
A cosy little bower, in which the la
dies can be fitted with the latest styles
in MILLINERY, is the store of Mrs. Ad-
ans, next door to O'Connor's, in Grain.
gers block, with an obliging little
lady to wait upon you.
Miss Susie L. Currier returned yes.
terday from Ohio, and has accepted
a position as teacher in the public
schools of this city. Miss Currier ii
a graduate of the Olympia Collegiate
Institute OF the class OF 'S9.
The Postal Telegraph Office hat
been removed to O'COnnOr's book
store and Mike" will hereafter man
ipulate the key. He is an old-tim'
operator and the service will not b'
less Acceptable under his management
Miller's Business College now hold
sessions day and night, and is attract
ing quite a large class OF young mel
who propose to engage in bushes
pursuits requiring a thorough knowl
edge of bookkeeping and bushes
methods.
The store.room in Ramm's build
Jog, 80 Fourth street, the headquar
tiers of the Democracy in the cam
paign last year, has been converte
into house of prayer, where Rev. G
Newton and band nightly hold revivs
meetings.
Joseph Nilette moved his camp fror
Hartstein Island this week to ceda
claim eight miles from Shelton. Thi
move is made especially so as
> furnish cedar for the new shingle mi
which will soon be operated on tn
t Westside.
On Monday, the steamer Aberdee
brought up and transferred to the Cit
: of Shelton, 1913 packages of groceri'
] for the Lumbermen's Mercantile &c
who have opened new store at She
. ton, and yesterday she brought u
y 600 sack OF flour for the same firm.
Yes, competition is the life of bus
/. ness. Less than year ago steam'
,. fare between Olympia and Shelto
was one dollar; for the round-tri
$l.25. Now, the fare one way, is
r cents; the round-trip, IS cents. TT
same can be said of the Olympia ar
'Kamilchie route.
The STANDARD contained an lite
u last week informing its readers abo'
the running of tom-cod which cou
Q he caught near the Westside Goa
It bunkers, and every day this wet
l. many people have been fishing +
them, bringing back strings OF fro
, % to so OF these fish.
II J. NJ. Coleman's beautiful yacht c
a rene steamed into our harbor yeste
day, about IL O'Clock. with pleasul
lie party of fifteen persons aboard. Aft
1t y visit to Tumwatcr falls and 9th
l. objects of interest, the party EMBARK
about 4 o'clock for home.
ct A colored expert in higher matll
ID mates yesterday RECALLED crowd I
g one Of the street corners by blac
board demonstrations OF his ability
.r discover unknown quantities. /
ID manipulated q and with all I
r. adroitness that sliRht-oi-hand pc
former exhibits in tossing balls.
NJ The Olympic Mill Co. lost abo
~ half scow-load of clear planed ii
.;r beers while in tow for Tacoma, last F
" day night. The scow was in charge
the steamer Estella, but the timt
~ seem to have slid off 50 noiseles
Is, that the loss was not discovered un
Sc morning and after destination h
been reached.