Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1906-02-09

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CITY NEWS IN BRIEF
Dad you See the eclipse?
Early gardening has begun.
I'll" days are quite Spring like.
The seed rush has started at Mann's.
Eggs have fallen to % cents dozen.
The Chicago restaurant has closed
its doors.
DR.. NOVEL; is reported considerably
improved.
The Elks minstrel team have been
in active rehearsal at the theater, this
week.
The County Treasurer's force is
quite busy. 1t is ax-paying time.
Dig up.
Miss Dolly Dennison, OF Seattle, is
visiting her sister, Mrs. f. j. Smith, OF
Westside.
Charles ID. Lindley, of Tumwater,
is now an employe of the Seattle
Electric Co.
Andrew Rich, deceased, of Little
Rock, was buried from the Christian
Church, Tuesday.
Not much rain has fallen the past
week, but the weather has been quite
cold, for this country.
The City Council have authorized
the construction of a sewer on Fourth
street, between Wafer and Columbia.
The STANDARD will be pleased to re.
ceive and print news items from all
who will send them in or phone Main
Sc.
Madam Maerille has bought the
interest of her partner, Mr.. Bennett,
in the Star vaudeville house in this
city.
Mrs. M. J. Gordon has returned to
her home in Spokane, after a short
visit with Ter daughter, Mrs. Geo. G..
Mills.
j. Y. Kennedy, a prominent young
attorney of Everett, was in the city
this week on visit to relatives and
friends.
W. H. Springer and daughter. Mrs.
j. H. Van Asset, Of Seattle, were up
this week on visit to c. H. and Jesse
Springer.
Mrs. Charles Sparks has taken her
little son to California, to spend the
winter in a dryer cline for betterment
of his health.
The County Treasurer is about to
issue a call for four general fund
warrants, numbered from LAO to
LIZA, aggregating $4,000.
No less than dozen and a half of
the State officers, of high and low
degree, are now absent from the CAPT.
toll, mainly on official business.
DIR. Strickland reports the birth of a
son to Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Kimsey, of
Bush Brairie. The little fellow came
to brighten their household Wednes.
day.
The county will sell a lot of do.
linquent tax property to morrow. The
advertisement for the property to be
sold on the 18th inst. appears in this
issue OF the STANDARD.
The Federal jury list from this city
that attended the U. s. Court at Ia.
coma, this week, was composed of w.
o. Bush, Clarence N. Canning, F. G.
Blake and w. E. Burton.
Mrs. M. Coontz, of Hannibal, Mo-,
has been on a visit to DR.. and Mrs. H.
S. Wyman. She departed Wednesday
for Seattle to see her son who is q
Lieutenant on the battleship Nebraska.
VIM. Weller has purchased several
lots just west of the Mitchell hotel, on
Columbia street. where he proposes to
build q wharf and sheds for the es.
tablishment OF wood and coal bust.
ness.
II that man who ripped up the tule.
weed life.preservers, on local steam.
boat, last week, ever visits Olympia
he will find a glad.hand pat on the
back wherever he makes himself
known.
Mrs. Edmund Rice, who recently
presented the West Olympia school
near Buffers Cove, with . large col
lection of valuable books, this weei
made the same school gift of large
pictorial bible.
The main telephone line to South
Bay has been completed and has fif
teen subscribers who are being con
nected as rapidly as possible. Anothe
wire lie being strung to Gull Harbo
and still another is projected to Mut
Bay.
The Jolly Spinsters" Club one o
our late local societies, is doubtless ,
counterpart to the "Merry Bachelors
Club, which led the social "79'
of Olympia forty years ago. not ,
single member of which, We believe, i
resident here now.
The funeral of Thomas Eddy wal
held Saturday from the Baptist Church
The floral offerings were many an,
beautiful. The Eighth grade OF Lin
coin school. of which the young mar
was a member, and the Royal Neigh
bors, contributed handsome set pieces
Mrs. Alberta Schneider, one Of tn
early pioneers of Olympia, widow o
Conrad Schneider, died at her hom
on Westside last night, aged IA years
Death is said to have due to heart fail
ure. She had been resident OF thi
city more than half q century. He
husband died several years ago.
The eclipse came off last night, ia
exclusively announced" in the STAND
ARD last week, and after Q gradual oh
scuration beginning between nine ant
ten O'Clock, it became total at IL 80
and had departed between one ant
two o'clock this morning The mon,