Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-07-28

Large ana the best uualltE loal CAKE.
NIr. and Mrs. Geo. c. Israel have
returned from their camp at Oyster
Bay. They had intended remaining a
month, but an illness Of Mrs. |. caused
a sudden change in the plan.
The wheeling event of the season.
the Tacoma Neus annual road race
will take place at Tacoma, Saturday
evening. Several entries have been
made by wheelmen o: this city.
Mrs. Jane Platz. of Elma, was
brought To this city and placed in the
hospital Monday, to undergo course
of treatment for rheumatism, from
which disease she has been q great
sufferer.
The steamship City of Puebla sailed
from the Sound for San Francisco to-
day, an Olympia passenger by her be-
ing J. f. Rich. The next boat for
that destination Will be the Walla
Walla Wednesday.
Carl Hayes, the infant son of Mr..
and Mrs. Manson ]. Rogers, of West.
side, died in Tacoma Tuesday night
The funeral took place at Bates
Brothers undertaking parlors, in this
city, yesterday forenoon.
John X. Mitchell, accompanied by
his little son Richard, left for Hous-
ton. Va, last Saturday. He was
called across the continent by the
serious illness of his mother. He will
be absent four or five weeks.
1t will require about 500 more to
finish the Little Rock bicycle path,
but when it is completed it will be
one OF the best paths in the State. 1t
is quite straight and much of its
length is shaded by luxuriant forest
growth.
Dan Kennedy received painful
blow from the recoil of "spur,'
while unloading logs at the Westside
mill, Monday. 1t struck the victim a
fearful blow on the left ear, knocking
him senseless, but inflicting no perma'
nent injury.
Gen. McKenny's Pharmacy, in the
corner storeroOm OF the Odd Fellows
building does not seem to have suf.
fered much from its removal to a less
pretentious location. That is owing,
however, to the excellent taste dis
played in fitting up the new quarters.
Herman Miller was killed by fall.
ing tree, on the route of the PENN.
sular road, in Mason county, Monday,
while engaged in his duties as axman.
The accident occurred near Bordeaux's
Campo. The falling tree crushed the
victims skull and death was instan.
taneOus.
Repairs on Long bridge will be com.
menced as soon as suitable piling can
be procured. Piles of extra length
are required for placing the bents in
the channel which has deepened very
materially since all the water of the
upper bay has been forced through the
narrow passage.
Lee Melleur has nugget which
weighs" $240, and possesses a mag.
netic touch which causes smiles to il.
lumine the countenance of everybody
with whom it comes in contact. 1t is
of irregular shape, about two inches
across and three-fourths of an inch
thick. 1t was taken from an Alaska
mine.
Scotey has put up ten thousand
quart jars of strawberry jam, this year
Notwithstanding that crop fell so far
short of its usual yield as to be called
a failure. Why will our brother waste
his energies in engineering a political
boom while he possesses such com.
handing talent in more honorable
vocation?
Monday afternoon ten cars loaded
with logs jumped the track on tres.
tie of the Shelton and Southeastern
Railway, about IL miles from Shelton,
badly mangling the feet of Charles
Kenny, brakeman, who was caught
under one of the cars remaining on
the track. He was brought to thi.
city for surgical treatment.
Bruce and Walter Milroy, who have
been engaged in mining operations at
Dawson, for some time past, have
moved on to Cape Nome, the new
point of mining interest situated
about 250 miles north OF st. Michael
They were at the latter place, June
oath, waiting for a vessel to leave for
their new field of discovery.
Isaac Korn, of Seattle, has been ap
pointed a member of the State Board
OF Pharmacy, to succeed William H
Barnes, whose term has expired, and
w. w. McCreedie a member of the
Board of Trustees of the School for
Defective Youth, at Vancouver, for
the unexpired term ending in June
1902, in place OF J. N. Pierce, of Kelso
who has resigned.
George and John Jones arrived
Wednesday evening, direct from At
lin, where they left DR.. Riley, who will
likewise return soon as he disposes OF
his interests in the frozen north.
They have been absent two years in
Alaska and have had a varied exper-
fence in the land which generally
makes or breaks" those who venture
within its inhospitable confines.
State Coal Inspector C. F. Owen has
made an examination of the Bucoda
coal, and says it contains 70 per cent.
of carbon. He pronounces it an ex-
cellent hard coal. The vein, from
which the sample coal was taken, lies
24O feet below the surface. The shaft
being sunk by the lately incorporated
construction and operation company
is 6 by 81 feet in size, and is down
about 80 feet.
The Salvationists, ever on the alert
to turn anything exciting to account,
had a hallelujah wedding in Unity
church, Wednesday evening, at which
two OF the soldiers of the cross" we're
united In matrimony. Ten cents adj.
mission was charged the general pub
Tic and as the matter was the subject
OF considerable advertisement in ad-
vance, the receipts no doubt constitut-