Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-06-04

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Workmcn are repairing the tele
phone wires, and large mast is being
prepared for erection in front OF tn,
central Office.
The Capital Brewing Co. are plac
ing "cold storage plant at Aber
deem to put their beer on ice for tn,
" harbor" trade.
That unsightly object, the frame
work OF the water tower, in the rcal
OF the courthouse is to be enclosed, a
cost of $12l.5O.
\ tive-horse power donkey engine
and boiler, consigned to w. f. Haus
man, was listed with the Multnomah'.
freight last evening.
1t is reported that a mine OF galena
has been discovered on Rock creek
in Mason county, by two gentlemen o
the name OF Anderson.
Proprietor Burrows, of the Boston
Kitchen, wants it understood that he
will lay the plates" for three hun.
dred meals next Sunday.
The break in the water main
Wednesday, corner ef Sixth and Main
streets, necessitatcd II shut-oif of the
aqueous fluid for that day
Secretary of State Jenkins is re-
covering from Il Sprained ankle which
has caused him no little pain and in
convenience the past fortnight.
The next steamship for San Fran
cisco will leave Seattle next Tuesday,
and on the same date the Queen will
start on her inaugural trip to Sitka.
n Mr.. Archer, of Tacoma, has been
appointed to succeed DIR. Mcdonald as
immigration Inspector. The doctor
has made faithful and dilligent Of
ticer.
W. II. Lee and David Ferguson, left
yesterday for the Okanogan country
in the primitive way of old settler
days. They will cross over Snoqual-
mie pass, by team.
The Olympian was a little prema-
ture Saturday in announcing the Ar
gus excursion for last Sunday. 1t
should have been stated for next
Sunday, the 9th inst.
Mrs. Mary A. Swanton, of Tenino,
has been adjudged insane and sent to
the asylum at Steilacoom. In addi-
ton to her mental infrmity, she is
in poor bodily health.
Gen. Ballaine, the Governors Secre.
tary, has gone east of the mountains,
presumably to inspect those arid
lands in which his accidency feels
such an abiding interest.
H. U. Belt of Spokane, C. P. Ferry
of Tacoma and Paul d'Heirry Of Sc
attic, have been appointed Commits.
sioners to the Worlds Fair of 1900 to
be held in Paris, by Gov. Rogers.
One of our merchants offers to
contribute $40, and a suit of clothing
for log-rolling prize, provided Others
in his line will manifest like interest
in celebrating the Fourth Of July.
While homegrown strawberries
have been selling at ten cents per box
Walla Walla farmers are glad to ped.
pie them from house to house and sell
them for less than four cents per box.
The whereabouts of J. A. Harpel
still remains a mystery. The report
that he was at Nisqually was not SUBJ
stantiated. 1t is surmised that he
has started for his old home in Kan.
sas.
Van Eaton & Aldridge, of the "Sara.
toga," have made arrangements fol-
handling the entire crop of strawber-
ries produced by Mr.. Reames, one OF
the most successful growers in the
county.
Some miscreant has been poisoning
dogs the past few weeks. If his
identity becomes known, it will be
difficult to restrain their owners from
making him take a dose of his own
medicine.
P. S. Lesher, knight of the stick
and rule, we'll known in this city
where he has resided for several years
was united in matrimony at Seattle
Tuesday, to Miss Maud Van Wormer,
of that city.
, If the reports of the Tacoma papers
as to the sale of tickets can be relied
on, there will be big crowd of excur.
sionists in Olympia, next Sunday
They are coming up on the steamer
State of Washington.
The Thurston County Peoples
Party Club are arranging for a picnic
to come off at Halls Resort, June Is.
Some good eating and a good deal OF
speaking are announced as among the
leading attractions of the day.
The State Auditor has, it is said
determined to issue certificates OF
Indebtedness against the grain inspec-
ton and penitentiaiy revolving fund,
because of failure of the Legislature
to make appropriations for these funds.
Miss Alice C. Strohm came over
from Dayton a few davs ago to assume
a position in the Office of the State
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