Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-02-09

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the hope that it may be beneficial to
Mr.. e., who has for some time past
been subject to epileptic fits. During
their absence, J. w. Pierce will conduct
the Carlton.
Judge Schomber, Tuesday, united
in wcdlock Daniel ii. johnson and
LYDIA :. Sumner, of Porter, in Che
halls county. The matter OF special
interest in this matter is the rcspec-
tive ages OF the contracting parties
the groom being 65 and the bride 53
years OF age.
At the euchre party given at Uni
vcrsal Brotherhood hall Tuesday
isht, J. II. Macy won the prizes for
gen.lemen's progressions, and lone
hands; Mrs. ii. l.. bigger, for ladies'
lone hands; Miss McReavy, for ladies
progressions, and Miss Lillian Matson
the consolation prize.
Hereafter applicants for bicycle
licenses will not have to visit the
Clerk as well as the Treasurer to OBJ
tain tag, but may pay the fee to the
latter officer direct and get his num-
Der. The City Council, Monday
night, authorized this amendment to
the custom that has been followed.
Mrs. Grace Craig, wife Of George +.
Craig, died at her home on Fourth
street, Of lung troubles, Tuesday morn
ing. She was the daughter of the
late W. +. Mitchell. She leaves Il
husband ard child about six weeks
old. The funeral rites were held yes
tcrday afternoon in the Baptist
church.
The Superior Court orders John
Mcdonald and wife of Tenino, to send
their children to school notwithstand
ing the parents testified on oath that
that particular school was not fit
place to send anybody's children. The
law is mandatory, however, and redress
may only be found in its amendment
or repeal.
George Langridge and r. H. Wealth
erall have been appointed Oyster Land
Commissioners by the County Com
missioners. Their duties are to see
that the legal protection to oyster
beds is observed and to pass judgment
upon applications for the purchase of
oyster lands. The pay is small con-
sisting OF the mileage travelled in the
performance of duty.
The Coping sawmill, at Tenino,
was sold last Friday to the Douglass
Lumber Company, of Chehalis, the
members Of the company consisting
of L. H. Miller and Mrs. H. j. Miller.
The firm recently purchased the tim
Der on the Hogdgen donation claim,
mile from Tenino, and the mill will
be Immediately moved to the new site
and put in operation.
Frank X. Proud, who has been con-
nected with the Oiympian the past
eight months as solicitor, left Wednes.
day for Southern California, where he
will remain indefinitely. Mr.. Proud
came from New York to this Coast
for the benefit of his health, and it is
with the same object in view he now
shifts to another degree of latitude of
this healthful meridian.
Rudolph Jensen and Joseph Sump-
ter. aged respectively Is and IL years,
set out yesterday to battle their way
along the rugged pathway of life with
out natural protectors. Jensen has n
few dollars, and has had some expert
ence on the road, but the younger hoy
has started out with only imagination's
aid to picture the rugged nature OF the
road he has chosen.
j. w. Haworth has bought from
Mr.. Mann an undivided interest in
lot 8, block "a, better known as the
business stand occupied by Mr.. Beatty,
on Fourth street, paying $3.50 there
for. 1t is said that he will resume
business on the property purchased.
That does not signify, however, that
Mr.. Beatty will relinqdish his present
large trade, as he is already making ar
rangements for the change.
The Transvaal Gold Mining Co.
made one OF the latest filings in the
Office OF Secretary of State. The in
corporators are: A. T. Dishman,
Herman Preusse, August Use, E. E.
Brockhausen and Adolph Munter.
The bear mention of their names is
sufficient to show their sympathies In
the present contest at the Transvaal,
even had they not named their ven-
ture the Dom Kruger, Joubert and
Pretoria company.
George Swan, engineer of the steam.
er Multnomah, met with painful &C
cident, Tuesday morning, just before
the boat started out on her daily trip
to Seattle. He was engaged in fixing
a leaking steam pipe, when n new
vent opened discharging a large vol
ume of steam and quantity of hot
water upon the unfortunate man. He
insisted, however, in making the "run"
notwithstanding he suffered much
pain from the scalds.
The Olympian has been declared the
official paper of the city. If we judge
the matter from purely a business
point of view, we think this action was
right. The official publications OF
the city. interest primarily only the
taxpayers of the municipality, and
frequency of service of daily paper
gives it. at times, much better
means OF meeting the demand than a
less frequent appearance. The STAND
ARD. realizing this, has refrained from
bidding, quite as much as from an in
disposition to cut-throat" in business
matters.
The Womans' Club of Olympia have
bought themselves home. 1t is the
building corner of Tenth and WASH
ington once known as the residence
OF the Shoecraft family. 1t is not a
new building, but is in an excellent
condition and will be renovated and
REPAIRED so as to make it a comfort
able domicile for at least the first
quarter of the present century. The
partitions will be changed so as to
give this club an assembly room, Is by
% feet in size, while affording ample
space for all other requirements of the
organization. The purchase was made