Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-10-29
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

Mr.. c. ;. Eaton LETT Wednesday foI
a trip East.
The Woman's Club? Why, the
broom stick, OF course
Editor Lott, Of Shelton, visited
Olympia. this week.
Judge Roger :. Greene, OF Seattle, is
on a visit to this city.
The weather forecast for tonight
and Saturday is Fair"
City Attorney Troy has returned
from his visit to Whatcom.
The steamship rmatilla sails from
Seattle for San Francisco Sunday.
\ son was born to Mr. and Mrs. +.
II. kugrey, on Eastsidc, Saturday.
1t is expected that the Multnomah
will resume her trips in about a week.
Mr.. Mcdonald, of the firm of Mosh-
or & Mcdonald, loggers, was in the
city yesterday.
\ son was born Wednesday, at st.
Peters hospital, to Mrs. c. S. Baldwin,
OF Little Rock.
Lester Darwin, a newspaper man
from Whatcom, paid our city flying
visit this week.
I. S. Phillips, of Yakima, has been
licensed to wed Miss Agnes f. Begg of
Thurston county.
Mayor Byrne announces in a card
over his signature that he will not be
a candidate for reelection.
The Eastside Mill Co. shipped this
week some bridge timbers 6S feet long
for use in the Sucker" State.
Mrs. d. NJ. Brown, who resides ON
Maple Park, is dangerously i'll at St.
Peters Hospital, of peritonitis.
The steamer Seaside took cargo of
supplies this morning to Mosher e.
McDonald's camp on Mud Bay.
AL Muirhead has returned from a
surveying trip to Bakers bay, near
the mouth of the Columbia river.
1t is reported that the steamer
Mabel, which runs ON the Seattle
Everett route, was burned yesterday.
The Saratoga's speciality this week
is grapes-Concord and California-of
luxurious growth and exquisite flavor.
Mr.. Will d. Jenkins, wife of the
Secretary of State, returned last even
ing from weeks visit to friends in
Seattle.
The hobos, as winter approaches,
become more numerous, doubtless
driven in from their tramps by inclem-
0nt weather.
Miss Hattie Van Eaton left Wednes-
day for Phoenix, Arizona, to enter
upon service as instructor of the In
dian school.
Mr.. Kleise, brewer of the Capital
Brewing Co., expects his wife to
arrive by this evenings train direct
from Germany.
Yesterday the steamship City of To-
peka left Seattle for Alaska. The
next boat for that destination will be
the Alki Monday.
The young folks of the M. E. Church
propose giving a social on Hallowe'e EN-,
Saturday night, at the residence of DR..
Lansdale, on Eastside.
Somebody entered Giles market
Monday night and carried away a side
of bacon. The wonder is he did not
take the "whole hog"
From all accounts it appears that
the oyster industry of the upper Sound
is tending to augment the growth of
this valuable shellfish.
Mr.. Tanck former partner of Mr..
Shields, in the milk business, moved
to Seattle this week with his house.
hold effects and seven cows.
John NJ. Swan, a resident of this
city, now in charge of the Odd Fellows
Home, at Walla Walla, is reported to
be quite ill from a severe cold.
The Rhododendron and the Prim-
rose Clubs will dance together in the
Unitarian church, tomorrow evening.
The Rhodos entertain the Prims.
Rev. J. S. McCallum was elected
President of the State Board of Mis-
sions of the Christian Church, by the
Assembly held in this place, last week.
The Port Blakely Mill Co.'s steamer
Favorite, Capt. May, came up with
MIR. and Mrs. S. G. Simpson to enable
them to attend the funeral of Capt.
Wiley, Monday.
The topic for consideration in Unity
Church Sunday afternoon is "The
Grace of Service, or Does Christianity
Afford a Solution for the Perplexing
Problems of the Day."
w. N. Harris has removed his con-
fectionery stand to the block south OF
his former place of business, in the
building formerly occupied by Browns
bath and barber shop.
A cash register was stolen from
the vacant Parlor saloon, one night
last week. 1t is surmised that the
thief wanted the machine to "keep
tab" on his expenditures.
A case of scarlet fever is reported at
the residence of family by the name
OF Sypher, on Ayers Hill. The house
has been Ularantined and the nublic