Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-10-01

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removal of their grocery stock to the
Mckcnny building, corner OF Fifth
and Main.
Mrs. Aaron Hartsock returned
home Monday evening from an ex-
tended visit with relatives and friends
in Colorado.
a local company, with c. b. Mann
at its head, has been formed in this
city, to work and develop placer
mine at Swauk.
W. /. Peer, captain of The police
force in Seattle, was on visit to his
daughter, Mrs. IL. .. Drury, the early
part OF this week.
{. II. Pridham, the grocer, has
bought out 7. II. Phipps, and will
hereafter manage the business of the
latter on Fourth street.
The last great strait which con-
fronts the farmers is to secure the po-
tato crop. This crop is reported to be
simply immense in his county.
Mr.. W. ii. Mitchell, one of Olym-
pas pioneer citizens, now of Port
land, is spending short vacation
from business on his Tumwater ranch.
There was happy rancher in town
yesterday; he was exulting over the
fact that his potatoes were all dug and
under shelter except about 300 BUSH
els.
The Capital Brewing Co. have en-
larged their refrigerator in their ware
house on Percival's dock, to accom-
MEDIATE their rapidly increasing bust
ness.
The camping-out mania, like other
fads, has come to quite sudden dis
continuation and the charms of the
domestic freside are once more appre-
ciated.
Quite trade in clans is becoming
auxiliary to the oyster business, which
indicates that the merits of "chowder"
are becoming known to "outside bar
barians."
The first sprinkling of our autumn
nal rains began Wednesday morning.
We might as we'll get our wraps to-
gether and see that our umbrellas are
in order.
A splendid opportunity for renting
a we'll furnished house of eight rooms,
with water and electric lights, barn
and clubhouse, cheap. No. GLIB East
side street.
George A. Kennedy, of Ritzville, and
Miss Pearl Burnell, of Tumwater, were
united in matrimony at the Baptist
church, by Rev. A. G. Sawin, Wednes-
day evening.
Ten tons of railroad spikes came up
yesterday for use by Mr.. Simpson in
constructing his logging railway. He
lately received q carloads of rails for
the same purpose.
Now that the evenings are rapidly
growing longer, meditative people will
do we'll to consult the columns of the
WASHINGTON STANDARD for instruction
and profitable reading.
The last stupid iniquity to 60 on
record is the removal of the Office of
the State Board of Audit and Con-
troll from its legally appointed seat in
Olympia to the City of Destiny.
Rev. J. r. Browne, father OF the
State Superintendent of Instruction,
arrived last week from Wabash, Ind,
for visit which may possibly be ex-
tended into permanent residence.
When the early midsummer gold
reports came tripping down from
Alaska, they were set to music writ
ten in G sharp, major; now the songs
are chanted in A minor, ofetuoso.
In order to secure proper ventila-
ton for the new market, one of the
large plate-glass windows was re-
moved from the front of the Turner
block and its place filled with wire
netting.
Rev. Leoniel A. Wye, who has been
temporarily in charge of st. Johns
church in this city, pending the ar
rival of the rector, has been assigned
to work about Seattle, with his resi-
dence in that city.
The next steamship for San Fran
cisco will be the City of Puebla, which
will leave Seattle Wednesday, with the
following passengers: Stanley C. Smith
and wife, w. J. Perrinan, F. A. Brown
ing and VIM. H. Dotter.
An observing economist asserts that
had the larger fruits, now decaying on
the ground in the orchards OF Olym-
pia been exported to Dawson City, its
value would have reached up into
some thousands of dollars.
"The single mill is the hell of
Washington CEDAR" was the remark
dropped by street corner observer as
several wagon loads of shingle bolts
were vending their way to the JEFF
ferson street mill; and he was not far
from the truth.
An Olympia scientist thinks he has
discovered why it is that as the Au-
tumn rains begin, the Jersey COW
gives milk of more pronounced
cerulean hue. Well, now let him ex-