Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1901-03-01
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

home with the mumps.
The Westside Mill will resume opera
tions about the 10th inst.
Mrs. Thomas II. Cavanaugh arrived
Monday from New York.
Only nine more days left in which
to pay your personal taxes.
The forecast for tonight and Satur.
day is Occasional showers"
Fred. Schmidt is new student at
St. Martins College at Woodland.
c.. L. Hall, editor of the Hoquiam
Gazette, was caller at our office, Satur-
day.
"The Royal Marine Band OF Italy"
though long on name. is not in it with
Sousa.
This is the first day of the first
Spring month, but not the first day Of
Spring.
Judge Linn has been holding court
for Judge Rice, at South Bend, the
past few days.
A number of Shelton people came
I'D to attend Sousa's concert, Wednes-
day afternoon.
Mrs. Cynthia A. McKenny, of this
city, has been granted widows pen
sion of $l7 a month.
f. d. Mari, of Seattle, spent Sum
day with his parents, Mr.. aud Mrs.
Robt. Mari, of Eastside.
Thomas Blauvelt has been awarded
the contract for plastering the new
annex 10 the Capital Brewery.
J.F. Kearney & Co. are making still
further reductions on -four. Read
their advertisement in this paper.
Mrs. Ida C. Edgbert and two child
rem will leave tomorrow over the
Union Pacific, for Abeline, Kansas.
The present week is the first Ember
week of the year and yesterday, to.
day, and tomorrow its Ember days.
Mrs. Finley, OF Little Rock, has
been at the hospital the past few days,
suffering from an attack of the grip.
The Shelton Transportation Com
pany carried over 10000 passengers be.
tween this city and Shelton last year.
The Capital Brewing Co. received
to-day large lot Of band iron to be
used in constructing their new tanks.
The South Bay school has been
closed during the past few days, owing
to the illness OF its teacher, Miss Nor
risOn.
Allan, son of G. w. Husk, fell
while running last Friday night, and
broke his right leg just above the
ankle.
Geo. B. Lane left yesterday on a
trip East, extending as far as Balti-
more. He will be absent about q
month.
Hundreds OF migratory birds are
returning from their southern haunts
and Olympia is receiving good share
of them.
The Steamship Senator sailed from
the Sound for Alaskan ports to-day.
She will be followed by the Alki
Wednesday.
Miss May Collins began q three
months term Of school at Summit,
and Miss r. Caverly term at Wad.
dell, Monday.
Norbert Plomondon finished his
term of school at Plumb Station to.
day, and will begin teaching the Bush
school next Monday.
Tenino is beginning to enjoy coal.
oil boom, owing to the fact that down.
Sound parties are making contracts
for large tracts of the coal lands.
William Mackey and Alfred d.
Leak, both of Olympia, have been
granted an increase of pension, the
former to $12 and the latter to So.
Capt. John Elsmore, of the steamer
State of Washington, came up from
Seattle Wednesday to attend the fun
eral of his step-father, T. B. Roberts.
w. w. Robertson, of the North
Yakima Republic, is over on visit to
his sister, Mrs. G. H. Funk. The
STANDARD acknowledges pleasant
call.
The steamship Umatills left the
Sound for San Francisco yesterday.
The next boat for that destination
Will be the State of California, Tues
day.
Inc State Board of Education was
In session this afternoon, and had the
matter of improvement of the State
Normal School service under consid-
deration.
Our people have had the satisfact ton
OF hearing a leading, if rot the best,
band in the world, and of witnessing
the master power of the greatest band.
leader of the age.
A thief broke into the residence of
Al. Chilson on Chambers Prairie Sun
az afternoon, during the temporary
aosence OF the family, and secured
about ~ in change.
1here is more trouble with the
students In the State University. Two
OF the pupils INDUCED in prize-6ght,
and the principals and seconds have