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

Thc Mr.,vomah Is the only boat
"v.; Sunday.
NJ R,it. noragh spent lat sun
day II C,n;ralia.
\ Sight >prinkl;ng OF rain fell
ca:.y tAi- morning.
Tlr weather prediction :or to night
and Saturday i Far.
-"u wa born, last sunday, to the
v.:,-: Cha>. nickgie>er. Tuinwater.
Dr.. Riley i thinking seriously OF
IN l. the klondykc mining region.
olympia fruit stores are displaying
juicy watermelon> by the wagon load.
\ daughter was recently born I"
thu wife oi Mr.. and Mrs. Todd Hinch-
cliie.
About 800 excur-ioni>t> came up
from Seattle, Tacoma and Shelton
Sunday.
Judge Cavanaugh has been ap-
POINTED and confirmed Postmaster for
this city.
Walter J. Mlroy lett to-day to take
passage by the Mexico, Sunday, for
klondyke.
Tie flour mill at Tumwater has
made several shipments OF flour the
past week.
The NJ. +. Sunday School will go
on picnic to Point Defiance next
Wednesday.
|. f. Atherton, Superintendent of
the Northern Express Co. was in this
city to-day.
Miss Edith Cavanaugh returned
Wednesday evening from an extended
visit to Spokane.
Hon. c. +. Cline was visitor to
the Grand Lodge of Good Templars'
session this week.
Messrs. Deckebach and Scobey are
now the Register and Receiver of the
Olympia Land Office.
The Shelton baseball club again
scooped the Olympias, in match
game on the Fair Grounds Sunday.
Between the Good Templar's con-
vention and Mains circus, Tuesday
was lively day for the capital city.
The ladies of the Baptist church
served lunch to the hungry in the
corner room of Turner Block on Tues
day.
All varieties of vegetables and fresh
fruit kept constantly at the Saratoga.
Try telephone for anything in their
line.
A meeting of sportsmen is called
at Squire Atkins Office, this evening
to consider measures for protection OF
game.
Mrs. John A. Simms, of Spokane,
has been visiting her mother, Mrs. O.
B. McFadden, in this city, the past
fortnight.
Don't the Gov. look "nobby" in his
patent feathers? Now don't "act
smart" gentle reader, and call ii
"snobby."
The steamship City of Topeka sail:
from Seattle for Alaska ON Saturday
the 2Sth. Miss Keyes, leaves by hel
for Juneau.
The steamship City OF Puebla sailed
from Seattle to-day for San Francisco
Mrs. NJ. E. Foster was passenger by
her from this city.
The new School Directors of Dis.
trict No. l have made a horizontal
cut of $40 in the salaries of teacher.
in the public schools.
If you want anything in the
millinary line don't fail to call or
Miss Wheeler. She can suit you in
style, quality and price.
The Grand Lodge of Good Temp
lars has been in session the past weel
in this city holding daily meetings in
the old Capitol building.
Seattle and Tacoma have the Klon
dyke gold fever bad, while a few
Olympians are coming down with un
mistakable symptoms of the strange
epidemic.
Jesse F. Murphy, late Register O
the Olympia Land Office, has already
secured job. He leaves for Klon
dyke on the 2Sth in the service o
Dame Fortune.
Much as the late rains are depre
Gated by short-sighted mortals, il
turns out that very little hay has beer
injured anywhere in Thurston or thu
adjoining counties.
The circus is gone and with it /.
considerable amount of small change
from the pockets of those who ar,
generally least able to afford the pass
ing luxuries of the day.
There were many things in Main
show which were decidedly novel, ant
these added zest to a repast which il
was very naturally expected wonld
consist solely of chestnuts."
Our Ike" (Ellis) will be on want
age ground at this turn of Fortune'
wheel. He is now in Alaska, and il
doubtless confident that he knows jus,
where to place his stake to win.
If you want to 60 to Alaska yol
have to take your turn and wait TO
the call of "next." Only two Olympi.
passengers succeeded in obtainin,
passage by the steamer sailing Sun
day.
The eclipse OF the sun next Thurs
day will be somewhat remarkable il
that it will be visible, either in annu
lar or partial, throughout Nortl
America south of the latitude o
Sitka.
The Sunset Teleph one Compan,
have received twenty new long dis
lance telephones, and to-day thei
men are engaged in putting up these
excellent instruments for the new sub
scribers.