Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-04-13
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

Ms Eva Weir visited friends in Ia
coma last Sunday.
+. NJ. Reed, Sr., has returned from a
visit east Of the mountains.
John Gimblet is much better and
may be expected home soon.
Aaron Hartsock, OF Eastside, is con-
fined to his house by la grippe.
Byron Millett's Office is now located
in rooms and Z, Chilberg building.
The weather prediction for tonight
and Saturday is Occasional showers"
A daughter was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Robt. Wilson, OF this city, Satur-
day.
J.H. Scott has moved to his newly
acquired residence property on Adams
street.
Donges & Turner will soon open the
Olympia bar-probably tomorrow
evening.
Geo. Mix, a patient from this county
TO the insane asylum at Steilacoom,
is dead.
William Hilderbrandt is in q fair
way OF recovery from severe attack
of pneumonia.
1t is expected to have the mineral
water plant at Tumwater in full oper-
alton by May 1st.
The city water east of Plum street
was shut off temporarily to-day for
cleaning the reservoir.
George C Israel has moved into his
own residence on Mob HILL" Colum-
bia street, near Main.
A cold wave swept over this part
OF the State early in the week and
overcoats were again in demand.
Olympia Odd Fellows have selected
A. L. Callow to represent them in the
Grand Lodge at Seattle in May.
The street railway track is being
leveled and replanked and placed in
order for rushing Summer trade.
G. C. Israel's law Office has been re-
moved to room 7, Turner (row Byrne)
building, corner of Main and Fourth
streets.
A. P. Fitch left Seattle yesterday
for Cape Nome, Alaska. During Mr..
F.'s absence his family will reside in
Seattle.
The County Treasurer is prepared
to pay general fund warrants up to
No. $3.50, issued in May, 1892, and all
prior to that date.
II you see broad smile on the face
of our well-known townsman, John
Byrne, it indicates a happy state of
mind. 1t is boy, this time.
Misses Bessie Burntrager and
"Dumps" Frost went to Tacoma this
week to hear and see Paderewski per-
form athletic exercises on a piano.
The barkentine Northwest, Capt.
Lund, arrived in port yesterday, from
Santa Rosalia, Mexico, to take on o
cargo Of lumber for San Pedro, Cal.
The State Treasurer has made q
call for over a quarter million dollars
in general fund warrants, which car.
ries the redemption number up to S.
900.
A big land deal is reported near Blu.
coda, wherein q section OF presumably
coal land was sold by NJ. J. and J. M.
Davis to A. w. Jones, for considera-
ton OF $500.
Capt. Thos. H. Cavanaugh after q
visit of several weeks with relatives in
this city, departed yesterday for Ari-
zona, where he has some mining inter-
ests to look after.
1t is said that ]. w. Mcdonald, Of
Seattle, is about to erect q
shingle-mill in this city, and he seems
to favor site near the end of the East
side railroad spur.
At last! At last the iron is laid on
the Chehalis Log Shippers switch, on
the Jefferson street spur, and soon
logs will be booming along that artery
of extending trade.
William E. Dodge has bought lot
IL of block 81 in Woodruff addition.
Its former owner was Mrs. Grace
Melville, of Seattle, who receives $500
in consideration of the transfer.
The growing tailor.department Of
Daley & Co.'s gentlemen's furnishing
store will occupy the stand lately
vacated by Mr.. Simenson, az we'll as
that adjoining. to which it has for.
merly been restricted.
A load OF lumber fell upon a val
nable horse belonging to Frank
Mears, at the Westside mill, Saturday,
which resulted In a broken leg, and
this necessitated killing the animal
to put him out of pain.
After the goth inst. the train from
Tacoma and Seattle will arrive forty
minutes earlier than now, or at 8 40
A. M. and will depart northward at
2:35. or five minutes earlier than un.
der the present schedule.
Chas. M. Dial. last Sunday had one
OF his fingers accidentally cut nearly
of, and as the injury did not heal and
as indications Of gangrene had appeared
1t became necessary to amputate the
member which VIVA done Gotnrdav