Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-12-09

CITY NEWS IN BRIEF

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Paul Carstcnsen made business
trip to Tacoma, this week.
The winter term of the Peoples Uni
ver-ity opened Wednesday.
Miss Watson has returned to Port.
land after visit to Mrs. Redpath.
Wiley Banks has been quite i'll with
stomach trouble the past few days.
The job OF washing iron-rust from
the capitol walls will begin again
Monday.
Mrs. Clara Van Eaton is visiting
her sister. Mrs. A. A. Lindsey, in
Portland.
Dave Nelson, filler in Baldwin's
mill at Little Rock, was in for visit
this week.
Volume So of the Washington Re-
ports ia being distributed by the State
Librarian.
Miss Maud Henderson has been
confined to her home with la grippe,
this week.
Mrs. Geo. Mcdonald and Miss Adelia
Taylor, of Kamilche, visited friends in
the city, this week.
Secretary Nichols estimates the pop
ulation of tho State at 76S, 600, from
statistics on file in his Office.
The date set by the Council for hear
ing protests against grading Eastside
street was set for the 18th inst.
B. F. Hall, general manager of the
N. P. Express Co., passed through the
city Monday on his way to Portland.
Ten arrests were made in this city
during November, and seventeen I'm.
welcome visitors were ordered out OF
town.
The pupils OF Providence Academy
gave an excellent entertainment Mon
day evening, which was quite we'll at.
tended.
The County Commissioners have
awarded the contract for building the
lower Gate City bridge to E. w.
Smith, for $5S7.
C. q. Mason, the foundryman, had
his foot crushed last week by falling
piece of iron, and has since been in.
cspacitated for duty.
Mr.. J. H. Scott is recovering from q
severe illness at first supposed to be
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Joy the " sunshine" in few days.
The city has placed q tax OF Sc 9
day on meat-wagous, which is virtually
prohibitive. 1t excerpts, however, ped.
ding of meat from animals raised by
the vendors.
Extradition papers have been issued
for Robt. Gillis, wanted at Nome for
larceny. The prisoner will be taken
to Southwestern Alaska to be held till
transportation opens in the spring.
The Salvation Army will hold jubi.
lee services in Epworth hall, adjoining
the NJ. E. Church, tonight and to-
morrow night, consisting of music
and stereopticon views. Everybody is
invited.
The city has purchased another
thousand feet of hose through the
Olympia Hardware Co., at 80 cents
per foot, and authorized the purchase
of two Anderson MOBILES and four face.
protectors.
T. ]. Miller was elected Mayor Of
Tumwater, Tuesday, Frank Eastman
Treasurer, F. w. Chase; Councilman
for three years, and John Cloudy, Mar
ion Candy and Linn Bloom Council.
men for one year.
II you want to select some sensible
Christmas presents visit O'Connor.
He is always in the lead in such mat.
tiers. You can now have your choice
in books, pictures, chinaware and all
sorts of novelties.
Mrs. Runyon, who is confined to
the hospital with pneumonia. was
reported as slightly improved this
morning, having passed q good night.
although she is very weak and not yet
entirely out of danger.
The boilers from the burned Olym.
pia hotel have been exhumed from
the ashes and are to be used for heat.
ing the lobby" in the Heustis build
ing. Thomas Blauvelt has the con-
tract for the brick-work on which
to place the boilers.
J. Joslyn, logger employed in one
of Bordeaux camps was brought to
the hospital, Monday evening, from q
bad cut in his side, made by . com.
panion during an alteration. The
wound is several inches long and
while painful is not dangerous.
Edwin Hendrickson, an Olympus
boy who has been working in . Tacoms
sash and door factory some months
past, came home minus the third finger
of the right hand, this week, from toe
close contact with q saw. Edwin hal
host of friends who regret his mis-.
fortune.
Mary Broden, . well.known nurse
died OF pneumonia. at tho hospital,
Wednesday afternoon, at the age ol
10 years. She was an old.time resi-.
dent of this city and we'll and favor.
ably known to many Of our people
Her death was very sudden. She wal
taken i'll Tuesday and died next day.
The barge Kalama was launched 81
Hoquiam Tuesday. She was built fol-
use at Kalama by the N. P. Railway
to ferry cars across the Columbia. She
is 40 feet long. 81 feet beam and IL
feet depth Of hold. She will be towed
to the Columbia by two tugs; q diff.
cult job as she is one of the largest