Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-07-21

sale and >eml-annual clearance SAFE
among Olympia merchants, this week
but never" Sheriff : sale
Maple Park Hose Team have re-
ceived their apparatus and are now
waiting anxiously for an alarm OF fire
to manifest their Willingness and pro-
ticiencv.
A party OF ladies and gentlemen
from Tacoma passed through this city
this week for Grav's Harbor, where
they intend to spend several weeks in
camp-liie.
The first watermelons made their
! appearance in Olympia markets this
week. They are small and green. and
look as Ii they had come from DER the
briny deep.
The Elks held reception at the
Olympia hotel. Tuesday evening, in
honor OF Gus Harris and wife, which
was largely attended and a very re.
cherche affair.
Maple Park Hose Team presented
its bylaws and rule. of organization
to the City Council Monday night,
and was formally received into the
FIRE department.
Mayor Reinhart has returned from
visit to his father, Senator Reinhart,
at Whatcom, who has been quite ill.
The sufferer has improved somewhat
but is not yet we'll.
Secretary Alger has telegraphed the
executive of this State that the Wash
ington volunteers would probably
leave Manila by August 10th, on
their return home.
The Simpson logging company
have just received monster engine
for their business, which will be able
to haul a greater dead weight than an
ordinary Cotton locomotive.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. C. DeLuce and
Miss Dale Foster, California delegates
to the late National Editors Conven.
ton at Portland, are visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. A. B. Clark, in this city.
An Eastern visitor who has been
making a tour of the Sound country,
says neither Seattle nor Tacoma, with
all their primping, can equal the
natural beauty of the capital city.
Johnny Percival's bathing enclosure
has been brought into requisition the
past few days by bathers, the hot
weather making 3 plunge in the
briny deep delightful experience.
A malignant form of diphtheria has
made its appearance in the family Of
L. w. Broyles, on Westside. His son
Grover is i'll and it is feared that the
dread disease may extend to the other
children.
At the meeting of the City Council
Monday night, the Mayor being ABB
sent, Mr.. O'Connor acted as presiding
officer, and Clerk Scofeld being ill
Harvey Scofeld performed the duties
of Clerk.
Mrs. and Miss Mile Hansard, OF
Seattle, have been on q visit the past
few days to their former home
Olympia. They returned Tuesday,
and will soon start on tour Of some
length, trip to Europe.
The smoke on our southwestern
suburbs is caused by a fire on the
school section, near town. How it
originated nobody seems to know, but
it has destroyed considerable valuable
timber and many cords of cut-wood.
Mr.. A. P. Stockwell of Montesano,
was in tswn to-day completing ar
rangements for hauling in logs over
the Northern Pacific. They will be
delivered on the Esstside by the JEFF
fers0n street spur, near the Allen
mill.
John Reilly, convicted of grand lar.
ceny and awaiting q new trial under
an $500 bond for appearance, was re-
leased Monday. 10. Gale and A. J.
Smith, both of Mason county, signed
the paper which set him free till
wanted for re-trial.
When Keats wrote that line, "a
thing of beauty is a joy forever" he
had never seen the Carlton House,
now being so thoroughly fitted up by
Mr.. Gimblet, where every room from
basement to attic is beauty and
every meal q constant joy to the par
taker.
John Y. Ostrander, who has just re-
turned from the Northern mines, says
there is more corruption among pub
lie officials in that misgoverned
country than in any other part of the
United States. Everybody possessing
q "little brief authority" seems to
have his hand cut behind him for a
bride.
A pretty girl asks the STANDARD for
the scientific name of the kissing
bug" now SO much talked about.
Well it is simply Per-re-ot-to-am.i-cis-
e.re-tur, with primary accent on the
penultimate. See? But, before she
could pronounce his name once the
little rogue could kiss her lips q hun.
dred times.
Robert Rawson was last Wednesday
subjected to a medical examination