Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-12-28

on the tree. and MS face was badly
burned heiorc the flames could be ex-
tinguishcd.
The new bicycle tags will soon be
here for distribution. The tag i
fitted into metal frame which can
bc attached to no other portion OF the
wheel than on the fork OF the front
wheel. 1t it made that way to secure
uniformity and lessen the labor OF the
proper officers To enforce the license
ordinances.
VI. Billings, of Portland, who
thought this State owed him $500
damages for Withholding certain tide
lands, which were later on conveyed to
him by Judgment OF the supreme
Court, was not quite so sure of his
graft when Judge Linn yesterday sus-
tanned demurrer Of the State Attor-
ncy and dismissed the action.
i. f. Corlss and Wood Doane, were
refused any remission OF fine by Judge
liodgdon, imposed for contempt Of
court some time ago in refus-
Ing to obey one OF the courts man
dates, and Judgment was entered for
the full amount--S6J and S3J respect
lively, and defendants to stand commit
ted until paid. An application was
made to the Supreme Court for a
writ OF hobeas corpus.
The following Thurston county
teachers have been granted certii-
Gates by State Superintendent Browne,
based upon the November examina-
ton: Miss India Archer, Miss Faith
Burch, Miss Raie Calverlev, w. +.
Gould, w. J. Knox, Miss Belle Nj.
Kline, Norbert Plomondon, Miss Elvie
B. Page, Herbert Raymond, Miss Julia
Scully, Miss Margaret Scully, w. H.
Sewers, Miss Queen Larsen, Miss Elma
Morrison, Lawrence George.
The new steamer Dalton built for
the service in British Columbia, has
been bought by the Wiley Company,
and will next week be placed in the
service now performed by the Multi
nomah, while the latter will take the
afternoon run from this city, hitherto
performed by the Aberdeen. The
Dalton is 16.mile boat, of ample di-
mansions and will therefore be able to
improve the service on that run as
much as the substitution of the Multi
nomah for the Aberdeen will better
that since.
Who says the American Indians are
not becoming civilized, when a party
of four bucks and two klcotchmen, on
Christmas eve, applied at the ticket
Office of the theater for reserved tickets
for the play. They seemed "on to"
The proprieties, too; for when gallery
tickets were rendered them, the
spokesman, who used tolerably fair
English, expostulated "Oh, no; we
have ladies, and want hyas close seats"
They were assigned to the rear of the
balcony, and seemed to find the most
delight in the sanguinary episodes of
the play, the comedy scarcely Great
ing ripple on their stollid counten-
ances. Thus have the F. F. w. in
vaded the social realm. prepared to
maintain their position by scalping-
knife or tommyhawk, II necessary.
Christmas-day seems to have been
a merry time for Cupid, from the
many fond hearts he has united in the
silken bonds on that joyous anniver-
sary. w. ]. Countryman and Miss
Emma Walker were thus united by
Rev. Glass, in the M. E. parsonage /;
Frederick L. Delevan and Miss Keillor,
OF Tumwater, also began married life
under the ministration of the same
parson. Rev. DR.. Hayes goes him
one better, however. in uniting three
couples and making a triple fee
These were: Alexander Cudnay and
Miss Della Shepard, both of Mason
county, the ceremony taking place at
the Carlton House; Joseph Dickgeiser
and Miss Alice Oldham, at the home
of the young people on Fifteenth
street, and Charles Utterback and Miss
Maggie Byers, at the parsonage.