Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-02-18


ankle in Il fall on the icy pavement.
y his injury will keep him from az
tivc business for awhile, he thought
that home WAS the best place to re-
cupcratc.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Schalkenbach,
OF Minneapolis, are on visit to Mrs.
=. sister, Mrs. Geo. b. Lane OF this
city. They arrived Sunday evening.
Mr. :. has been an active business
man OF Minncaps' but has disposed
of his interests there with the inten-
ton OF becoming Il citizen of this
State.
The Shaker Indian, on Puget
Sound are planning to build Il church,
the Mud Bay tribe having started Il
subscription for the same. When
" Lo" 50 far abandons his savage hab
it, rs to take the lead i'll spreading
the Christian religion, surely the
millennium cannot be very far off.
\ Seattle company have purchased
the Wcstside Mill Co.'S big scow, and
hall a dozen men are at work under
Capt. Bowden, at the foot of Main
street, building house ON her. After
she passes out Of the workmen's hands
she will bc taken to Seattle, but the
use she is intended for has not been
stated.
Mrs. Aaron Hartsock died at the
family residence on Eastside, Tuesday
evening about ) O'Clock. She had
been for several months afflicted with
pleurisy. She was born in Knox
county, Ohio, March %, 1884, and
came to this city with her husband in
1874. The funeral rites took place
in the Presbyterian church, yesterday
afternoon.
The Olympian says that II. b.
Hastings, of Texas, who 81 has been in
the printing business 4 number OF
years." has decided to locate in Olym-
pia, after a careful estimate of bust.
ness opportunities in all the cities OF
the Sound. That is encouraging
Let lis hope that he will enjoy a full
measure of prosperity, especially if he
engages in printing"
For few minutes, Monday night
the town was in total darkness from
the burning out of a generator at the
power house at Tumwater. 1t is said
that the damaged dynamo will have
to be sent to Portland for repairs
which will take a week or ten days to
make, during which time the street
car service will have to be somewhat
reduced, from want of "juice" to
operate the motors.
The Horticultural Society last
Saturday elected the following officers
for the ensuing year: ]. w. Bache
lor, (re-elected) President; A. Barnard
Vice President; Henry Eckert, Secre.
tary, and A. o. Page, Treasurer. The
society authorized the committee al
ready appointed to cooperate with
the Chamber of Commerce committee
for the institution of an evaporation
and cannery in this city.
A correspondent writing from Shell.
ton, under date of 18th inst, says
Z" l see you folks are talking of estab
fishing an evaporation. We have one
here, built about four months ago
and it has been in operation nigh,
and day ever since it was completed
turning out heaps OF goods fol
Alaska. Its owners have more order.
than they can fill. We did not cal
any Chamber of Commerce meeting
to get it started either"
The old conundrum "Where was
Moses when the lights went out,
fitted upon the memory Of many al
Olympia Thea ter, as the electric cur
rent suddenly ceased to flow, Monday
night, enveloping the audience in
total darkness. Our people have
learned to bear such mishaps with
considerable patience, however, and
they calmly awaited till re.connec
ton was made. In the meantime 9
solitary lighted candle, "the light o.
other days." on the stage, made the
darkness visible to the audience.
The first-class attractions at Olym
pia Theater, Monday and Tuesday
evenings, come rather close together
but their respective routes would no
admit of different arrangement, and al
their nature is entirely dissimilar and
the lenten season begins with Ash
Wednesday, during which time there
will be dearth of secular amuse
ments, it was thought best to admit
both attractions. "Under the Dome
is leading sensational and spectacu
lar drama, and Bachelors Honey
moon" a splendid farce comedy, &c
they in no manner interfere in theil
attractive merits.
The case of the State VS.. Jacl
Cronin for killing Antonio Ferard
will not come up for trial till mex
month, as the jurors will not b.
called till then. Geo. G. Israel and A.
ID. Warner will appear for the defence
and County Attorney Mitchell ant
Assistant Attorney General Vance fol
the prosecution. Cronin was brought
into court Monday to plead, when
Mr.. Israel asked for and was granted
three days. in which to prepare a mo
ton for setting aside the information
on which the accused is held. There
is every indication that the case will
be vigorously contested from start tt
finish.
Messrs. Gorton and Smith, in the
Christian Church entertainment al
Olympia Theater, Saturday and Mon
day nights, acquitted themselves with
special credit, for we have yet to heal
q censure of their work. Mr.. GOrtor
is certainly one of the most conscien
tious and pleasing delineators of per
sonality that has appeared before oul
people, and Mr.. Smith, as a crayor
artist, can scarcely be excelled. His
"make up in female impersonations
is perfect. If the remaining enter.
tainments of the course of five. to be
given under Rev. Mr.. McCallum's
management, are as good as these, il
will end in complete success.
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