Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-09-08
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

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The weather the past week has been
delightful.
Mrs. Howe, of Tacoma, is visiting
her parents in this city.
The County Commissioners have
been in session this week.
Miss Mabel Brouner has returned
from her trip to California.
The weather report to-day reads:
Tonight and Saturday fair"
The next steamship for San Fran
cisco will be the Queen Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs w. A. Wilkinson are
late arrivals from Cynthiana, Maine.
Miss Iva Van Epps is visiting the
family OF Charles Lincoln, in Seattle.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. E. Filley have
returned from their outing at Ocean
Beach.
Thos. McLarty and family, of Shell
ton, have taken up their residence in
this city.
W. A. Van Epps has returned from
Seattle, where he has been living for
some time.
|. V. Mossman, of California, is on
visit to his daughter, in this city,
Mrs. William Yeager.
Miss Maud Scofield has been Ell.
gagged to teach the Mud Bay school,
and it will open Monday.
J. Pulles, member of the Heinrich
Dredging Co., who went up the Yukon
to dredge for nuggets, is in the city.
Russ Hilderbrandt, Of this city, en-
listed this week at Seattle in the U. S.
army, for service in the Philippines.
The light company has made ma
terial reduction in the rates for both
the arc and the incandescent services.
Thos. Ismay, of Bucoda, has been
appointed administrator of the estate
of J. r. Smith lately deceased, of that
town.
Miss Wheeler has returned from
San Francisco, whittier she has been
in quest of the latest styles in MILL
merry.
Our City Council have accepted an
invitation to attend the soldiers re-
caption at Seattle next month as q
body.
J. F. Kearney & Co. have been
awarded the contract for furnishing
the Poor Farm with grocerie. the cur.
rent year.
Miss Lena NJ. Shields left Monday
for Sumas, whittier she goes to fill a
position as teacher in the school at
that place.
I. Harris & Sons have just received
an excellent line of children's school
shoes. Read their advertisement in
this paper.
Yakima musk melons sell at from
nickel for ones the size of your fist,
to % or 80 cents for those the size of a
water-pitcher.
Arthur J. Kencke, OF Gate City, and
Miss Alice Martin, of Rochester, were
united in marriage by Justice Schom-
Der last Tuesday.
The steamship Umatilla left the
Sound for San Francisco Wednesday.
Mrs. Grace Metler, of this city being a
passenger by her.
Sylvester Lebarre has taken the
place of Jay Decker as night police
man, who has resigned and changed
his residence to Omaha, Neb.
Thos. Maloney, late Secretary OF the
Land Commission, now a mine pro.
moter OF Spokane, was over on visit
to his former home few days ago.
The steamer Aberdeen was not so
much injured by the Ballard fire, as
was at first reported, and was able to
resume her trips at the middle oil
the week.
A Jewish holiday occurs next Thurs.
day. The places of business OF mer-
chants of that faith will be closed
from 6 P. NJ. Wednesday to Thursday
at ter NJ.
Miss Sophia Blackman lectured in
the NJ. E. Church, last evening, on
missionary work in China, in which
work she has been engaged several
years past.
Eighty-seven sets OF articles OF in.
corporation were filed in the Office of
Secretary of State, during the month
of August, against "a sets for the same
period last year.
The closing drama of the Shirley
engagement, tomorrow night will be
"a Clever Fool" splendid comedy.
The matinee piece tomorrow after
noon is "Child of the Regiment"
A meeting will be held in the court
room tonight to consider the matter
OF representation for the city at Seat.
tie In the welcome to be extended the
returning Washington volunteers.
Tomorrow has been designated as
the time for hearing any protests the
railroad corporations may wish to pre-
sent to the State Board OF Equaliza-
ton with regard to their assessment
valuations.
John Surratt, one of our old
residents, fell from asidewalk on West
Fourth street Wednesday, and suffered