Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-03-28

our people are more impressed
than ever that If there is anything
which an intelligence less than Omni-
potence can fathom, it is the verdict q
jury will render.
Miss Jennie Boyer is now an assist
ant at Beattie's fruit-stapd, and the
place has been repapered and repaint-
ed, and placed in first-class order for
the summer trade.
The case Of Mrs. Moore, a teacher,
vs.. the Shelton School District, Tues
day, resulted in a non-suit. The
plaintiff will have to begin over again
or drop the gum"
J. f. Shannon, OF North Yakima,
has been appointed member of the
State Fair Commission, to fill an un-
expired term OF J. n. Baxter, which
ends in March, 1903.
The steamship Cottage City sailed
for Alaskan ports Monday, with the
following passengers from this city ::
Guy Garfielde, B. McFadden and Chas.
Pratt, all for Juneau.
The State Treasurer has issued a
call for all general fund warrants up
to and including No. S2,997. amount.
ing to $1,000 Interest will cease ON
these warrants April 7th.
Miss Margaret Scully, who closed
her school in the Collins district last
Friday, has been employed to teach a
spring term in district "a, near Roches-
ter, beginning next Monday.
The steamer Defender of our local
mosquito fleet" has been sold and
transferred to the Seattle sea of 20.
tentialities. She was takeu to her
new home Tuesday by Capt. Walter
Griffin.
Claude Collins died at the hospital
yesterday morning. He was IA years
of age, and his parents reside on West
side, his father being employed at the
mill. The funeral took place this
morning.
Our orchardmen are resorting to
smudge" fires in their orchards to
keep the rapidly developing fruit-buds
from freezing during the low tempera-
ture which prevails at nighttime
just now.
Attorney P. NJ. Troy accompanied
his brother John w. far as Seattle,
Tuesday, on his return to the wilds of
Alaska, where, homogeneous as it may
appear, he is engaged in management
of daily newspaper.
The ladies of the Presbyterian church
will hold an Apron sale in their
church parlors on Wednesday, April
9th. In the evening of the same day,
they will serve cake and ice cream, at
a sociable in the same place.
The members of Olympia Aerie No.
81 are commanded to meet Sunday
night, at 7 80 o'clock, to greet their
brethren from Shelton, who will come
by chartered steamer bringing about
twenty candidates for wings"
George H. Garrison and family left
for Chicago, yesterday. where he in
tends to establish an Olympia enter.
prise, under late local Incorporation,
for the manufacture of certain gun
appliances patented by himself.
The old game of quoits Cor horse
Shoes" as it is called by the street.
gamins here) has been revived, and
promises to become as much of q fad
as it was centuries ago, as one of the
features of the famous Grecian games.
Another lodge is TO be instituted in
THE city. the supply of "jiners" being
practically inexhaustable. The Broth.
erhood of American Yeomen is the
name OF the mystic order, and it is 10
be installed by John Mugford, Of Puy.
allup.
Aaron Trullinger, a chez chacO, has
bought the Freeman w. Brown place
in the Offutt's donation claim, near
this city, and proposes making it his
future home. He is father to Robt.
Trullinger, known to most of our
people.
s. w. Hillman, an expert horse
sheer from Tacoma, has opened shop
in the building formerly occupied by
Sam McClelland's blacksmith shop,
corner of Third and Washington
streets. Read his ad. in this issue of
the STANDARD.
Ben Turner has sold the timber ON
l4O acres near South bay, about five
miles from town. to H. G. Richardson,
for consideration OF $500. The trac,
has quite a quantity of cedar and pipe.
logs, which will be cut doubtless for
the mill and factory at this place.
The old-time residence of Mr.. A. A,
Phillips, on Columbia street, opposite
the fire-house, was discovered to be in
flames yesterday morning. but being as
it were "under the wing" of our eff.
cient fire department, . still alarm sui.
feed to stop the ravages of the fire
fiend."
Even q Florida lumberman has
been attracted to the West by the re.
ports which had reached him of the
superior timber resources of this State.
T. N. Smith, who has long been en-.
gagged in the cypress swamps OF the
evergreen State. is here to investigate
business propositions.
Passengers by the Portland train
yesterday saw house on fire near
Belmore. and from its description was
doubtless the residence of John Bo.
Earth. There did not seem to be any
chance of saving the house, but the
effects had about all been carried from
the burning building.
Another mother came up from
down the Sound, Wednesday, in search
Of her dauuhfor Tho v,ornr w0u,or