Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-07-14

other districts.
Frank Cotter and J. VI. Chapman,
experts in bicycling, left yesterday,
over the Union Pacific for Salt Lake,
to engage in 4 wheel tournament to
take place there.
Wallace Grosvenor, OF Castleton,
North Dakota, a gentleman who has
extensive property interests in this
city, is the guest oi Dr. David Mitch
ell, on Westslde.
Mrs. Hamilton and her daughter
ESsie, of Vancouver, are visiting their
daughter and sister. Mrs. Leach, OF
this city, and will probably spend the
/ summer with her.
Joseph II. Houghton, of Tacoma, is
dead. He will he remembered by
many Old-time residents of our town.
He was Clerk of the District Court
under Judge Greene.
Strawberries are in their decline,
and green peas are i'll their prime.
Soon green corn will come marching
along in the procession of seasonable
favoritcs and luXuries.
J. II. Munson and r. S. Weston.
of Seattle, and Emily Il. Munson and
Al. J. Munson, of Shelton. came to
this city Monday, to attend the flu
neral OF the late j. A. Silsby.
The ninth annual session of the
Thurston County Teachers Institute
meets in this city on July 18th, and
the programme of exercises extend
over the four succeeding days.
The City of Puebla sailed from the
Sound for San Francisco to-day. H.
w. Sawyer was passenger by her.
The next steamer for that destination
will be the Walla Walla, Tuesday.
Our city now has sprinkler with
nickel-plated wheels. 1t may be said
of them, like of a certain make of
stockings, they may come high but
they look we'll, and that settles it.
Mrs. G. w. Horton, accompanied by
Miss Frances Washburn, arrived few
days ago from Spring Valley, MINI
for several weeks visit with Mrs.
HIS son, G. S. Horton, at Belmore.
The yacht Comfort of Port Town
send with an outing party on board,
visited our harhor yesterday, and after
cruising around the bay awhile, start
ed on her return 10 the port of entry.
Olympia Camp Woodmen of the
World last evening installed the fol-
lowing officers for the ensuing term
f. B. Taylor, c. c.; w. P. Kenny, A..
L.; J. T. Bethel, w.; c. Richmond, S.
Geo. A. hoffman has concluded his
purchase of the Olympic block, pay
ing $500 for the property-$l 600
down and like sum annually, with
interest at Z per cent, on deferred
payments.
Geo. c. Israel and family left yester-
day for Oyster Bay, to enjoy two or
three weeks of camp-life, and COM
mune with nature in her primitive
form by subsisting largely on olallies
and klo-klo.
Mike O'Connor has the boss bicycle
rack for the accommodation of his
customers. 1t is about ten feet long
and is covered with a neat canopy to
keep the hot rays from melting the
rubber tires.
A little son of August Schneider
broke his nose and bruised his face
considerably, by riding over a bank on
a tricycle. and falling on the railroad
track, near the brickyard on Westside
Saturday evening.
Ed. Henderson was tried Monday
for running over little daughter OF
Conrad Schneider with his bicycle
but it appearing on investigation that
the act was purely accidental and the
child unhurt, he was discharged.
An archway is being cut through
the brick wall of the McKenny build
ing to afford communication between
the two large storeroOms OH the
ground floor which are hereafter to bt
used for shelving the State library.
Gen. McKenny will move his drug
store to the Odd Fellows building
next week, and his present stand, in
conjunction with the storeroOm lately
vacated by G. Rosenthal, will be inn
mediately fitted up for the State
Library.
Mr.. G. C. Israel may be reached al
any time by the oystermen's telephone
at Oyster Bay, where he and his fam
lily are enjoying camp-life. If his pro-
fessional services are required he can
come in at any time on a couple oil
hours notice.
A special meeting of the Thnrston
County Horticultural Society will be
held in the Equity courtroom to-mor
row afternoon, at 81 80, to select and
recommend somebody to the County
Commissioners for appointment as
Fruit Inspector.
"Billy" McAloon is rafting a large
boom of logs for Dan. Kennedy or
Westside, and on account of the swift
current that runs through the West
side channel it almost constantly
requires a man on the raft to keep the
logs In their place.
Gus Harris and bride arrived from
California last night. They were
married on the Goth of last month, in
San Francisco. A party of relatives
and friends met the happy couple at
Tumwater and escorted them them to
the family home on Seventh street.
The Board OF State Land Commits.
sioners this week approved the sale of
46 acres of timber land near White
Salmon river, in Skamania county.
The purchasers were the White Sal
mon Boom and Improvement Co., and
the price paid was $467.
H. w. Sawyer, of the firm of Sawyer
& Filley is on a six weeks tour
through California, to ascertain if he
cannot leave some of his rheumatic
pains by the wayside on his journey.
Mr.. S. deserves vacation, for he has
been I" on deck" without intermission
ever since the firm opened business in