Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-09-15
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.


have been received at the Saratoga"
Edward Dwyer and wife, late resi-
dents OF Kansas, have returned to
Olympia to live.
Mrs. kofoed will hold Recital"
OF her pupils in Olympia hotel next
Wednesday evening.
Ralph McDuff, after several years
of travel in foreign ports, has returned
to Olympia to remain.
George Billings, who is now engaged
in cruising for the Northern Pacific,
was in the city this week.
The steamship Alki sails from the
Sound for Alaska. Sunday, followed by
the Topeka next Friday.
The Puget Sound Pipe Factory is
now running on full time and gives
employment to about 80 men.
Joseph Johnson fell from his wheel,
Tuesday evening, and has ever since
suffered from swollen shoulder.
Another trial of Lowe for assault
anu tOok l'latSt III JuStlCC
Cruikshank's bailliwick this morning.
Owing to the advance in price of
wholesalers the retail price of oysters
has been advanced from 40 to 80 cents
per quart.
The Capital Milling Co. of Tum-
water, made a shipment of 500 sacks
of flour to Galbra it'll Grain Co.. of Sc.
attic, to day.
Capt. Tew's new steamer Northern
Light is expected to arrive next week.
1t is thought she will be placed upon
the Shelton route.
Mrs. Lena McFadden died at Alpha
in Lewis county, Wednesday. She
was the wife of o. B. McFadden, Jr,
formerly of this city.
Yesterday was Yom Ripper, or the
Jewish day of atonement, and all the
stores of citizens of that faith were
consequently closed.
Quite number of residents of Sc
attic, Tacoma and other places on the
Sound attended the funeral of Capt.
McMicken, last Tuesday.
Mitchell Harris and family have
moved into their new residence on the
Washington street side of their prop
erty fronting on Sylvester Park.
Hop-pickers by the wagon load,
white and copper-colored, pass through
our town every day en- route for the
hop-fields in the Puyallup valley.
The steamers City of Shelton and
Estelia transferred to the Aberdeen
yesterday from Oyster Bay SO sacks of
oysters for points down the Sound.
The steamer Multnomah resumed
her regular trips this morning and the
Aberdeen has been placed back upon
her afternoon departure for Seattle.
1t seems the Olympia tablet is not
to be exhibited to other admiring
constituencies" but was forwarded by
Great Northern express to New York
Tuesday.
The Capital City Military Band has
rendered its services for bare expenses
on the excursion to Seattle to meet
and welcome home the Washington
volunteers.
The car-cOmpany now have a
"trailer" completed to meet an oc-
cassional rush of passenger business.
The car is we'll constructed and a
home product.
The steamship Walla Walla sails
from the Sound for San Francisco to-
morrow, with Lee Bright and r..
Bright as passengers from this city.
The succeeding steamship for that
destination will be the Umatilla Thurs.
day.
Prof. John L. Henderson, of Hood
River, Oregon, was a visitor to the
capital city this week. He seems to
be in excellent health and spirits, and
well contented with his place in the
busy world.
Mr.. Gimblet is again on the alert,
charging the capacity of the Carlton
House to meet the ever increasing de-
mands of business. This time he is
hitting up new dormitory facilities on
the second floor.
The passengers this week from
Olympia over the u. P. and O. R. &
N. have been Alex. Stubbs and wife
Tor Hartford, KS; John Leach, for
Abeline, KS, and Mrs. T. I. McKenny
for Walla Walla.
The books stored in the court house
for want of room in the former State
Library quarters, have been removed
to the McKenny building and now
occupy shelves in the new rooms on
the ground floor.
Arrangements are being made to
reopen the old Coulter coal mine at
Bucods, by Edward Towne of Tacoma
and Geo. B. Mason of Bucoda. 1t is
expected to have its product on the
market within thirty days.
In addition to the carloads of lum-
Der and shingles that are leaving the
Eastside mills, the Puget Sound Pipe
FACTORY now utilize the same spur for
shipping their product. Two carloads
OF pipe were shipped to Missouri this
week.
Mrs. Amelia Paisley has bought the
residence property formerly the home
OF Mrs. Boyd, on Franklin and
Eleventh streets. The price paid was
$1,000. Mrs. P. intends to use it for
home, instead of her present location
on Main street.
Col. E. Nickerson and Major E.
Gerry, of Whatcom. are in the city in
the interest of the case of John
Munro vs.. State of Wilmington, in
.volving large tract of valuable land
IN sec. 16, tip. SO, n 2 east, situated
IN Whatcom county.
M: d. Prettie, of Chicago, arrived
sunday, to assume charge of the
merchant tailoring establishment of
). +. Daley & Co.'s business. Mr.. P.