Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-03-06

JUSTICE OF the Peace to succeed T.
McReynolds by the County Commits
sIOners.
A meeting OF the Thurston County
immigration Society is called for Sat
urday afternoon. 18th inst, at
o'clock, in Columbia hall. The
Thurston County Horticultural Soci.
ETY. meets on the same day and place,
at one +. NJ.
The City Of Toleka which sailed for
Alaska Wednesday, took 200 passen-
gers and 200 tons OF freight, all the
available accommodation being occu.
pied. The only passenger from this
city was Theodore Brown, who goes
to make II trial Of mining.
The Georgia University Graduates
are all educated colored people, and
their entertainment is free from
anything that is coarse; while the
old plantation songs are rendered with
al! the characteristics OF a genuine
darkey cotton field chorus.
The next steamer which leaves Sc.
attic for Alaska, is the Alki, which
will sail on Sunday next. This
steamer has had some extensive im-
provements made on her in the way
of passenger accommodations since
she was last on the route, about year
ago.
The Jones brothers propose to turn
their sail-boat into n steam-launch.
The boat is about 20 feet long and
) feet beam. They are now at work
building four horsepower pipe boiler
to be placed in the boat with a three
horsepower engine, which is likewise
of home construction.
Miss Sarah +. Page, died in Seattle,
Monday, and her body was brought to
this place Wednesday for burial. Fun
eral services were held in the United
Presbyterian church at p. NJ. Miss
Page made many friends in this COM
munity while she was engaged in
school work here several months ago.
The prices of admission Monday
night at the theater will be, parquette,
SO cents; balcony Soc; gallery, 25c.
Children with parents, will be admit.
ted to any part of the house for Ii
cents. and boys to the gallery 10 cents.
Children" are, for this purpose, sup
posed 10 be persons under Is years OF
age.
Mrs. Fannie Louise Lotb, aged 40
years, wife Of Henry Lobb, of Bucoda,
died at her home, at that place. on
the 27th ult., after being confined to
her bed two months with compiled
ton of ailments. She leaves a hus.
band and five children to mourn her
loss. The funeral took place last Sat
urday.
The County Commissioners have
decided that the city shall hereafter
look after its own poor people. Inas.
much as the larger corporation in
cludes the less, and the city is taxed
its full share for the support OF the
INDECENT, a question will doubtless
arise as to the ability of the Commits
sioners to abridge the responsibility o.
the county.
DR.. Newell reports that while Judge
DennisOn is somewhat better, he still
continues to be in a very precarious
condition. The doctor also reports
that DR.. Mcdonald. U. S. Immigrant
Inspector, is quite i'll OF malarial fever
complicated with sciatic rheumatism
Also that Isaac Walker is slowly i'm
proving from an attack of malaria
pulmonary fever.
The spray from the fountain in the
lakelet on the plaza has covered th'
rockery, this cold weather, with
coating of ice, which adds very mucl
to its utility as an ornament to tn,
little park. In fact, it has been {
question with most people whether
the rockery was really intended to b.
an object of beauty, by the landscap
artist who superintendent the work, o.
q convenient peg upon which to ham,
bill of expenses. Nature has at las
demonstrated its utility as a decora
tive device by flinging over it fleec
mantle of exquisite loneliness.
The Pacific Coast Steamship Co.
steamer Queen which it was contemI
lated to place upon the Alaska ront
to meet the extraordinary bushes
that has sprung up on that route, me
with an accident in entering Code
Gate last week, by running into tn
steel bowsprit of a ship at ancho
which did damage to the Queen
the amount of 100000 and which
will require several weeks to repsi
Her advertised time to go upon tn
Northern route was June 9th, but III
activity OF trade had changed the pre-
gramme.
Groceryman Hubert, OF Rainier, ws
held up by two men, two miles froi
Roy, the other night while going
Tacoma to buy goods. They demande
$1O6 he had and one pushed revolvs
in his face. AS he descended from tn
wagon Hubert struck the man with
gun, knocking him down. He kicke
the PROSTATE man in the jaw an
stepped on his wrist, securing the pisto
He compelled the second man to hol
up his hands 10 minutes, while til
first man recovered from his knockol
blow, then marched them into RO
, while a 13-year-old boy followed benin
with the team.
The lately-organized Republica
club in this city will operate as
boomerang sometimes does whe
hurled by an unskilled hand, if SON
of the stuffing" don't place q TIM
lock on their mouths. The other nigh
motion was made to change tn
night of meeting to Saturday, when
met with quite lively opposition, lie
by . prominent tax-ester. When aske
to state some ground of opposition, Il
declared that it would conflict wit
attendance upon another organizatio
in which many Republicans were il
: terested. 1t was, of course, very il
, discreet act to force an explanatio
, under such circumstances, but it
said that "Whom the gods would d.
, stroy they first make mad" and whe
relentlessly forced to the wall he r
luctantly admitted that he referred
the A. P. A.