Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-05-24
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

Yesterday Wa Ascension day-Holy
Thursday.
\ little maiden graces the home OF
Elmer Dodge.
The Superior Court will lie in ses.
sion tomorrow.
Mrs. DR.. Mead, OF Bucoda, is report-
cd to be quite i'll.
Mr.. John VI. Patton and wife visited
Seattle this week.
Another confectionery store is to be
opened on Fourth street.
4 daughter has arrived at the home
of Delbert Burdick, South Union.
Now is the time to rid your fruit.
trees OF the destructive caterpillars.
The Multnomah brought up the
freight of the Walla Walla Tuesday.
Wild strawberries are reported to be
plentiful on the neighboring prairies.
Chas. Alden Mosher and Fannie
Winslow Austin have been licensed to
we'd
&c. Otis, OF the Surveyor Generals
office, is the happy papa of a bright
boy.
David Chambers, jr., of Pasadena,
Cal, is on visit to relatives in this
county.
The G. A. X. Sunday service will
this year be held in the Unitarian
church.
Supt. Pague, of the weather bureau
at Portland, predicts showers for to-
morrow.
DR.. Newell reports the birth OF a
son to the wife OF VIM. Ogle, this
morning.
Repairs to the Long bridge at the
draw will begin soon as piles can be
procured.
Mrs. J. F. Smith, book-keeper of the
Olympic Mill Co., went on a visit to
Tacoma to day.
Senator John L. Wilson is ON the
Sound, and the Olympian says he will
visit Olympia soon.
Our beautiful bay is becoming a
favorite resort for pleasure-seekers as
the season advances.
Capt. Joe. Alexander returned yes
terdsy from his bicycle ride to the
Gray's Harbor country.
A delightful shower OF lain this
morning revived vegetation and
cleared the atmosphere.
Attorney Alfred S. Bennett, OF
Goldendale, argued a case in the SUI
preme Court this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Libby went to
Shelton last Saturday, to attend the
funeral of Mrs. Saeger.
James Connolly, of Chambers mar
ket, spent several days in Mason
county during the week.
The Estella took load OF supplies
to Mosier & McDonald's logging camp
on Mud Bay, yesterday.
The Elks of this city will give a
minstrel performance at Shelton on
the evening OF June 9Th.
Does Olympia intend to celebrate
the coming Fourth? If so, it is time
our people were getting move on.
DR.. Warren Riley and Mayor C. B.
Mann returned from Summit Lake
yesterday. having caught sixty trout.
Anold's merry-go-round is now ct
Everett. 1t did an excellent business
during its two weeks stay at Shelton.
Quite a numbsr of our people went
to Victoria yesterday. to participate in
the celebration OF the Queens BIRTH
day.
Miss Minnie McCullagh has returned
to her home at Union City, in Mason
county, where she will spend the sum-
mer.
The State Land Commission will
visit South Bend, on the 10Th prox.,
to hear the Pacific county tide-land
cases.
DR.. A. S. Oliver has returned from
. trip to St. Louis, where he attended
post graduate course of lectures in
dentistry.
The Port Townsend Southern
brought in 80 passengers yesterday.
The travel is steadily increasing over
this line.
Gov. McGraw has appointed G. A.
Kennedy State Librarian, to fill the
vacancy caused by the death of Col. F.
7. Gilbert.
Mr.. Weston has on sale collection
Of rare roses, bergonas, geraniums and
other flowers, in pots. at very moder'
ate prices.
The steamer Estella brought up
Savage & Schoield's pile-driver, Mon
day. 1t will Immediately begin work
for the city.
The flow of water struck by the
county in boring q we'll at the court
house, is not strong and by no means
satisfactory.
Those who participated in the Chris
tan church excursion to Steilacoom
yesterday say it was an exceedingly
enjoyable affair.
Trevor Kincaid, of this city, has
been appointed Assistant Professor OF
Botany and Zoology of the State Uni
versity at Seattle.
1t is estimated that fully 200 per.
sons participated in the picnic excur-
sion Of the Christian church, to Steil-
accom-, yesterday.
The Olympic mill is running full
time on an order from the Northern
Pacific Railroad Co., for wharf timbers