Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-06-06
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.


1rout-tishing is the popular pastime
just now.
The picnic and camping season is
near at hand.
Olympia lawns present handsome
appearance just now.
John Wigger applied for naturaliza-
ton papers Monday.
Columbia street is now to be i'm
proved by replanking.
The people of Yelm are thinking of
celebrating the Fourth.
Miss Mckenzie and Miss Kronberg
visited Seattle this week.
Gilmore Rice has gone to Mime
apolls on business trip.
J. C. Conine, the Yelm statesman,
was in the city this week.
Milo A. Root, of Seattle, is on a
visit to friends in this city.
Gov. Mcbride returned last evening
from visit down the Sound.
Rev. W. b. Mcmillan, OF Shelton,
was in the city early this week.
Hartstein Island Strawberries are
ripe and are said to be plentiful.
The steamer Cottage City leaves the
Sound for Alaskan ports tomorrow.
Miss Maggie Getty WAS up from
Oh :. -. Al. -: Il
Pay up your subscription to the
STANDARD and have a clear conscience.
Mark Reed was passenger by the
steamship Oregon for Nome. yesterday.
The Olympia Fire Department will
give a dance at Shelton tomorrow
night.
S. Eunson has moved into his new
cottage, corner of Adams and Fifth
streets.
Miss LYNNE Barnes, one of our pop
ular teachers, is on a visit to Seattle
friends.
The Olympia baseball team beat
the Elma nine, Wednesday, in q score
OF II to 4.
Charles Vietzen is making extern.
sive Improvements in the interior Of
his saloon.
H.G. Richardson is considering the
proposition OF building single mill
at Shelton.
The engagement of Eva Weir, of
this city, and Will r. White, of Se-
attic, is announced.
might increasing cloudiness to-
morrow probably showers; cooler" is
the forecast for to day.
Olympia beat Tenipo, last Sunday,
in the match game of baseball, the
score standing IL to 13.
Mrs. Waldrip and Mrs. Kindred were
up from Kamilchie this week on a
visit to Olympia friends.
Miss Stamps left on the steamer
Oregon for visit with Judge and Mrs.
Reed at Nome, yesterday.
St. Johns church and rectory pre-
sents an attractive appearance with
their new coatings of paint.
Frank Mossman came up from Oys.
ter Bay to-day and purchased a fine
Jersey COW from Ed. Cotter.
Mrs. H. F. Meays is about to pay q
visit to her daughter and son in.law,
Mr.. Melvin, in New York city.
Mrs. Jake Bolander has gone to
Kalama to join her husband who is
engaged in railroad work there.
Mike Cunningham is about to build
an addition to his resort. 1t will &C.
cupy the space just west Of his place.
Mr.. Byrne is having a veranda built
around his residence on Columbia,
near Union, the late Dolan property.
Do not fall to att end the Taxpayers
meeting in the Superior Court room
at l O'Clock p. NJ. tomorrow (Satur.
day..
FL. Brown and family have moved
to Bucoda, where he will enter upon
duty as principal of the public schools
of that place.
The family of j. S. Beasley left
this week for Ketchikan, Alaska, to
join Mr.. Beasley, who is engaged in
mining there.
Mrs. T. A. Malcolm, of Boston, who
has been visiting Mrs. Sanderson, of
Mud Bay, the past week, left yester.
day for her home.
Mrs. A. B. Allison, Wednesday after.
noon, gave children's party to all
the little folks on the old capitol
block, where she resides.
Desirable dwelling houses are so
scarce in this city that no sooner does
house become vacant than there are
dozens OF applications for it.
Editor Dean of the Hoquiam Wash
sngtonian, one of the best weekly news
papers in the State, made a pleasant
Call upon the STANDARD, Monday.
Van Tine Road district has received
transfer of 500 from the general
road fund, by the Commissioners, to
make some imperative Improvements.
W. B. Kearney, who has been on a
visit to his nephew, J. F. Kearney, our
enterprlsing groceryman, left Tuesday,
Tor his home in Rochester, New York.
Among the notable people who came
IN to see the dog and pony show Tues.
day, were "Clover Bill" and "Be.
linda" who occupied seats on the top
row.
The outgoing passengers this week
over the 0. R. & N. and U. P. were:
Elmore Rice. Minneapolis, Mimi,
MRS. Belle MILESTONE and three
Children for Lomax, KS, and Henry
"hitachee. for Chillicothe, Mo.
A. r. Rice, of Yelm, has bought q
tract OF land near that place from
frederick frederick Naim, for a consideration of
s5oo. 1t is described as the north.
east quarter of the northwest Quarter