Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-08-20
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

san Francisco.
Miss Tarbcl has returned to her
home in Portland.
The atmosphere is dense from the
smoke ii the forest fires.
Capt. Hambright is with us again,
after an absence OF Il year or more.
The morning boat will leave Sunday,
hut NJ boat will leave in the afternoon.
The poor grouse have suffered since
tl., "opcn season" began, on the 18th
quite number OF people from this
city attended camp-mceting at Little
Rock, sunday.
The excursion party by the State OF
Washington, to this city, Sunday,
numbered 40
United States Land Appraiser F.
Horsington, has opened an Office at the
Carlton House.
The smoke is just beginning to AS
sert itself i'll modifying to some extent
the heated term.
A daughter was born, Saturday
evening, to Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Me-
Bratney, OF this city.
Theodore +. Husk, formerly a resi-
dent Of this city, died in Santa Clara,
California, last Sunday.
W. H. Ingham, of Iowa, father of
DIR. lngham, one of our resident ply.
sicians, is on a visit to his son.
Capt. S. Wiley has so far recovered
as to be able to ride out on a visit to
the dock where his steamers lie.
The weather forecast for tonight
and tomorrow is Fair; continued
warm. Sunday promises to be cooler"
Mrs. Smedley and Miss Marston, of
this city, have been visiting friends in
Mason county during the past few
days.
David Helser and Miss Kate Weaver,
both we'll known people of Oyster Bay,
were united in marriage this after
noon.
Pilger & Going have rented store
room in Seattle and will move their
stock of hardware to that city in
about two weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. Nelson, of Gull
harbor, rejoice in the advent of wee
daughter, who took up her residence
with them Monday.
The constitutionality of the grain
inspection act is to be tested in the
Supreme Court. 1t will have a hear
ing on the 9th inst.
Miss Ella Bush, who has been visit
ing relatives and friends in this city
for several weeks, left on Monday for
. her home in Seattle.
Miss Mary E. Wescott, formerly a
teacher in the public schools of this
city, but now of Tacoma, is visiting
her Olympia friends.
The U. S. government has detailed
four revenue cutters to convoy the
steamship Portland down which left
st. Michaels on the 18th.
The steamer Doctor will leave in a
Jews days for Skaguay, to tow barge
of lumber to the mining district for
the Port Blakely Mill Co.
The State of Washington brought
up over 400 people from Seattle and
Tacoma, Sunday, to spend few hours
in the City of the Gods"
The next steamship sailing from
the Sound for San Francisco is the
City of Puebla Sunday, and the same
date the Queen sails for Alaska.
The Multnomah bought in, last
evening, lot of camp equippage for
Mosier & Mcdonald, to supply the
place of that lost by forest fires.
The rate on general merchandise
from Sound points to Dyea and
Skaguay is $40 per ton, and the CON-
pany's liability ends at anchorage.
. F. J. Reiss, who for some time past
has been foreman of the Capital bind
cry, in this city, has determined to
60 to Dyea and engage in merchandise
ing.
The lurid light of forest fires is now
seen in various directions after night
fall, and by day the dense smoke per
ceptibly lessons the glare of the suns
rays.
The steamship Queen has been de-
tailed to make the trip northward
that was accorded to the lost ship
Mexico, and will leave Seattle Sunday
on that service.
Quite fire has eprung up in the
FOREST CROWN on Billings Point, west
of this place. It for time menaced
the Northern Pacific track, where it
ascends the ravine.
Louis Schmidt made quite an ex-
tended trip on the Sound the past
week, in his naptha launch Montana,
having as guests party of friends from
Portland and Montana.
10. Lamon and L. w. BrittO have
returned from a trip to the Squak
country in Kittitas county, where they
have located some promising quartz
lodes on Fish Lake, near Roslyn.
A bell tower has been added to the