Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-02-08
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

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Next Thursday, the Nth, is Valen-
tines Day.
The days length is now 10 hours and
&c minutes.
The Populists gave dance in Ia
coma hall last night.
County Assessor James. of Grand
Mound, is in the city.
The best results are obtained by adj
vertising in the STANDARD.
Editor Packard, of the Snohomish
Eye, was in the city yesterday.
The men working on the capitol
foundation were paid off Monday.
The County Commissioners will
meet in regular session March LIST.
The Elks propose to give their min.
strel show about the latter part OF this
month.
There will be two eclipses next
month, one Of the moon and one of
the sun.
The chisels OF sixteen stone cutters
makes Emusic in the air" on the CAPT.
toll grounds.
The State Treasurer has funds to
pay general warrants from 6,056 to
6,195 inclusive.
The Western Union Telegraph Co.
will put in an Office at the Westside
railroad station.
A teachers examination will be
held ct the court house on the 18th,
18th and 10th insts. 80
Capt. Symonds expects that the
dredger will finish up our harbor con-
tract by the 25th inst.
Moffatt Bros, the contractors on
the capitol foundation, have increased
their force to 100 men.
!. Mrs. Martha E. Longmier was grant.
ed last week, q divorce from her hus-
band. w. F. Longmier.
The steamer City of Shelton now
makes two trips daily to Shelton, leav-
ing at y A. M. and 6 p. NJ.
The steamer Seaside carries the
mails to Hartstein Island twice week,
Mondays and Thursdays.
An ice cream social was given by
the Mission Band of the Central Bap-
tist church Tuesday evening.
The tug Queen City brought up an
other scow loaded with brick for the
capitol foundation, Wednesday.
Capital Lodge No. Is, X. of P. will
celebrate the anniversary of the found
ing of their order by a ball OF the 10Th
inst.
Mr.. Chas. Bates, of this city, and
Miss Mamie L. Weldon, of Brooklyn,
N. Y. were married in Tacoma Tues
day. .. ,
H. A. Percival is suffering from an
injury to his eye caused by piece of
wire flying up into it while riding a
bicycle.
Olympia Council Royal Arcanum
will give an entertainment and ban.
quet in the X. of P. hall, Stuart's cor
ner, this evening.
Lochland Macleay, who is in the
employ of his uncle's bank, in Port
land, is spending brief vacation on a
visit to his mother in this city.
On and after next Sunday trains
from the north will reach this city at
n:3O A. NJ, instead of IL so, and from
the south at 80 instead of ESQ P. M.
Our local water company has re-
turned to the city Treasury Is per
cent. of the amount of their revenue
from the city the past year, mount.
ing to 1882.
Next week is the mid-week of the
Legislative session. Twenty-Five days
have passed and very little has been
done except to pile up work for the re.
mainder of the session.
Ben. Gslliher, q native of Olympia,
passed through this city to-day, en-
route for Tacoma to visit his mother.
Ben has been a resident of Spokane,
and in the railroad service the past
two years.
The Thurston County Bar Associa-
ton was organized, Wednesday even.
ing, with N. S. Porter, President; D.
E. Bailey, Vice President, and P. M.
Troy, Secretary. The association will
meet next Wednesday night.
Billy" Buchanan, formerly OF this
city, but now of Ellensburgh, was
shaking hands with friends in this
city, during the week. He has been
employed as fireman. on an N. p.
locomotive since he left Olympia.
An attempt was made to fire the
the Pacific House. Monday morning,
but the smoke issuing from one of the
rooms was discovered by Chief North
up in time to extinguish the shoulder
ing flames without much difficulty.
Will A. Steel, : Hannah Jones, F.
E. Eldridge and Grant C. Angle, of
the Executive Committee of the State
Press Association. visited the capital
this week, to suggest needed legisla-
ton for protection vi interests OF news
papers.
Monday morning, Rev. Father,
Classens joined in holy wedlock Mr..
John Schulling aud Miss Grace
Wentz, both we'll known to many
people in this city. They start on
LIES voyage with the best wishes OF