Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-02-19
CITY NEWS N BElEF.

The weather clerk rcl"rt- that the
probabilities t'-nnorr"w viii be " Ram
and warmer.
S.x more day ot calendar winter
and :!rcn the birds viii warhlr the
songs oi spring.
Misses Hattie and Carrie, daughters
oi Edward Callow, ri kamilrhle, were
visiting in Olympia, this week.
Mary f. Hobart lccturcd in Unity
church last evening. Her subject
wa, I'm Expose of TIA" Political SIT
uation."
Olympia will be represented at the
inaururation OF President Mckinley,
by Hon. John f. Convey and wife, who
are now in the East.
W. I. Cavanaugh is u candidate for
the office OF Postmaster OF this city,
and Val Milroy would like to have
another whack at that plum.
The Tacoma Library rooms have
been placed in excellent trim for
guests. and are now under the per-
sonal supervision OF Frank Van
Eaton.
The steamship Umatiila, sailing
from san Francisco for Puget Sound,
on the 18th inst, will carry general
merchandise to Seattle or Tacoma for
ST. per ton.
The next steamer for San Francisco
will be the Puebla which will leave
Seattle Tuesday. The next boat for
Alaska will be the City OF Topeka, on
the 2Sth inst.
Secretary of State Jenkins visited
New Whatcom last week to attend
the funeral of his sister in-law, Mrs.
Thomas G. Nicklin, wife of the Sec
rotary of the last State Senate.
Deputy Sheriff McClelland arrested
at Yelm Wednesday, William Vim
cent charged with stealing cattle in
Mason county. He was brought to
town and turned over to the Sheriff
of Mason county who came up to re-
ceive his prisoner.
A fisherman predicts that when the
draw is put in position at the west end
of Long bridge. the waters in the up
per bay will prove a trap to the
schools of small fish that venture to
come up through the narrow channel
that will then exist.
About seventy-five people came up
from Mason county, Wednesday, to at
tend the burial of David Shelton, the
pioneer, who died in the city be had
founded bearing his name, Monday.
The funeral rites were under direction
OF the Masonic fraternity.
The Saratoga" conner of Colum.
bia and Fourth streets may not be
noted for its "chips," but it is becom-
ing famous for being the best place in
the city for fine confectionery, the
freshest of fruits and the best OF
cigars. Give it trial and see if this
is not so.
Next Monday, the 22d, Washing
tons birthday; March 4th, Inaugural
ton day; and then March 18th St.
Patrick's day and the Corbett and
Fitzsimmons big fight at Carson, Ne
vada. And so that's the way great
events succeed each other in sovereign
America.
Remember that the lecture of Hon.
James Hamilton Lewis on the life Of
Washington, in Olympia Theater,
Theater, Monday afternoon, will begin
at 2 o'clock sharp. Doors will be
open soon after one, so that the PEG.
pie may be comfortably seated by the
hour named.
A very pleasant entertainment was
given by the Freedom Literary So
ciety in district No. II, on Chambers
prairie, last Friday evening, at which
about IS persons enjoyed a most ex-
cellent programme consisting Of songs
and Rotations, followed by a supper
and cake-walk.
The ticket sale for the Columbia
Opera Company, in "Said Pasha," at
Olympia Theater, Monday night, will
begin at O'Connor's Saturday, at 9 A.
NJ. Preference will be given to sign
ers of the subscription list till TO-
when the remainder of the seats will
be at the disposal of the general pub
lie.
Among the pictures which will be
shown between the acts of Said Pasha,
Monday night, by Prof. Wymond's
magniscope, are some of the cele-
brated pictures known to this particu-
lar style of art, viz: "The Surf at
Long Branch" 1.-THE Police Drill"
"The Watermelon Match" 1.-THE
Lone Fisherman" and others.
An "old-time" house greeted Nc.
sorley's Twins, at the theater, Wednes-
day night. 1t was deserved. A more
pleasing performance by better people
has not been presented on the Olympia
stage for years. 1t would be invidious
to particularize when every act was an
artistic triumph and each feature was
greeted with the most enthusiastic ap-
plause.