Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-01-29
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

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Mrs. II. W. smith is on a visit to
Portland.
The various logging camps will
start up next Monday.
Miss Louise Gray, of Port Townsend,
is visiting friends in the city.
Private Secretary Watson is wrest-
ling with siege of the grippe.
Charley Moore made business trip
t. the harbor cities, this week.
Mrs. r. G. Calvert returned Tues
day evening from a down-Sound visit.
The Friday Afternoon Whist Club
Will meet with Mrs. II. +. Hadley to.
day.
Mrs. w. l.. Bridgford entertained
the Five Hundred Club Wednesday
afternoon.
Mrs. Geo. Avery and daughter are
home from Edmonds where they visit.
ed relatives.
The firemen are making arrange
ments for ball on the evening of
February 22d.
Miss Carrie Shaw left Tuesday for
Portland, to resume her studies in
business college.
Miss Bertha Bowen, of Lewis county,
has arrived in the city to attend the
Eastside university.
Andrew Elngreen and Miss Chris
tina Anderson, both of Hoquiam, were
licensed to wed Tuesday.
The Olympia Cedar Co. elected
Monday, Thos. Bordeaux President
and S. c. Mumby Secretary.
Tonight the University basketball
team again runs up against the Cen
tralia team at L. and B. Hall.
The State Treasurer has issued war.
rant call on the Capitol fund for S.
1883. payable February 7th.
Mrs. Carrie Edgerton left Wednes.
day for visit to her old home in
Wisconsin. She will return in June.
Rev. Father Kusters, of St. Michael's
church, accompanied by his niece,
Miss Leroy, visited Tacoma, this week.
Tax.paying season opens next month
and all realty taxes paid before March
18th are subject to a rebate of per
cent.
George Huntley, Samuel Caldwell
and Robert Allen, of Shelton, had
land Office business in the city this
week.
E. E. Taylor and Harry Russell,
formerly Of this city, but now of Sc
attic, we're up this week on q visit to
friends.
Mrs. d. S. Paisley was the recipient
of a very pleasant surprise party,
Wednesday night, the occasion being
her birthday.
H. S. Tremper of the Pioneer Iron
Works. has moved his family from Sc
attic to this city, where they will
hereafter reside.
The Odd Fellows are preparing for
an official visit Of Grand Patriarch
Chas. b. Hathaway to Alpha Encamp.
ment, on the Sd proximo.
The steamer Elwood, OF the Nc.
Donald line, blew out fusible plug in
her boiler, Wednesday, and did not 60
out on the afternoon trip.
Minnie Bate man has granted to Ar
thur Baldwin, an option on l6O acres
of timber land in the southwestern
part OF the county, for the sum of ST..
500.
A daughter was recently born to the
wife of E. I. Palmer, Of Sherlock. Mrs.
Palmer is daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
John Gleanham, of the New England
hotel.
Mrs. Frank Swan entertained the
Euchre Club yesterday afternoon. The
prize winners were Mrs. J. L. Murray
for points and Mrs. John Henry for
progressions.
Gene" Taylor, of the firm of s. K.
Taylor & Son, wholesale oystermen, OF
Oyster Bay, was in the city on bust.
ness Wednesday. He reports the oys.
ter market good.
Arthur Callow, ex.Auditor of this
county. now a banker OF Elma, in
Chehalis county, was up this week to
testify as witness in the Byrne-Funk
libel damage suit.
J. T. Ruhe will open about Feb. 1st,
in the Mottman building. corner of
Sixth and Washington streets, a new
store, under the name of The Farm.
ers and Mechanics Store Co."
The NJ. E. Church people have con.
verted their old church building into
very convenient hall for secular
entertainments connected with their
service. 1t will be known Is Epworth
Hall.
J.W. Gardiner, of the firm of J. E.
Gardiner & Son, the leading Gate City
merchants, was in the city early this
week, and called upon the STANDARD.
as usual, when he visits the Capital
City.
County Commissioner H. "A. Ray
mond killed mother bear weighing
225 pounds, near his home ON Cham.
bers' Prairie, last Friday, and cap
tured one OF her cubs which weighed
% pounds.
William Hopkins, q pattern.maker
at the Pioneer Iron Works, had q leg
broken in two places, Monday after.
noon, by the fall Of q heavy beam.
He was taken to the hospital and the
injured limb was set.
1t is now definitely certain that
George Jeffs, q passenger on the ILL
fated Clallam, met his death by drown
ing by improper launching Of the life.
boat in which he with others were at.
tempting to embark.
The Olympia Light & Power Co.
has just received from the East a
handsome new closed passenger car.
This company is constantly adding to
and making Improvements to their