Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1901-04-19
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

Swauk mines.
\. b. Cowles and wife LETT to-day for
an extended tour East.
\ delightful shower OF rain fell at
an early hour this morning.
The state Board OF Control will
have quarters IN stuart Corner.
The first battle OF the revolution
Was fought l26 years ago to-day.
The weather prediction sent out to-
day reads. Continued showers"
The Mason County Logging Co. en-
ploys 90 men in its Black Hill camps.
Olympia postofiice has been several
days without blanks to issue postal or
ders.
May-dav excursions are already be-
ing organized both in town and
country.
Shirley, the eight-year-old son of
w. A. Lang, died Wednesday night OF
brain fever.
JAS McFadden has gone to South
Bend to temporarily fill the position
of County Surveyor.
The Light and Power Company have
added another generator to their in
candescent service.
The Westsde Mill Co. is extending
its wharf on Long Bridge. The addi-
ton will be 60 by 50 feet.
Larry Cormier has bought Of Mrs.
Sparks block 45 of the Galliher addi-
ton, paying therefor $245.
: 1t is expected that Postal Inspector
Wayland will be here to-day to open
bids for Postoflice location.
Mr.. c. S. Taylor and family left
yesterday for Leslie, Mich, and Mrs.
Powe for Jefferson City, Mo.
Owing to the illness of Judge Irwin,
Judge Linn has been detained in the
Chehalis district another week.
Emil Martensen has bought OF JOS
eph Mauerman lot 15 of block 2, Maple
Park, for a consideration of 5000.
L. A. RAIDER, late deputy State
Treasurer, has moved back to his
home at Olalla, in Kitsap county.
The Presidents stay in this city, it
has been definitely determined, will
have to be limited to half an hour.
A convention of the Sunday schools
of the county will be held in this
city next Tuesday and Wednesday.
The roof of the German bakery was
afire yesterday, but the blaze was ex-
tinguished without raising an alarm.
John Sandary, the smallpox patient
from Mason county, quarantined by
our city authorities, has been released.
Lee Hart has resigned the position
of Commissioner at the Pan-American
Exposition, and will 60 to Nome in
stead.
Mrs. Amelia Roberts, whose hus-
band died a few weeks ago, is danger
ously ill, at her home on Jefferon
street.
Mrs. John F. Convey has been paid
$1,000, the amount of policy held by
her departed husband in the Royal
Arcanum.
The steamship Alki sails for Alas
kan ports from the Sound tomorrow,
to be succeeded by the Cottage City,
Thursday.
Capt. John Elsmore and wife, OF Sc
attic came up yesterday to attend the
bedside of the captains mother, who
is seriously i'll.
A family has been placed in the old
capitol building by State Librarian
Callison to look after the welfare of
the historic structure.
The steamship City of Puebla left
the Sound for San Francisco, to-day.
The next steamer for that port will be
the Walla Walla, Wednesday.
r A whist tournament now in progress
at Tacoma has H. Cowles, E. G..
Kreider, F. G. Deckebach and o. V.
Linn for contestants from this place.
County Surveyor Brown has ap.
pointed George C. Stocking his deputy
during contemplated absence of
several months in Eastern Washing
ton.
The Oyster Openers beat the
Shingle Viewers in a match game
of baseball played on Westside Sun
day afternoon. The score stood Is
tolls.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. A. Madge left yes
terday for New York. Mrs. M. will
spend the summer in the metropolis,
but her husband will return in few
weeks.
A petition presented to the County
commissioners yesterday to provide
for bounty on the scalps of cayotes
and gophers met with adverse action
by the board.
Samuel l.. McClelland, of Seattle,
was called to this city Tuesday, by
the serious illness OF his mother, Mrs.
Mary A. McClelland, an old.time resi-
dent of Eastside.
1t is always "Children's Day." and
patrons day as we'll, at Miss Tarbelrs
millinery parlors on Fourth street,
and reduction from old-time prices
IS always on in all her dealings.
A baseball team is the next diver
sion to be provided in our summer
sports. The only check the PROPOSE
'ion mas met with, so far, is to secure
suitable and convenient grounds.
Inc Judgment of the Superior Court
IN the case of Blumeaur & Sons, ap-
Peliants, vs.. Rachel Clock, ct al, re-.
spondents, suit for foreclosure of
mortgage, has been affirmed by the
Supreme Court.
IL is said that J. r. Pattison, who a
&c" months ago left this city to take
up prominent residence in Fort
wayne, Ind, has had enough of
eastern winters, and is making prepar.
atoms to return.