Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-06-18
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.
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Mrs. F. W. Carly"n is on a visit to
relatives in Victoria.
Gloves, ii not overcoat>, have been
in demand, this week.
Tn" weather report to-day i, to-
night and saturday fair
Ike and Mrs Ellis have returned
from their California trip.
\ Single mill is the next projected
Improvement At Tumwatcr.
Willis Bloom came over on his bike
from Tacoma this morning.
Mrs Paisley is recovering from a
severe attack OF rheumatism.
The &. 4. r. opened its annual en-
campmcnt at Vancouver yesterday.
Wild hlackberrics are now in the
market and sell for five cents a box.
Hiram Daggctt, of Sherlock, has
been granted an increase Of pension.
\ hand" laundry has been opened
in the Craig building near Eastside
bridge.
Mrs. II. V. Ogden left Saturday by
the Canadian Pacific, for visit to
Chicago.
J. f. Atherton, Superintendent of
the y. ?. Express Co., was in the city
this week
Wild blackberrics have now stepped
to the front of the procession OF sea-
sonable delicacies.
Andrew Say has succeeded Il. A.
Parker as proprietor OF the Columbia
street livery stable.
The newly-createG Bureau of Labor
has leased rooms in the court house,
on the third floor, for Its offices.
The Olympia passengers by the
Umatilla for San Francisco to-day,
were Mrs. Pridham and F. Seeman.
Mrs. Elizabeth Pridham left yester-
day morning for a visit to friends in
San Francisco and Los Angeles, Cal.
The Epworth League lawn social,
Wednesday night, in Bigelow's Or
chard, on Eastside, was delightful
success.
The Christian Church and parson-
age are to be moved from their present
location to the corner of Franklin and
Eighth streets.
Hon. John r. McReavy, of Union
City, came in on the Port Townsend
Southern Tuesday evening from a visit
to Lewis county.
Mr.. L. H. Drew, of Boston, agent
OF the late owners of the Olympia no.
tel, left Sunday for Boston, his home,
via San Francisco.
Light showers of rain have fallen at
intervals the past week. The tenn
perature has been below the normal for
this time of the year.
The Sunday school of the Christian
Church expect to go on picnic ex-
cursion to Point Defiance, on Friday,
the 25th, Dec volente.
The mammoth clam season has
come and specimens of that bivalve
ycleped geo-ducks," are on the
fish-market counters.
Bernice, son of L. M. Hall, the
hardware merchant, has been quite ill
the past week of erysipilas, but is now
in fair way of recovery.
The Olympia Marble Works now
grace the corner of Jefferson and
and Fourth streets, next to the photo
graph studio of Mrs. Smith.
The fourth is coming and to meet
that occasion, many enjoyable social
dances are being arranged at various
points in the rural districts.
1t is now "Colonel" as we'll as
Judge" Aver, that gentleman having
been appointed Judge Advocate Gen.
eral with the rank of Colonel.
The steamship Umatilla sailed from
Seattle for San Francisco to-day, and
the steamship Alki will leave the
same port for Alaska tomorrow.
A sample of the Olympia Milling
Co.'s patent -four has been received,
and the STANDARD will next week
give an impartial judgment of its
merits.
S. P. Wiman had to submit Monday
to surgical operation upon his hand
to prevent blood-poisoning that men
aced his life. Since the operation he
has rested we'll.
The next steamship leaving the
Sound for San Francisco will be the
city of Puebla, on the 23d inst, and on
the same date the steamship Queen
will sail for Alaska.
The front room in the small brick
building between Wilson's saloon and
the Racket store, Fourth street, is I'M
dergoing repairs, and will soon be &C.
cupied as meat market.
The validity of the clause of the
revenue law authorizing the issue of
certificates for tax delinquency is to
be tested in the Supreme Court. Bets
are freely offered that it will stand.
The Fruit Growers Association will
hold an important meeting in the
Equity Court room Saturday after
noon at 2 O'Clock. All members and
fruit growers are urged To he nresent.