Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-04-17
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

tlI1 NEWS IN BRIEF.
James Brewer made a trip to Shell
ton yesterday.
W. L. bigger left Monday for a tour
in Eastern Washington.
Old Probs predicts it will be "iai,
and warmer" Tomorrow.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. S. Allen are the
posses.ors of another son.
y. s. Porter returned from a trip to
Tacoma yesterday afternoon.
Assistant Attorney General Haight
has gone to the national capital.
A daughter was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. F. c. Morse, few days ago.
A new dry house is going up on the
grounds of the Olympia saw mill
A car load o. shingles was shipped
from the Olympia mills, last Tuesday
Miss Kitty Langridge commenced a
summer school on Mound Prairie last
Monday.
The Multnomah yesterday delivered
a consignment OF hay to Messrs. Oil
yer, at their dock.
Mrs. Sullivan and daughters will
depart Sunday for Baker City, Ore
gon, their future home.
Mrs. P. D. Moore had very snc-
cessful operation performed on her
eyes, at Seattle, last week.
Thurston's share of the quarterly
apportionment of the State School
Fund just made is $862.73.
The Republican County Committee
meets tomorrow afternoon at Mr..
Ayers office in Stuart Corner.
A section OF East Fourth street tele-
phone wire has adopted the role OF an
@olian harp, and it is tuned in F.
Cedar bolts are now delivered at the
various mills at 81 per cord; just half
the price of wood several years ago.
The Tenino stone quarry is in
operation getting out rock for ship
ment to Eastern Washington and
California.
NJ. Preston Brewer. OF Rochester,
was united in marriage to Miss Maud
Morgan, at Toledo, Lewis county, on
the 9Th inst.
Robt. Oliver, of the enterprising
grocery and produce firm at the draw,
ON Fourth street, paid business visit
to Seattle this week.
1t 10 agreed on all sides that the So
called backward weather has proved
the salvation of the fruit crop in the
upper Sound sections.
The last steamship arriving from
San Francisco was the Umatilla, due
to-day. She will leave next Wednes-
day, on her return trip.
The following passengers for the
East, over the Union Pacific, left yes
terday':: VIM. NJ. Smith and Fred
Smith, for Webb City, Mo.
The following passengers sailed on
the steamer Walla Walla from Seattle
to-day for San Francisco: Mrs. S.
Beliveau and Mrs. L. A. Tirtlot.
The steamship Walla Walla, which
will sail from San Francisco on the
Oath inst, will carry general merchan.
disc to Seattle and Tacoma at 81 per
ton.
The State Treasurer is prepared to
pay warrants on the general fund up
to and including No. 1925 and on
the tide-land fund including No. g.
O89.
The Sunset Telephone Co. have
three tons of telephone wire at Perci-
walls dock, to be used in extending
their means OF communication to Ho-
quiam.
The travelling land commission OF
the State will hold q session at Shell.
ton on the 21st inst, to consider the
matter of appraisement of oyster
lands.
Mr.. A. A. Booth has returned from
California and will resume his place ae
Superintendent of the Port Townsend
Southern, and Mr.. Wyche will return
to Seattle.
The following new members were
initiated into the order of Woodmen
of the World Wednesday night: Fred
w. Crombie, James Longmire and
J. T. Thacker.
Tacoma taxes bicycles one dollar q
year and realizes several thousand
dollars revenue thereby. Olympia
could realize handsome income by
adopting a similar policy.
The following Olympia passengers
sailed for San Francisco by the Pueblo,
which left Seattle Sunday: ]. w.
Bridge. Geo. H. Crossett, P. J. Killo-
ran, A. Donaldson and w. T. Hays.
The steamer Doctor took this morn
ing to Kamilche 80 coils of wire, one
barrel Of brackets and two of insulat-
ors, for 8. G. Simpson. It is material
for construction Of . telephone con-
nection between his camps.
II the thieves who stole = number
OF fruit trees from David Sypher's
nursery a. the south end of the city
had remembered the adage "By their
fruits shall ye know them," they
would probably have confined their