Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1906-01-26
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF

Mrs. Chas. IIaitNell is quite i'll of a
bronchial aiilictiOn.
James Endicott has resigned from
the local police force.
j. W. belong and family have re.
turned to Little Rock.
The question of new high school
building is being discussed.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Safer are the
parents OF a little son, born Tuesday.
Mrs. James McD. Israel is on a visit
to her sister, at Porter, who is quite
ill.
Receiver Allen OF the U. S. Land
Office visited the lower Sound this
week
The local lodge OF Odd Fellows will
visit their Tenino brethren tomorrow
night.
Let us see: Weren't we to expect
the lntcrurban cars about this time OF
the year?
Mr. and Mrs r. S. Hildebrand left
Monday on their return trip to Daw.
son, y. T.
Messrs. Mills & Cowles are losers of
stock in transit by the wrecked steam.
er Valencia.
A" Klondike" Carnival will be held
tonight in G. A. r. hall by the Ladies'
Relief Corps.
The annual banquet of the Congre.
gatiOnal church will be held next
Monday night.
Mayor Carlyon has vetoed the Main
street paving ordinance to admit Of its
introduction in an amended form.
Jacob f. Robinson and Miss Vic
toria Conkling Richards. both of
Kalama, were married in this city
Sunday.
Rain the past week has been almost
unprecedented, especially of nights,
at times accompanied by fierce gusts
of wind.
Wednesday was China New Year,
and its dawn was announced at mid
night by the popping of many fire.
crackers.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. F. Hanify, of San
Francisco, are OH visit to this city.
Mr.. II. is President of the Olympia
Lumber Co.
Miss Blanche Cramb and Roy E..
Young, were joined in wedlock at
the Baldwin Wednesday, Rev. E. r.
LOOMS officiating.
The insurance company investiga.
ton in this city the past few days is
still in progress, with strong indica-
tiOns of Developments"
Gov. Mead left Monday for his visit
to the Salt Lake Convention for pro.
noting tourists travel westward. He
will be absent about fortnight.
Walter Taylor has offered q reward
Of $500 for the apprehension and con.
viction of the person who set fire to
his saloon at Gate City, last Tuesday
night.
Representatives of several OF the
leading State banks have appeared
before Secretary Mills the past week
to solicit share of the deposit of the
State funds.
George H. Hurn, OF Rochester, has
leased the Bunker dairy farm at L.
BAN and has moved with his family to
the new location. 1t is about IA miles
from Pc Ell.
Charles Regis, who was 80 badly in.
jured in one of Bordeanx's camps the
early part OF last week, died at the
hospital Friday, and was buried from
the Catholic Church Sunday.
At the home of Secretary of State
Nichols, Wednesday afternoon, Mary
E. Nichols, daughter of Mr.. Nichols,
and Calvin C. Bell, of Everett, were
united in marriage by Rev. R. NJ.
Hayes.
Jack Duffy was seriously injured
while riding bob.sled down East
Fourth street hill last Friday evening.
He has been ever since under treat.
ment at the hospital, and is slowly
recovering.
Mrs. VIM. Yeager, OF Eastside, re.
ceived "surprise" visit, Saturday
afternoon, from the ladies OF the Capt.
tai Guard No. 23O. and was presented
with a handsome piece of silverware
as souvenir OF the occasion.
Gov. Mead has reappointed E. B
Edgers of Seattle, C. S. Irwin of Van
couver and Frank r. Pierce of Spo
kane. to succeed themselves on tn,
State Dental Board OF Examiners, q
expiration of their present term Marcel
4th.
In consequence of occupation of thu
Superior Court room to morrow, Their
will be no meeting OF the Tax League
which has been postponed two weeks
when it is expected that Judge Grow
of the Supreme Court, will be tn
principal speaker.
"Kid" White under sentence I,
hang to-day at the Walla Walla peni
Tertiary, has been granted a stay o
execution till May I'd by Gov. Mead
to enable his friends ample time {,
make showing for Communication O
the sentence to life imprisonment.
c. J. Lords gas machine is reporte,
to work satisfactorily. but his cookinI
range, an adjunct to it, has been side
tracked by snow somewhere on it
transcontinental trip, and the spirit o
enterprise shown in appropriation o
this public utility 10 not the aslound
ing success it was anticipated it woul,
be.
The local train from this city TO
Seattle collided with q freight train q
Puyallup, Wednesday night, about
O'Clock, and aside from both engine
being badly wrecked, no injury O
damage was done. 1t was Will
switching the accident happened. Sew
eral Olympia passengers were on tn,
cars.
Thomas J. Miller has been granted
adivorce in the Superior Court. from