Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-06-25

WIZ WIN hliii, CluilS 10 the cart, While
the horse ran home, but neither OF
them sustained injury except from
minor bruises.
At regular meeting OF the Wood
men OF the World, Wednesday even.
lng. the following officers were elected :
Consul. Geo. II. Funk; Advisor, b. A.
Nandcrycer; Clerk, W. \. Hagcmcyer
Banker, {. b. Mann; Escort, J. W.
Quick; Waterman, +. f.. Cole; Sem
try, c. ?. Allison; Managers, F. W.
Carlyon, a. w. Wilson and F. \. Rust.
The Washington WOODEN Mills COZ
office has been removed t. the rear
store of the Chambers building on
Fourth street, where Mr.. Pichnor. the
new manager, is ready ut all times To-
take your measure" The new quar-
tiers are much more cOmmodious and
better located for business. Keep the
money at home by ordering your
clothing from this entcrpri>ing COM
pany.
Complaint is made that there are
not benches enough in and about Syl-
veStcr Park to accommodate the aver
aye number of visitors there. Some
rainy day when they cannot be used
there are a dozen of them, while on
the succeeding pleasant day they are
all spirited away. Are they carried
off to be used for private lawn picnics
and festivals? Their cost is nominal
and let there be plenty of them, strictly
under the appointed craftsmanship.
Mrs. Flora S. Bash, of Port Town
send, is visiting the family of State
Superintendent Browne. Mrs. Basins
husband, Hon. a. W. Bash, formerly
Collector OF Customs of Puget Sound,
is in China, and enjoys the distinction
OF being the first person not Chinese
subject, that ever obtained Il govern
ment concession or franchise in the
Flowery Kingdom. He is manager
and promoter of 4 syndicate proposing
to build railroad from Picking to
Hankan, a distance of some 700 miles
He has succeeded in securing the in
itial concession, including right of way
and government guaranty of bonds, in
the face of strenuous opposing efforts
by English and Russian capitalists.
The sad news of the death of Dorothy,
wife of Isaac Lightner, an old-time resi-
dent of this city, possesses an interest to
our pioneer settlers, although there has
been some delay in its publication
here. Mrs. L. departed this life Feb.
18th, at her home in San Francisco.
She was the beloved wife of Isaac
Lightner, who was engaged in the dry
goods business in Olympia from 1854
W ICoO, NliCu liS Wbo SuCSCCutu ny Nil'
Rosenthal, who now conducts the
business established nearly half GEN.
fury ago. While the number of our
people who remember Mrs. l.. are
necessarily small, from the lapse of
time since she had been q resident OF
the place, they retain warm remem-
brance of the amiable lady who so
long ago was leading spirit in the
little community at the Territorial
capital.
In its comments on the school cleo
ton last week, the STANDARD referred
to the impression which seemed to
prevail that Mr.. Pierce favored the
additional expense which vote for
free textbooks would involve. This
feeling, we are assured by Mr.. Pierce,
had 10 foundation. He is and has
been opposed to any proposition that
would increase the burden of taxation,
and his candidacy was not of his own
seeking. Mr.. Pierce is one of our
most enterprising and public.spirited
business men, and we feel sure that
school matters would have been as safe
under his management as if any other
man; still the impression prevailed
from some cause that he favored the
school-book measure and many voted
against him who would gladly have
done otherwise had his true position
been known. 1t is another case OF
"Old Dog Tray"