Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-02-03

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CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.
Good grippe weather.
Daylight is increasing.
Mercury is morning star.
Foster is the man we see"
Yesterday was candlemas day.
More coasting for the children.
The lone tree on Priest Point has
fallen.
Look to your water pipes and save
expense.
The Capitol bill is now what the
people want.
Wood and bark dealers are doing a
lively business.
The Multnomah will make her reg
ular trip Sunday.
Old Winter has again forged his icy
letters arunnd us.
This is the anniversary of the birth
OF Horace Greeley.
Snow fell to the depth of three
inches Tuesday night.
The boys say the cold weather ia
making good skating.
The quarterly teachers examination
begins next Wednesday.
English violets are in full blossom in
many Olympia gardens.
A good many members of the third
House are packing their grips.
The U. S. Revenue Cutter Grant
was in the harbor this morning.
Land Commissioner Bridges and
family are stricken with Ia grippe.
That was one time Tacoma got the
upper hold of her big sister, the Queen
city.
Tonight and to morrow fair; con-
tinued cold, probably moderating Sun
day." says Old Probs.
The steamship Alki sails for Alaska
Tomorrow, and the City of Topeka
Thursday.
Farmers are once more driven to
the temporary necessity of feeding
their stock.
Now that the Senatorship agony is
over, let there be some good legisla.
lative work done.
Plans are already being perfected for
grand ball as a.fitting adjunct to
Washington's birthday.
The Supreme Court refuses to give
Cronin, the slayer of Ferardi, the Ital-
ian fisherman, a new trial.
Mrs. Will d. Jenkins, lately de-
ceased, was a neice of Harriet Hos
mer, the eminent sculptress.
An honest physician says wooden
underclothes constitute one of the
best assurances of good health.
One who has been there, says good
sharp apple cider is the best thing for
the grippe he has yet discovered.
The ladies OF the NJ. E. church are
making arrangements for an oyster
supper on st. Valentines evening.
1t is reported that the Westside mill
will start up on the 10th. The shingle
mill will resume operations Monday.
Dora Clark, of Everett, has received
the scholarship accorded this State by
the OReed Institute of Worcester,
Mass.
A fire alarm was turned in from
Box AZ last evening, but no more SER
ious danger menaced that part of town
than burning chimney.
ID. X. Proud, Mitchell Harris and G.
w. Hambright have been appointed
by the Superior Court appraisers of
the estate OF Henry Quinn, deceased.
c. J. Kelly, late of New York, is
now associated with John Byrne, in
his grocery business, one of the oldest
IN that line, if not the oldest, in the
city. :,
The Odd Fellows are building tow
er for elevating a tank to connect with
an artesian well in the rear of their
hall and thus obtain water supply on
q gravity system.
Mrs. Mary Frances Porter's will de-
vises all her property to her husband,
Judge N. S. Porter, except her bible
and gold watch and chain, which she
bequeaths to her son Alva.
The Walla Walla sailed from the
Sound for San Francisco to-day with
IL. WillistOn as passenger from this
city. The Umatilla will sail next
Wednesday for the same destination.
Prof. Morgan, of the Ellensburg
Normal School is here to urge the
Legislature to make larger appropri-
alton than the $4,000 contemplated
by the act now before the Legislature.
Robt. Z. STEINER and ]. L. Holland
have obtained positions in the govern
ment printing Office, at Washington,
having passed a civil service examina.
ton as prerequisite for such prefer
ment.
Senator Foster. is so elated over his
election that he has announced a
grand feed" for the members of the
Legislature, at the Tacoma Hotel, in
the City of Destiny (of course, Monday
evening.
Trevor Kincaid, instructor in biology
in the Washington University, is max
ing collection of marine specimens
star-fish, crabs, sea urchins, etc.-from
which to prepare cabinets for free
distribution to the high schools of the
State.
The city Of Tumwater has sued the
bondsmen of Chas. Hardt, G. Noschka
and Chas. f. Bunnell, for 1858. Sc and
interest, the amount which as the
cifys Treasurer, he carried away with
HIM when he skipped out last Sum-