Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-02-04
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

Miss Louise Aver is on the sick
li~i.
Rev. J. Il Chaplin is back from the
East
The weather prospects are zoe
casional rain
The Multnomah will be the only
boat ont Sunday.
The condition of Judge Aver re.
mains unimprovcd.
Don't fail to see the minstrel parade
at noon Wednesday.
Will Mcclellan has about made up
his mind to 60 to Dawson.
Mrs. John Byrne has returned from
IL visit to friends in Tacoma.
Two sawmills have started up at
Gate City and another ut Rochester.
The Methodists "broke ground" for
their new church in this city Monday.
There are now morning and after
noon boats for Seattle leaving this
city.
A shingle mill at Summit has just
started up with a payroll of twenty
eight men.
c. J. Van Eaton is fitting up the
old Melton stand near the draw for a
grocery store.
A fall of warm rain began Wednes-
day evening, after day of unparal-
lelled splendor.
The next steamship for San Fran
cisco will be the Walla Walla, which
sails on the Sth.
The best results are obtained by adj
vertising in the STANDARD. Try it
and be convinced.
Hotel Higgins is lighted with in
candescents that do not 60 out at
midnight, as they do in some hotels.
Many new names have been added
to the STANDARDS subscription list
since the beginning of the New Year.
The Saratoga has received u supply
of Single Taxer" cigars, which are
said to be the finest sc cigar in the city.
The Ladies' Relief Society announce
Klondike and Poverty Ball at
Olympia hotel On the evening of the
22d.
The next steamship to sail for
Alaska will be the City of Topeka,
Wednesday, which boat only goes US
far as Juneau.
John Byrne keeps the best grades
of flour in the market as will be seen
by his advertisement in this issue of
the STANDARD.
The members of Capital Lodge X. of
p. met last evening to make arrange.
ments for celebration Of the anniver.
sary of the order.
Lew X. Munson, of Shelton. has
gone to Skaguay and taken stock of
goods with him, rs a basis for estab.
fishing business, if he concludes to
stay.
John Cort is about to begin the
erection of a large vaudeville theater
in Seattle. 1t will occupy frontage
of 80 feet on Cherry street, between
Third and Fourth.
Albert E. Young is recovering from
his terrible fall from moving train
ut the N. p. r. r. depot, a couple oil
weeks ago. 1t is now thought that
he will fully recover from his injuries
Tickets will be placed on sale fol
the George Ministries combined with
the Georgia University Graduates
minstrel entertainmenr at Olympus
Theater, Tuesday morning, at )
o'clock.
it il reported that I" the ghost
made an attempt to walk at the Jour
nal office Tuesday night, but after
two or three faltering steps fell down.
to the imminent grief of the expectant
printers.
Local Inspectors Bryant and Cheny
arrived from Seattle by the train. to-day
to inspect the steamer City Of Shelton.
The steamer Seaside made the trip for
her to-day while she was undergoing
inspection.
The steamship Queen sailed from
Seattle for Alaska, to-day, carrying
the following passengers: A. J. Robin.
son and wife, Mrs. f. Brown, l.. A.
Towle, j. II. Fletcher, T. Anderson
and A. Hunter.
BY the steamship Alki, leaving Sc
attic on the 18th for Alaska, the fol.
lowing passengers sail: Albert Cum.
mings, I. Ii. Adair, J. j. Adair, f. j
Smith, Thos. Boardman, T. H. Brady
and VIM. Slade.
From twelve to eighteen people are
constantly employed in shocking
oysters ut the oyster house on Long
bridge, for shipment in refrigerator
cars to ports in Montana, Idaho and
Eastern Washington.
J. Bolton will exhibit this evening
and tomorrow night, at Columbia
hall, Edison's latest wonder-the Pro.
jectoscope-by which 80 moving pic.
lures and GO Klondike views will be
exhibited. Admission Is and q
cents.
Hotel Higgins Qate Young's Hotel,
corner Second and Main streets, now
has landlady in the person of Miss
ueorsia Higgins, Il daughter of the
= landlord. The whole premises have
Dcen thoroughly renovated, repapered
ana the house is now on fair way to
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