Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-04-23

day, and left by the Northern Pacific
this afternoon for Tacoma.
The gentlemanly agent OF the
Magic Yeast Factory is here this week,
distributing free samples OF the celc-
brated Magic Yeast. No other article
i'll the United States is So well and
favorably known as Magic Yeast.
Other kinds OF yeast may be good
some OF the time but Magic Yeast is
good all the time. Try the sample
according to directions and you will
be pleased with the result.
Willie, II little son OF Peter Amber
son, fell over the stair railing at the
Washington school house yesterday,
distance of ten feet. striking upon his
face and making extensive bruises
but breaking no bones. DIR. Newell
SAYS he will recover soon If the brain
is not shocked, which is not probable.
He remained inscnSibc for Il short
time and when he recovered was taken
To the house of Mrs. Henderson and
afterwards to his fathers house.
Mrs. johnson oil Tacoma, is the new
landlord" of the Olympia hotel.
IT'S we'll. Having tried many men in
that capacity with Indifferent success,
let us now try an energetic, enterpris-
ing, thrifty and experienced woman.
The first move of the new manager
shows that she fully grasps the situa-
ton. She will afford good accommo-
dations from 81 upward, and meals at
% cents. The whole premises will be
thoroughly renovated, and opened to
the public next week.
Almira Della, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Jasper Hartman, died Monday,
Of consumption, on Westside. She
was little over Is years of age, and
until stricken by disease, Il child of
great promise. She was buried
Wednesday, the funeral rites occurring
in the Baptist church. The Westside
school children attended the funeral
marching from the residence to the
church with wreathes of flowers,
which were used to decorate the cas-
kct at the church and the mound be-
meath which it rests in the cemetery.
George NJ. Savage intends to make
an effort to transplant Eastern oysters
to our bay, and Gull Harbor has been
selected for the propagating bed. He
has ordered 100 bushels for starter,
and they are expected to arrive in
about a fortnight. A dam will be
be built at the mouth of the inlet, and
by that means about Is acres will be
kept submerged at low tide. 1t is
sincerely hoped that this experiment
will be q success, and that the larger
oysters peculiar to the Atlantic beds
may become acclimated to this Coast.
The " Souvenir of the Fifth Legis-
laturc" of the State of Washington
has been issued by Jeancon & Savagot,
OF Tacoma. 1t embraces short bio
graphical ske tches OF our Congress
men, of the State officers, the Supreme
Judges and members of the late legis-
lature, with splendid half-tone en-
cravings of their personnel, arranged
in artistic groupings. A brief history
of previous sessions is likewise given.
A copy of the Souvenir will be given
to such of our subscribers as are i'll
arrears for year or more who pay
up to date.
Gordon Henry was sent to the Asy-
lum at Steilacoom by order of Judge
Jacobs. He was there two years ago
and was discharged as cured, but his
insanity returned and about a week
since he made an afiort to kill himself
which came nearly proving fatal. He
is still very feeble, but recovering hav-
ing the same tendency, so that his
family concluded, as he himself did,
that he should be placed where he will
not be liable to injure himself or 9TH
ors. DR.. Newell and DR.. NOVEL; con-
Quoted the medical examination.
Louis E. Freitag, formerly of this
city but now of Baker City, Oregon,
was married to Miss Jennie B. Hilder-
brandt, of this city, Sunday morning,
Rev. J. l.. Thompson performing the
ceremony. A wedding breakfast was
served to the near friends and rela-
tives who witnessed the ceremony,
and at 1:45 p. NJ. the happy couple
left for their home in Oregon. Both
of the "high contracting parties" are
we'll known to many of our people,
and the best wishes of host OF friends
accompany them in their new field of
labor.
The case Of Down vs. Pix, for $685.
600 damages for libel, has been before
the Superior Court, at times for sew
eral days past. Tuesday the plaintiff
made a motion to strike out certain
parts of the defendants answer, which
was sustained by the court, and
plaintiff was allowed to amend COM
plant on payment of $25 as DAMAGE
for delay. The case was resumed yes
terday, and several witnesses were ex-
amined on behalf OF the defense to
show the truth of the alleged libel,
that plaintiff had set fire to the build
ing destroyed.