Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-09-29

representation at the Seattle Fair.
George Jones received letter from
DIR. Riley this week in which the
doctor states that he will return to
this city as soon as he disposcs Of
some property he owns at Skagway.
The body OF Rev. John b. Whitman,
which was buried in Il local ccmetary
two years ago, was exhumed this week
and sent To Rankin, Illinois, in charge
of Paul 7. Whitman, 4 grandson OF de-
ceased.
DIR. II. S. Wyman and family have
returned to this city to reside and
will occupy the Sylvester house, cor
ner of Main and Ninth streets. The
doctor has opened an office in the
Chambers building.
Now is the time to remove moss
from the roofs of houses, and the
work should begin Immediately. before
coming of the fall rains. The amount
of moss on Olympia roofs can be
reckoned only by the ton.
Bandmaster Boyer OF the Capital
City Military Band has just received
n new 500 cornet, direct from Boston.
1t is a beauty in appearance and its
tone illustrates the truth of the say
ing " Pretty is that pretty does"
Frank and Leo Schmidt, sons OF
Leopold +. Schmidt, of the Capital
Brewery, will leave, tomorrow, for
Portland, the former residence of the
family, where they will take a course
OF study in the Portland Academy.
Robt. McNair has returned from
Katchican literally with his pockets
full Of rocks" They will have to be
pulverized, however, to be made to
yield up their treasures, and are then
only useful as evidences of things I'M
seen.
The falling leaf gives evidence of the
passing flight of time. The foliage
which but short time ago gladdened
the heart with the glorious tints of
spring, is now becoming but litter
that offends the eye and fills the soul
with sadness.
Harris & Sons have built a gallery
on the north side of their large sales
room on the ground floor, to accom-
modate increasing business. They
have likewise added two statesmen to
their clerical force to keep pace with
the rush of business, the result of i'm
proved times.
Albert johnson, who lives at Yelm,
and is an employee of a mill near that
place, met with a fearful accident
while falling a tree, Saturday evening.
He was caught beneath it and had
both legs broken at the knee. He
was brought to town Sunday morning
and placed in the hospital.
The passengers this week from
Olympia over the U. P. and .. II. N.
Co.'s lines, were: John Nelson. N.
Erickson and A. Yulen, for War,lner,
Idaho; Thomas Coakley, for Pitts
burgh, Pa; Nat. Anders, o. w. Ment.
ger, wife and three children, for Spo-
kane, and ]. F. Foster, wife and child,
for Abilene, KS.
A systematic effort will be made
this season to introduce the Eastern
oyster on Puget Sound. All plans
have been, hitherto. experimental,
and the result of individual enterprise,
but enough has been learned from re-
suits to justify the belief that larger
sized oyster may be secured by prop
agating the Atlantic variety-im.
provement in flavor cannot be made.
The oysters will be planted next
month, under direction of Fish Com.
missioner Little, in Oyster Bay, Will
lapa Harbor, Skookum Inlet and at
Vaughn.
Miss NJ. I. Mcbride, the noted elo.
cutionist and mimic, will give an
entertainment in the M. E. Church,
Monday evening, in which delight
full programme of recitations, imper.
sonations and ventriloquial and other
voice specialties will be given. She
is said to be splendid imitator of the
notes of the feathered songsters and OF
the peculiar cries of the brute crea.
ton. The price 81 admission has been
placed at Is cents for adults and 10
cents for children, a portion of the
receipts to 60 to the advancement of
the new church editice.
James Farrell, while laboring under
an undue load of "booze," Saturday
night, attacked officer Lebarre, after
he had arrived at the bastile" and
had it not been for the aid of some
spectators would doubles have over
come the officer and escaped imprison-
ment. AS it was. he piled the police
man and two volunteer aids up in a
heap. and it was only after a lively
tustle that he was subjected to the
majesty of the law. He was released
Sunday evening, without a charge of
resisting an officer being lodged
against him, it having been shown
that he was Woodworking woodsman,
TENT orarily crazed by liquor.
There was some trouble with the
electric lights at the theater Monday
night, during the performance of the
Ministries, and the burning of insula-
ton from . wire caused Q CLOUD Of
smoke to arise from the Orchestra pit,
but the audience did not get fright.
ened as assemblages usually do and
make a break for the doors, but sat
quietly while An investigation was
made and the performance went on as
if nothing out Of the common was
occurring. That scores another point
in favof Of an Olympia audience; one
already having heen made BY the re-
moval of hats by the ladies without
the mandate Of any law compelling it.
James D. Spurlock, a pioneer of
1862, died at his farm at Plum sta
ton, in this county, Wednesday at
4P.M. He was 81 years of age, and
the immediate cause OF his death was