Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1901-01-18
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

I. ..rt.'' Union.
n4u'"l Iahy j. over ON Il visit from
! enc Guy, Oregon.
g. &. Van Epp> fell and severely
>."uned his wrist Tuesday.
BIN" Clark has returned TO
Olympia from shelton to reside.
The change OF officers, state and
county, took place Tuesday noon.
A. Y. Sargent, Of Mound Prairie, is
recovering from a long siege OF pncu-
monia.
The weather forecast OF to-day is,
Tonight and Saturday, occasional
rain; southerly winds"
Speaker Albcrtson has been ac-
corded for ms Secretary, Miss Mar
garet Chisholm of Seattle.
The Capital Brewing Co. today re-
crived a shipment of thirty tons OF
malt from Milwaukee, Wis.
1t is hoped hy the Trustees to have
the new NJ. T.. Church ready for dcdi-
cation by Sunday, Feb. l1th.
The next steamship for Alaskan
ports Will he the Alki, Sunday, fol-
lowed by the Cottage City, Thursday.
The new Board OF County Com
mi>sioncrs has increased the salary OF
Jailer Morrell from $40 to $50 per
month.
Tumwatcr is to have single mill
OF 4 capacity Of 100000 per day, to be
owned and managed by Whitemarsh
4 Pease.
One of the best plays of the season,
Knobs % Tennessee" will he pre-
sented at Olympia Theater, Wednes-
day night.
The January term os the Supreme
Court is now in session, with II APP
peals to determine. There are three
from this county.
Geo. ii. Williams, an old.time resi-.
dent of Portland, and Attorney Gen
eral OF Grants cabinet, is over on n
visit to the Sound.
j. r. Patterson left Tuesday for
Fort Wayne, Ind, his futdre home.
His family left before him, and he
will join them at Spokane.
Young's addition, on Westside, con-
sisting of 400 lots, have gone into pos
session of Pittsburg capitalists, by
transfer of the Land Mortgage Bank.
Editor Lott, of the Shelton Tribune,
passed through this city few days
ago on his way to Ielm, where he
was called by the serious illness of his
mother.
The Port Townsend Southern has
been making Tumwater its northern
terminus the past few days, while re-
pairs were being made to the trestle
across the arm Of the bay.
Wilson Dunn, the man who wal
convicted of stealing Mrs. Stoll',
watch, has been denied new trial, by
Judge Linn. An effort will now be
made to take an appeal to the higher
court.
The illness of Mrs. Kincaid, which
caused the sudden visit of her hus
band, DIR. Kincaid to Seattle last
week, was OF temporary nature, and
she is now in fair way of complete
recovery.
Miss Gertrude Jenkins has gone
to Chicago to take course OF in
struction in the Chicago Hospital
to qualify her. for the position of a
trained nurse. The course covers a
period of two years.
John Byrne has been retained in the
position of chairman of the Board oil
County Commissioners, his two col
leagues, although Republicans, recog
nizing his sterling fitness for direction
OF the affairs OF the board.
It's now stated and apparently on
authoritative grounds, that work will
be resumed on the Port Angeles East
ern railroad early in February with
the promise that it will be completed
to this city during the present year.
The Ministerial Association have
arranged to take turns in praying for
the members of the Legislature. Even
with the strength which numbers and
united endeavor usually gives, the
indications are that the task will be
an OnerOus one.
Oily gets things somewhat wrong
when he announces in his report oil
the doings of the County Commits
sioners, that "Sheriff Billings bond
was approved" He probably mean,
to say that Sheriff Mills bond was ap
proved, bnt his jaw-tackle slipped a
cog.
The new foundry building of the
Listers, on Third street, lis enclosed
and nearly ready for use. Now the
other buildings will undergo consider.
able change, and when Improvements
are completed it will be one of the
best equipped foundries of its size on
the Coast.
The next steamship for San Fran.
cisco will be the State of California
tomorrow, with August Reisenweber
and A. b. Elswick passengers by hel
from this city. The next boat fol
that destination will be the Walla
Walla Thursday, with Miss Pridham q
passenger from this city.
The Hotel Olympia is packed from
basement to attic with guests from all
parts of the country, drawn together
incidentally by the Legislative session
nov in progress, and the political har'
argues which nightly take place in its
lobby are a fruitful field for the
student of human nature.
A valuable horse was stolen from
the barn OF Isaac Hawk, near Sherlock,
Friday night. The animals tracks
led to this city, but here all trace was
lost. 1t is reported that man tried
to dispose of horse at Centralia,
Wednesday, and it is probable that it
was the identical animal stolen from
Mr.. Hawk.
Tho non, coo,,,opv which will hprQ-