Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-03-10


cjdcd to close their shops Sundays.
John Haccr has bought Captain
Nunrnc's interest in the boat business.
The Assessor will soon be on his
rounds to look in the family flour
barrel.
Look out for the newly discover ed
planet between the orbits OF Mar. and
the earth.
\ daughter was born to the wife of
J. W. Starlight Wednesday, who lives
On Ea~tside.
G. +. higgins will leave next week
on another visit to his daughter in
Los Angeles, Cal.
Richard Win.or and John p. Hoyt
were, yesterday, appointed regents Of
the State University.
Tonight and Saturday occasional
rain," is the weather report for the
next twenty-four hours.
George Peterson, lad about ten
years of age, has been sent to the re-
form school from this place.
Housewives should not try to tempt
Jack Frost by trying to give their
tender plants little fresh air on the
yeranda.
Cronin is rapidly recovering from
the effects OF the wound he received
and the Sheriff will probably take him
to the pen next week.
His accidency may veto hundred
bills, and yet, our enemies being
judges, the Capital of the State OF
Washington is located forever.
The open season for all water fowl,
under Coles bill, No. 10, which is
now a law, is from August Is to
March l. The bill contained an
emergency clause.
AIRS. G. S. Horton, Of Relmore, left
by Mondays train for Spring Valley,
Mimi, to attend her mother in a ser.
ious illness. She will probably be alb.
sent a month or six weeks.
The steamship Umatilla sailed for
San Francisco to-day, and tomorrow
the City of Topeka sails for Alaska
carrying John Aten and Emil Marten.
sen as passengers from this city.
The state has contracted with Gen.
McKenny for rental of the whole OF
his four-story building, corner OF
Fourth and Main, for public offices, at
an annual rental of SIC, 200, the owner
to supply light and heat for the whole
premises.
1t now turns out that the "turn-
coats" were not the meanest members
on the day Of battle; and for genuine
erssedness they were thrown into the
shade by those few, weak kneed alb
sentees who lied when they said they
were sick.
The fight at Shelton between the
saloon men and the w. CT. U. has re.
suited in the triumph of the former, 81
cases being dismissed after the trial
and acquital of two of the defendants
Dir. G. 9. Isreal, OF this city, Yas at
torney for the defense.
The fremen have selected C. B
Mann as Chief Engineer and Frank
Myers for Assistant, under the reor.
ganized government of that body. Dir.
Mann has been acting temporarily in
that capacity for some months past
by request of the City Council.
Long bridge will soon be blockaded
by building, which will be Temporal
rily placed thereon while new foun.
aation of piles Is driven along side the
embankment. Savage & Scofield, the
contractors, have obtained permission
of the city authorities for this use oil
the thoroughfare.
William Lohr, who enlisted In
Company NJ, of the State volunteers
for service at the Philippines, is back
after nine months service, his com.
pany with others having been mus.
tered out at Persidio, CAL, after his
return from Honolulu, to give place
20 the regulars. His brother "Jess'
was more fortunate. He enlisted in
a command which got to the front
and is now at Manila.
The business transacted in the Of
lice of Land Commissioner Bridges OF
late, says the Olympian, Is unpreee
dented. Since February 81 the re-
eeipts from sale, lease and rent of pub.
lie lands have been $1,000. March
was the banner day, the receipts fol
that day being $34, 600. The rush in
the office is so great that receipts can
not possibly be issued under ten days
after money has been received.
Sunday was an ideal spring day
The sun shone brightly, the tempera
fure was comfortable, the only vino
stirring was a gentle breeze, and very
little stretch of the imagination was
necessary to translate one into the
glorious, balmy invigorating surround
ings of Puget Sound midsummer. Al
a result, people were out In force and
our principal business streets became
yeritable boulevards for recreation anC
pleasure.
The old pest-house that has been fol
years anchored to the east OF the rem
pant Of Long wharf, got move o,
some time ago, and floated away tc
parts unknown. And now the City
Council is uncertain whether to ad
vertise a reward for the esiray or wal
till case of contagion requires the
use OF a secluded asylum for victims o.
infectious diseases. The matter was
at Monday evenings meeting, referred
to the Committee on Health for &C
ton.
Ex-Mayor Lane has, after much
correspondence with those in author
ity, at last secured an order from
the Navy Department instructiqe
Con,nlandant Watson, at Mare Island
to turn over to this city the flag and
pennant, trophies OF the Spanish war
sent by the crew of the cruiser Olym
pia, to her namesake. The flags may
be expected at any time, and on re.
ceipt Mr.. Lane proposes to place them