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pass off to the full satisfaction of all who have
attended them, it is but reasonable to ex-
pect that their next entertainment will be
pleasant one, and equal to any"
ALARM BELL-The Firemen of Wash
ington Engine Company have made arrange
ments to purchase an alarm-b bell, to be placed
in their enine house, and at their meeting
last week instructed the Secretary, Mr. j D.
Cook, to order the bell Immediately from San
Francisco.
WE stated some weeks ago that Joint
Representative Sheets would not attend the
session of the Legislature this winter.
Since that time Mr. Sheets has so arranged
his business affairs that he can be in attend
ance, and on last Saturday he departed for
the capital.
The Marysville Express says an irrepressible
conflict is going on in the Republican party upon
the subject of rotation in Office. The ''outs"
making a raid to get the positions of the
Gins, ,, and the indications are that there will be
clean sweep of the present Office holders on
the Pacific coast. The Express is delighted at
the prospect of the rotation conflict, and thinks
il will possibly work out good to the country.
SHOOTING MATCH Es.-Mr. Edwin Pacy
commenced this week giving course Of
shooting matches, for poultry. The 6rst
occurred on Wednesday afternoon, near the
little creek at the mort west end of the
city, and afforded fine afternoons enjey-
ment to goodly number of persons who at
tended The matches will be continued at
intervals until the holidays
IT is reported that Jim Crow, the notori-
GUS thief and escaped convict, was killed re-
Gently, in row, at Hellgate.
MAT. BLEDsoE, convicted recently, in
the Circuit Court in Portland, of murder in
the second degree, has been sentenced to
the Penltentiary for life
THE Territorial Legislature convened at
Olympia on Monday No proceedings have
yet come to hand A sharp contest for the
speakership was anticipated; the candidates,
on both sides, being almost as numerous as
the aspirants for the Delegateship
RruNrDup Tho u,aotino sDpounood
in the dispatches last week as about to take
between Sherman and the Governors of some
of the Southern States-to fix upon terms
for the return of those States to the I'm
ions now set down as a photographic
blunder."
OVER one hundred of the Virginia City
Vigilance Committee are in Idaho Territory
in search of fugtives
THOMAS & Co.'S seighs have been max
ing the trip for a week past as far as Hen
aershott's, in the Grand Ronde valley. The
whole upper end of that valley is covered
with from six to ten inches Of snow On
this side the snow has not yet got more than
half way down the mountains.
RICH YIELDs.-The gold yield from the
I" GambriDus," (Boise Basin) is said to have
been $4,000 from the first weeks run of the
mill The Morning Star" and "Oro Elmo"
(Owyhee) have turned out near one ton of
bullion since the mill commenced running.
The Overland Stage Company has quit
carrying passengers from Boise City to Salt
Lake on account of snow on the Goose Greek
and Bear River mountains.
FoUND-A note for $3.50, in favor of I.
Bramall-signed by VIM. N. Reynolds
which the owner can have upon application
at this office.
LosT.-Somewhere in the city, ladies'
Fur belonging to Mrs. Capt. Shulock, of
Fort Walla Walla The finder will be re-
yarded upon returning it to Mrs. S. at the
Fort.
The Sacramento Bee says the exact Union
majority given at the Pennsylvania election in
October is at last authoritatiyely ascertained.-
1t says the official returns from all the counties
show a Union majority in the State Of 39l on
the home vote.
Hon S. S. Cox member of Congress from
of Mcclellan, in Indiana, was pounced upon by
an Abolition mob at Richmond and severely
beaten He was carried to Railroad station
by some friends, where his wounds received
proper treatment.
QUARTZ MILLs.-Three large, twenty
stamp quartz mills, belonging to Merritt,
Wilde & Co., Boston, are en- route for the
Owyhee mines They were manufactured
in Chicaoo and will leave the Missouri riv