Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-08-04
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

The weather prospect for tonight
and tomorrow is " Fair"
Mrs. Lee Melleur has been visiting
friends in Seattle this week.
Miss Anna Braeger of Portland, is
visiting her brother in this city.
A daughter was born to Mrs. Lang
don, of Westside, a few days ago.
George and Will Hopkins have re-
turned from the Northern mines.
A little son appeared at the domi-
Gle Of d. c. jenkins few days ago.
c. NJ. Monroe left Monday over the
o. r. & n. railroad for Pendleton, Or
c. L. Whitaker, formerly OF this
city, is now residing at Wordsworth,
Nevada.
The quarterly examination of teach
ers will begin at the courthouse on the
10th inst.
Mr.. Hayward and family have lately
arrived from Indiana to make their
home here
The Congregational Sunday School
will have an outing at Buffers Cove
next Tuesday.
Misses Jennie Sickles and Laura
Runkel have returned from a visit to
San Francisco.
A. H. Anderson, Vice President of
the Wiley Navigation Co., visited the
city yesterday.
The Saratoga was entered Friday
night by burglars and a small amount
of money taken.
The Portland and Courtney Ford
have completed their cargos and are
about ready to sail.
A daughter was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. George Castle, residing south of
this city, yesterday.
Savage & Scofeld have been award
ed contract for planking at Tacoma,
aggregating 1000.
The Mason machine shop on Co.
lumbia street, between Third and
Fourth, is in frame.
Miss Daisy Burntrager returned a
few days ago from a months visit
with friends in Seattle,
Rev. S. S. Sulliger has gone to
Gray's Harbor. to attend the quarterly
meeting to be held there.
The Sisters of Charity held Lawn
Social on the grounds of the Catholic
church Wednesday evening.
A forest fire on Mud Bay has de-
stroyed many logs belonging to the
Mosher-McDonald company.
The prevailing haze in the atmos-
phere indicates that forest fires have
started out upon their devastating
course.
Mrs. c. NJ. Budlong, who has been
visitor with the family of P. d. Moore,
the past fortnight, has returned to her
home in Seattle.
The next steamship leaving the
Sound for San Francisco will be the
Umatilla Monday, and for Alaska the
City of Topeka, Tuesday.
Messrs. McNear and Gaddy, while
on their six weeks prospecting voyage
in northern Alaskan waters, travelled
700 miles in a small boat.
Mrs. Bush Baker and Miss Marion
Perry took the prizes for best cakes at
the ice cream social of the Baptist
congregation, Tuesday night.
Mr.. Chaplain is engaged in buying
up land for sale to prospective i'm.
migrants. He finds but little in the
market, and that OF small tracts.
Thomas T. Langridge, who has for
several years past been resident of
Southern California, is on a visit to
the parental homestead on South Bav.
Geo. Avery, of this city, won the
first prize, for time-making the Is
miles in 80 minutes and 30 seconds, at
the Tacoma News road races, last Sat.
urday.
Connolly & Chambers are moving
their market from the Byrne building
corner of Fourth and Main, to the rear
of the Chambers building on Fourth
street.
Joseph Stripf is again grocer, hav.
Ing laid aside his hoe for the more
tractable scoop and counter-scale He
bought the stock and business of Mr..
Pridham.
Yesterday the Christian SUNDAY
School had an excursion to Point De-
nance, which, OF course, means Taco
ma, the "bargain-counter" point of
attraction.
The schooner Reporter arrived at
West Side Mill Co.'s wharf yesterday
to load lumber for Southern Califor-
MA. Three vessels are now taking on
cargoes at this mill.
The sentence of Theodore F. Chase,
convicted of grand larceny in Spokane
county, has been committed from ten
to SIX and one-half years. The sen.
tenee will thus expire this year.