Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-03-18
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.


q visit to Minneapolis.
Lee Melleur was up from Seattle
this week on brief visit.
Mrs. Mary NJ. Miller. of Seattle, paid
brief visit to this city Yesterday.
A clothes-line thief has been oper-
ating in the southern part OF town.
4 daughter was born to Mrs. Cor
don Slater on Eastside, last Friday.
Miss Minnie 1eager has returned
from a visit to relatives in Portland.
Yesterday was St. Patrick's Day and
"Wearing of the Green" was common.
Ticket sale for Olympia Theater is
now made at Sawyer & Filley's drug
store.
A son was born to Mrs. Del Kegy.
this week, who live a few miles east of
town.
A carload of corn is an unusual
shipment to this city which came in
this week.
E. E. Taylor has decided to remain
in Olympia and play with the Capital
City Band.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Num- cele-
brated their first wedding anniversary,
Monday night.
Samuel Kelly, OF Tumwater, left
Saturday over the N. P. route for
indianapolis, Ind.
A slight shock of an earthquake
was felt in this city at about s 80
Wednesday night.
Andrew Helser, of New York. is
visiting his brothers John and Rich
ard. at Oyster Bay.
Mrs. H. B. Rayton has returned to
her home at Chehalis after few days
visit TO friends here.
J. B. Perkins and wife left Tuesday
for q brief trip to the Olympisn's
Mecca-Los Angeles.
john Ramsey, of Little Rock, is
at the hospital suffering from inflam.
matory rheumatism.
Mayor Richardson, Notwithstanding
he is on the sick-list," is on business
visit to Tacoma to-day.
The steamer Santa Barbara is tied
up at San Francisco from strike of
the engineers for more pay.
David Osborne, OF Salt Lake City,
is visiting the family of his brother,
G. w. Osborne, OF South Bay.
Henry NJ. Murphy, foreman OF the
STANDARD. has been quite badly af-
fiicted with asthma this week.
DR.. Bedient, q practicing physician
Of CassOn, MIMI, tarried awhile with
his friend r. H. Hill, this week.
Licenses to wed have been issued to
Silas Heck and Lucy Arson and to
Hilton Peter and Minnie Thompson.
Mrs. B. NJ. Chaddon and daughter
Corinne, of Chicago, are visiting Mrs
C.'s brother, B. M. Price. of South
Bay.
Gov. Mcbride is now engaged in Wig.
orously "swinging around the circle"
as they called it in Andy Johnson's
days.
Fred Carlyon returned 10 Wrangel
Monday, after q pleasant visit Of sew
eral weeks TO relatives and friends in
this city.
Rev. Frederick X. Howard delivered
his fourth lenten lecture on "Agnosti.
cism" st. Johns Church Wednes-
day evening.
1t is getting pretty tough, in fact nearly
When the Knocker spells Lord with q
lower-case !.
Christian Science services in Parlor
B, Olympia Hotel. at IL o'clock Sun.
day morning. Subject &" Reality" All
are welcome.
The will of Mrs Mary Wheeler, who
died in this city last week, has been
filed for probate in the Superior Court
of this county.
The hearing of the Theo. Gehrke
road matter, near Yelm, has been post
poned by the County Commissioners
till April 18th.
A six.months.o daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. Ed. Foster, died last night,
at the family residence near Ounce
street, of pneumonia.
T. N. Henry, Chairman of the Re-
publican County Central Committee,
has called meeting for tomorrow at
10 O'Clock, in this city.
The Kaufman Heating & Plumbing
Co. have a crew of men at work on the
capitol steel chimney, which is focr
feet in diameter and 66 feet high.
Tom Bryan arrested at Bucoda, last
Friday. pleaded guilty to theft OF an
overcoAt and was sentenced by Justice
Giles to % days in the county Jail.
A little daughter of Mr.. Frost, an
employe in one of the local mills, is
i'll with typhoid fever. The mother is
just recovering from the same disease.
Gov. Mcbride has appointed F. A.
Hazeltine, OF South Bend. an Univer.
sity Regent, to succeed James +. Bell,
OF Everett. The term holds till 1910.
The home of J. NJ. Bickford, near
Tumwater, was destroyed by fire Sat-
urday, which started from a defective
fiue. and burned so rapidly that moth.
ing was saved.
Judging from present appearances
Olympia will have plenty of music the
coming season with her two rival
bands, which are putting in their best
ticks practicing.
C. E. Guiberson was on a visit this
week to his brother C. H. Guiberson.
the popular grocer. The visitor has
departed for Dawson. Y. T., where he
has extensive interests.
State Land Commissioner Calvert
has announced himself as a candidate
for reelection to the Office he now fills
before the Republican State Conven.
ton. This is no surprise.