Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-08-18
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

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The Eagles fly tonight.
4 recruiting Office for the L. S. army
has been established in this city.
The Baptist Congregation have
postponed their picnic to next Tues
day.
Mrs. NJ. O'Connor has been quite i'll
the past week from an attack OF lum-
bago.
Miss Wheeler has gone to San Fran
cisco for full stock Of up-to-date mil
linery.
The Westside Mill Co has extended
its area by the purchase of a strip OF
tide lands.
The tug Favorite took out boom
of 100000 feet of logs from the Mason
County Co.'S boom.
William Rutledge, OF Little Rock,
sustained fracture OF an ankle, Mon
day, from rolling log.
H. V. Ogden, of the Olympia Water
Co., left yesterday for a visit OF
couple of months to the East.
&c. Richardson of Chicago, who has
been the guest of our townsman, John
NJ. Patton, left for home yesterday.
The Teachers Encampment at But
ler's Cove, this week, has been pro-
nounced success, despite the weather.
Geo. Scofeld had the Little finger OF
his left hand mashed while handling
timber at the Weyler mill site Mon
day.
Services will be omitted in the
Christian church Sunday, in conse-
quence of the lingering illness of the
pastor.
"To-night probably showers and
Saturday fair" is the announcement
of the weather bureau for the near
future.
Mrs. Emily Brown, of this city, died
on Lake Bennett, Alaska, on the 4th
inst, suddenly, presumable of heart
failure.
MIR. l.. r. Byrne, once Superinten-
tendent of Schools of Thurston county,
made a short visit to this place on
Tuesday.
Mrs. G. Rosenthal and daughter,
Miss Bertha, returned from q three
weeks visit to San Francisco, this
afternoon.
E. s. Taylor is recovering from the
blood-poisoning caused by an abrasion
of the skin from a tool with which he
was working.
Now the poor feathered family will
have to suffer. The game season for
ducks, pheasants and grouse opened
on the 18th.
j. H. A. Meyer and family, of St.
Louis, old-time acquaintance of L.
Schmidt, of the Capital Brewery, are
at the Carlton.
Geo. H. White, for a number of
years engaged in book.binding in this
city, now resident of Centralia, was
in town this week.
Louis Freitag, after few days visit
at his home and with old acquaint-
ances in this city. returned this week
to Baker City, Ogn.
Moses Galloway, of Tenino, who
was lately subjected to an operation
independents at the hospital, is in a
fair way of recovery.
The steamship Cottage City sailed
from the Sound for Alaska to-day.
The City of Topeka will leave for same
destination Wednesday.
Councilman Winstanley and DR..
Carlyon were members of the P..L
excursion party to Alaska, which
started northward from Seattle last
evening.
Joseph Rightman, logger, in the
Black Hills, was brought in for treat
ment yesterday with his right arm
severely cut by the misdirected blow
of an Ak.
For 6 neat job of horseshoeing OF
blacksmithing, you would do we'll te
call on the well-known firm of P. j
O'Brien & Co., corner Third and
Columbia streets.
B. T. Loomis, of Humptulips, is
visiting his daughter, Mrs. Knox, in
this, city. A. P. Loomis, an uncle oil
the lady, is also a member of delight.
full family reunion.
Mr.. William Hazard, one of the
first graduates Of the old o. G. I. oil
this splace, and later a graduate oil
Stanford University, visited friends in
Olympia this week.
The outgoing passengers over the
Union Pacific this week, are Chas
Welliston for Manhattan, KS, and F.
w. Myer and wife and Mrs. J. Hage.
meyer for Lincoln, Neb.
Frank Cotter won the mile bicycle
match at Salt Lake, on the 11th, and
he did it in q manner which impels
the Deseret Nears to designate him as
"The Pacific Wheelwind."
This must be the "equinoctial'
storm, although like almost every.
thing else of a meteorological nature
this year, it is considerably off from its
proper date to be true to name.
1t is announced that Miss Edith C..
Cavanaugh, the accomplished daugh-
ter of our worthy Postmaster, and
Walter L. Bowen, of Spokane, are to
be married on the 9th proximo.
Elmore Rice's concert in Olympia
Theater, Tuesday night, received a
liberal patronage. A party of about
forty came up from Shelton by spec.
ial steamer to attend the performance
The steamship Walla Walla left the
Sound for San Francisco yesterday,
with Miss Wheeler as a passenger from
this city. The next steamer for that
destination will be the Umatilla Tues.
day.
. position is wanted as housekeeper
by a middle-aged lady of experience.
Has boy of five with her and she de-
slres more the privilege of home than