Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-05-12
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

this morning.
The Multnomah will make her us
ual trip Sunday.
Sheriff Billings has been able to
visit his office this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Gimblet paid a
visit to Seattle this week.
The Boston Kitchen has reduced the
price of meals to ID cents.
The air is redolent with the de-
licious fragrance of fruit blossoms.
The weather forecast for to-day and
tomorrow is "Clear and warmer"
A fair price will be paid for linn
tied supply of old rags at this office.
Mr.. Gimblet has discontinued his
saloon business in the Olympia hotel.
w. II. Clark, late of Rossland, B. c..
is visiting his old friends in Olympia.
Mr.. Scobey says he will put up ten
thousand cans of strawberry jam this
year.
Mrs. w. T. Cavanaugh and her
daughter Julia visited Tacoma this
week.
Mrs. Reams fell from her bicycle
Sunday and sustained some painful
bruises.
Spruce women are clamoring for an
anti-expectoration ordinance, and they
are right.
The Salvador sailed from the West
side mill Tuesday with lumber for San
Francisco.
DR.. Redpath attended the meeting
of the State Medical Society at Ia
coma Wednesday.
Lochland Macleay, of Portland, was
a visitor to his mother, Mrs. Thos.
Macleay, this week.
Thomas F. Halligan and Miss May
Post, both formerly of this city, were
married in Seattle, Wednesday.
Mr.. Lansdale has bought the inter-
est OF his partner. Mr.. Phipps, in the
Eastside grocery and its trade.
Mark Reed, manager of the Mercan-
tile Lumberman's Association, of Shell
ton, was in this city yesterday.
William Jameson, the timber
cruiser and old-time resident of this
city, is back after several years alb
sence.
The price of the Victor bicycle, the
best wheel made, has been reduced to
$40. OCOnnor is the agent in this
place.
The Noble Dramatic Co. begin a
work of choice dramatic presentations
at Olympia Theater, next Monday
evening.
The barkentine Northwest, Capt.
Land, arrived for cargo Of lumber
yesterday. She comes from San
Pedro, Cal.
Sam. Dobrin and Paul Christensen
attended, as delegates, the grand court
of Foresters, which meet at Tacoma
this week.
Ira B. Sallee and Phoebe J. Vincent,
OF Little Rock, were united in mar
riage at Oakville, in Chehalis county,
Wednesday.
The steamship Queen sails from the
Sound for San Francisco, Sunday, and
the City of Topeka sails for Alaskan
ports Monday.
The Westside Mill Co. has shipped a
carload Of lumber to Newport News to
be used as decking of one of Uncle
Sans battleships.
L. E. RAIDER now fills the position
OF deputy, or clerk, in the State Treas.
urer's office, lately made vacant by
the discharge OF Browne.
Now is good opportunity to buy
clothing cheap during the removal
sale Of &. Rosenthal. An immense
cut in prices has been made.
The first new potatoes of the season
appeared in our markets this week
and retailed six pounds for a quarter.
They were from California.
The County Commissioners have
concluded to dispense with the SER
vices OF Game Warden, costing a sal
airy OF $500 per annum, OH the plea of
economy.
w. G. Case and wife left for Durand,
Mich; Miss Minnie Shady, for Ogden,
Utah; and Mrs. NJ. ]. Dodd, for Brown
vile, Neb., over the Union Pacific,
this week.
Mr.. NJ. J. Roach, General Agent of
the Denver and Rio Grande r. r. and
J. O'Neil, Travelling Passenger Agent
OF the o. r. & n. Co., were in the city
yesterday.
Four members of the Washington
regiment have so far met death in the
Philippine campaign. The regiment
stands in the front ranks for courage
and efficiency.
Sunday we had ideal spring weather
and as consequence the new open"
street-cars were patronized to their
full capacity in trips to our suburban
sister, Tumwater.
B. W. Brintnall, late Superintendent
OF Schools in this county, now a resi-
dent of Latona, near the State Uni
versity, came up Wednesday, on a
visit TO his former home.
Mrs. Patrick Vance, was brought up
from Shelton Wednesday to undergo
treatment at the hospital for frac-
ture of her leg. The injury was sus-
tanned several months ago, but for
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