Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1906-10-26
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF

OIlI tGUO Nv Oi'i1s
JOAN Bolster LEFT Monday on trip
to Canada and Kansas.
Another barber shop will soon tie
o,,ncd in Mckcnny block.
Mr.. Elmer WurtI, OF Canada, is
visiting her father, j. W. Buker.
\ daughter WAS horn Tuesday to
Mr.. Fred ko-cmond, in this city.
Arlie Mills, OF Tumwater, left Tues
day for an extended stay in California.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Luark, OF Montana,
are visiting their former home, this
city.
.. b. Fowlc, fell from a ladder at
the brewery yesterday and broke his
wrist.
"Short change" graiters tried to
work the town this week, with poor
success.
Mrs. Littlejohn has been granted a
divorce from her husband, j. X. Lit
tleJDhu.
Mrs. Q. Il. Simenson visited her
daughter, Miss Marie Simenson, at
Hoquiam, this week.
+. +. Lewis and Miss Bertha Bar
rack, both OF Tenino, were married in
this city, Wednesday.
Mrs. Allen Hildebraud has arrived
from San Demanding, Cal, to make
her home in Olympia.
Mrs. C. Huntley, OF Rock Island
ILL.,, is on visit to her daughter, Mrs.
Chas. Eanderveer, in this city.
Mrs. f. E. Taylor and daughter,
Muriel, are home from visit to Mr.
Taylor's mother at Wenatchee.
Jos. Zambelln, one OF the proprie.
tors of the Olympia Packing Co, has
been quite i'll the past few days.
Grace, little daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Meays, who has been very
i'll with pneumonia, is improving.
Frank A. Wimsn is now located at
Bellingham, where We have been di.
rected to send the STANDARD to him.
Mr.. and Mrs. Parker, OF Carterville,
Mo-, are visiting the family of Charles
Arnold, and may decide to locate here.
Judge Linn is engaged in holding
court at Tacoma, this week, and the
service will probably extend over next
week as we'll.
The heaviest and most continuous
rainfall OF the season so far, fell yester-
day, accompanied by gusty winds from
the southwest.
John Henry, a well-known civil
engineer of this city, has been added
to the clerical force OF the State Land
Commissioner.
Mr.. Harris has concluded 10 fill his
new store-room with holiday goods and
postpone opening his gentlemen's sup.
plies till spring.
George Yantis has returned from
the East, where he went to purchase
goods for a new gents furnishing store
soon to be opened in this city.
Every taxpayer in Thurston county
should vote for the Democratic nomi.
nees at the election on Nov. 6. Ills
unquestionably for their best interests
to do so.
Henry Mize, a we'll known pioneer
OF this county, was in from Bucoda
this week. The gentleman has been q
continuous subscriber of this paper for
forty-two years.
Justice Bolton united 10 marriage
Abraham Harris and Barbara Watkins
of Tacoma, (bOth colored) Monday
night. Harris is tobacconist and has
u shop at Tacoma.
G. Faber, the carpenter, was in.
jured few days ago by the fall OF q
hammer from a high elevation striking
him on the top Of the head. We are
pleased to state that he is improving.
Mrs. w. T. Hoskins, of Peoria, ILL.,,
who has been visiting her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Andrew Chambers, living
on prairie few miles east of town,
the past six weeks, left Tuesday for
her home.
Mrs. Cora Williams, after visiting
one week with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. John Saunders, Of Eastside, and
with her children, Bonita and Johnnie,
returned to Seattle where she is en-
ployed in connection with lodging.
house.
James Mcdowell, who lately bought
a block in the residence district of
Mrs. H. c. Brown, has sold the north
west corner, on Tenth and Adams
streets, to Thos. J. Kearney, receiving
q consideration of $4,000 for the
property.
Mrs. Jane Bacon died Wednesday
afternoon, at the home of her daugh.
ter, Mrs. S. S. Avery. She had been
i'll but a few days. Deceased was .
native of South Carolina and sc years
of age. She came here about two
years ago.
1t is reported that Martensen &
Mackay, realty dealers, have purchased
a water front block, No. II, lying just
north of the Percival dock, on which
they propose to build q warehouse
next season, with a roadway on piling
to Main street.
Mrs. Carrie Diggs has returned
from a several months visit to her old
home in Wisconsin. She was &C.
companied by her son, Charlie Edger.
ton, and her mother. She reports ex.
treme cold weather back there, and is
glad to get back.
Miss Pearl Smith, a teacher at the
Lincoln school, is the recipient of
many compliments by reason of her
fine mezzo-soprano voice. She will
undoubtedly become an excellent &C.
QUESTION to the musical coterie of
Olympia. Miss Smith resides with
Miss Frances Sylvester, in the eastern
part of the city.
AS the winter season approaches, the
Olympia school girls don their head
gear. There seems to be a rivalry