Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-06-09
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.
Ideal weather
Now the strawberries will ripen.
Yesterday was typical summer
day.
At last we may sing "Srringtime
Has Come, Gentle Annie"
The weather forecast for tonight
and tomorrow is Fair"
Laura Rose sustained injuries from
a bicycle fall few days ago.
Harvey 0. Scofield and Miss Celia
r. Barr are to wed Oh the 14th inst.
Mr.. J. H. Scott paid visit to the
Eastern part of the State a few days
ago.
A rumor is current that Olympia is
to have another bank. 1t is much
needed.
The job of painting the court house
water-tower has been let to E. ID.
Peasley for SIS.
The lawn. mower OF the courthouse
has had his salary advanced from $40
to $45 per month.
Auditor Graham has been allowed
an extra clerk for a month, to bring
up the work to date.
H. Galloway, formerly of this city,
but now of McMurray, spent several
days here this week.
Land Commissioner Bridges has
returned from an extended official
visit down the Sound.
w. NJ. Shinke, of South Bay, killed
a black bear weighing $50 pounds
near his premises, last week.
The w. c. T. U. of Thurston county
are holding their annual convention
in the Christian church to-day.
A. B. Clark, manager of "The Fair y
left Monday to attend meeting Of
the Cash Buyers Union at Spokane.
John Schulling will open a cigar
store and mandatory in the stand
lately vacated by Winstanley & Blank.
enship.
One hundred thousand shingles
we're destroyed by the burning of the
Card & Sons dryhouse at Sherlock
last Friday.
The recognized Capital City Band
have ordered uniforms, which they
will wear for the first time on the
Fourth of July.
The steamship Umatilla left the
Sound yesterday for San Francisco
Geo. Utterbeck was an Olympia pas
senger by her.
The passengers this week over the
Union Pacific from this place were
Charles jacobson and William Vico
lund for Leadville, Col.
The steamer Aberdeen brought uE
to-day cast-iron keel weighing l!
tons for Wren Pattison's new yacht, in
process of construction.
Harry C. Wellman, of this city, and
Allie NJ. Brown, of Delphi. were unit
ed in marriage, Wednesday evening
by Justice Schomber.
The Eagles have rented Columbia
hall for lodge-room. They are to
" fix it up" provide a janitor and pa,
10 per month for use of the hall.
The residence OF George Rutledge
a! Little Rock. was entirely destroyed
by fire yesterday morning at an early
hour, the loss being about $4,000.
A regular meeting of the Thurstol
County Horticultural Society will b.
held in the Equity courtroom, to
morrow afternoon, at l 80 o'clock.
A requisition has been applied fo
to extradite Franz Luwe, fugitiv,
from justice, who is under commit
ment for cattle stealing in Idaho.
The State Printing Co. have bough
the west half of the Hale building, oc
cupied by them, of the Concordia Loar
Co., the consideration being $1,000.
The next steamship leaving tn,
Sound for San Francisco will be tn,
Queen, Tuesday, and the Cottage Cit!
will sail for Alaskan ports on Wednes
day.
The city now has two teams ant
drivers-the fire team with D. P
Hubbard for its Jehu" and the stree
team with H. C. Wellman holding the
lines.
Mayor Reinhart returned few days
ago from a visit to his gold mine in
Kittitas county. He appears to have
the confidence of Col. Sellers, thai
"There's millions in it."
Eight cents per square Of $50 EN-.
honpariel is the price the county ad
vertising will be done for this year, by
the Uympian. This is about one.
tenth the allowance made by law.
Messrs. Allen, Byrne and Weller
have formed corporation under the
name OF the Olympia Lumber and