Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-02-17
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF

Miss Gertrude Moore is visiting
friends in Portland.
A son was born Monday to Mrs.
Carl Anderson OF Lacey.
A daughter was born, Monday night,
to Mr.. aud Mrs. Casper Wellman, Of
Delphi.
A baby girl graces the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Bert Harrison, OF East Bay
avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bern Hayward. who
live south OF this city, are the proud
parents of cute little son.
The Lutheran Ladies' Aid Society
will give social this evening in Ra.
beck Hall. Public invited.
Henry Loun, a Bush Prairie farmer,
has been confined to his home with
rheumatism the past few days.
Neither OF our enterprising local
daily newspapers have published list
Of invited guests to the Pajama Ball.
A stirring revival is in progress at
the Baptist Church, this week, under
the direction of Evangelist Carpenter.
Sunday. at 4 P. NJ, at Rabeck Hall,
services will be conducted by Rev.
Mrs. Lake. Text, Except Ye Be.
lieye."
The ball of the Ladies Relief So.
ciety Tuesday night, was not q success,
the gross receipts scarcely netting
expenses.
DR.. ]. S. Newcomb, of Everett, is on
visit to old time friends in this city,
where q decade ago he enjoyed an
excellent practice.
The celebrating sport of skating on
the email lakes to the east and south
Of this city the past week, has been
the fad Of the young folke.
The Chamber Of Commerce, at its
meeting Tuesday night, took steps for
incorporation and to secure perma.
ment quarters for meeting.
Allen Weir, of Seattle, late of this
city, is lying quite i'll at his home, and
Or. Kincaid was called yesterday to
bis bedside in the metropolis"
Two carloads of 6ne cattle arrived
Wednesday from Ellensburg. One Cal
was for A. H. Chambers of this city
and the other for ]. E. Connolly oil
Shelton.
Miss Minnie Reichel, we'll known
to many of our people, died Monday,
of pneumonia, in the southeast part
of the county, and was buried Wednes.
day at Rainier.
Alexander Merriman, q former resi-.
dent of Olympia, died in Seattle las,
week. Deceased leaves q wife and elk
children. The funeral rites took
place in this city Saturday.
Miss Emma Haines was married
Wednesday, at the residence of hel
parents in this city, to Malcom Cor
don Laurie, late of Maidstone, Eng
land. Rev. w. 8. Crockett Officiated.
The Superior Court refused two
applications for divorce this week or
grounds of cruelty. One of these was
filed by Mrs. Cora Bettman OF thii
city, and the other by A. E. Young, o.
Little Rock.
Senator Kinnear has been named Ia
succeed Senator Van de Vanter, on
the Railroad Committee, from the
fact that his illness is likely to pre-
vent him from attendance the re-.
mainder of the session.
q. G. He;fner, Deputy Insurance.
Commissioner under Secretary OIL
State jenkins, a few years ago, is on q
visit to the present capitol. Mr..
Heifner has many friends to extend
the glad hand wherever he goes, and
Olympia is no exception.
The Grummett murder case has
engaged the attention of the Superior
Court the greater part OF this week
A session was held last night, and
court met at 9 o'clock this morning to
resume consideration of the case. 1t
will probably not be completed to-day.
Seattle is now about to "perma.
nently locate" about 10000 plants oil
our Scotch broom, which grows in
such profusion here, on the boulevard
OF Washington Park, one of her CHIEF
pleasure resorts. Tacoma wants our
capital and Seattle takes our Scotch
broom! Selah.
1t is said that the lobbyists repre-.
senting the fishing industry number.
Ing about sixty, were present Tuesday
and Wednesday, to suggest needed
legislation for their enterprise, EN-.
oraced in the Earles bill, W hose main
OBJECT seems to be to protect sockeye
salmon from extermlnation.
". R. Trosper has again sued the
county for $500 damages for alleged
injuries received by bis team falling
through bridge across the Union
Pacific cut on the road between Tum.
water and Black Lake. He lost a load
OF malt, broke his waoon and euo-