Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-07-23


ter far!ors, on Main street, near Saw
Yer & Filley's drug store, Will soon be
opened by Mrs Fisher, whose reputa-
ton a a successful caterer is we'll es-
tabl;shed.
VIII Ieager, the letterman on
Route ; fell from Il cherry tree last
saturday, a distance OF % feet and
was unconscious nearly an hour after
wards. Strange to say, he sustained
no lasting injury.
The Washington Wooden Mill Co.
ci'>cd their branch in this c;:y Tues
day with bang. They tc,rgraphe,i
their agent t. pack up and report at
S''attle without delay. What it means
can only be conjcctured.
The Queen sailed from Seattle for
Alaska to-day, with a full passenger
list. The Mexico sails Sunday and
the Alki August ID, and they go
through to Dyea. Passage is. first
class $40 and Storage $2j.
Chas. D. Lindley, aged IL, died
at Tumwater Wednesday evening.
Among other relatives who survive
are Mrs. Jesse F. Murphy, his daugh-
ter, OF this city. He was buried with
Masonic honors at III o'clock to-day.
The next regular steamship for
Alaska after the Alki, will he the
Queen, Aug. 18th, but should the bust
ness demand the company will dispatch
the Willamette on or about the 3D., As
a special service, and will run through
to Dyea.
Rube Hull says that Billy Houston,
who is a Tenderfoot," in the Grand
Forks mining district, was lately seen
fishing with bobbers" in Kettle
river. He will have an explanation
to make to the professional Waltons
when he returns home.
Mrs. Lydia \. Irons, National Lee.
turer and Organizer for the Mercy
Department OF the W. c. I. L., will
speak next Sunday evening at the
United Presbyterian Church at
O'Clock. Her theme is "The Greatest
Thing in the WOrld-Love."
The first.class passenger accommo-
dations OF steamships Walla Walla
the 2Sth and the Umatilla Aug. Cd
for San Francisco are all engaged at
this date. The next ship on which
accommodations are available, is the
Puebla which departs on the 18th oil
August.
1t seems that the injury to prune
trees from last winters freeze is more
serious than was anticipated. Many
of the trees that it was hoped would
"pull through" have gradually de-
veloped the scar and yellow leaf of de
cay since the temperature has climbed
up to the "eighties."
The following Olympia passenger:
have engaged transportation by the
Alki, which sails Aug. ID: Jos, Chill
berg, Max Luderville, Joseph Dorande
Pete Frigon, Jas. Buorgius, Jesse F
Murphy, w. W. Hopkins, Emil Mar
tenson, J. H. McCourt, F. H. Carlyor
and wife, L. NJ. Atkins and S. H. Bar
bee.
Olympia's representative at Klon
dyke, Victor Lord, arrived home few
days ago, with SIC, 900 as the reward fol
several years of hard labor in the north
ern wilds. He srill retains an interes
in the new Eldorado, and will return il
the Spring. He has log house ir
the mining district which brings him
a rental of $3.50 per month.
The State of Washington, the boa
which brought up large party of ex
cursionists Sunday, came in gail,
decorated with evergreens. This in
novation seems to have taken thu
place Of a band to fill the air with
sweet harmonies, that has beer
hitherto considered an essential fol
such excursions. The City of Shell
ton, which brought another party tn.
same day, had the band, but nc
decorations.
Exactly in keeping with the advice
given by the STANDARD under tn
heading" A Conservative View" come
the announcement from Port Town
send that Mr.. John Alexander, an old
miner has just returned from the in
terror of the Olympic mountains wher'
he has discovered and located a quart;
ledge of great value. A preliminary
test of the ore brought in by MI
Alexander shows a value of no les
than $4,000 to the ton.
L. NJ. Hall has a churn called eth,
Wonder" which is indeed wonderfn
in its performances. He sent one into
the country, this week, to q mill
rancher, and later on sent o man tt
operate it and keep a record of its per
Torrance. The man rode ten miles
churned y pounds of butter and re
turned to the store in just two hours
Mr.. Hall says that the butter is read,
to roll in from two to three minute,
after the cream is placed in the churn
Several excursion parties to Noun
Rainier have begun the ascent or vii
w 81 tthS scdSOu. w cuuesudy rev
DR.. Diven, of this city, started for the
big hill accompanied by half a dozer
companions, members of his family
and friends from Kansas. Anothe
party left to-day under the direction
of E. G. Kreider. Both these partie
are composed of ladies as we'll a
gentlemen, although the task of as
cent equals the difficulties encount
cred in reaching the Klondyke min
ing district.
Mains circus came nearer givinJ
universal satisfaction than any SINH
lar organization that has ever visited
our city. All the acts were we'll exc
cuted, and there were many that were
innovations on the exhibits of tn,
sawdust ring. Among these were tn
"happy family" of the larger quad
upeds, in which elephants, lions
tigers, horses, and other animals dwell
together in amity. The act of tn,
lion riding on the back of the hors'
ELECTED much applause. Anothe
novelty was in an excellent company
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