Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1901-06-28

employed in picking and preserving
berries.
DIR. Mitchell, it seems, is going into
the oyster business, having leased
Chas. Hildebrandts choice ten-acre
tract on the Little Skookum, for that
purpose.
Miss Francis Lane, of this city has
taken preparatory course, at St.
Helen's Hall, in Portland, for admis-
sion to Smith College, at Northamp-
ton, Mass.
Seattle has built an inclined bicycle
track and Port Townsend a CYCLIC
drome, but the pretty word velodrome
is reserved solely for classical Olympia's
athletic soup-bowl.
ID. c. West, of this city, has been
deputized by the State BARRIERS Board,
lately in session at Spokane, to report
any violations of the new law regulat-
ing that trade in this city.
The work OF sinking the "oil" we'll
on the Sarver ranch, near Tenino, is
again suspended-this time to place
casing. 1t is now down 7O5 feet, and
less than 400 feet is cased.
The Baptist excursion Wednesday,
to Point Defiance, numbered 169.
They were delayed till nearly mid
night on their return by an accident
to the steamers machinery.
Fred. Menzemer and Miss Ruth
Johnson, were united in marriage at
the Baptist church, by Rev. A. G.
S awin, Tuesday evening. The happy
couple will reside on Eastside.
James WATSON, school teacher, ia
an object of diligent search by the
sheriff of Whitman county, charged
with criminal assault upon one OF his
pupils, a girl nine years of age.
There has been some delay on the
part of Messrs. HASTE & Dougan in
beginning changes on the courthouse
to adapt it for the State Offices, but it
is said they will commence next week.
Joseph G. Carney, an insane patient
at Steilacoom, committed from this
county fortnight, ago, died on the
10Th. He was y years Of age. and
leaves a wife and several children.
A man giving his name as Richard
Ryan, who arrived last Friday on Sc
attic boat, was found Saturday to be
frantically insane and taken by Sheriff
Mills to the asylum ct Steilacoom.
James Dillon the blind man con-
nected with the alleged sailing" OF
the coal prospect hole, at Bucods,. =
few years ago, is dead, and his wife
has applied for letters OF administra'
ton.
The Olympia Door aud Lumber Co.
are building a new factory a block
north and one west of their present
location, to which they will remove
their machinery soon as it is COM
pleted.
Pat Dolan has bought suit against
Mrs. s. NJ. Roberts and E. B. Freeman,
for S6O0, paid by his deceased wife.
Mary J. Dolan, as surety on q note
drawn by them, which she was com.
PEELED to pay.
w. L. bigger has on exhibition in a
window Of the Olympia Hardware Co.,
q fresh-water trout 26 inches in length,
caught by him, in the Sataop, last
Saturday. 1t weighs FIVE pounds in
its own scales.
Miss Bertha Hall closed last week a
very successful term Of school near
Rainier, and Mise Julia Scully one in
the Crowder district near Tenino. and
opened another term Monday in q
district near Bucoda.
The Rising Sun Entertainment Co.,
have opened very interesting display
OF moving pictures of Scenes in Cuba
and Japan, which are we'll worth a
visit, in the Scott building, near the
Olympia Hardware store.
A hostler employed on DR.. Reeves
ranch at Nisqually was kicked by q
vicious horse, Tuesday. and had HE
mouth badly cut and three teeth
knocked out. He was brought "
town TO receive surgical aid.
Bob. Graham thinks it strange that
everybody smiles when he tells them
he got his black eye from . "hot"
baseball. If he should lie and attri.
butte il to q" bunch.o' -fives," he would
be believed. Such is human nature.
~. Parker, Levi Ankeny and B. L.
Sharpstein, OF Walla Wslla, have been
appointed a Whitman Park Commits
sion, to receive on behalf of the
State a tract OF 20 acres of land
on which the Whitman Monument
stands. .
Frank Azurwood and w. H. Burk,
were bought in from camp at Muir
ray, Chehalis county, suffering from
injury inflicted by falling tree. The
former had painful bruises on leg and
arm and the latter his collar-bone
broken.
The circus part of the Campbell
show was not very extensive, but what
there was of it was good, and many OF
the specialties we're never better per-
formed. The attendance in the after.
noon filled about all the seats OF the