Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-01-08
means fail. 4 test OF her powers is all

means fail. 4 test of her powers is all
that is asked.
DIR. J. VI. Miller, Il half-brothcr OF
DR.. Mcdonald, the ChidcSe Inspector,
late OF Dayton, Wash, has located for
practice in this city. He belongs to
the eclectic "school,' which We be-
licve has not been hitherto repre-
scented in this community.
II YOU want Il good meal, cxpcdi-
tiou>ly served, prepared by an ex-
pcricnced woman, call at the Tony
Faust Chop-house and Lunch-counter,
400 Main street, where the prophet
rcss, Mrs. collie" Fisher, will see that
you are satisfactorily served.
Quarterly meeting services at the
Methodist church next Sunday morn
ing conducted by Presiding Elder $. S.
Sullingcr. Love feast begins promptly
at 10 A. NJ. The pastor will preach in
the evening upon the following sub
ject: Regeneration by the Holy
Spirit" Services begin promptly at
z T. NJ.
An advertisement of Il music dealer
reads, "Get in line with banjo, u
guitar, mandolin, violin or bicy-
Gle" Now what kind of musical
instrument Il bicycle may be, we are at
a loss to infer, although we have
heard music" of vocal nature from
the lips of Il rider just after he had
taken a header"
Gov. Rogers and his Private Score
tary, John f. Ballainc, occupy tempo
rary quarters at Miss Patterson's, cor
ner of Fourth and Franklin streets.
The Governor is engaged in preparing
his inaugural address. He will not
move his family to this city for some
time yet, and until he has secured II
permanent place of residence.
Councilman Harris, OF Tacoma, and
several other members of the board
have started q remonstrancc to be for
warded to Governor McGraw, asking
that functionary, not to acceed to the
wishes of those who have pctitioned
him for the pardon of G. w. BOggs,
now under sentence of seven years inn
prisonment in the penitentiary.
The principal business of the in
coming legislators during the present
week has been introducing themselves
to each other. These social amenities
have occurred on street corners, in no.
tel Hobbies, in restaurants and saloons.
Such overtures are in marked con-
trast to the free and easy courtesies of
the good old Territorial days when
everybody was acquainted with his
colleague, even to his aunts, uncles,
sisters and cousins.
The Ladies' Relief Corps Of the G.
A. r. installed the following officers
on Friday night: Mrs. Geo. Savage,
President; Mrs. Melton, Senior Vice
President; Mrs. Brewer, Junior Vice
President; Mrs. Hiltz, Chaplain; Mrs.
Thompson, Secretary; Mrs. Whe eler,
Treasurer; Mrs. Myers, Guard; rIrs.
Scofield, Assistant Guard; Mrs. Liv-
sey, Conductor, and Mrs. Longmy,er,
Assistant Conductor. Mrs. Cott,ar
acted as Installing officer.
According to fruit raiser of long
experience, the much talked of cold
weather during Thanksgiving week
was not SO harmful to the prunes of
ThurstOn county as was first supposed.
And his idea is that the frost killed so
many parasites on the trunks and
limbs of the trees that the good ef-
fected in this direction will far over
balance the supposed evil. Similar
reports are coming from other fruit
raising districts throughout Western
Washington.
Col. John w. Newell, of New Bruins
wick, New Jersey, brother of Governor
Newell, of this city, died on Tuesday
last at his home in that State, after a
brief illness. He was civil engineer
by education, was appointed Paymas-
ter in the army by President Lincoln,
which Office he held for seven years,
three of which were in the regular
army. Since that time he has been
Superintendent and Treasurer of the
Gas Company OF his city. He was
native of Ohio, but passed nearly all
OF his life in New Jersey where he was
a most prominent citizen.
A. Williams, and wife have taken
charge OF the German Bakery, Fourth
Street, near Columbia, formerly
managed by A. J. Kraudelt, and will
hereafter be ready to serve everything
In the pastry line at your doors. Mrs.
Williams will be remembered as the
driver OF bakery wagon, in this city,
during the flush times of the boom.
She and her husband, by their in
dustry and irugality, managed in those