Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-01-19
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

The weather prediction for tonight
and tomorrow IS Far
The next steamer for San Francisco
will be the Queen, Wednesday,.
Is it Winter in the lap of Spring, or
Spring in the lap of old Winter?
Even the wild birds are discussing
the abnormal state OF the weather.
DIR. Ingham had a bicycle stolen
from his front porch Monday night.
Judge Mason Irwin, of Aberdeen,
visited the Capital City Wednesday.
At the close of the year the State
Treasurer had $405, 04l cash on hand.
Browns barber shop will be open
Sundays hereafter till II o'clock noon.
A Sunday School Institute was held
in the Baptist church Monday and
Tuesday.
Mrs. Burkhart has returned from
Seattle and iesum ed her residence in
this city.
Miss Pridham, OF Los Angeles, Cal,
is guest of her brother, Chas. II.
Pridham.
The Richardson single mill began
operations Monday after two months
shutdown.
Mrs. Labarre is visiting her sister,
Mrs. Chas. Layton, in Seattle, who is
seriously i'll.
B. J. Russell and Miss Edith Rob-
bins, both of Woodland, have been
licensed to wed.
Violets and pansies are making
their welcome appearance in many
Olympia gardens.
"Lonny"' Knighton and wife of Sc
attic, are visiting the family of Ed. o.
Free, in this city.
candy" johnson has returned to
Olympia after spending two years in
the Kootenai country.
Sawyer & Filley made and sold two
and half tons of baking powder dur
ing the year just closed.
G. Noschka, formerly OF this city, is
now running a small grocery in San
Francisco, with saloon annex.
Harold, the infant son of Lee
RAIDER, died Sunday morning, at the
family residence on Adams. street.
The merciful woman carries her
purse in hand and thereby gives foot.
pads rs little inconvenience as posi-
ble.
The steamer City of Topeka leaves
the Sound for Alaska tomorrow. to be
followed by the Cottage City Thurs
day.
The Church Workers OF st. Johns
are rehearsing the "Old Maids Con-
vention," for presentation February
2Oeh.
The steamer Nymph has been en-
ployed as tender for the dredging
company during their harbor opera
tions.
The personal effects of the late
Joseph Henig. who was drowned, were
not extensive and we're sold by the
coroner for $l.25.
The japanese ounce trees in Syl.
vester Park are putting forth new
blossoms. while hundreds OF young
buds are awaiting development.
A" Chatting Dish Club" is the latest
social novelty, and the Olympia frag-
ment of this fad gave a social at Judge
Gordon's residence, Monday evening.
The street railway company have
just finished thorough repairs on the
incline between Main street and the
Northern Pacific railroad depot build.
ings.
John Harbst has petitioned for a
license to sell liquors in the Hiltz
building. on Fifth street, once favorite
resort which has been closed several
years.
The fish-pond in Sylvester Park
should be examined. A number of
dead fish floating upon the surface OF
the water shows that something is
wrong.
The old steamer Zephyr was in our
harbOr Wednesday. She has de.
generated into a veritable nautical
tramp. and is employed in odd jobs
as tug.
The old-time steamer Geo. Z. Starr,
which, in days of yore piled between
this city and Victoria, came up Sum
day for cargo of wooden water-pipe
for Blaine.
A man has been arrested at Elma
who is supposed to be the individual
who has been operating in forged
checks in this city, Centralia, Bucoda
and other places.
The Secretary of State one day this
week received one thousand applica-
tons for insurance licenses. That
was, of course, unusual; this being the
height of the license season.
A. NJ. Gibson, of Chicago, is visiting
his brother, Joseph Gibson, of Bucoda'
IL Is said that that these near rela-
tives had not met in 81 years before
the late meeting in this county.
Mr.; Gimblet, of this city, has re.
ceived the sad news of the death of
ms brother George, in Plymouth,
Dovenshire England, on the 9th
ult., aged 90 years, after . short Illness
He left wife but no children.
1t cost Prof. Taylor VIII, teaches
school at Centralia s25 to whip a
ss-year-old son of Fred L. Nortbun.
formerly of this city, although it was
SHOWN In open court few DAYS ago
tnat the pupils in that school were a
"holy terror" "e''