Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-11-20
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

. prosperity, remember the
poor.
Lodgcrs are calling for more bed
covers.
Fred Stocking, OF Grand Mound, i
in the city.
Oysters and clans are in the acme
OF their season.
The call of the solemn crow is be-
ginning to he heard.
Hon. l.. b. Minis of Cosmopolis was
in the city this week.
Robert Wingate, of Tacoma, was in
the city on Wednesday.
Mahara's Minstrel parade will take
place at noon Monday.
Christmas comes on apace and long
stockings will be in order.
Plumbers are watching the weather
with considerable interest.
Remember the football game at
the fair grounds tomorrow.
School children are finding good
coastlng on the frosty sidewalks.
The children had their fill of coast
ing while the snow lasted, this week.
The late snowfall was quite too
transient for successful deer hunting.
Savage e. Scofield are driving piles
for the bulk-head at the bridge draw.
An infant daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Gottfeldt is seriously ill, of pneumonia.
The Deschutes river is booming and
smaller streams are overlooking their
banks.
Oyster dealers are at their wits end
in shielding the tender bivalyes from
the frost.
Despite the pinching cold, roses are
blooming in a good many Olympia
flower gardens.
The weather probabilities are "To-
night and Saturday snow or rain, and
warmer Saturday."
Incandescent lights are beginning
to shed their affulgence at four O'Clock
p. NJ. these dark days.
DIR. Mcdonald is preparing to build
a boat to test his newly invented
method of propulsion.
A doggedly-contested land suit
brought in good many people from
the country this week.
On Sunday the Aberdeen will make
her usual trip at 2 o'clock P. NJ. She
will be the only boat out"
A daughter was born, last Saturday,
to the wife of Mr.. Charles Pridham,
the upper Main street grocer.
A. ]. Burr is exhibiting some fine
specimens of cranberries gathered
from his ranch down the bay.
The STANDARD Thanksgiving turkey
this year, need not be remarkable for
size, only so it is fat and tender and
juicy.
The annual ball for sweet charity's
sake which takes place next Wednes-
day night, promises to be popular
affair.
The full moon and electric lights
conspire to make Olympia brilliantly
Illuminated city, these clear, frosty
nights.
Potato harvesting is now the re-
naming autumn work for the FARM
ers, and fair prices are realized for the
product.
Blackbirds and tame pigeons are
becoming efficient street scavengers,
and should not be molested in their
good work.
Presiding Elder Sullinger is now
one of Olympia's permanent citizens,
having taken up his residence on
rankin street.
This number of the STANDARD be-
gins the 37th year of its existence.
During all that time it has never
missed an issue.
Meal in the tub, sugar in the bar
rel, cracking fire and clear con-
science, are among the creature COM
forts about this time.
Capt. Brown of the tug Edith, the
tender for the dredger Oakland, has
moved his family to this city with
his household effects.
Baled hay is still being hauled to
the city for shipment to distant points
and the producers are receiving fair
prices for the product.
Wayne Lawrence and Miss Bertha
Hackney, Mailing from Yelm, were
married by Judge Cavanaugh, at his
Office, Wednesday morning.
Mrs. 7. N. Ford re turned last even
ing from visit to Seattle to find that
her home had been despoiled by the
fire fiend during her absence.
At its last session, Tuesday evening,
the Supreme Court refused new trial
to William Cary who killed his Indian
wife about year ago in King county.
A typical Western Washington win
ter has prevailed since election, and
yet the typical weather prophet predicts
pleasant spell during the holiday
season.
Bicycle riding has been under pro-
test during the late drizzling rain.
An umbrella attachment is needed to
make the machine success in rough