Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-05-20
ClTY NEWS IN BRIEF.


ucor.r :. Aliens mill i. once more
ia operation.
rar Marguerite is commanded by
Capt. J. d. Jones.
Tumwa;cr schools close their nine
months term to-day.
A. ID. Warner was 4 visitor to the
capital city ,hi~ week.
Mr.. Leopold Schmidt is quite i'll
Al =. Peters hospital.
Il. J. Campbell has been appointed
Postmaster ut Tcnino.
:. NJ. Perciv:,l came up yesterday for
supplies for Camp Rogers.
An effort viii be made to reorganize
the Olympia Cornet Band.
Strawberries are ripening on the
prairics and Siwashes are happy.
On Sunday the Aberdeen will make
the morning departure for Seattle.
Mrs. Emma NJ. Cove, of Tacoma, is
the guest OF Mrs. Stuart of this city.
"To-night and to morrow occasional
rain" says Sir Oracle from the house
top.
Cold and cloudy weather has re-
tardcd the ripening of the strawberry
crop.
A "Tree Social" was held at ST.
Johns church parlors, Wednesday
night.
The temperature has been at times
cold enough for fire in the parlor the
past week.
DR.. Carlyon has been elected Presi-
dent of the Washington State Dental
Association.
John Fors and Will Lunstron left
Wednesday over the Union Pacific, for
Salt Lake city.
1t is thought that the Multnomah
will be able to resume her trips in
about ten days.
The bark Vidette sailed Monday
from Westside mill with a cargo of
lumber for California.
The new Methodist church, like the
Capitol, seems to halt between founda.
ton and superstructure.
BERTHE Murphy is slowly recovering
under the excellent care of the good
sisters at St. Peters hospital.
a trick bicyclist has been giving
exhibitions of his skill on the streets
OF evenings the past few days.
The enlistments to the Olympia
company of Veterans Reserve now
number between GO and 10 men.
The Saratoga received the first in.
stallment of Hartstein island straw.
berries to-day. They are beauties.
The drum corps is practicing with a
view of acquiring proficiency for taking
part in Olympia's big celebration Of
the 4th.
Even the Mud Bay Indians delight
to display their untutored patriotism
by wearing miniature flags pinned to
their clothing.
Miss Margie Henry again appears
i'll town after long absence in the
rural districts where she has been en-
gagged in teaching.
Olympia is surfeited by the annual
thrush of drummers and street ven
ders representing almost every con
ceivable line of business.
The steamship City of Puebla LEFT
Seattle for San Francisco yesterday
The next boat for that destination will
be the Walla Walla, Tuesday.
Miss Imogene Anders, left hel
studies at Annie Wright Seminary
Tacoma, this week, to visit her
mother in this city. who is i'll.
State Treasurer Young announces
that he is prepared to pay warrants
on the general fund up to No. 25,216
The call natures on the 3lst inst.
The excursion steamer Queen sailet
from the Sound for Alaska to-day, thu
Olympia passengers being: Jas. Carl
son, John Watson and John Anderson
A few delightful showers of rail-
have fallen at times during the pas
week, but not enough to dampen the
soil sufficiently to do much for yege
tation.
Prof. ID. f. Crandall has been en-
gagged to complete an unfinished term
OF school in the South Bay district
He goes down to begin his work next
Monday.
Catchy music, sparkling dialogues
pretty girls handsomely costumed
have made Chas. f. Blaney's "a
Hired Girl favorite Oh the road
this season.
John II. Cumpson, who has been
singing the leading tenor roles in
hummelshine, OLYMPIA. is with
Blaney's new musical extravaganza,
a Hired Girl"
4 bulkhead is to be built where the
L. L. railroad grade passes under the
public highway south of town, to keep
the embankment OF the latter from
Gazing into the cut.
Probably no more unalloyed pleas
ure can be witnessed than by watch
my tho sp,n1l tirJ, H.,