Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-05-07

the STANDARD. They are reliable
business men and can be depended
upon for square dealing.
W. E. Armstrong has been appointed
Justice of the Peace and J. l.. Smith
Constable of Little Rock precinct, by
the County Commissioners
No wonder the number 13 is
dreaded. This is exactly the num-
Der of steps leading from the ground
to the platform OF the gallows.
The County Commissioners have
appropriated 800 for the improve.
ment of the thoroughfare leading from
Fourth street bridge to Mud Bay.
"Mollie K,' mare valued at ST.
200, arrived in this city from Phila-
delphia few days ago. She is the
property of f. S. Hamlin, of this city.
Mr.. Woods, the hydraulic we'll
borer, has removed his machinery to
Simpsons camp, near kamilchie, to
drive couple of wells for that gentle
man.
The new Touring mill at Tumwatcr
will soon be in operation, where there
will be inaugurated once more a par
tial revival, at least, of the industrial
din of former days.
Mountain trout are said to be more
plentiful than usual in the streams
putting into the upper Sound. This
is certainly not an off-year for this
most excellent fish.
Capt. Thomas May, master of the
steamer Multnomah, has resumed COM
mand after n rest of a few days, dur
ing which time the steamer was in
charge of Fred Wilson.
About fifty ladies went by wheel ON
picnic to Black Lake on Monday.
1t was an Adamless Eden" party,
not man being allowed to partici-
pate in the gay festival.
Mr.. L. H. Leach, of Vancouver, one
Of Clark county's prominent educators,
Judge Winsor of Seattle, and Attor.
ney Langhorne, of Chshalis, are regis
tered at the Carlton House.
Mrs. A. 8. Ruth and children left
Wednesday for Frankfort, MINI, her
former home, to be absent all summer
while her husband is in the field prose-
cutting government surveys.
Two hours and twenty minutes is
now the average bicycle time between
Olympia and Tacoma, for professional
scorchers. This beats steamer time
with forty minutes to spare.
1t is none too early for some one to
inaugurate fruit shipping business.
The industry will be paying one,
this year. Berries and the larger
fruits are coming rapidly forward.
E. s. Dudrey of Stevens, w. ]. Oar.
win of Okanogan and G. B. Frazer of
Skagit, have been appointed Com
mission to complete the Cascade road
connecting Stevens and Skagit coun-
ties.
E. C. Bickford & Co. have just re-
ceived consignment of semi-porce-
lain ware direct from the mandatory.
For price-list we refer you to their adj
vertisement in this issue of the STAND
ARD.
Pedestrians are laughing all quietly
to themselves when they observe what
nice piece of tramping ground the
Bicycle Association is making for
them between OLYMPIA and Wood
land.
An old ThurstOn county miner
gives it as his opinion that dilligent
prospecting in the hills adjacent to
the head waters of the Sound would
be rewarded by the discovery of valua-
BILE minerals.
Horseless vehicles should be the
next thing for the capital city. The
project of introducing them is not
more impractical now than was the
introduction of the Quincy novelty, q
few years ago.
The secret now leaks out, says a
knowing one, why the fifty lady
ciclysts declined to have q man &C.
company them on their spin to Black
Lake, the other day; each lady car.
ried bathing suit.
The County Commissioners of this
county went to Nisqually to-day to
confer with the Commissioners oil
Pierce county regarding some work
on the county line in which both
l ,osv s,~kn
A. J. ellis, who is now engaged
with w. T. Forrest in fishing on the
Columbia river, was home this week
on visit to his family. He says that
high water has interfered somewhat
with fishing the past few weeks.
Now is the time to repair and put
in beautiful condition cemetery
grounds, before ferns and other nox.
ious weeds sprung up to impede the
good work. Lot owners have already
commenced such improvements.
The jury in the case of T. ]. Nc.
Clellan VS.. Geo. CASTOR, Sheriff, re.
suited in verdict, Saturday, of $2Ss
for the plaintiff. This action grew
out of an illegal seizure of stock oil
goods of plaintiff, at Tenino, in his
official capacity.
The Olympian has agreed to do the
county "printing" for five cents pei
square presumably in nonpareil type,
which is five cents less than cost oil
composition at union rates. There
were two competitive bids submitted
at "living rates."
The Capital Pharmacyis now snugly
situated in its new quarters in Cham
bers building. This week the enter
prising firm have been finishing up
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