Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-05-20
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

Clean the mos, from your roof.
Mr. d. H. Bisclow visited friend
in Tacoma this week.
George A. Avery made business
TIP to the harbor. this week.
Brad Hill and wife returned last
night from visit down the Sound.
Jos. Austin has been appointed engi-
neer at the Capitol at 800 per month.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. /. Jones returned
from down-Sound points last evening.
Rainier Will celebrate the Fourth in
becoming manner. Whoop it up,
boys
DR.. David Mitchell has sold lot 5 of
block -, at Tumwater, to j. c. Briggs,
for $50.
\ daughter was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Walter Tabor, OF Tumwater,
this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. ID. Garfield are
down from Juneau, Alaska. on a visit
to relatives.
Mrs. f. NJ. Turpin has returned from
California where she has been spend
ing the Winter.
William 0. Dunckley, of the Cen
tralia News-Etamiaer, was visitor to
our city, Saturday.
The Olympia team beat the Cen.
tralias at a game of baseball, Sunday,
by score of to 3.
Mrs. S. c. Conant has so far recov-
cred from the typhoid fever as to be
able to leave the hospital.
A communication from j. c. Co.
nine was crowded out OF this issue, but
will appear in our next paper.
Mrs. D. S. Paisley is the recipient Of
visit from her nephew, Charles Ken
nedy, of Oshkosh, Wisconsin.
Prof. c. H. Clements, of the Bucoda
schools, has passed successful exami.
nation for admission to the bar.
James Sumpter, OF Rainier, lost a
small finger yesterday by getting it in
the way of an ak while splitting wood.
willard Dobbins has bought forty
acres in section 3, township Is, range
west, from Edward G. Haupt, for the
sum of $500.
CD. Swayne's pile-driving crew will
begin the construction OF an extensive
wharf at Dotflemyer's Point, next Mon
day morning.
F. J. Baymiler, of Pullman, is ar.
ranging for transportation OF q large
bill of lumber from our local mills, to
his home city.
DR.. Dana Wadsworth, a former resi-.
dent of this place, was married in
Portland, last week, to Miss Ida Pearl
Price, OF that city.
Mrs. w. L. Virden left yesterday for
her home at Gle Elum, after q visit to
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. George
Langridge, of South Bay.
Gov. Mcbride has appointed DR.. N.
G. Blalock, Of Walls Walla, and w. B.
Bridgeman, of Sunnyside, mem bers of
the State Irrigation Commission.
G. w. Rutledge, who recently sold
his place at Rochester, now resident
of Grand Mound, was in the city and
made us pleasant call, this week.
Lots l, 2, 9 and 10 of block l in
Central addition, belonging to the
estate of Patrick Dolan, deceased, we're
sold this week to Lizzie Blackman, for
$llO.
Otto Braeger and J. F. Pelan at.
tended as delegates of Court Capital
No. 80 Foresters OF America, in the
Grand Court held at Bellingham this
week.
The hill at the east end of the
"Swantown" bridge. on Cherry street,
in front OF the old-time Lightner aud
McFadden residences, is being ter
raced.
A game OF baseball will be played
Sunday between tho Seattle and local
Foresters' teams. The Seattle nine
is coming with big excursion on
the Capital City.
Mr.. Guiberson, the grocer, has
bought the residence of E. o. Robbins,
on Second street, just east OF Puget,
paying 81 500 for it. Mr.. R. has moved
to his farm near Lacey.
The Wiedemann Dramatic Co. will
give q performance at Shelton, next
Friday evening, owing to the fact that
their week at the opera house here is
broken by school exhibition.
Mrs. John Gleanham, of the New
England hotel, left Wednesday for
an extended visit to her old home in
Maine. On the way she will stop over
in st. Louis to see the Worlds Fair.
President Troy of the Democratic
Club. requests US to announce that
there will be meeting of the club
next Thursday evening, the 26th inst.
in the Office of j. T. Otis. in McKenny
building.
Capt. Parker will take his steamer
Caswell to Shelton to have her bottom
scraped and her upper works brushed
up, preparatory to entering into the
excursion business which will doubt
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A temporary organization OF the
Merchants Protective Association wa.
formed in the City Council Chamber
Wednesday night. A permanent or
ganization and election of officer.
will take place later on.
Contractor Goss has been directed
by the City Council to clean up TIT
streets about the capitol annex, which
have been the past two years obstruct
ed by lumber. rock, sand, brick, iror
and stone used in its construction.
Work will probably begin next weel
upon the Fourth street extension o
the street car line up Ayers hill. Tn
service has been bettered by an in
crease of from three to four trips al
hour, or what is called q" fifteen min
utes service"