Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-12-22
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

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Wild geese are on the wing.
Hang up the baby's stocking.
Everybody reads the STANDARD.
Chauncey Rathbun is home for the
holidays.
The heavy rains have left the roads
in bad shape.
Judge Anders is recovering from a
severe illness.
Mark E. Reed came up from Shell
ton yesterday.
A ball will be held at South Union
hall next Friday night.
Judge Miller completed his court
business here yesterday.
The STANDARD wishes all it's pat
rons Merry Christmas.
Miss Louise Gray is visitor in our
CITY from Port Townsend.
Daniel Gaby, Of McMinville, Oregon,
is in the city.
A partial eclipse OF the moon &C.
Cured last Sunday morning.
The next steamship for Alaska will
be the Cottage City Tuesday.
A son YVES born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred Snyder, yesterday morning.
Mrs. A. P. Fitch and her daughter,
Mrs. Campbell, are visiting in Seattle.
The forecast for to-day is: ITO
night and tomorrow occasional rain"
Let everybody do his utmost to
make Somebody's child happy, holiday
week.
Charles Vietzen has made some fine
improvements in and about his
saloon.
The schooner Bangor has arrived in
our harboz to load with lumber for
San Diego.
Miss Louise Aver is at St. Peters
hospital to undergo treatment for
rheumatism.
Mr.. Kliese, of the Capital Brewery,
is recovering from severe attack of
typhoid fever.
The Black Hills logging train will
discontinue operation tomorrow until
after the holidays.
The Olympia Dancing club will give
q hop at the Olympia hotel next
Wednesday evening.
James Israel, the land cruiser, has
come in from the woods to spend the
holidays with his family.
Our streets are crowded with loggers
who have arrived from the various
camps to spend the holidays.
Miss Brouner's kindergarten class
held Christmas entertainment in
their school.room this afternoon.
A. A. Hunter was up from Hunters
Point Wednesday and made his an
nual visit to the STANDARD Office.
The State Journal has been turned
into the Weekly Chronicle, with M. D.
Abbott aud s. Rowell as publishers.
If your small boy or girl is missing
during the day, 60 and find them in
front of some holiday show-window.
Ira C. Miller and Ida Rayl, both OF
Mud Bay, were united in matrimony,
by Rev. A. G. sawin, Wednesday after
noon.
A valuable COW belonging to w. ].
Inman, OF Rainier, was recently killed
near that place by passing N. p.
train.
This is about the shortest day of the
year, yesterday being the precise date
on which the winter solstice is said to
occur.
Mrs. S. s. Markham, of Gray's Har.
Dor, is spending the holidays with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Harlow, at
Delphi.
Bert Ready left Tuesday for a visit
to California. He will 60 as far south
as San Diego and probably be absent
. month.
Lawyer Troy has gone to Dayton to
spend the holidays with his wife's rela-
tives. Mrs. T. preceded him some
time ago.
The fish-pond in Sylvester Park was
solidly frozen over Tuesday morning,
for the first time since the advent OF
December.
Prof. Yemen has gone down to wash
on College to help the faculty of that
institution get outside of a brace of
fat turkeys next Monday.
At last! The Northern Pacific de-
pot Is connected with the business Dor
ton OF town by telephone. 1t will
save patrons of the road much shoe
leather.
The weather clerk has allowed some
rays OF sunshine this week, and several
OF the nights were beautifully illum.
mated by the "soft silver light" of
full moon.
Lieut.. ]. E. Ballaine will remove
with his family to Seattle, and on the
LIST assume aposition as manager of
one OF the large investment companies
of that city.
Mr. Churchill has resigned his clerk.
ship with the County Treasurer and
will take position behind the conn.
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