Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-03-23
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

earnest.
The Wcst,ide mill has shut down
ior repairs.
Miss Amy 4. Case, OF Grand Mound,
waS in the city to-day.
Miss Sadie Ecckncr is on Il visit to
relatives in san Francisco.
Til, Capital Hill Euchrc Club has
closed its sessions Tor the season.
f. J. Condra and wife, residents oi
this city, have moved to Portland.
A stalwart son gladdened the home
OF 4. J. Falknor and wife Tuesday.
The weather the past week has been
an alienation OF rain and sunshine.
Tonight and Saturday fair, becom
ing cloudy, is the weather prophecy
to-day.
The tug Queen City came up last
night to tow the dredger San Diego to
Seattle
Chris. Nissler, of Montana, is visit
ing his friend, Lcop bid +. Schmidt, of
this city.
John Reichel, Of Rainier, was badly
injured while working in the woods,
Tuesday, near Elma.
BENJAMIN Herman and Miss
Drabe were united in marriage at
Rainier, last Sunday.
Dustin l.. Sands and Myra F. Reed
were united in marriage Tuesday, Rev.
DIR. Glass officiating.
Nathan Kaufman passed through
this city, yesterday, en- route for
Juneau from San Francisco.
The young men OF the NJ. E.
Church hold a" Bachelors Reception"
at the parsonage this evening.
The machinery for the chemical
works, at Rainier, has nearly all ar
rived and the plant will soon be in
operation.
Theoren F. Cole and Miss Nancy
Bickle, of this city, were united in
marriage, Monday. Rev. A. G. Sawin
officiating.
The grocers after the LIST prox. have
OF business at Z P. NJ, except on Sa,ur-
day nights.
Dan. Mcnamara is about to receive
large addition to the machinery of
his plant for the manufacture of areat-
ed beverages.
1t is said that Farmer Todd is en-
gagged in laying up fences for his acct
dency, in Eastern Washington. He
might be in better business.
Henry Schurp, manager of the
Hygeian Springs Co., at Tumwater,
has taken up his residence on the
corner OF Fifth and Pear streets.
Work will be resumed on the NJ. E.
Church, Messrs. ]. II. Meays and
Elias Payne having contract to COM
plete the carpenter-work for $2,3SO.
Mrs. Helen NJ. Perry died at the res
idence of her daughter on Westside,
Mrs. q. q. Deming, last Friday even
ing. The funeral rites were held Sun
day.
The West Bay Avenue sidewalk has
been placed in passable condition, to
say the least, and will undoubtedly
meet all requirements during the sum-
ner months.
That Saturday was St. Patrick's day
was amply shown by the badges of
green worn by the people generally to
testify their reverence for Ireland's
tutelar saint.
Mrs. Mary A. McClelland, of East
side, is quite i'll, and her son s. L. Nc
Clelland came up from Seattle to-day
to attend her in what is feared will be
her last illness.
George E. Thompson will assume
the position lately vacated by Mark E.
Reed, at Shelton, manager of the ex.
tensive business Of the Lumbermen's
Mercantile Company.
Charles l.. Powell and family have
come over from Spokane county, and
taken up their residence in this city.
Mr.. P. followed the avocation of far
mer east of the mountains.
That eccentric genius -" Thank
God Hazzard'-is raising his prolific
mouth to sound war-cry for his acct
dency. He was in this city Tuesday
to "climb" old Totem Pole.
The City Council having passed the
ordinance required making the rights
OF the railroad company more definite,
the switch on the Jefferson street spur
will be at once constructed.
1t is said that wheelmen's organ
ization has been effected at Rainier,
with about 40 members, and that it
will apply for permission to become q
branch of tho Olympia association.
Mr.. f. Taylor has received a tele-
gram from Prof. Davis, accepting the
leadership OF the Capital City Military
Band, and he will leave Ouray, Col,
SOON, for this city, to assume that
service.
The S. S. Queen leaves the Sound
for San Francisco Sunday, with Mrs
G. Rosenthal and her son Sam, as
passengers. The next ship for that
destination will be the Walla Walla
Friday.
The steamship Cottage City sails
for Alaskan ports Monday, with
Nathan kaufman for an "Olympia I"
passenger. The next boat for the
north will be the Alki, on Saturday of
next week.
Thos. H. Cavanaugh, an old-time
tilicum in Olympia journalism, and
inventor OF the collapsible bags for
raising sunken ships, is in the city.
He now sports the title OF Captain"
having joined the U. S. army.
Geo. W. Hopp has been notified by
the postal department that it was ex-
pected he would Immediately forward
his bond for proper performance of
his duties as Postmaster ut Cape York,
on the far distant Alaskan border.