Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-05-26
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

Judge Porter visited Seattle, pro-
fcssionally, this week.
Miss Flov Henry has returned from
Il visit to Walla Walla.
The Sunday trips of the Multnomah
have been discontinued.
"To-night and to morrow fair" is
the weather report to-day.
Mr. and Mrs. J. c. klcbcr have
changed their residence to Spokane.
Robt. Rawson has returned to this
city after an absence of several years.
A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry NJ. Murphy Saturday morning.
Mrs. A. A. Phillips left Tuesday for
an extended visit to friends III New
York.
John Guslander and Florence COul-
ter, OF Ccntralia, were married last
Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. p. NJ. Troy welcomed
wee daughter to their household last
Sunday.
Our business men are agitating the
project of building bicycle path to
Gate City.
Miss Ida Mann, who is attending
school at Tacoma. is home on a visit
to her parents.
Julia Ward Howe, the authoress,
lately paid taxes on property she owns
at Tumwater.
The Baptist congregation gave de-
lightful entertainment in Grand Army
hall, Tuesday evening.
The Gray's Harbor train now leaves
at ll.45 A. NJ. and arrives from the
coast cities at 2.l5 p NJ.
The County Assessors returns indi-
cate healthful growth of population
in both town and country.
Mrs. Robert Hardin, OF Seattle, paid
her parents-Mr. and Mrs. ]. NJ.
Lammon-a visit this week.
The Mason Co. Logging Co. will be-
gin dumping logs into their boom on
Westside on the 9Th of July.
Henry Kearney drew the lucky
number that took the bicycle ratified
by Hugh Ross Monday evening.
The Chamber of Commerce holds a
special meeting this evening in the
Equity courtroom in the court house
The Mason County Logging Co.'S
camps in the Black Hills are to have
telephone communication with this
city.
The Light and Fower Co. are erect.
ing a commodious car-barn upon the
site of the one destroyed year age
by fire.
The State Land Commission visited
Skagit county this week to appraise
some public lands in that part of the
State.
Chas. +. Norris and Nellie J. Oar
ling, of Little Rock, were united in
marriage at St. Michael's church
Sunday.
The steamship Orizaba sailed from
the Sound for Alaska yesterday, with
R. NJ. Littlejohn of this city, as a pas.
sedger for Skagway.
Miss Mary Shields ha. just closed 9
very successful term OF school at Shell.
ton and will begin another at Hart
stein Island next week.
The timber on section SO, township
10, range 10 west, in Chehalis county
was sold this week by the State LAND
Commissioner for 1889.
Chas. Allen, an adopted son o.
Fred. Schomber, has returned t
Olympia after an absence of two
years, spent mainly in travel.
The Mason County Logging Co. has
bought from the State tract of tide
land on Westside for a dumping
ground, paying therefor $3.50.
Tuesday the steamer Aberdeen de.
livered so cases of Capital Brewery
beer aboard the steamship Garrone, fol-
transportation to st. Michael, Alaska
The Commencement exercises of the
graduating class OF the Olympia High
school will take place in Olympia The.
alter, on Monday evening, the 29th
inst.
Capt. Benjamin G. Sylvester, a
brother of Edmund Sylvester, founder
of Olympia, 81 years of age, died al
Sunset, Me-, on the 18th inst, of heart
failure.
The next steamship leaving the
Sound for San Francisco will be the
Walla Walla tomorrow, and the
Cottage City will depart for Alaska
Tuesday.
Frank Cotter got away with the bi.
cycle half-mile and two-mile lap races
at Nanaimo, B. c., on the Queens
birthday. His record is becoming
phenomenal.
Trevor Kincaid, assistant professor
of the University Of Washington, has
been invited 70 accompany the Harri-
man scientific expedition to Alaska, as
chronological.
The Woodmen of the World elected
last evening the following officers for
the ensuing term: E. b. Taylor, C.
c.; w. P. Kenny, A. L.; w. f. Barton,
NJ; ]. I. Bethel, w. and r. G. Shore, S.
DIR. J. II. Dumon, of Chehalis, and
DR.. w. G. Tucker of Port Townsend,
have been appointed members of the
State Board of Health, the former be-
ing a reappointment, and the latter
succeeding Wilson.
J. w. Haworth, who has been in
the retail fruit and CONNECTION business
here several wears has sold ont his