Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1906-12-14
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF

he CITY las puI CHastu aDOtueI
fire horse for 5000.
Volume II State Reports will b.
ready for delivery next week.
1t is said c. II. Guibcrson is slated
for Olympia's next Chief OF Police.
Tumwater bachelors will give bal
in that little city 10 morrow night.
Leopold Schmidt, President of the
Olympia Brewing Co., has returned
from Germany.
Charles Peterson is quite i'll at hi.
home on Sixth street. lie is suffering
from bloodpoison.
Ray Bigelow, who is confined &c
the hospital with typhoid fever, i.
considerably improved.
The various logging camps will close
down the latter part of next week
until after the holidays.
w. J. Lohr has sold his home on
Westside and left Wednesday with his
family for Seattle to reside.
The estate of the late Peter Irving
of Tacoma, will pay $5,7I1 into the
State Treasury as inheritance tax.
1t is reported that Chief of Police
Guy Rathbun will 60 to California to
reside at the expiration of his term oil
office.
Land Commissioner Ross this week
paid over to the State Treasurer $74,
9639l, the collections for the month
of November.
The "Olympus Grill" has been re.
opened under the management of A.
L. Resenstock, said to be an expert.
enced caterer.
The schooner Ariel was towed out oil
the bay last Saturday, laden with
100000 feet of lumber and 10000
shingles, for San Francisco.
Mrs. Frank Dayton, of Portland, has
been on q visit to her mother in this
city. She will visit brother in Sc.
attic before her return home.
The severest wind storm within the
memory of any of our people who
have expressed an opinion upon the
matter prevailed Monday night.
Mark Draham has transferred his
timber land at South Bay to the
Western Washington Logging Co., of
which corporation he is the head.
Sixth.grade pupils of the Lincoln
school will in debate determine "wheth
er the English had any right to take
the lands away from the Indians"
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. C. Ellis and family
arrived last week from Perry, Iowa,
aud have taken up their residence in
this city on South franklin street.
J. w. Kendrick and Miss Georgia
Stretch we're married 10 this city
Saturday evening, Rev. w. s. Crockett
officiating. They will reside in Seattle.
d. A. Pollard, who is an employe OF
the Olympia Manufacturing and Build
ing Co., had hand badly lacerated by
being caught in the "shaper," Mon.
day afternoon.
o. F. Fredericks, who lately pur.
chased the Dane Williams farm, is
about to begin the construction of a
$500 residence on the premises, near
the Yelm road.
Mrs. Elizabeth Harpel, died Satur.
day at the home OF her son, Charles
G. Harpel, on Eastside, from illness
attending old age. The funeral was
held Monday afternoon.
The State Board of Control las,
week accepted bid Of F. T. Grove &
Co., of Tacoma, for 500 bales of jute
for the penitentiary mill, at $3.50
The price hitherto paid was SIS.
A section OF the tin roof OF McKenny
building was torn up by the fierce
wind Monday night, and it is said q
sheet of tin was removed from the
capitol roof from the same cause.
Leo Kendrick, the boy who was &C.
cidentslly shot by a companion while
out hunting few days ago, and as q
result suffered the amputation of one
of his legs, is improving nicely at the
hospital.
Wednesday an order was filed in the
Superior Court in the divorce proceed
ings of Emma B. Littlejohn vs.. J. K
Littlejohn, whereby plaintiff was al
lowed 500 suit money and 500 q
month pending the trial.
The Northern Pacific is preparing
to adopt its usual" sidetrack" schedule
for convenience Of the Legislature. II
will put on an extra train on the 23d
giving three arrivals and departures
each day during the session.
The turntable in the Northern Pa
cific yard collapsed Wednesday night
with locomotive on it that the crew
were vainly trying TO turn end-for- end
The cause was owing to its havipl
outserved its days of usefulness.
Two plays at Olympia Theater have
been called off," within the past week
from want of support that tho advance
sale foretold. They are plays, how
ever, that would never have been
called on under judicious management
d. ]. Bigelow and NJ. Grause pre-
sented claim for $50 damages sus
tanned by overturning of their buggy
on pile of gravel left on Fourth
street, between Plum and Chestnut,
some time ago. The matter was re-
ferred.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Gibson, resid.
ing near Bucoda, on Saturday, the 1st
inst, celebrated their golden wedding
anniversary in the companionsbip oil
their many relatives and old friends
residing in the town and adjacen,
country.
The Sylvester heirs have given
notice OF appeal of their claim for
reversion of the capitol site, to the
Supreme Court. The case was de.
olded against the claimants by the
Superior Court of this county, q few
months ago.
Henry Kinney, aged 46. died at his
nome, near South Bay, Monday, after
short illness from erysipelas. De.