Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-11-05
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

Ms Emma Page left yesterday for
New York, to bc absent a couple OF
weeks.
The steamer Doctor brought up
Yesterday 80 sacks OF oysters for she
down-Sound trade.
Charles J. DcShaHc. OF this city, has
been granted an increase Of pension
bv the Pension bureau at Washington.
Whitney Il Cameron are preparing
to move their market to the building
formerly occupied 10y Brewers market.
The steamship Corona leaves Sc
atllr for Alaska tomorrow, with y.
W. Tokla>, oi this place, Is pas>en-
ger for juneau.
This morning the steamer Aber-
deem took out the furniture OF the JET
icr>on Hotel, lately purchased by VIM.
Fitzhcnrv, OF Tacoma.
Prof. Bvrnc and wife have returned
from an extended residence in Texas.
Mr.. b. is Il sister of Mr.. Callow, our
popular County Clerk.
ne next StPulllSu!Il l'l ''iii Ian
cisco will hc the Walla Walla Wcdncs-
day. The City of Topeka will leave
Seattle for Alaska Thursday.
Wednesday the following passengers
left for the East over the Union Pa
cifc route: l.. l.. Butler and wife,
and Leon James for Anthony, Kansas.
Eggs have advanced to 80 cents per
dozen; butter is strong at 80 and 40
cents per roll, and potatoes have fallen
to As cents per hundred in Olympia
markets.
Martin has moved his feed stable
from Sixth and Columbia streets, to
the cOmmodious barn building on
Second street, between Washington
and Franklin.
The Chambers market, corner of
Washington and Fourth streets, has
received new and modern front, the
glazed windows being removed and
wire netting substituted.
Miss May Weston, daughter of r. S.
and May Weston, entertained her
young friends, at the family residence
ON Chestnut and Davis streets, on
Halloween, last Saturday evening.
The steamship City of Puebla sailed
from Seattle for San Francisco, this
morning, with the following Olympia
passengers: Francis Leeper, Mrs.
Georgia Brown and Miss Alice NJ. Aus
tin.
In noting the burial OF Mrs. Vina
Stretch last week, we incorrectly,
stated that she was daughter of B.
F. instead of Aaron Hartsock. The
similarity of the family name led to
the inadvertancy.
The Board of Pardons, Tuesday,
recommended an absolute pardon for
]. w. Austin, convicted of burglary at
Port Townsend, and the Communication
of the sentence of Donaldson, con-
victed in Seattle of perjury, to i'm.
prisonment in the county Jail for one
year.
While the report submitted by Prof.
Halves of our city schools shows loss
of two per cent. in enrolment for the
past month and nine per cent. when
compared with the same month last
year, the average Of punctuality and
attendance shows a slight increase
over last year.
1t was pleased audience which
filed out of Olympia Theater, last
evening, after witnessing the mastery
rendition of "The Hoosier Doctor" by
d BELL and his talented company.
NJ III is true star, and he carries
Il hearts of his auditors by storm
from start to finish.
The Board of Trade meet tonight
to consider plan suggested in con-
nection with the improvement and ex-
tension of railroad track on Jefferson
street, which is to secure from the
State an option by first payment on
block or two of tide land at the new
track terminus to hold in reserve as
sites for manufactures.
Fred Carlyon has just received a
bushel Of watches, and the finest dis.
play of rings, chains, lockets, etc., ever
made in Olympia. He has everything
needed in the line of holiday gifts, an
niversary remembrances, and love
tokens. Call and see his stock at his
new stand at the Fourth street en-
trance to the Chambers block.
A. E. Woodland has furnished this
Office with sample of cider of his
own make, which is exceedingly pleas
ant to the taste and we believe alto
gether devoid of all those attributes
which temperance people affirm make
some beverages bite like serpents
The "boys" say they will risk all the
snakes that can be found in such
liquids as the sample before us.
The City Council at its special
meeting yesterday morning adopted a
motion to instruct the Street Com
missioner to expend not to exceed
$2OO in improvement of Jefferson
street, and as the County Commits
sioners have appropriated like sum,
the subscription of the citizens will be
ample for the improvement contemp-
lated and work will doubtless soon be-
gin.
"South Before the War" is the next
attraction at Olympia Theater, on
Monday, the 18th inst. It embraces
an even so colored Ministries, male
and female, and is the largest and
best organization of darkey talent in
the profession. Their specially con-
sists of those plantation melodies
which find such ready echo in the
hearts of all who have heard them,
camp'meeting and hallelujah choruses,
wing dancing, scenes in the cotton
field, etc. This company travels in
Its own $4,000 Pullman palace car.
In response to call of Mayor Byrne
the City Council met in special ses.
SION Yesterday at 10 o'clock A. M, to
organize Board of Health for con-
slderation of reported prevalence of
scarlet fever in the eastern suburbs of