Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1908-04-24
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And again it rains and it blows.
Mr. ". O. Baker was in from Mud
Bay. yesterday.
Mr. J. T. Johnson. of Brlmore. was
in the city Tuesday.
Mrs. Virginia Tarhcll is visiting
relatives and friends in Tacoma.
The last payment Of 500 has been
made on thu High School piano.
Harry Allen and family are NOV
in to this city from Little Rock.
Mrs. ). X. Taylor, Of Oyster Bay.
visited friends in the city. this week
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Barnes are the
proud parents of Il baby boy. born
Monday.
Robert G.. Shore new Sawmill on
Long bridge will start work about
May lst.
Miss Hazel Ahcrn. who is attend
ing school in Tacoma. is up on visit
to her parents at Mud Bay.
The Black River Lumber company
whose mill was destroyed by fire last
week, have decided to rebuild.
Mrs. Frank Kinney. Mrs. J. r.
Welty. Miss Jessie Bryant and Miss
Ruby Swan are on the sick list.
Mrs. Geo. ". Hopp gave an en-
joyablc bridge party at her home on
Franklin street. yesterday afternoon.
Evan henderson. of Tacoma. died
in Tumwater, where he was on a
brief visit, Tuesday. He died Of
apopleXy.
The National Wood Pipe company
is about to install an electric plant to
furnish their own power for operating
the factory.
The funeral of Mrs. f. Libby, who
died Sunday morning, was held yes
terday afternoon from the Presby-
terian church.
w. E. Yelverton has been award
ded the contract for building the
new school. house in the northeastern
part of the city.
Miss Maud Sprague. of Neville,
and Robt. Bonner, of Seattle, were
united in marriage in the latter city
on the 10th inst.
Mrs. Oscar Zandell has returned
to her home at Kamilche, after a visit
to her mother-in-law, Mrs. f. Fan
dell of this city.
The Wright Brothers have broken
ground for a large concrete store
building, on the northeast corner of
Fourth and Water streets,
James Radcliffe, an old-time resi-
dent of this city, is on visit to old
time friends here. He has lived sew
eral years in Bellingham, but lately
removed to Tacoma.
Frank Weston, of the firm Of
Graham & Weston, BARRIERS, left
Tuesday morning for Greene, Iowa,
having been called there by the seri-
Gus illness of his mother.
Frank Dickinson is at St. Peters
hospital. DR.. Coffee, a noted spec
ialist of Portland, will arrive this
afternoon to perform an operation
to remove a growth from his stOm-
ach.
The STANDARD erred last week
when it stated that Frank Holman
met with an accident at Vaughn. 1t
was his brother Ode, who is rapidly
recovering from severe cut on the
head.
G.. P. Robinson, of San Francisco,
General Superintendent of the Sunset
company, and J. H. CorcOran, of the
Seattle division, were here Tuesday,
on a general tour of inspection of the
telephone service.
Mrs. Nellie C. Horst was granted
divorce yesterday from J. H:
Horst, on the plea of neglect and
non-support, and was given the
custody of her five children and the
farm on Bush Prairie.
The stock of liquors of the Taus-
cher saloon at TeninO, was sold yes
terday by Sheriff Connolly, to satisfy
liens that were placed about q year
against the stock. The saloon has
been closed in the meantime.
The management of the Northern
Pacific Railway have promised to i'm
prove their depot grounds by grad
ing and building new sidewalks, in
the near future, at the suggestion of
the Civic Improvement Club.
Alfred Anderson, the Big Swede'
charged with robbery, and held to
answer in the Superior Court, has
been released on bail furnished by
his mother. who lives at Bellingham
who is reported to be wealthy.
Lorenz Kratz was granted a d.
vorce yesterday, from his wife Sarah,
and is required to pay her $500 and
an attorney fee Of 800. He retains
all the realty and personal property.
They were married last Summer.
The Lyric theater, the first and
best of it's class, continues to draw
the better part of the community to
its varied attractions. 1t is indeed
a delightful place to while away an
hour or two before retiring to Dream
land.
Fred Schonard, an enterprising
citizen of Thurston county, living
near Plum Station, was in the city
Tuesday. He has recently purchased
from Mr.. T. J. Kegley four nice resi-
dence lots in the southern part of
town.
l. A. Good, custodian of the Odd
Fellows Library. and Miss Fannie
Carpenter, saleslady at hoffman s,
were married Monday, at Orting,
where they had gone to attend the
convention of the Rebecca degree
lodge
Mrs. W. T. Hoskins, of Terra
Haute, Indiana, will soon arrive to
be at the bedside of her father, An
drew Chambers, during his present
severe illness. Mrs. A. A. Denny
and Mrs. Calhoun, other daughters.
are present from Seattle.
The body of Otto Johanson, drowned