Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-08-23

Mrs. NJ. A. Adams, OF Tacoma, has
engaged in the millinery business at
Il2 Main street, next door to N.
o'Connor's stationary store. She has
displayed fine lot OF seasonable
gools. Give her call.
\ priceless treasure has come to
illumine the household Of Mr.. and
Mrs. b. NJ. Price, in a form that will
doubtless evolute into version of
beauty sixteen or eighteen years from
now.
Messrs. Beckw & Smith who re-
Gently removed their barbershop to
the Turner building now have one of
the neatest and attractive shops in
the city. 1t is a pleasure to enter
such place.
A small shower of rain at an early
hour Wednesday morning, revived
dropping vegetation amazingly, be-
sides purifying the air to some extent.
Had the fall been heavier it would
have done more good.
Ed. Hardness, who resided in this
city several years and was member
of the firm of Allen & Hardness. in
the milling business, is now a resident
of Southern California, and owner Of
fine orange and lemon farm near
Ontario.
The City Council, at its meeting
Wednesday night, appointed the
Mayor, Councilman Byrne and Attor-
ney Faulkner, to act with committee
OF the Board of Trade, with reference
to suggestions to Congress about our
harbor Improvements.
Councilman Mays has introduced
an ordinance repeating the section of
an ordinance "for the prevention and
removal of nuisances," which pro-
hibi,s the wearing OF bells by mich
COWS within the limits of the city. 1t
was referred to the Health and Police
Committee.
Mrs. Geo. III. Burntrager returned
from Westport, Gray's Harbor, Satur-
day, after two weeks rustication on
the beach. She met many Olym-
plans there, and her daughter Bessie
is having a splendid time with the
many young people who are spend
ing their season of recreation at the
seaside.
F. c. Purdy. one of the sturdy
pioneers, OF Union City, visited this
place en- route for Tacoma, to serve
as witness in case before the U. S.
Court, Monday. He is as vigorous,
physically and mentally, as of yore,
but declares that the good old days
can never be lived more than once in
lifetime. Mr.. P. represented his
county in the Territorial Legislature
several terms, and is full of anecdotes
of the peculiarities Of frontier legisla-
ton.
Work on the tubular we'll at the
Olympia hotel has been suspended
while Messrs. Wood & Wiman drive q
we'll out at Bucoda. 1t seems that
this engagement was made when il
was supposed that the hotel we'll could
be finished in few days, and the con.
tractors found that they had two jobs
on their hands at once. All that re.
mains to be done on the uucompleted
we'll, however, is to free the pipe from
sand and put in a lift pump, for the
wellmen found that at the depth Of
l4l feet the drill entered what must
be cavern filled with water, which
rose to within twelve feet of the sur.
| face. Soon as the borers return from
Bucoda, they will demonstrate the
correctness of this 81 RINSE, upon
which they predicate an ample sup.
ply of water for the hotel, or chronicle
the first failure yet made in securing
water by this means.
Something out OF the common will
be the performance OF the Webbing
sisters, at Olympia Theater, nex'
Tuesday night. As the price of adj
mission has been placed at nominal
figures, so, 30 and 25 cents, and the en-
tertainment is under the management
of worthy object, the treasury of the
Ladies' Guild, it is hoped that every
seat will be occupied. The young
ladies are in all respects worthy o.
liberal patronage. They are splendid
singers, delightful elocutionists and
graceful dancers. Their entertain
ment throughout is original and
unique, embracing costume sketch
entitled" An April JEST" The N. Y
Herald says of their performance
Nothing has been seen in New Yorl
so brightly novel, 80 fresh and so at
tractive, as the selection they give
from the English comedies, and the
Shakspearesn and other old-tim'
dramas"
SEEKING HOMES.-Two families o
immigrants came in, Tuesday, il