Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1901-05-24
CITY NEWS n BRIEF.

close, to-day.
M Eva Meyers has gone TO Chi
cage to reside.
Attorney II. /. Forrest intends re-
moving to Seattle.
The State Board OF Education meets
in the city on the 18th prox.
Jim" Frazier is engaged in sur
yeying at the head OF Mud Bay.
Fair to night and Saturday" is
the weather announcement for to-day
Mr. and Mrs. KRAFT of Plum Station
are happy in the possession of a little
son.
Mrs. NJ. Chiison and her daughter,
Mrs. Avery, are visiting friends down
the Sound.
Mrs. Chas. Leake and Miss Retta
Butler were Shelton visitors to Olym-
pia this week.
c. \. Barnes has asked permission
to move his Spiritual hall from Adams
to Fourth street.
Miss Edith Prather has returned
from Walla Walla where she has been
attending school.
State Treasurer Maynard has called
in all general fund warrants up to and
including No. ,553.
The High School Alumni Banquet
will be held at the Olympia hotel din
ing-room this evening.
Postmaster Munson, OF Shelton, was
in the city, Wednesday, and "took in"
Russell's Vaudeville Circus.
Mrs. Geo. f. Thompson has bough
of T. n. Ford lot 4, block 4, PercivaPs
addition, paying 5000 for it.
Mr.. r. J. Friedman represents the
local lodge X. of P. in the Grand
Lodge now in session at Everett.
Fred L. West, aged IS, son of Mrs
T. C. West, died in Seattle, Sunday
Mrs. w. formerly resided in this city.
Tyee salmon as large as Is pounds
have been caught in the channel, neal
Horr's dock, during the past few days
Alvira A. Young, of Olympia, and
Albertena Haeger, of Delphi, have
been granted pensions of So a month
each.
Miss Tarbell is now exhibiting &
complete line of New York Veilings
to which she invites attention OF -hel
patrons.
The Thurston county w. C. T. U.
will meet in the United Presbyterian
Church, Tuesday and Wednesday OF
next week.
The marriage next week of Miss Ez
zie Wygelia Hamilton and F. Ray
none LIE Croix Miller is announced
by little Oily.
A mile-race, best two in three, will
be run between Frank Cotter, Of this
city, and Charles Hall, of Omaha, on
Decoration Day.
The total number OF school children
ir this county, under the last numer
alton, was 3,219, of which 1908 were
boys and 1,6l6 girls.
Maria Lyle has begun suit against
Chas. d. Lyle, in the superior Court
for divorce. They were married 2t
years ago in Missouri.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. b. Todd left yester
day over the Union Pacific for Var
Wort, Ohio, which they intend shall
be their future home.
The Centralia baseball team
whacked it to our local nine to the
tune of - to l, at the match game
played in that city, last Sunday.
The steamship Cottage City leave.
the Sound for Alaskan ports to-mor
row, and the City of Topeka will sal
for the same destination Thursday.
DIR. &. f. Grove, of Spokane, and
DR.. 2. NJ. Swearington of Tacoma
have been reappointed members of the
J, State Board of Medical Examiners.
This has indeed been a wet May
The effect has been to retard the
growth of vegetation and consequent.
ly garden and orchard crops are late.
A merry-go round" is making
preparations to swoop down upon the
youngsters nickels as we'll as the old
folks dollars on pinchbeck watch
!, scheme.
: Willard Lemon has bought of 6
Scotch mortgage company lot 6 block
%, Sylvester plat, corner of Fourth
and Franklin streets, paying $4,000 AZ
a consideration.
The next steamship for San Fran
cisco will be the Umatilla, Wednes
day, Mrs. S. L. DeLand. Miss Kittit
and Robert DeLand being passengers
oy her from this city.
frank Mossman estimates the aggre'
gate value OF oyster lands on Oyster
Bay at half million dollars; 81, SOC
and $1,000 per acre have been repeat.
eddy offered for choice beds on the ba Y
wheelmen, it is said, will petition
the City Council to rescind the side
walk restriction imposed between Co
!" mbla street and the old draw ant
In front of Union block.
Mr.. David T. Drewry, who lives OF
Bush Prairie, informs us that tn,