Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-12-31


coating of snow, and from present ap
pearanccs arctic weather must be pre-
vailing among those hoary Businesses
The Unitarians surely believe il
EMERSON, for their church parlol
floors are again covered with water
and dancing has to be suspended for /:
time.
Kenneth Kincaid, son of DIR. Kin.
caid, OF this city, returned from the
cast few days ago, where he ha,
been sOjourning the past three or foul
years.
To read Southey's jingling poem
GLOW the Water Comes Down nj
Lodore," and feel its full intent, &C
and sit down on the brink of the
Deschuttes falls.
Samuel Burnett, a logger, fell down
in an epileptic fit on the corner OF
Fifth and Main Streets, this afternoon
He was carried into Crombie's drug
store and soon revived.
In view of the fact that grass is uI
to the cattles' eyes in the stock ranges
consumers are beginning to ask il
forty cents a roll is not pretty high
price for fall-made butter.
Mr.. Higgins is placing "Young's
Hotel" in thorough repair for business
He is now prepared to lodge all Gus
toners, and he will soon open the
dining-room to the public.
Mr.. Gottfeldt and Ambrose Bennett
who are engaged in the fishing in
dustry at Tacoma, have been in the
city the past few days and returned
to their field of labor to-day.
Burglars attempted to force an en-
trance to Judge Reavis' residence
Monday night, but a pistol shot from
the Judges revolver scared the enter
prising gentry from the premises.
Rev. John Bridges, of Iowa, will adj
dress the public in Columbia hall
next Friday night at 1880 O'Clock
on the Single Tax question. The pub
lie is respectfully invited to attend.
az will subscribe at once for the
WASHINGTON STANDARD" would be {
good starter for list of New Yeal
resolutions. This might be followed
by such little conceits as al will adj
vertise my business"
A grand ball was given at Yelm or
Christmas eve. at which people were
present from all parts of the county
Mr.. J. N. Sumpter got up an elegant
supper which was highly appreciated
by the large crowd present.
The Puget Sound country is report
ed to be full of stranded Klondikers
with sprinkling of hobos anon.
their numbers, and late developments
indicate that Olympia is not wholly
free from the unwelcome element.
F. G. Deming has been awarded tn,
contract for carrying the mail OF
the route from this place to Kamil
chic. The little steamer Emm,
Florence, which has been renamed tn,
Marguerite, will be used for the ser
vice.
The next steamship for Alaska will
be the Corona, Wednesday, with the
following Olympia passengers: c. f
Grain, w. r. Harold, Clint Knox, Mis-
Maggie Bessie, B. F. Littlejohn, Chas
Eichstad, Lee Stamey, and s. L
Dennis.
The Olympian did not come gu,
Wednesday evening, in consequence o
a failure of the electric current which
is required to turn the machinery
The omission demonstrated how nee
essary its genial little face is to tn,
community.
Two carloads of flour from Eastern
Washington arrived to-day for Kear
ney & Co. This firm expects another
carload of flour from the Puget Sount
mill, at Tacoma, Monday. This store
is evidently doing a land-office bust
ness" in flour.
On Christmas morning, in this city
G. w. Offers was united in marriage
to Mrs. P. P. Epperson, Rev. J. S
McCallum officiating. The peculiar
part of this transaction was that tn,
groom is 70 years of age and the brid,
only ten years his junior.
Little Oily in the exuberance of hi.
delight over Christmas observance.
saw myriads of stockings, "filled tt
the brim with love-tokens." Thos,
weren't stockings, Oily; stockings dom
wear brims." They must have beer
hats, or GROWERS" or some other ole
thing.
Judge Hagin has returned to Seat
tie from prolonged sojourn in Alaska
The Partially of Dame Fortune il
according her favors is shown by thu
fact that he does not return with {
PLETHORA of nuggets. He will be here
in few days to tell call he knows
about it.
Billy Esling, the rustling little
business man formerly connected will
the Olympian, lately engaged in var.
iOus enterprises at Rossland, was in
this city Tuesday, on a brief visit to
his many friends. He left Wednes
day for Seattle, to look over the field
of business activities.
Rev. John Bridges, of Ottumwa
Iowa, has been the guest of his
brother, Land Commissioner Bridges,
the past week. He is a member oil
the Iowa NJ. E. Conference, but
stepped aside little from the chosen
path to preach for the Peoples Re-
ligious Assembly, last Sunday.
The Eagle Mining Syndicate of this