Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-12-12
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

Aaron liartsock is a patient at st.
Peters hospital.
Olympia schools will take a recess
from Dec. 22d to Jan. 9Th.
The dray business of William Scho-
field has been sold to William Powe.
Miss IONA Safp who is ill with ty-
phoid fever Is reported as improving.
Schooley Moore has gone to South.
ern Oregon on timber cruising trip.
1t is said that lawyer Arnold will
begin next month to ripu the Stuart
will.
The Northern Pacific work crew is
operating its steam shovel near Sher-
lock.
S. X. Taylor and wife, OF Oyster
Bay, were visitors to our city this
week.
A baby daughter has made her ap-
pearance at the home of John John
son on Eastside.
Alice Devine, the eight-year old
daughter of Chas. Devine, died last
Friday, OF typhoid fever.
&. j. Swayne has returned from
Everson where he has just completed
large pile-driving contract.
The new building of the Pioneer
Iron Works is about completed, and it
will about double its capacity.
Mrs. J. r. Robbins, of Castle Rock,
is visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Williams, of Tumwater.
Russell Ireland has been appointed
member OF the State Board OF Barber
Examiners, rice Barney Spirling, re-
signed.
The weather report to day reads:
"To-night and Saturday occasional
rain; brisk to high, gusty, southerly
winds"
The Christian Church people are
holding their annual holiday sale in
Rabeck's hall this afternoon and
evening.
The Married Folks dance has been
postponed till tomorrow evening, in
consequence of the Masonic reception
tonight.
Henry Mallory and family have
returned from q two months visit to
Toronto, Canada, Mr.. Mallory's for.
mer home.
The death claim of Mrs. Charles
Springer, deceased, in the order OF
Women of Woodcraft, was paid
Wednesday.
r. c. Force, manager OF the Wiley
Navigation Co., came up from Seattle
last night, to superintend repairs to
the Capital City.
The Ladies Aid Society will hold
their annual fair sale next Wednes.
\ day, at the church, with clam sup.
per in the evening.
The next steamship, City of Puebla,
will sail for San Francisco, Monday.
The City of Seattle will sail for north.
. ern ports tomorrow.
The widow of Charles E. Williams
OF Patterson, N. j., has sold to VIM.
II. Mitchell, of Tnmwater, lot 8 OF
block Z, this city, for 1925.
The operating department of the
Northern Pacific Railway has again
cut down the force at this station, one
OF the best paying on the whole sys-
TEN.
The logging outfit OF the Rogers
camp, on the Port Blakely road, is
to be sold at public auction, on the
grounds near Kamilche. on the 22d
inst.
DR.. J. H. Mcdonald, of Puyallup,
returned this morning after visit to
olympia, his former home. The
STANDARD acknowledges o pleasant
call.
Rev. J. S. McCallum, nov Of Eu-
gene, Oregon, and Madison Utter.
back. OF this city, have received deed
to ID acres Of experimental oyster
land at South Bay.
The outgoing passengers this week
over the o. r. & N. and U. P. we're:
Mrs. Mary Higgins and Otis Higgins,
Nebraska City, Neb., and Mrs. S. r.
Elder, for Enid. Oklahoma.
The Olympia Bowling Club have
accepted challenge of the Hoquian
team. Tor . match game, at the Har-
Dor tomorrow night. The local team
will leave by the 6 80 train.
Theodore L. Brown has sold in
West Olympia plat lots to 6 inclu-
slve OF block ~, blocks 40 and Al, lots
80 and 36 of block SO, for . considera-
ton OF II 900. to Jasper C. Clark.
D. F. Madison and Miss Mabel F.
Lynch, both of Summit, were married
At the Presbyterian manse, by Rev.
DR.. Hayes, Wednesday afternoon.
The happy couple will reside at Sum.
nit.
Extradition papers were issued
Wednesday to Sheriff Long, of Lake
county, Colorado, for b. H. Grey,
wanted there to servo . term for
grand larceny. He was arrested at
Seattle.
Joseph Josephson, an employee of
the Olympia Door Co., had a hand
badly mangled by sander, Wednes-
day afternoon. It is feared that am
putation will be necessary to save the
life OF the unfortunate man.
1t is enough to make our departed
townswoman fairly turn in her grave
to have the local newspapers spell her
name in the plebeian way of Stewart.
1t there was anything that lady
prided herself upon it was that her
name was spelled with the royal u.
The Supreme Court has granted J..
w. Ellis, convicted of manslaug hter in
kittitas county, new trial. The high
court likewise reversed the finding
in the case of Fred Sawdey vs.. Spo.
kane & Northern Railway, in which a
verdict had been entered for the com.
pany.
Bertha Trapa douCbto. of N. -