Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1901-05-10
CITY NEWS N BRIEF.


Light showers OF rain have fallen at
times this week
y. :. Porter returned last evening
from visit to Seattle.
Cherries as large as small pea. have
made their appearance.
The high school alumni are making
arrangements for a banquet.
Attorney Alling was at Shelton this
week on professional business.
The weather report to-day reads:
Tonight and tomorrow Fair"
Mrs. {. NJ. Clark, Of Nome, is the
guest OF her brother, Esquire Dial.
Mrs. Arthur Austin returned yes
terday from a visit down the Sound.
The cash balance in the city's
strong box April Goth was $3S, 3A.90.
The quarterly examination OF teach
ers is now being held in Equity court
room.
Tony Frisch and Miss Dora Parker
OF this city were married at Chehalis
last Saturday.
Mr.. Holthusen will open up the
Olympia Bakery and Restaurant some
time next week.
III. G. Richardson returned on last
nights steamer from business trip
down the Sound.
Among other soldier boys on his
way home from the Philippines j.
Harry Burntrager.
f. NJ. McClintic has resigned his
position as City Councilman, in conse.
quence OF change of residence.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank C. Owings com.
pleted their bridal tour Monday, and
are now domiciled at the Olympia
hotel.
DR.. Frank Swan has returned from
Chicago, where he has been for a year
Or more past, taking full course in
dentistry.
Mrs. ]. NJ. DeShaso died on East.
side, Monday night. The funeral serv.
ices were held in the Baptist church.
Wednesday.
The Cottage City leaves the Sound
for Alaskan ports tomorrow, to be
followed by the City of Topeka next
Wednesday.
w. L. Dickinson, and neice, Mis-.
Chistine Heck, of New York, arrived
Sunday, to make their home in this
community.
Miss Anna Stanton, of the Roanoke
company is a former Olympia girl and
will be remembered by many as Miss
Anna Johnson.
NJ. E. Reed has sold his half-interest
in I'll acres of oyster land to his for
mer partner, J. Y. Waldrip, on Oyster
Bay, for the sum of $1,000.
Savage & Scofeld have leased the
Solbeck stone quarry at Mud Bay, and
intend to operate it with force of
about 20 men this summer.
J. N. Bell and David Mitchell have
filed protest with the City Council
against renewal of the bowling alley
license, which expires on the 26th.
The Board of County Commissioners
have sold to c. A. Bunham, of Bucoda,
thirty head of cattle from the Poor
Farm, for $3.50 and horse for $50.
E. B. Taylor has removed with his
family to Oyster Bay, where "Gene'
will assist his father in the manage
ment of their extensive oyster beds.
The County Commissioners allowed
DR.. Corey, of Bucoda, the sum of SIS
for attendance upon smallpox patients
in that town. His bill was for 500.
Twin boys were born to Mrs. NJ. A.
Allison, Wednesday, in the old Capt..
toll building, where the family reside.
One Of the infants died the day of its
birth.
The game of baseball, played on the
associations grounds. Sunday, re.
suited in victory OF Brager's team
over the Phipps' nine. The score
stood II to IA.
The "Open season" for riding BIZ
cycles on the Long bridge sidewalks.
and between Cherry and Ounce
streets, on East Fourth street, expired
on the LIST inst.
a numerousIy signed petition has
been filed with the County Commits.
sloners praying that the cost of the
new courthouse may not be allowed
to exceed $4,000.
1t is announced that Hon. Frank
M. Eddy, NJ. c. from Minnesota, will
deliver an Grafton at the celebration
o. the Fourth of July to be held at
Rainier, this year.
1 ne lees and fines accruing to the
CITY IRON Justice Schomber's Office for
the month of April amounted to S53..
%, OF which amount he was allowed
S2l.75 compensation.
Ed. Workman paid a $50 fine and
20 costs for his assault upon Andrew
benson, last winter, in which he fred
TWO shots at Benson, which fortu.
hately missed their aim.
Bertha Barrick has begun a suit for
uivorce from her husband, George
narrick. They have been married