Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-08-24
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

morning.
The oyster season begins on the LIST
OF September.
Extensive repairs to Hotel Higgins
have been begun.
Judge Fullerton is visiting in East
ern Washin gton.
a daughter was last week born to Mr.
and Mrs. Ed. .. Free.
"Quo Vadis?" To the theater, of
course, Monday night.
Miss Claudio Springer has returned
from her visit to Portland.
A daughter was born to Mrs. Bert
Salee yesterday, at Little Rock.
Rev. DR.. Hayes is on visit to Port
land and will be absent fortnight.
The Skagit Chief makes an excur.
sion to-day from Tacoma to Shelton.
Judge Sturdevant, of Dayton, is on
a visit to his daughter, Mrs. z. NJ.
Troy.
Mrs. p. L. Jarell, of Hartstein Is
land, was visiting in the city this
week.
Mrs +. Mason, of Bucoia, is visiting
her daughter in this city, Mrs. F. b.
Halves.
AL. Munson, of Shelton, passed
through this city Tuesday on his way
to Seattle.
The Mason County Logging Co. has
resumed its daily output from tho
Black Hills.
A new gravel and asphaltum roof is
being put upon the Hale building on
Fourth street.
The steamer Skagit Chief brought
up about $50 excursionists from Ia
coma, Wednesday.
The days are rapidly getting shorter
At both ends, u sure index Of the rapid
approach of winter.
The Richardson shingle mill will re.
sumo operations Monday after shut
down of several days.
The weather forecast to-day is ITO
night and Saturday, continued cloudy
threatened with showers"
A fireman in mill at Yelm, was
severely scalded, Tuesday, by the
fracture OF cylinder-head.
Holton Martin left yesterday to At.
tend the races at Montesano. He was
accompanied by his family.
Mayor Reinhart, Judge Linn and
Attorney Falknor are on a hunting
expedition to Pickering Passage.
Miss Julia Cavanaugh left Tuesday
for q sOjourn of several months in
Southern Illinois and New York.
A still alarm brought out our fire.
men Monday to extinguish burning
moss on the roof of the City Bakery.
Considerable repairs are being made
in the carpentry line, which indicates
preparation for the inclement season.
A slight change in train service has
been made but it does not affect the
local schedule of arrivals and depar.
ture.
Aaron Hartsock has dri ven q well
on his Eastside property and obtained
asplendid flow of water ut depth OF
So feet.
Misses Hettie Day and Dollie Nc.
Donald, two of Skeletons popular
young ladies, visited the Capital City
Tuesday.
Clarence Brown, in the employ oil
the Capital Brewing Co., has been
transferred from the Olympia to the
Seattle office.
Two interesting articles on horti
cultural subjects, from correspondents
are unsvoidably crowded out of thii
issue of the STANDARD.
Mrs. David Mitchell and daughter
left Tuesday, over the Northern Pa
cific, for q month or more of visit Il
Michigan and Ontario.
James M. Stubs and Miss May
Willette were united in Wedlock By
Rev. J. s. McCallum Monday. They
will reside at Little Rock.
The annual enrolment of schoo
children of the county for this yea
shows an increase of LA over that o
last year: Al boys and 81 girls.
Miss Lillian Conant, of Colorado,
sister of Mrs. C. ]. Van Eaton, o
Eastside, left this week for her home
after = pleasant visit of several weeks.
Mrs. C. w. Pierce and daughter, o
Lowell, Mass, are visiting relatives il
this city. Mrs. Pierce is a sister o
Capt. Pierce and brother, of this city.
The STANDARD Office is prepared 4
execute neat and artistic job printin
of every description ON short motto,
and at prices within the reach of al
August Saunders was brough up from
Mason county yesterday with q le
that had been fractured by heav
piece Of timber falling on it at Cam
No. 5.
Henry Wood this week sold to Johl
A. Hunsbird 480 acres in section 81
township Is, range 2 north, in thi
county. The consideration paid wa
$1,000.
Geo. c. Israel, attorney, has secure
reduction in the assessed valus
ton OF the Mason County Loggin
Co.'s trackage from 5000 to $3.50
per mile.
About 200 people went on an ex
cursion of the Modern Woodmen G
the World to Gig Harbor, Wednesday
where they were met by their brethren
from Tacoma.
John Black has returned from Poin
Roberts, on the Fraser river, where h
has been engaged in fishing. He re
ports the run of sock-eye salmon YER
small this season.
J. P. Hovey, the receiver of tn,
Sunset and Wellington Lumber Com
pan'es' asks for change of venue Q