Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-05-27
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

Country butter sells in our stores at
- cents per roll
The May term OF the Superior Court
Will begin Tuesday.
Mrs. \. A. Phillips spent Sunday
with friends at Tacoma.
The Aberdeen Will make the regu-
lar trip to Seattle Sunday.
Little Doris Jenkins is having a
second atiliction of measles
g. Essential received Il large ship
mcnt of new shoes this week.
David Chambers, Jr., shipped 20
dressed veal to Seattle yesterday.
Judge Langhorne, late of Chehalis, is
preparing to take up his residence in
this city.
The weather prophet says there will
be occasional showers" tonight and
tomorrow.
Olympia girls are already making
their patriotic dresses for the Fourth
of July ball.
4 picnic of the Thurston county
Sunday schools will be held on Tues
day, June 2lst.
Anarchy is reported to have broken
out at the Hospital for the Insane in
Eastern Washington.
Mrs. John Clees was taken violently
i'll, Wednesday. The malady is sup
posed to be meningitis.
Three Misses Bettman, of San
Francisco, are visiting the family of
our townsman, l.. Bettman.
Mai. Ballaine has left to take his
place as Lieutenant of Company l..
"Now the storm begins to lower"
Memorial Services will be held in
the Christian church Sunday, Rev. H.
L. Badger delivering the discourse.
Ransom J. Fraker and family are
late arrivals from Ithica, Mich. Mr..
F. is civil engineer by profession.
Now is the time to look after your
rickety stove pipes and tiues to guard
against hot weather conhagrations.
Jupiter and Venus are now splendid
objects in the evening sky for observa-
ton with moderate-sized telescopes.
The home of Mr.. and Mrs. Geo.
Fuller, on Eastside, is blessed by the
advent of a charming little daughter.
Bert Tucker and Thomas Burst are
cutting 100 cords of wood, near
Blooms mill, for St. Peters hospital.
The drum corps of Olympia, at their
meeting last evening, adopted resolu'
tons of congratulations to Admiral
Dewey.
The steamship Umatilla sails from
Seattle for San Francisco Sunday, and
the steamship Cottage City for Alaska
Monday.
Mrs. ID. II. Child and son Thad, oil
Perry, Iowa, are in the city, visiting al
the home OF Mrs. f. McReynolds, on
Plum street.
f. L. Melton has shipped 20 car
loads of potatoes to St. Paul and De,
Moines, the past ten days, the pro-
duct of this county.
Strawberries have commanded from
12i to Is cents box all the week
Very few of the local product have vel
appeared in market.
Italian honey bees are beginning t.
swarm early, this year. Doubles,
they have heard OF the bread riots ir
the mother country.
A ministerial district convention
OF the Congregational church was held
in this city, Wednesday, with about (
score OF delegates in attendance.
Berrie boxes for SALE" is the wa,
Fourth street dealer announces hi
wares. And the fun Of It is he insist
that it is the proper autobiography.
Mrs. T. J. Anders took cold Will
on recent trip down the Sound AM
so serious has been the result that sh
has been in critical condition at he
home in South Olympia.
Messrs. J. OBJ. Scobey and A. D
Rogers have formed q partnership t,
market the festive strawberry this sea
son. They received their first ship
ment of berry crates, last evening.
f. l.. Melton took "header" from
his bicycle, while riding from Cen
tralia to Mound Prairie, Wednesday
sustaining fracture of The shoulder
He was brought to town for sureica
aid.
The bicycle parade in this city OF
the Fourth of July, as a feature of tn,
celebration, is under the management
OF a committee of ladies consisting O
Mesdames Blankenship, Lord, Whit,
and Stork.
W. j. Canton has received the an
pointment of Adjutant General of tn,
Washington National Guard, to sue
coed J. y. Ballaine, who has accepte,
the position OF Second Lieutenant O
Company l..
The STANDARD is quietly waiting TO-
some mathematical genius to send il
solution of the well and buckle,
problem, as published last week
i"h all solve tat once and get thu