Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-03-18

Gus but he soon recovered.
Mr.. Timing of Tacoma, represent
alive of the n. =. Il. r. was in this
city few days ago, and gave the As
>urancc that iron would soon be laid
on the Jefferson street spur.
1t is the expected, this time, that
has happened. Byron Mlllette has
received the appointment of Superior
Judge for the unexpired term Of
Judge Aver, lately deceased.
Mr.. Fauhcrt, who has been manager
%; the Hotel Webb, at Shelton, came
up to-day enruutc for klondike. Mr..
Simpson owner of the house is making
arrangements to keep the hotel open.
Bicycle riders are showering bless
ings on the members of the City
Council for the generous ordinance
they have just passed. These will he an
offset to some degree bye-and-bye by
the curses of pedestrians.
The following Olympia passengers
sailed by the Australia, Wednesday,
for Alaska: W. J. and Dan Rankin.
Sam Leroy and :. G.. Grout. all going
to Dyea; Fred Carlyon left on the
Cottage City, to-day, for Wrangel.
Superintendent Browne has gone on
Il fortnieht's visit to Eastern Washing
ton, ostcnsibly in educational service.
1t is announced that he will attend
the meeting of the Inland Teachers
Association 1T Pullman, on the 25th
inst.
II everybody who violates the bicycle
ordinance is to be subjected to the
publicity that has attended the act of
the first victim, knowledge of the
fact will do more to secure respect for
the law than all the fines that can be
imposed.
Olympia has witty young lady
bicyclist even if she is not as pretty rs
she is witty. She contends that it is
not necessary FOR her to buy a bell for
her wheel, because every time she
mounts it there is belle already on
the machine!
A double wedding of Yelm people,
with the exception of one OF the brides,
occurred at Tacoma, on the Sd inst.
Harry Chambers and Miss Jennie
Peel, of Yelm, and Sam Price, OF
Yelm, and Miss Vina Lott of Tacoma,
were TIE contracting parties.
oly is glad that man was fined for
violating an ordinance simply be-
cause he does not subscribe for that
paper. What a chance for an expan-
sive grin to continually overshadow
his countenance, if that condition re-
mains the incentive for hilarity.
The unique proceeding of circulat-
ing a petition for an executive appoint
ment days after the promise of COM
mission had been made and as
sured, has been afforded our people as
one of the innovations of our alto
gether original State administration.
Judge Millette must be impressed
with the subserviency exhibited by
one or two tenas attorneys, who before
his appointment scarcely recognized
him as o member of the bar. Instead
of commanding respect such acts
should inspire his unstinted contempt.
OH has a new name for his acct
dency. He calls him The.Man-Who-
Swaggers, doubtless in the belief that
the chief of the Pollywaups deserves
some distinctive name, like Sitting
Bull" or "Hatchetfaced. C harley" to
distinguish him from the common
herd.
The Bellingham Bay Investment
Co. has applied to the Superior Court
OF this district for an order to restrain
Commissioner Bridges from cancella-
ton OF tide.land contracts. The con-
tention is to determine whether the
law extending payment on school and
other public land contracts applies to
the tide lands.
The children were delighted with
the Darlington entertainment at Olym.
pia Theater yesterday afternoon. There
were about 400 big and little children
present and the pictures from Robin
son Crusue," received special indica-
lions OF favor, IS we'll as the skill dis.
played by the drummer Boy of
Shiloh" ON his loud, if not melodious,
instrument.
Worthen, the temperance revival
ist," who lectured five nights in the
Christian church, may be said, in
fashionable parlance, to bea corker."
He had all the statistics" at his
tongues end, but he was decidedly
incorporate" in his manner of pre-
senting them. He has probably
never heard the wise old adage
"Vinegar never catches flies"
The application for extradition
papers made by California's execu-
tive upon his accidency. to return
Jos. Swartz to that state for alleged
theft OF diamonds, has been refused,
on the ground that the papers sub
mitted did not charge the crime for
which it was proposed to return the
prisoner to the Jurisdiction of the