The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1874-11-06
HONE NEWS.


No more corns, bunions, and slow
healing wounds, burns or bruises.
remedy.
those having rags, bottles, or Junk to
ulspose OF, can find sale for the same at
Ihe Junk Store, corner of Oak and
Front streets.
Bradley, Marsh s. Co. continue TO as
tonlsh their numerous customers by the
variety, quality, aud low prices of their
extensive stock Of merchandise.
It is said that a large and commodi-
Gus hotel is soon 10 be erected in this
city on the site Of the Cosmopolitan. 1t
Is TO be brick structure aud elegantly
finished.
Rev. Neil Johnson, one Of Oregon's
venerable pioneer ministers, wi II occupy
the pulpit Of the First Presbyterian
Church in this city, on next Sunday
morning.
Call upon c. Z. DuBoise, the enter
prisinS furrier on First street, and he
will ft you out in a set of furs that will
enable you TO laugh at the prediction of
cold winter.
There are now in attendance at the
public schools of Portland over 200
pupils. II costs the city g, 500 per
month TO run The public schools, or S3O-
600 per annum.
The Garibaldi leaves this port to-day
bound for Hong Kong. She will bear
hence q large number OF Chinese, whom
some freak Of fortune or circumstance
waftsagain to the 'Flowery Kingdom"
II you wish a juicy steak, tender
mutton chop, or anything in that line,
step into the peoples Markell on
Hamhill street, between First aud Sec
ond, and W. n. Harrison will serve
you.
Street preaching still continues in
this city on Sabbath afternoons Audi
ences are large, well-Ordered, and at
tentive. We learn that they will con-
tinue until the inclemency of the
weather prevents.
Geo. L. Hibbard & Co., wholesale
manufacturers ofand dealers in boots and
shoes, invite the attention of purchasers
to the quality and prices of their large
stock, made and unmade. Patronize
home industries if you wish to stop the
cry Of 'hard times"
McCOrmick's City Directory for 1870
is being complied with the usual care,
and will be published on or before the
medium, the Directory is invaluable,
while its usefulness to citizens and
strangers is alike Indispensable.
The Pacific Boot and Shoe Store is
now in full blast in the St. Charles
building, corner of Front and Morrison
streets. An immense addition was
made to their stock by the last steamer.
Everything in their line will be found
here, fashionable, servicable and cheap.
The Monthly Concert of the Taylor
Street NJ +. Church took place last Sun
day. a varied and well-executed pro- 1
gramme attested the interest and labor 1
of the managers and performers, while 4
the closely packed lecture room bore |
witness TO the general interest mani
tested.
The Unitarian Chapel was crowded on
Sunday evening on the recurrence of
the annual harvest concert. The hall |
was tastefully decorated, and the partici-
pants acquitted themselves admirably. |
Gen. o. o. Howard addressed the audi /
ence at the conclusion Of the regular /
exercises in a pleasing and acceptable /
manner.
We learn that our esteemed friend |
Mrs. L. +. Victor will shortly take her
her departure for Aalmeda, California,
where she expects to remain during the
winter, in company with a sister re-
Gently from the East. We unite with
numerous friends in wishing her pros
porous and speedy voyage, a pleasant
sojourn, and ultimately a safe return to
our State.
The National Business College is one
Of the most useful institutions found
within our city. The instruction i'm
parted is alike thorough and practical.
Special attention is called to the ladies'
department, where opportunity is given
to women and girls TO learn the art of
telegraphy. We hope to see the oppor-
tunity thus given improved by a num-
Der sufficient to fill the department to
its utmost capacity.
We received several weeks since
specimen of what Oregon can do in the
way of hops, from our esteemed friend
Mrs NJ. 4. Geer, of Butteville. The
specimen sent is three inches long, and
was, when picked from the vine, four
and five-eights inches around. The
lady further says of the crop, that "All
are large and very fine, and we have
got them dried in fine order and expect
for them 4 good price" We hope the
expectations mentioned may be real
ized, and beg our friends pardon for the
taTdiness Of this acknowledgment Of her
favor.
The second lecture In the course en-
gagged by the obliging and enterprising
proprietor Of the Oregon Museum was
delivered in Museum Hall on Tuesday
evening by DR.. Atkinson, to a small but
appreciative audience. The lecture in
itself contained a fund of information at
once valuable and reliable, while the
curiosities displayed on every hand rem
der visit to the Museum both delight
ful and instructive. Mr.. Wood deserves
great credit for the energy displayed in
rendering this place attractive and in
structive, and we hope to see his effort:
better appreciated by our citizens in The
future than they have been in the past
Chaplain Van Horn, of Vancouver, viii
deliver the third lecture in the series
next Tuesday evening. Let the hall b'
filled.
NpWc ITEMS