Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-11-03

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made about the details oi tin II en-.
gasement, which is for week OF
sterling. tirst-class plays.
Joseph BUGGY, a resident on SkoO-
kun Chuck about seven miles from
Bucoda, was found dead in his bed, on
Thursday o: last week. He lived
alone and it is thought his death was
the result OF natural causes.
Law abiding people are beginning to
ask what has become OF the curiew
regulation. Well, it has dwindled
down to the ringing of the bell. ES-
pecially was it So during the evening
and entire night OF Halloween.
The n. p. Railway Co. will carry
passengers to the soldiers welcome ut
Seattle, Saturday, for 500, the fare
one way, for the round trip, the tick
cts being good for return till Wednes-
dav. The train will leave at 8 A. NJ.
John ID. Whitman, son of Robt.
Whitman, died at the family residence
on Westside yesterday, OF typhoid
fever, aged 10 years. The funeral
took place this afternoon, from the
parents home on Sherman avenue
The steamship Walla Walla left the
Sound for San Francisco Wednesday.
Miss Fraser, sister of Mrs. Hilev
Ellis, left by her for the Bay City, her
home. The next steamship for that
destination is the Umatilla, Monday.
A large bear entered the premises Of
J. p. Elliott, at South Bay, yesterday,
and killed one of his pigs. Armed
with pistols and guns, nearly the
whole population of South Bay start
ed out in search for bruin, but failed
to capture him.
Chauncey ID. Rathbun, OF this city,
a member of Co. Il. is mentioned by
his Captain as worthy of preferment
for distinguished services as scout
and sharp-shooter." A medal of
honor will probably be awarded him
in token of his heroism.
The local subscriptions to the Sol
diers' Monument Fund now aggre-
gates about $3.50, mostly contributed
by school children and families. This
will doubtless be considerably in
creased by further labor in that line as
we'll as subscriptions by the business
community.
Mr.. Persons exhibit OF the Edison
Photograph, at Olympia Theater,
Saturday night, was a surprise to most
people. The reproduction of vocal
and instrumental sounds was perfect,
and it would be difficult to detect the
difference of some of the record work
from the originals.
r. G. Harrison, of Kewanna, Indiana,
was in the city this week. Mr.. II.
is out here in the interest of several
families at we'll as his own in the
Eastern city who expect soon to locate
in this part of the State. He seemed
to be very favorably impressed with
Olympia, and may select our city as
his future home.
Frank Wiman. of this place, met
with an accident in a sawmill at Ev-
erett, where he is employed, which
fortunately resulted in very slight
damage. He fell between tive revolv-
ing saws, and the wonder is that he
escaped with his life. He is cut about
the shoulders. His mother has gone
to Everett to care for him.
The grand excursion by rail to Sc
attic, to welcome home the Philip
pine regiment has been abandoned, as
from the fact that as only portion of
the troops will return by water. inter-
est in the matter has materially SUBJ
sided. The excursion by the Multi.
nomah and Aberdeen is still on, how
ever, and with the stop-over privilege
is Intimately preferable to the trip by
rail.
H. G. Richardson has bought from
Thomas Prather the old "Mattice
Property" corner Of Franklin and
Fourth streets, paying therefor $1,000.
Tom" Immediately "blew in" the
windfall on taxes, which leaves him
but few hundred dollars to pay. He
has been one of those unfortunates
who is land poor" and as the tax
burden has long been the subject Of
his plant, he is now, probably in com.
paratively tranquil state of mind.
Capt. Henry Wells, of the Second
Oregon Regiment will deliver an illus
trated stereopticon lecture, under the
auspices of the local camp Sons oil
Veterans, at Olympia Theater, on Sat.
urday evening, the 18th inst. This
lecture is said to give a very correct
impression of the precise conditions
which exist in our far-away possessions
and as everybody wants to have some
groundwork for rapidly forming opin-
ions, he should by all means attend
this lecture. The prices of admission
are within the reach of everybody
so and 25 cents.
Ernest Merges, a young lawyer OF
Portland, visited Olympia this week
his native city. He was born %
years ago in q cottage on Second
street next to the STANDARD office,
His father was the well-known stone
cutter, who, when Ernest was three
years OF age, moved to Portland, and
did business many years there,
with partner, under the firm name
OF Merges & Vosper. The father
has now retired from business, with
q competency, and his son has begun
very creditable rustic with the stern
realities of life.
1t took three days to launch the
hull of the new steamer Transport,
just completed in this city. but then
we have different method of manag-
ing such matters here than in the or
binary ship.yards. The custom here
is to move the structure on rollers to
the mud-fats at low tide from which
she floats on the thrush of waters. 1t
has been claimed that the custom
owes its existence solely to economy,
but If the experience of the Trans
ports owners is guide to wisdom it
will probably be ababandoned in fu-
ture attempts at ship-building.