Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-05-14


AT seattle on the 1T prOX.
An excursion party Is expected up
from Tacoma next sunday.
Capt. l.. Wiley and wife have spent
the last week at Hot Springs.
The prospects for full crop OF
fruit this season are excellent.
a. II. Chambers has moved into his
new residence on Seventeenth street.
The next meeting Of the County
Commissioners will take place June
Sd.
Mrs. Arthur Callow and child left
on the steamer for Shelton, last even
ing.
Owen Kelly will reopen the shoe
shop formerally operated by Mr.. Bal
veg.
Another season of fairy moonlight
has come to beautify the evening
hours.
Clam.diggers are driving Il lively
business during the subsistence of the
oyster.
At A. NJ. yesterday the thermome-
ter registered 65 degrees at Mann's
drug store.
Ed. Cotter is making a good job of
that bicycle path" to Woodland. 1t
is about completed.
You must pay your taxes this
month to avoid penalty, and the per-
sOnal levy anyhow.
Prosecuting Attorney Mitchell and
wife returned from brief sojourn in
Seattle Wednesday.
The exercises OF the G. A. r. on
Sunday, the 3Oth inst, will take place
in Olympia Theater.
The capital city appears to have a
great attraction for commercial trav-
elers about this time.
The STANDARD office force is pre-
pared, at any time, to test luscious
samples of strawberries.
o. ID. Lazier, Travelling Freight Agent
of the Pacific Coast Steamship Co.,
was in the city this week.
A. ]. Baldwin, of Mason county, one
OF the discoveries OF Olympia, is up
on visit to his old home.
]. H. Lame has gone to Eastern
Oregon to look after some mining in
terests he has in that district.
The Multnomah tonight will
bring up the freight of the Umatilla
for the merchants OF this city.
The Capital Brewing Co. made a
large shipment of beer this morning tc
the Diamond Ice Co., of Seattle.
Water nymphs will soon be desport.
ing in Percival's Natatorium, if the
present warm weather continues.
The Graham Paper Co. of St. Louis
bave been awarded the contract
for supplies for the State printing Of
fee.
The next steamship for Alaska
will be the Alki, Wednesday, and fol
San Francisco, the UmatilIa, same
date.
The steamship City of Topeka
sailed from Seattle to-day for Alaska
and the Walla Walla for San Fran
cisco.-
Daniel Gaby, lawyer, will hereafte
be found at Temple Flat, where he ha
fitted up an elegant suite of offic,
rooms.
Mr.. and Mrs. Larry Cormier lef
Wednesday for Nelson, B. c., wher,
they expect to engage in the restaur
ant business.
The several express companies hav,
been doing brisk business the pas
few days in forwarding session laws t,
county officers.
Imported strawberries are selling fo
fifteen cents per box, and the bottoms
OF the boxes are we'll ventilated by ,
big space below.
N. s. Porter has purchased the
Chaplin residence on Westside, ant
moved his household effects to tina
place yesterday.
Judge Hodgdon, of an adjoining dis
trict has relieved Judge Aver temper
arily to, determine cases in which HI
was disqualified.
Jack Doane has gone out with sur
veying party whose base of operation.
Will be for the season on the othey
side of the Cascades.
Annie Besant, the great lecturer or
theosophy will be with us on the 2Sth
and speak in Olympia Theater on the
evening of that day.
MI Won Ratz, of Nesqually, shipped
To-Day l,lOO pounds of cheese and 4OC
pounds OF bacon to Alaska, which
were his own products.
Thomas Reynolds, representing Bis.
seger q Co., OF Seattle, shipped this
evening four tons of hides, purchased
from Walter Chambers.
Baby carriages and bicycles com.