Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-12-31
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

CITY NEWS In BRIEF.
lS9S.
Goodbye Ninety-scven.
Good morning Ninety-eight.
Il. p. Shoocraft is in Seattle.
Now let us all. turn over II new leaf.
How about those New Year resolu-
tions?
The new City Council meets Tues
day night.
The Multnomah makes her regular
trip Sunday.
The day is one minute longer than
it was week ago.
A jury term of the Superior Court
meets in February.
The new year opens with five Sun
days in its initial month.
A matchmaking will be held in
the NJ. E. Church tonight.
The Harmony Orchestra went to
Shelton to-day to play for a ball.
Mr.. c. v. Leach is teaching school
in the Conine district, Yelm Prairie.
Atlantic Coast New Year calls are
to be made on bicycles tomorrow.
The bark Courtney Ford is taking
in cargo of lumber at Westside mill.
The thermometer stood at the freez.
ingpoint this morning at eight o'clock.
w. L. bigger and family, of Seattle,
are on a visit to their former home,
this city.
The Olympia shingle mill has sus-
pended operations for period of sew
eral weeks.
Allen Weir is recovering from his
illness that has kept him belfast sew
eral days.
"To-night and Saturday rain" says
the weather oracle from his place on
the housetop.
A new trestle is being built from the
Port Townsend Southern depot to the
Westside mill.
Albert Hawk, one of our pioneer
residents, died at Roy, few days ago
aged about 60 years.
The Tacoma Ledger says "bursted
for burst. Now why not say d" busted
and have done with it?
"Brad" Davis has, it is reported
secured the position of purser on the
steamer State of Washington.
Owing to circumstances unavoidable
the STANDARD will not again make its
appearance till early next year.
The three big bears in the pit al
Tumwater are growing fat and sleek
from the munificence of visitors.
VIM. H. Mitchell, of the Mitchell.
Staver Wagon Co., Portland, is ovel
on business visit to our town.
The blessed sunshine again illumined
the expiring year to-day, after a rain.
fall that was Unparalleled in its extent.
The Multnomah resumed her trip,
this morning, and the Aberdeen re-
sumes her state of innOcuOus desuitude
The Klondike wave of immigration
has reached Olympia, and many adj
venturers will buy their outfits in thi.
city.
Mrs. Olson, of Seattle, daughter
of DR.. and Mrs. Mitchell, of Westside
has been on holiday visit to her par
ents.
Miss Louise Aver, a sister of tn,
Superior Judge, came up from Seattle
this week for visit to her brother,
family.
Land slides on the hillside grade.
resulting from the heavy rains, hav,
done some damage to sidewalks thu
past week.
Receiver Phillips, of the First Ma
tiOnal Bank, has announced SECOND
dividend to depositors, amounting t.
ten per cent.
Do not fail to see the eclipse of tn,
moon next Friday morning, one of tn,
eclipses visible during the new year OF
the Pacific Coast.
An inquirer will learn all about tn,
mysteries of the Dominica letter b,
consulting any one of the cyclopedias
article, Calendar"
Mr., and Mrs. J. f. Clark, of Seattle
paid their annual visit to the parent,
OF Mrs. c., Mr.. and Mrs. Marsha
Darling, this week.
Mrs. Barr has removed her TYNE
writing office to the room on the frs
floor OF the courthouse, across the hal
from the postoffice.
The steamship Alki sailed from Sc
attic for Skaguay with the followinf
Olympia passengers: r. R. Weller
and G. H. Sterdevant.
Frank Littlejohn is down from
Skaguay to adjust some business mat
tiers he left unfinished when he left
for the north last October.
The next steamship leaving Seattle
for San Francisco will be the CITY OF
Puebla next Tuesday. Miss Badger
from this city, will 60 on her.
Leander Kearns of Hoquiam, and
Miss Curtis Walker, of Independence
were united in marriage, Sunday
evening, by Rev. NJ. Anderson.
=. Professor D. f. Crandall, teacher
b Inc satsop school, is spending the
nIiidays with his family and among
'e'a'lVes and friends in Olympia.