Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-08-11

same amount this year, two-hunureuths oi
al inch, is recorded for lese.
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.
Mrs. Kitty Gale died at Oyster Bay
Wednesday.
Miss Fannie Wright is visiting
friends at Shelton.
RIA. Ford and family have moved
to Eugene, Oregon.
Business changes are the order OF
the day in Olympia.
The Olympia memorial tablet will
be here in few days.
Col. Owings has returned from a
trip east Of the mountains.
Mrs. H. O. Drury, of Seattle, is
visiting friends in the city.
The open season for grouse and
pheasant begins next Tuesday.
Little children are bemoaning the
departure of the merry-go-round.
Miss Zulu jenkins is in a fair way
of recovery from her severe illness.
Mrs. Alice Colman left yesterday for
Heppner, Or, over the Union Pacific.
An excursion from Tacoma will
come to this city by steamer Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Haight left by the
Multnomah this morning for Tacoma.
Savage & Scofield have been awarded
the contract for replanking Long
Bridge.
Mrs. VIM. Smith, of Shelton, visited
her mother, Mrs. VIM. Hildebrandt,
this week.
Old Probabilities is already predict
ing long-drawn-out autumn of pleas
ant weather.
The weather report to-day reads:
"To-night, Saturday and Sunday, fair
and warmer"
The eagacious oyster is taking va
cation till next month comes with its
traditional ar"
In some localities of the city the
birds have picked the cherry trees
of all their fruit.
John Jones held the fortunate num-
Der which took the Imperial wheel
ratified Tuesday evening.
Work began Tuesday on the founda
ton of the Keystone Lumber Coz
shingle mill, on Westside.
Forest fires are getting in their de
structive work in various sections O
the Upper Sound country.
A joint picnic of the Congregations
and Presbyterian Sunday schools wa
held at Buffers Cove, Tuesday.
During the continued illness o
Mr.. Scofield, Walter Crosby is dis
charging the duties of City Clerk.
George E. Neff and Miss CATHERINE
J. Campbell were united in marriage
6y Justice Schomber, Wednesday.
The Maple Park hose team is no,
fully equipped and ready 10 do deed
of daring in subduing the fire fiend.
Under the watchful management q
Thomas Pra.her, Sylvester Park is be
ginning to look like a summer parlol
Mr.. r. H. Jones, former residen
of Eastside but now living on Vasho
leland, is visiting old friends in Olym
pia.
Would you put out small sum {
money at q profitable interest? The
advertise in the WASHINGTON STANI
ARD.
The State Land Commissioner hs
been engaged the past week in se
cling some official business at Wha
com.
Don't buy your boy a toy air-gu1
A toy drum is good enough and h
cannot use it in killing the sma
birds.
Twenty.one applicants for teacher
certificates are undergoing examin,
ton at the Equity courtroom tn
week.
Mrs. ]. Dunbar and Miss Jenn
Potts, of Shelton, spent a couple
days visiting friends in the city tn
week.
The directors of the of the Hubbar
school district have contracted fort h
erection of school building to COZ
$5l0
Loquacious drummers representa-
many kinds of business are telliu
Olympia dealers what they need {
much
Robert Swan is looking after tn
business of the Sheriff's Office wifi
Mr.. Billings is outing at Hartstei
Island.
A daughter was born yesterda
to the wife of John Lundquist. NJ
and Mrs. Lundquist are recent arrival
from Alaska.
Logs are now being shipped int
Olympia from three sources, the Tel
inc, the Black Hills, and the Chehal
county camps.
G. E. Eckert, of South Dakota. VIII
has been visiting his parents in th
county, for some time past, left fc
nome yesterday.
l.. Dorman, of Hunters Point, an
Miss Annie Petty, OF St. Cloud, MINI
were united in marriage, by Justic
Schomber, Monday.
Several cases of scarlet fever hav
appeared, the victims being childre
of Mrs. Gaddy, who resides in tn
southern part of town.
George Milton Savage says that tn
Eastern oysters that were planted i
Gull Harbor several years ago, ar
propagating in good shape and tina
there are numerous young oyster
there now.