Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1906-02-16

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city, fell of the dock into the bay,
from attack of an epleptic fit, Tues.
day morning, while fishing, and came
very near drowning. After being con-
veyed to the hospital, it was some
time before he became wholly con-
sclous. MIR. Robertson has family
and Is a newcomer from the East.
Lum' 10, the Chinese gardener, has
sold out his garden and gone to Port
land and will probably extend his
peregrlnations to China. lis the opin.
ion OF many OF our people that the
farther he goes the better it will be for
our people. 1t is currently reported,
and very generally believed. that he
has maintained an opium joint under
the guise of an " humble tiller OF the
soil"
A prize character ball was given at
Tumwater, Saturday night, by the
Deschutes Social Club, which is re-
ported to have been a very successful
and enjoyable occasion. There were
100 couples present and Eugene F.
Canaday received an award for best
sustained character as Chinaman ;
Miss Florence Williams as japanese !;
Walter Low, as negro, and Nettie
Musgrove as clown.
Two rural telephone lines are under
consideration to connect Plum Station
and Mud Bay with Central" The
line to South Bay has been completed,
that to Gull Harbor is under rapid con.
struction. Olympia will soon be the
center of q network of rural lines
that will practically bring all the
county within reach of the worlds
commerce as we'll as speaking distance
of our local markets.
The Northern Pacific Railway Co.,
it is said, will institute proceedings
under the name of the Northwestern
Improvement Co., to enjoin the sale of
the old Union Pacific Co.'s right-of.
way through this county. under de-
linquent tax foreclosure. on the ground
that the property should have been
assessed as acreage instead Of right-of.
way ownership. The object seems to
be to prevent or delay the sale for
fear that rival interests may run the
price up to competitive value.
Where is that interurban road that
the Evening Screan,er insisted would
be completed from Tacoma to this
city by the first day of the present
year? Where is the porch column
factory that the Morning Exhorter
said would be in business soon as
Phoenix.like . new outfit for the one
burned could be manufactured and
shipped? The first is about two
months overdue. with nothing yet in
sight, and the other two years behind
time, with a probability that il has
been Oslerized for all time.
The house and effects of N. B.
Peters, on Mud Bay, were wholly de.
stroyed by fire, late Monday afternoon.
When discovered the flames had
obtained such Roadway that nothing
could be done to stay their progress
or save the contents of the building.
The clothing of the family, except
what they had on. was likewise con.
sumed. Mrs. Peters came to town the
next day to obtain food and clothing
for herself and family. The origin OF
the fire is unknown, and it is said to
have involved loss of $4,000, with 10
insurance.
A new jury term OF the Superior
Court has been called for March IL.
The Jury Commissioners, Byron Mil.
lett and T. N. Allen drew the jury
panel, as follows: VIM. Prince, p. c.
Van Wrinkle, A. o. Mutton, NJ. J. Mas
terson, G. S. Sayer, Bernard Reese,
John Solbeck, A. H. Chambers, Joe
Edwards, R. Hilpert, G. H. Hobson,
Chas. Garfield, Thos. Gafstone, ]. H.
Merritt, Gus Sorensen, Geo. Sumption,
Jr.; Dan O'Connell, VIM. Schroeder,
Chas. Wood, A. A. Weber, g. A. Rit.
ter, Gwin Hicks, Lawrence Heinrich
and Colon Webster.
An amusing Valentine Social was
held by the Epworth people in the
parlors of the M. E. Church, Tuesday
evening, which was unique in some
respects. Partners were chosen for
refreshments by the secretion of small
pictures of hearts around the room
containing numbers which gave prece.
dence in selecting the shadows of the
fair ones thrown upon . screen. II
was probably by the guidance of the
good old saint, or his young aid Cupid,
that the result of chance led to just the
assignment that real hearts desired.
Little Ernest Waters made an admir-.
able Cupid.
w. Melvin WAS on visit to friends
here few days ago. He and his
brother were employees of McMullen
& Co., contractors OF this State and
were sent to New York 10 1898 by the
firm to assist in the construction OF
bridges. The boys are still in tho en-
ploy Of tho same contractors, who are
just commencing the building of q
double-track bridge in New Jersey for
the Pennsylvania railroad, which will
take eighteen months to complete.
After visit to bis parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. w. 7. Melvin, at Everett, the
young man returned East by q Cali.
fornia route.
Our little community felt q pang OF
regret on the announcement Saturday
OF the death of Mrs. Alice Goldstein,
in Seattle, as her girlhood days were
passed here. She was a daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. William Lemon, and
born on Cowlitz Prairie, her parents
having taken q donation claim there
in 1858, before taking up their resi-
dence here. She was married to Chas. |
Goldstein i'll 1881, and moved with
him to Seattle. He has been dead
several years. A daughter, Maud,
survives. The burial rites we're held /,
in Seattle Sunday, q number of Olym.
pia friends attending.
L. T. Parker, aged SIS. . prominent |
citizen OF Walla Walla, and once a |
leading politician in that county, and
afterwards contractor and builder at
several cities on the Sound. including
Olympia, where he resided on West.
side several years, committed suicide |
by pistol shot through the head at
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