Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-01-21
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

There will be no boat out Sunday.
The forecast for tonight and Satur
day is Rain"
"Ikc" Ellis is up from Seattle on a
visit to his chums.
st. Johns society are preparing to
give public entertainment.
Lawyer Israel has been confined to
his home by severe cold to-day.
The next boat for San Francisco
will be the Walla Walla, Monday.
E. II. Haskell, of Hartstein Island,
is preparing to move with his family
to Skaguay.
Willard Wisncr, of this city, has
accepted" situation in q Tacoma
machine shop.
Albert Dcmorest, logger. died at
st. Peters Hospital OH the 18th inst,
OF pneumonia.
hoffman is the leader in Klondike
supplies in this city. Call and in
spect his stock.
The next regular attraction at
Olympia Theater, will be ain Gay
Paris" February I'd.
A daughter was recently born to
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Merryman, who re-
side east of the city.
A charity card party was held at
the residence of Mrs. A. A. Phillips,
yesterday afternoon.
Rev. HI Badger, of the St. Johns
church, of this city, held services at
Shelton last Sunday.
Olympia is already known in Eastern
circles as one of the Outtitting points
for Alaska gold hunters.
The Rhododendron Club will give
social tomorrow evening in honor of
Mr.. and Mrs. G. NJ. Dial.
Klondike signs are becoming quite
common in this city, announcing
stocks of QUILTING goods.
Judge I. J. Anders has been con-
fined to his home, several days this
week, on account of illness.
"Child Study" is the subject of
Supt. Brintnall's discourse ut the
Christian church this evening.
According to the new revenue law
all personal property tax must be paid
during the month OF February.
There are about 800 cords of wood
piled up at Percivals dock, for the
several steamboats, which land there.
Workmen are putting new stills un-
der the large building ON Main street
formerly known as the "Big Saloon"
Miss Wheeler is still selling her
stock of millinery at a reduction of 20
per cent. to clear the store-room for
repairs.
The new Populist paper will be
printed in the Craig building, one
door west of the Mountain Ash lodg.
ing house.
The rate of passage from the Sound
to San Francisco has been advanced
to SIS first class and IS second, from
$S and 81.
The four masted schooner Salvador,
Capt. Jensen, arrived at the Westside
mill, to-day, to load a cargo of lumber
for Southern California.
Socialist Lawrence GrOnlund, of
Seattle, will deliver several lectures in
this city. He speaks tonight to the
Single Takers, at Columbia Hall, on
Practical Roforvr -
There seems to be a prOpriety i'll a
Cook winning the teapot that was
ratified Tuesday evening at st. Peters
hospital. The precise Cook in this
instance was Charles Cook.
Some people seem tn think that the
crazy man sent to the asylum, yester-
day, must have had lucid intervals,
when they ascertained that he was
after the scalp of his accidency.
Albert Demorest, a logger in the
emplay Of Simpson & Co., died at st.
Peters hospital Saturday morning, OF
pneumonia, after an illness of several
weeks. He was about 26 years OF age.
Mr.. E. J. Rayl, popular California
lecturess, addressed the women OF this
city yesterday and this afternoon, in
the Unitarian church, OH the subject
of Chow to be Happy, Healthy and
Beautiful"
A called meeting OF the Chamber of
Commerce is to be held at the Equity
Court room tomorrow Saturday
evening, ut s o'clock, to consider a
matter of vital importance. A full
attendance is earnestly urged.
Airs Charles Hartman, nee Eta
Yemen, left Missoula, Mont, last Fri
day, with her husband, little daughter,
and household effects, for California,
by way of Portland, and the family
are now residents OF Oakland.
The following Olympia people have
secured passage by the steamer OF Feb.
It'll for Alaska: A. J. Robinson, J. r.
l.. Mitchell, S. A. Towle, VIM. Shade,
j. II. Bailey, Thos. Boardman, +. j.
Smith, J. J. Adair, T. H. Adair, VIM.
Ogle, and A. j. Dodd.
The publishers of the State Journal
have restored natural respiration by
announcing that their paper will not