Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-02-11
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

Tomorrow is Lincoln's birthday.
Next Monday is st. Valentines day.
Eggs now sell at III cents per
dozen.
The local political ratio now seems
to be 6 to l.
Miss Laura Troy has been ill the
past few days.
The weather forecast is, Tonight
and Saturday rain
On Sunday the morning steamer will
be the only boat out.
Miss Louise Aver is rapidly recover
ing from her late illness.
James Towey is preparing to open 4
logging camp at Mud Bay.
Thurston county frogs opened their
concert season last Monday night.
Eighty sacks OF oysters were shipped
yesterday to the down.Sound trade.
Larry Cormier is about to open
new restaurant in the Woodruff build
ing.
The next steamship for Alaska will
be the Topeka leaving Seattle to-mor-
row.
Powe's logging camp ut Mud Bay
has suspended operations for few
days.
Harry Rant rcjoices in the arrival
of bright boy at his home on East
side.
A steady rain set in this morning.
with prospect of indefinite contin-
uance.
The Multnomah last night brought
up the San Francisco freight of the
Umatilla.
Friend Robertson, of the Chehalis
Nugget, paid our town visit one day
this week.
II you want to reach the country
people rs we'll rs the city, advertise in
the STANDARD.
The next steamship leaving the
Sound for San Francisco will be the
Umatilla Sunday.
w. u. Lindley has been reappointed
Superintendent of the ThurstOn
county poor farm.
DIR. and Mrs. Van Eaton left yester-
day morning for brief sOjOurn in
Southern California.
New subscribers are rolling in. A
large number OF new names were
added to our list this week.
The man is yet to be reported who
saw the ground hog when he came
out Of his den, last Wednesday.
Miss Margaret Wallace is home from
the Ellensburg normal school for
visit with her parents in this city.
During the past few days J. F.
Kearney & Co. have Outfitted several
people with provisions for Alaska.
The ladies of st. Johns Guild held
their monthly Tea in the vestry of
their church, Wednesday evening.
Hon. J. C. Conine, the Yelm states
man, was in the city Monday and
took in" the Ministries i'm the evening.
X. s. Weston has removed his
remnants OF grocery stock to Seattle
where he has opened produce house.
Rev. W. A. Rcmele, of Connecticut,
has accepted call as pastor of the
First Congregational church of this
city.
The new street light corner Of Main
and Second streets, adds very mater
tally towards illuminating the business
part OF town.
The four-mastcd schooner Ethel
Zane arrived Mt Westside Tuesday
morning to take in a cargo of lumber
for California.
Miss Ada Mckenzie, of Tacoma, a
student of VashOn College, has been
whiting friends in this city during
the past week.
The Eastside Lumber Co. shipped
this week scowload of lumber to Sc
attic, to be used by the Moran Bros
in their shipyard.
The Big Saloon" building on Main
street, belonging to the Barker estate,
is being refitted for the plumbing
business of Mr. Martin.
1t will be observed by the number
of store buildings that are filling
up that business is gradually pushing
its way down Main street.
Albert f. Young was discharged
from st. Peters hospital, Monday,
cured of the fearful injuries received
on the railroad track few weeks ago.
Malcolm McCallum, brother of
thc pastor of the Christian church,
late of Pennsylvania, has arrived in
Olympia TO make his future home
with us.
Geo. G. Israel has moved his
residence from Plum street, Eastside,
to the building corner of Main and
Ninth streets, formerly occupied by
j. H. Starr