Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-10-23
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

Olympia Is soon to enjoy Il high
grade lecture on Thco>ophy.
Bryan j. weaving his own buuquc
and It Will be made of immortcllr,.
The Dc>chuttcs riycris slowly rising
Mr.. and Mrs l.. 4. Lawrence. @
Portland, visited Olympia this week.
Q. y. Riggs, Of Bucoda, made a bu
slncss visit to the Capital city yester
day.
Olympia Is soon to onjoy a high
grade lecture on the mysteries OF The.
">"rhy.
Guvnor Tcat> was an interested
listener to Mr., Bridges speech Wcdnes
day night.
Mckinley gets his bouquets from tn,
'".''"' II ''':-y are made of perish
able flowers.
The blackbird>, in and about Olym-
pia, are exceeded in number only bI
the falling leaves.
A light shower of rain fell Monday
night. 1t has cleared the atmosphere
and revived vegetation.
Chas. II. Aver and Thos. J. Miller
spoke at Rainier Wednesday night tc
Il large and enthusiastic crowd
Ed. Melton has a cabbage in his
show-window that weighs A pounds.
1t was raised by Mr.. Laughlin, of this
county.
The Westside road leading down
the bay should be repaired before it is
put in a worse condition by the COM
ing rains.
Mrs. j. J. Gilbert has closed her
residence in this city for the purpose
of spending some months in San
Francisco.
w. II. Abel, of Montesano, fusion
candidate for County Attorney of
Chehalis county, was a caller at head
quarters Tuesday.
The Capital Brewing Company is
having its freight car handsomely
decorated, the artistic work being
done by H. Il. Hill.
A brace of hardy Olympians have
started in to compete with the Ital-
ians in the fishing industry of the up
per Sound districts.
Not to be left in the background, a
foot ball team has been organized by
the young men attending Prof. Mil
ler's Business College.
THE HONEST DOLLAR passes from
hand to hand, from mind to mind,
and from soul to soul, and nobody
doubts its genuineness.
"Leo," the dishwasher at Harbst's
restaurant, was severely scalded about
the head by the overturning of coffee
boiler, Wednesday night.
Rev. G. H. Feese, pastor of the
Methodist Church, has recovered from
the injuries received in late fall
down the stairway of his dwelling.
The Mitchell store building near
the corner of Columbia and Third
streets, has been opened to be used as
sample rooms for the Carlton House.
The schooner Bangor, Capt. G. Asp
cleared from the Westside mill Tues.
day for Guaymas, Mexico, with a
cargo comprising 100000 feet of lum.
Der.
The HONEST DOLLAR may not die
"Oly," with the close of the campaign
1t may survive to make life dreary
waste for its little "gold-dollar" com.
petitOr.
Mrs. o. c. Lacey, aged 80 years, died
in this city Saturday night, at the
residence of John r. Mitchell. She
had been in poor health for several
years past.
Fisherman Coffin, a well-known old
Olympian, lies sick at his foat-house
at the foot of Main street, and some
of his good Samaritan friends are car.
ing for him.
Miss May Randolph, late of Olym.
pia and well known among its young
people, is Principal of the "Model
School," an attachment of Vashon
College, at Burton.
A new meat market has been
opened on the Eastside in the Gros
yenor building. So an even hal
dozen places ought to be enough t(
supply Olympia tiesh-eaters.
The new hose-cart arrived, Wednes
day, from Portland, and the old Co
lumbia hand-engine will be shipped
in payment to do service in another
field. Good bye, Old Reliable!
The Mckinley sack is getting il
its work, and 1t is boosted that it il
long enough to meet all demands, in
Guiding "didies" and nursing bottle fol
its bantling, little Jack Republican.
The indignation among bushes.
men in Olympia against the notoriou,
o. c. Lacey, is of such a nature tina
it would not be pleasant thing fol
him to make his appearance in thi.
city.
Free silver means the absolut,
ownership of the white metal, and .
silver dollar represents the freedom
Tor which our fathers pledged thei
lives, their fortunes and their sacret
honor.
The lumber industry of Olympia i,
being well recognized by large dealers
abroad, a fact made evident by tn,
constant shipments by sailing Graf
and rail from the Westside and Olym
pia mills.
Mr.. c. B. Elliott, a well known
Olympian, is the inventor of valua
bic horseshoe for the protection o
cracked hoofs. The contrivance in
closes the entire rim of the hoof ant
is secured in its place without nails.
The ministers of the Episcopa
churches, east and west, are defending
Mr.. Bryan against the charges o
blasphemy made against him by Re
publican demagogues for his allusior
to the "crown of thorns and cross O
gold"