Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-12-17
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

The Multnomah will make her reg
lar trip sunday.
Farmers say that liberal rainfallS
ensure good crops.
The shortest day Of the year is near
at hand-ncXt Tuesday.
Charlie kchoc is up from Mason
county to spend the holidays.
You have but two weeks left for
formulating New Year resolutions.
The Simpson logging camps will
shut down Monday for the holidays.
A daughter was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Plomondon, at Tumwater, yester-
day.
4 daughter was born Wednesday
afternoon to Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Crosby.
Mark Jones has about completed his
job of timing the roof for the steamer
Aberdeen.
The prospect for tomorrow, as an
nounced ny the weather prophet is for
more rain.
Miss Emma Dennison, of this city,
is visiting her sister, Mrs. r. w. Shaw,
at Shelton.
Olympia has two infant industries
that are attaining stalwart proportions
beer and oysters.
GU. Swayne and wife have returned
from Little Rock and will spend the
winter in Olympia.
Several shipments OF finishing lum-
her have been made to Shelton and
Kamilche the past week.
No taxpayer should absent himself
from the mass meeting at the court
house on Tuesday next.
Yesterday the steamship Alki left
Seattle for Alaska, with Jesse Murphy
and I. H. Phipps as passengers.
o. E. Stickler expects to so to
Skaguay next month, where he pro-
poses to open a blacksmith shop.
X. Taggert, a cousin of o. V. Linn,
has arrived from Ohio, and entered
upon law course in Mr.. LIS Office.
The family of VIM. Hilderbrandt
moved yesterday to Tacoma, where he
has found employment in the car
shops.
The Olympia shingle mill will shut
down for a couple of months as
soon as the mill fills the contracts now
in hand.
Tom Nicklin, the wide-awake
rustler for the American Type Foun-
dry Co., spent several days in this city
last week.
Miss Rainwater, a sister of Mrs. o.
G. White, whose home is Dayton,
Oregon, is over on q visit to her
relatives.
The steamship Umatilla sailed from
Seattle, Wednesday, for San Fran
cisco, an Olympia passenger being F.
w. Seeman.
The next steamship for San Fran
cisco will be the City of Puebla, leav-
ing Seattle Monday. The Corona
sails for Alaska Tuesday.
Remember the Sisters Fair in Co.
lumbia hall begins Monday evening.
Fun and festivity, mirth and music
joy and jollity, will prevail.
G. Rosenthal takes extra space this
week to inform our readers OF the
many useful article that he has for
the holiday trade. lead it.
The steamers CT y of Shelton and
Estella brought up yesterday So sacks
of oysters, all beii I for down Sound
trade, except Is sa ks for Portland.
w. S. Kellogg, formerly of this city,
is now editor and proprietor of the
BrittOn Citizen, neat and newsy
paper published at Britton, Michigan.
VIM. H. Clock and Kitty Wells, of
Bucoda, have been licensed to wed.
'Tis we'll; for it is evident that Kitty
will always be able to call time Oh
him.
L. B, Faulkner and H. B. McElroy
went duck-sh0oting at Nesqually, Tues
day, returning with Is feathered VIC
Tins of their deadly skill as marks
men.
The Capital Brewing Co.'S ship
ments of beer has been steadily in
creasing. Nearly every point on the
Sound Is now q patron of that in.
stitution.
The Schubert Concert Co. will give
one OF their delightful entertainments,
on Christmas evening, at Olympia
Theater, under the auspices Of the
Knights of Pythias.
' w. A. Peters, who arrived from
Cabool, Mo-, short time ago, has sent
tickets for Jos. L. Peters and wife and
Robt. Jones, to come via the Union
Pacific, for location here.
Judge Aver was out at Chehalis this
week to hold court for the Judge of
that district, From that city he in
tended going to Montesano, ON like
mission, before returning.
The dancing floor of Unity Church
has been covered with water during
the past week of heavy rains, neces-
stating suspension of Terpsichorean
pleasures until the floor subsidies.
j. l.. Holland, of the Palladium, is
the happy father of a stalwart girl
baby, which made her appearance at
his home, with an apparent determine
ton to stay, on Thursday, of last week.
1""h0 ~ CHSaSculcHI LOT next Tues
day evening. If you have made one,
get excused and attend the mass meet
ing to be held by the citizens at the
court house to Ieorganize the Board of
Trade.
r. +. Whitman is in Seattle urging
homeless people who are waiting to go
to klondike to come to Olympia,
where rents and living expenses are
low, until the routes to the northern
mines become passable.
The following officers were installed
ter 0. f. S.: Worthy Matron, Mrs.
Follansbee; Worthy Patron, c. d.
King; Worthy Associate Matron, Mrs.
uaston; Secretary, Mrs. Londsberry,