Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-08-04

N.Y. DCeCdoCu lcdNtS all estate OI
considerable value, consisting mainly
of realty i'll this place and Gate City.
The funeral services took place in the
Catholic church, Wednesday afternoon.
Mr.. O'Connor has beat the record
OF l. 5. weather observer Pague, who
predicts the weather from the Orego-
MAN watchtower, several hundred feet
from the ground. Last Saturday he
declared storm imminent while the
sun was shining brightly and not a
cloud was to be seen, and 10. il came
about as predicted few hours after
wards. When Pague predicts rain,
if it comes at all, it is sometimes
hundreds of miles away, which shows
that there is much less risk OF reputa-
ton in forecasting large area than Il
small one. Now if Mike" will repose
on his honOrs; and not prophesy too
much, he may bear off the honors as
the champion prognosticator.
The merry-go-round will close its
visit to this city tomorrow evening,
when the prizes to two of the most
popular ladies will he awarded, a gold
watch and sterling silver necklace.
During their stay, Messrs Delberger &
Son, the owners, have made many
friends by their affabilitv and pleasing
manner of doing business. The "gay
conductor" likewise comes in for a
share OF praise, especially from the
younger and more impossible portion
of the community, and not few
smiles were bestowed upon Engineer
Jack, as he grasped the throttle and
kept the whirling machine from fl, ing
OIL on a tangent. They go from here
to Aberdeen where we bespeak for
them cordial reception.
Everything is on the move in Olym-
pia. The Eastside and Westside saw
mills, the Olympia Sash and Door
Factory, the Richardson Shingle mill,
and the several other shingle mills
adjacent to this city, are all running
on full time. Hardly day passes but
locomotive is seen hauling away
carloads of lumber and shingles from
the Eastside mills and three ships are
loading at the Westside mill. The
several logging camps near here are all
running full blast and dumping into
the bay on Westside carloads of logs
every day. Vacant houses are rapidly
filling up and rents are advancing; in
fact, desirable dwellings are very
scarce. There are no idle men loaf
ing around the streets, and our
business men are doing a hourishing
business.
That il is not always safe, as an act
of friendship, to become a bondsman,
is illustrated by Pete Stewards exper-
fence. Several years ago, he signed an
indemnifying bond to enable Sheriff
CASTOR to take possession of some per-
sonal property owned by Mcclellan,
OF Tenino, on suit of foreclosure of
mortgage in favor of a resident named
Perry. Later Mcclellan obtained
judgment against CASTOR for taking
possession of his goods contrary to
law. This forced the Sheriff to make
up this liability from the bond, as
Perry had disposed of all his property
and gone away. July 11th an execu-
ton was issued and all of Stewart
property at Republic was levied upon
to make up the sum of $443.3O, the
amount for which the Sheriff became
responsible by ignoring the regular
procedure in foreclosure in compliance
with contract not sanctioned bv law.
Not only one logging company in
Chehalis county, as was announced a
fortnight ago in the STANDARD, will
soon begin dumping logs into the
eastern room of the bay fronting thi.
city, but two of the largest lumber
firms in the State will in the near
future be carrying logs over the North
ern Pacific to the Jefferson street
spnr and placing them in tide water
near the Olympia Mercantile Co.'s
Mill. These firms are the C. f. Bur-
rows & Co. and the Mack Co., who
have been cutting timber faster than
it can be made into lumber by the
Gray's Harbor mills. The timber will
be taken from the lands they own
near Elma, and consist of both fir and
cedar. When this addition to our
logging business is added to the i'm
mense operations of the Mason County
Logging Co., on Westside, Olympia
may indeed be said to be surrounded
with blooms"
Mrs. NJ. J. Pratt, who died in this
city on the 28th ult., was born in
Henry county, NO., March 7, 1880,
making her in the 10th year of her
age when the taper of life was entin-
guished. She has been a constant
but patient sufferer. For three years
past she has been afflicted with partial
paralysis, one side of her body being
wholly destitute of feeling or voluntary
locomotion. Deceased came to this
State in the spring of 1869, and has
ever since resided within its bounds.
She was the mother of nine children
four girls and five boys; two of the
girls and four of the boys are living.
One of her daughters is Mrs. nj. c.
Giesy, at whose home she died and
with whom she had resided since her
affiictiOn. The funeral took place
Sunday, at the family residence, and
a large cOncourse of relatives and
friends paid the last tribute by their
presence 70 the memory of one who
leaves a void in the circle of her life's