Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-06-11

Marble Works, on Third street, near
Eastside mill, will be moved to the
corner Of Fourth and jefferson.
! The rainfall last night, it is thought
performed another service besides re-
newing vegetation. Several incipient
forest fires were quenched, and the
annual period of smoke-laden atmos-
phere and destruction OF timber has
been thereby delayed.
a sample shipment OF Thurston
county Strawberries will be made to
the officials of the Great Northern
Express and Railway companies, at It.
Paul. They will 60 in refrigerator
car from Seattle, which insureS their
arrival in good condition.
Let it be remembered by those who
are grooming under the burden OF
heavy taxes that they can do some
thing towards averting another threat.
ened calamity by turning out at the
school election and voting a vigorous
No on the textbook question.
Three Seattle wheelmen made the
entire trip from Seattle to this city
and return, Sunday, distance of 1873
miles, on their bicycles. Their names
We're \. Pay>e, +. O. Clifford and Wal
ter Smith. They left this city on their
return at 2:lj Z. NJ, arriving home at
1890.
The primary meaning OF the word
auditor" Is nearer or listener, and it
seems appropriate therefore that the
County Auditor should be supplied,
as he has been. with q telephone,
whereby the kicks" of many tax
payers may be registered on the
official tympanum.
Train wrecker Worden was to have
been hung last Friday and Durrant
to-day, but legal technicalities have
prolonged their lives a few months till
action can he taken by the United
States Supreme Court. No wonder
the goddess of Justice appears with a
bandage over her eyes.
Keep off of the grass" is the clumsy
alliterative warning painted upon the
newly erected sign-boards in Sylvester
Park, and this, too, in classical Olym-
pia. No wonder the lover of rhetori-
cal precision wipes his eyes as he en-
tiers the park and is confronted by
these glaring injunctions.
Robt. Bridges, Neal Cheatham, F.
J. Browne and w. c. P. Adams are
announced as speakers at the peoples
basket picnic to be held at Buffers
Cove, next Tuesday. This promises
to be a popular gathering. The
steamer Seaside will ply hourly, car
rying excursionists at 10 cents.
The Multnomah yesterday carried
the butchers from Tacoma to Seattle
to participate in their annual picnic,
and to be at that point early in the
day, left this city Wednesday night
Immediately after performing her
round trip. The Aberdeen has ad in.
terim performing the regular service.
The severe frost which prevailed
Tuesday night did considerable injury
to fruit and vegetable crops in this
county. The damage is greater in
districts away from tide-water than on
the bay, and is sufficient to check the
bright expectations of an ample yield
at time when it was so much needed.
The Olympian says that there will
be no rose carnival in Olympia this
year, but does not state on what
grounds it bases its dogmatic utter
ance. 1t is more than probable that
an exhibit of fruits and flowers will be
held, as all former displays have been
so eminently satisfactory to all con.
cerned.
Among the excursionists from Sc.
attic, last Sunday, was Mrs. Sylvester,
widow of the late Edmond Sylvester,
once owner of the TOWNSHIP of this city.
Many were the welcomes the good
lady received from her old friends rep
resenting the older citizens of Olympia.
May her pleasant face often gladden.
the city of her adoption.
A fireman on the City of Shelton
sustained ducking yesterday. While
holding on to lifeline and leaning
over the side of the vessel to perform
some service to the paddle wheel, the
ring which held the rope came from
its moorings and he fell into the wa.
ter, but was Immediately rescued, sus-
tanning no severer inconvenience than
a thorough wetting.
"Have you ever seen a rope.walk"
is now Anticipated. The latest is "Did
you ever see cookie crawl?" but us
that experience has only been verb
fled by gentleman who organized a
claiming party last Sunday, and did
his clam-digging by proxy, gossip very
naturally arises as to the precise con-
ditions under which he witnessed this
(alleged) remarkable performance.
The name of Will Fosters trim little
yacht is Iiilicnm. The "First Fami-
lies" will recognize in this selection a
concession to their Partially for any
thing associated with old.time memo