Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-07-29
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF

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to-day ior Alaskan ports.
Mr. \ J. Cameron lett Tuesday Tor
4 Trip t. Providence. X. |.
Thr steamship rmatilla left the
Sound Yesterday for san Francisco.
Tuesday rrnf. Stanton Rowell left
Tor Chicago over the Union Pacific.
\. !. GillI-. formerly of this city,
!A~ Opened law office ut Walla
Waila
An infant son oi Judge Root, aged
about seven months, died at Seattle
Monday.
u. &. Jenkins is on clutches from
injuries received in t he baseball game
OF Saturday.
Clothes-line thieves have been ply
ing their vocation in this city, o'nights,
the past few days.
Joseph Ebcrlcy and Louise F. Ma
son, of this county, have been licensed
to assume the nuptial vows.
Mrs. Solon T. Williams and daugh-
ter, OF seattle, are visiting the family
oi Mrs. J. NJ. Patton, on Eastside.
Ed c. Suitor, late chief connubiator
on the Olympian, has gone east of the
mountains to look up another job.
The steamer City of Olympia left
with its party OF prospectors for the
Alaskan mining district, Thursday.
John Mort, OF Tumwater, has been
selected by the County Commissioners
for Superintendent of the Poor Farm.
George E. Craig and Grace j.
Mitchell were united IN marriage by
Rev. A. G. Sawin, Wednesday after
noon.
The new postofiice at Oyster Bay
has very properly been named Cloclo,
says Oily, which is the Chinook for
oyster.
A car will leave Tumwater at 6 80
Sunday morning to connect with the
excursion steamer Multnomah for Ia
coma and Seattle.
The next steamship for San Fran
cisco will be the Queen, next Tuesday,
and the next boat for Alaska will be
the Cottage City, the same date.
Foresters of America" is the name
of new order to be instituted in this
city. For lodges and church organ.
izations Olympia takes leading posi-
ton.
The State Teachers Association,
recently in session at Tacoma, decided
to hold an adjourned meeting in this
city during the session of the Legisla-
ture.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Esmond, old
time residents of this city, now of
Montesano, were in the city few
days ago, returning from visit to Sc
attic.
A pull is being made to have Olym-
pia selected as the place for holding
the next Republican State Conven-
ton. They might go farther and fare
worse.
The Omaha Bee of the 18th inst.
republishes the report of Commits
sioner J. Ii. Scott, of this city. made
en- his return home from the great
exhibit.
j. w. Wood OF Everett and Edna
May Ames of Centralia, and Edward
Stilwall and Dora Smith, OF BucOda,
were united in marriage, in this city,
Monday.
The State Treasurer is prepared to
pay general warrants up to 26,251,
and military warrants up to 2,431.
Interest will stop on these warrants
on the LIST prox.
May Williams, convicted in Mason
county of the murder of Ed. Carney,
a few weeks ago, has been denied a
new trial and sentenced to ten years,
an the penitentiary.
An advertiser in the L" local" columns
of the Nympian seems determined to
literally take time by the lorelock, for
he is still inquiring: Are you going
to have new suit by the Fourth?"
Hugh Dryden, of Simpsons camp
and Thomas Raymond of the Bordeau
Camp, were brought in for surgical aid
this week, the former suffering from q
broken leg and the latter fractured
arm.
Mrs. Northcraft, who lives near
Bucoda, was knocked out by kick
ing gun, few days ago, while at
tempting to shoot crow. The re-
coil of the gun broke the lady's collar
bone.
Daniel Brown and family returned
this week from Salt Lake City, where
they had gone to remain. They have
returned after a brief experience
abroad, to make Olympia their perma-
nent home.
Thomas AnderS and Robert Allen,
two well known Olympia young men,
have Joined a surveying party under
Oen. Watson, who will spend the
remainder Of the season in the field on
Snake river.
Cal. McClclland has returned from
Alaska with several thousand dollars