Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1906-03-02
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF

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The Lenten season began Wednes-
day.
The Assessors deputies began work
yesterday.
Geo. b. Mason, OF Bucoda, was a
pleasant caller at our Office, this week.
The Eagles enjoyed fine banquet
after the large class initiation Sunday
night.
Negotiations are pending for the
sale OF Alex. Mckay's saloon to Henry
kearney.
Tom Swan is over from Ellensburg
to Look after his Olympia property
interests.
Mrs. Geo. 5. Allen visited her daugh-
ter in this city, Mrs. Jesse T. Mills,
this week.
The contents of the will of the late
J. X. Bolton appear in another COL
umn of the STANDARD.
DR.. A. H. Manner and family will
move into town, having recently sold
their old home on Chambers Prairie.
The funeral of Mrs. J. M. Grugan
was held from the family home on
Westside, Monday, and was largely at
tended.
Judge Smell, OF Tacoma. has bought
the well-known Longmire farm at
Yelm, $50 acres, for a consideration
of S6,10O.
Little Rosa May Benson, an orphan
two years Of age. has been legally adopt
ed by Mrs. G. w. Hudson, and her name
changed to Vernie May Hudson.
Ralph L. Phillips and Miss Augusta
Wasserfurth were uaited in marriage
this week. The happy couple are we'll
known young people OF this city.
Chas. A. Burr has resigned his posi-
ton as Secretary of the State Board OF
Control. He will, it is said, enter the
employ Of the Capital National Bank.
II you are thinking of buying
piano don't fail to call at Olympia's
leading music house, conducted by
hat popular young dealer, E. E. Taylor.
Val Milroy lie an applicant for the
position Of Secretary of the Board OF
Control, when J. H. Brown, who fills
the office pro tenn, steps down and
out"
w. L. Sapp, has been granted the
privilege Of placing a telephone line
from Tumwater to Black Lake. a dis.
lance of three miles, along the Sapp
road.
The Recorder says that the Olynapiam
has changed hands, but as that paper
maintains q digni6ed silence on the
subject, we refrain from giving the
details as stated.
Jimmy Fennell yesterday received
the sad news of the death of his sister,
Mrs. Kate Winkler, aged q, in Salem.
Oregon, after a short illness. He i'm
mediately left for that city.
The Bush Prairie people gave al
entertainment last Friday. at their
hall in that neighborhood. from which
tOey Ic1iIZcu $IO tOWSIuS u lUIoIy
fund for their district school.
Thos. Kearuey yesterday sold his
farm Of 237 acres on Oyster Bay to E.
H. Robbins, of Tacoma, who will ct
once move his family to the place.
The consideration was $4,000.
The school children enjoy their
present holiday, while the Teachers
Institute is in session, none the less
from knowledge that their teachers
are themselves under educational dis.
cipline.
The Superior Court this week Of.
firmed the judgment of the lower
court against the Olympia Logging Co.,
for 900 damages sustained by G. D.
Conine in operation Of the defendants
logging road.
The Jones Spar and Lumber Co., of
Tenino have petitioned the County
Commissioners for right to construct
. tram.way from their mill TO the
Northern Pacific Railway track. The
petition will be considered at the next
meeting.
The block on Fourth street bounded
east and west by Ounce and Eastside
streets will soon be the scene of I'm.
usual activity, on which the erection
OF no less than half q dozen dwelling
houses is contemplated in the spring
and summer.
The Supreme Court has ruled that
a failure to complete the Seattle and
Lake Washington waterway has for
ieited the right to collect subsidies.
The action was brought to compel the
issue Of deeds to tide lands by the
canal company.
il. Arnold, owner of q merry.go.
round, has brought suit in the Su.
perior court against Sheriff Connolly.
for alleged illegal detention of his de.
moralizing contraption for rakiug in
revenue. at Ellis dock, placing his dam.
age at $40 per day.
Polls for the annual school election
will be open at Columbis Hall, to.
morrow afternoon, from l to 8 o'clock,
to vote for director and . clerk, in
district No. l, and for or against, levy
Of special tax for construction Of
High School building.
Fred Schwin has moved his Olym.
pia Bakery from West Fourth street
TO the new building adjoining Lsns.
dale & Co., grocers, No. 420 East
Fourth street. His patrons will doubt.
less follow him to bis new location, 90
his bread and pastry are first'class in
oil respects.
The Supreme Court has decided
that the conviction of Albert Wilson
and Peter Currie. in the Thurston
County Superior Court, last May, for
cattle stealing, shall stand, and that
the sentence of three years shall be
served by Wilson, who is out on bail.
Currie comm tilted suicide soon after
conviction. The cattle, six head. be-
longed to McCorkle and were running
at large when taken up and branded