Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-03-17
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.
Dust is flying.
Wild birds are mating.
Fruit buds are swelling.
TO 90 llying is now IN order.
Spring has come in good earnest.
Flowers are blooming in the gardens.
A heavy frost prevailed this morn
ing.
Baby carriages mOnopolize the side.
walks.
To-day is st. Patrick's day" in the
morning.
Everybody is admiring the Olympic
mountains.
A few business changes are in con-
temptation.
Wild currants are in blossom on the
neighboring hills.
Miss Marian Patton is visiting
friends in Portland.
The Multnomah will make her
regular trip Sunday.
Miss Kate Cheney has returned to
her home at Tacoma.
A thing we'll begun is half done.
Vide capitol foundation.
Eastern sojourners are wondering
what season of the year it is.
The weather prospect for the next
twenty-four hours is " Fair"
Good progress is reported on the
Black Hills logging railroad.
Mrs. Horr will continue the feed
business OF her late husband.
The New Kam;lchie postoffice has
been made money-order Office.
The next steamship sailing for
Alaska will be the Alki Tuesday.
w. r. Lott, editor of the Shelton
Tribune, was in the city Monday.
Leavitt's "Spider and Fly" will ap-
pear at Olympia Theater April 4th.
Nathan kaufman, OF Juneau, visited
his parents in this city few days ago.
Mr.. J. NJ. Patton, of Eastside, who
has been been quite i'll, is much i'm
proved.
Mrs. J. Z. Mumford and her
daughter Vera have returned from a
trip East.
The long discarded shawl is coming
to the front, and Mrs. Olympia Lo will
be in fashion.
Work on the track and rollway of
the Mason County Logging Co. is in
active progress.
The Olympia Door and Lumber Co.
are erecting a mill to saw cedar logs
for their factory.
Seattle is already talking about a
big Fourth Of July celebration. Where
is the Capital City?
w. E. Buford, of Kansas, brother
of Mrs. H. L. Forrest, visited his rela-
tives here this week.
Eastern Washington responds to
the Sound country by shouting 1t is
still Mount Rainier"
John johnson and Miss Anna Nor
ding were united in marriage Tuesday
evening, in this city.
Mrs. Eta Cavanaugh, of Seattle, is
visiting her parents in this city, Mr..
and Mrs. Thomas Phipps.
The rustic of the silk petticoat is to
be heard no more forever. So says a
Capital city society leader.
F. w. Tinkham, who has been for
some time afflicted with typhoid fever
is in fair way of recovery.
VIM. Weaver, a wood-chopper living
on Westside, was committed to the
Hospital for the Insane last week.
A reception was rendered Speaker
and Mrs. Cute, at the Olympia hotel,
by some of our appreciative people,
last evening. r.
The Cottage City sailed from the
Sound for Alaska yesterday. Nathan
Kaufman went as passenger by her
from this city.
The Westside and Eastside sawmills,
the Olympia Sash and Door Factory
and the Richardson shingle mill are
all running on full time.
Skaters dry-house, at Summit, about
20 miles west from this city, was totally
consumed by fire yesterday, with its
contents, 100000 shingles.
Mr.. Rosenthal has leased the Horr
salesroom, opposite his present place
OF business, and will next month re-
move his splendid stock to it.
Robert Christensen has purchased a
half-interest in the Fashion saloon
from Mr.. Scott, administrator of the
estate of Henry Quinn, deceased.
The next steamship for San Fran
cisco from the Sound will be the
walla Walla, Monday. A passenger
by her from this city will be NJ. R.
Cory.
We now have mixed" train SER
vice as reward for fighting the rail-
roads," Olympia is indeed "side-
tracked" by her enemies and damphool
friends.
The condition of Gilbert Miller ia