Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-05-02
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

Miss Blanche Chambers is on a visit
to friends in Seattle.
Mrs. p. C. Hale has returned from
an extended visit in the East.
Miss Helen Gordon, OF Spokane, is
on a visit to friends in this city.
Eggs have advanced to 20 cents a
dozen and butter to 80 and 60 cents a
roll.
Mrs. John Byrne and daughter re-
turned to-day from an extended trip
East.
Mrs. C. J. Van Eaton returned
Wednesday from trip to Rochester,
Ny.
Call at Miss Tarbell's and see the
handsome and seasonable display OF
millinery.
Eugene F. Cannaday closed sue
cessful term of school at Brighton,
last week.
The weather prediction to-day reads ::
"To-night and Saturday occasional
light showers"
Garfield school held commemorative
exercises of the birth of Horace Mann
this afternoon.
John Schuling, the cigar maker. has
gone with his family 10 reside in
Des Moines, iowa.
Springtime, the most interesting
and enjoyable season OF the year, is
now in its full glory.
The City of Aberdeen will 60 on the
Seattle run. temporarily, in place Of
Multnomah, Monday.
The ship Vidette left this port
Wednesday night with 10000 feet of
lumber for San Pedro.
The Eastern Star ladies gave a very
enjoyable May.day ball at the Olym-
pia hOteI, last evening.
A violet center-piece, rallied by the
Providence Academy, went to Miss
Alice Titus, who held No. "A.
Louis Schmidt, OF the Capital Brew.
ing Co., left yesterday for for visit to
his former home in Montana.
An eight-inch main is being laid
down Jefferson street to afford fire
protection to the door factory.
Miss Leona Burntrager has gone to
her new home in Portland, the family
having preceded her few weeks.
J. w. and R. o. Dain have bought
the Stacey farm near Yelm, of so
acres, for a consideration OF $4,000.
The Northern Pacific will soon put
in a spur on their depot grounds for
accommodation OF the Flynn shingle
mill.
John L. Murray. the newly appointed
Land Commissioner, left yesterday for
Ritzville, to assume the duties of his
office.
The WOodmen of the World are
making preparations for q lecture
by Herbert Bashford sometime this
month.
DR.. A. p. Carlson has bought the
Rust dwelling. on Eastside, from DR..
Hayes, and will use il for his family
residence.
Miss Jeanette Lyman, who has long
been in employ Of the local telephone
exchange, left yesterday for Port
Townsend.
Mrs. A. A. Lindsay returned to
Portland On Wednesdays train after
visit with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
J. NJ. Patton.
]. M. Patton has sold to Theodore
and David Dodd, late of Smithfield,
Ohio, a quarter section in township Is
north, 2 west.
Mrs. c. A. Billings received, a few
days ago, information that her sister,
Mrs. VIM. Shuts, had died in New
York, Saturday.
Mrs. Ida Smith, the photographer,
returned Sunday from q somewhat
extended visit in the Middle West and
Southern States.
The Land Commissioner received,
Monday, $25,744 from sales of lands,
$2l,OOO OF which goes into the perma-
nent school fund.
Capt. Lem Smith, who has been
under quarantine with smallpox has
been discharged, having fully recov-
cred from the disease.
G. F. Kaler has removed with his
family to Twans, in Mason county,
where he will manage the Webb farm
Tor Connolly & Chambers.
The Oregon Mortgage Co. lately
sold to Chas. Sherman a farm of l6O
acres near Woodland, in this county,
for consideration OF $1,000.
The next steamship for San Fran
cisco from the Sound will be the CITY
OF Puebla, Sunday, and for the north
the City of Topeka, Monday.
Chas. Mort has resigned his place
on the police force OF this city and
gone to Alaska to engage in mining.
Alex. Wright is his successor.
Mrs. Wolfe, Wednesday, received
draft for $1,000, the amount of her
late husbands insurance in the as.
ISOLATION OF United Workmen.
The steamship Umatilla sailed for