Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-03-05

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ing is concluded"
The musical blind man plays
another role for variety's sake. BY
the help OF a small hoy as guide, he
wheels 4 cart around town bearing a
whole jewelry and Yankee notion
store in big show case.
A protest comes from the residents
OF Bush Prairie against the division of
School District No. Z by the Superin-
tendent, and it will he heard by the
County Commissioners at a meeting
to be held April 9th at 10 A. NJ.
The dredger will be employed a
week or more on the excavation in
front OF the Pcrcival dock. Capt.
Perry, the Superintendent of the
work, says that this strip of earth is
the toughest to handle he has yet
struck.
Joseph Otto, of Rainier, was as
saulted last Sunday in that precinct,
by Howard Warner, and seriously in
jured. Warner claimed that Otto's
COWS had trespassed on his premises.
A warrant was issued for the arrest of
Warner.
G. NJ. Savage, of the pile-driving
firm of Savage & Schofield, came up
Wednesday from Everett, where they
have been aiding in construction of a
government jetty. They have finished
that job and will now go to Whatcom
county to build a bridge across the
Nooksack river.
Urban E. Hicks, an old-timer and
newspaper man, father of State
Printer Gwin Hicks, now living on
Orcas Island, came up to testify in a
case before the Superior Court, Tues.
day, and spent his spare time in visit
ing pioneer residents of the city. The
STANDARD acknowledges a pleasant
call.
Seneca E. Reeder died at Grand
Mound, on the I'd inst, aged 40 years
and "a days, a native of Ohio. He
was member of the 4lst Reg. Ohio
Infantry in the war of the rebellion.
He leaves a wife and five children.
He died Of consumption and was bur.
led yesterday in Grand Mound GENE.
terry.
DIR. Armstrong, who has been many
years engaged in extended practice in
this city, left Tuesday for Rossland
where he has mining interests which
require personal attention. He will
likewise engage in the work of his
profession. Mrs. A. will spend several
months in California visiting hel
mother.
A leading Tacoma lawyer makes
the statement that the better class oil
people in that city say Mount
Rainier" and not " Mount Tacoma
Now this is rather a hard hit, even
allowing that the best of lawyers will
sometimes tell lie. The above state.
ment was made in Olympia o few
days ago.
Some one, with grotesque sense Of
humor, has christened our leading no.
tel the "Olympia Prize Ring" This
is doubtless owing to the exciting
gladitorial display made by the rival
candidates in the Senatorial fight, as
we'll as to the numerous fstic com.
bats that have taken place within its
walls since it has been turned into an
arena for pugilism.
The U. S. Pension Examining
Board at Olympia, was reorganized on
Thursday, and elected DR.. VIM. A.
Newell President, DR.. G. w. Ingham
Secretary, and DIR. Robt. Kincaid
Treasurer. DR.. Ingham takes the
place of DR.. Mitchell who is member
of the Legislature and ineligible. The
board meets next Wednesday at 10
o'clock at DIR. Newell's Office.
An alarm of fire was turned in from
Box 43 at 1910 Wednesday night
caused by the burning of SCOT in a
chimney in McKenny's drug store
building. The department responded
promptly, but their efforts were con.
fined mainly to keeping falling cinders
from burning the floors in close prox.
unity to the fiue, and the flames sub.
sided soon as the coating of SCOT had
burned out.
The Unabridged" Webster that
teamster Kirkendall bought of the
auctioneer huxsters the other day for
two dollars did not contain enough
words to express his indignation when
they proceeded to sell score or more
of the same books for one dollar each.
He wasn't acquainted with their way
of doing business, is all; and he bit at
the first cast of the fly. He knows
better now.
The steamship Alki will leave Sc.
attic for Alaska, on Saturday, the
10th, and will go through to Dyea.
Passenger rate to Dyea is 500 first
class and $14 second, and general
merchandise will be carried to that
port at So per ton. The steamer
Umatilla left Seattle to-day for San
Francisco, and the next boat for that
destination will be the City OF Puebla
on the 10th.