The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-07-21
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Noon-day prayer-meetings are con-
tinued at the rooms of the Y. NJ. c. A.
Rev. T. L. Eliot. of this city, sailed
from New York to Europe on the Goth
ult
Fl. w. Scott and wife expect to reach
their home in this city about the 18th
of August.
The annual revenue from city licenses
amounts to SO, 500. OF this saloons pay
large proportion.
Guy Howard, eldest son of General o.
o. Howard, has been appointed to
lieutenancy in the regular army.
Members Of Portland Lodge, /. o. G.
T., propose to give a festival for the
benefit of the lodge in short time.
It took six coaches, including the
Presidents car, to convey the eXcuT-
siOnists to Albany on Monday evening.
The funeral of the late Samuel Sher-
lock took place from Trinity Church on
Monday afternoon, and was largely at
tended.
The expenses OF the Portland Fire
Department, according To the report
of the Chief Engineer, for the fiscal year
were Sl8,45S 95.
Mournful reminders of the late flood
the dying shade trees, dead shrubbery,
dilapidated sidewalks, and pungent
odors i'm the lower part of the city.
Every body reads Charles Dexter's adj
vertisement of the "Bay View House" 4"
and many, enticed by the inviting pic
ture, have proceeded thiJherward 10 en-
joy it.
The proceedings of the Conveu-
tion of Liberalists held in this city Cen
tennial week will be found on the out
side of this issue of the New NORTH
WEST.
Five persons, four ladies and one gen.
tleman, received teachers certificates at
the recent public examination con-
Quoted by the new school supcrintend-
ent for Multnomah county.
Captain Z. A. Starr, well known
steamboat man on the Sound, and for
merly of this city, died very suddenly
i'm his state-rOom on board the "Annie
Stewart" at Olympia on Friday of last
week.
The exodus to the seaside has fairly
commenced. This, together with the
absence of many at the Centennial, and
the lull that always follows festivities,
causes our thOrOughfares to be exceed
ingly quiet.
Attempts to pump water from the
flooded cellars and sunken lots in the
lower part of the city progress slowly,
Meanwhile, the water grows green and
yet greener, and emits odoTs strong and
yet stronger, as the slow process OI
evaporation goes on.
The women who have worked 81
faithfully and efficiently in the Young
-
city, will doubtless feel encouraged tC
further efforts by the action of the In
ternatiOnal Convention of the same a
Toronto, which peremptOrily refused tt
admit women.
A new company has been formed e
engage in transportation on the vii
lammette River. Three new boats will
be built-one to ply between this place
and Oregon City, and two to run on tn,
upper river. A portage will be made
between Oregon City aud Canemah by
a horse railway, as in former years.
The occasion of the ninth anniversary
of the institution of Nonpariel Lodge,
o. @. T., was celebrated by members
and friends in an appropriate and enjoy
able manner on Wednesday evening O
last week. The hall was beautifully
decorated, music was discoursed
speeches were male, and refreshment
served. All unite in wishing ami
versary night came more frequently.
The excursion to Albany on Monday
evening was a pleasant affair, judginI
from the glowing accounts that reacl
US. The party consisted of the Mayo
of this city, members of the Centennia
Executive Committee, several member
of the Council, representatives, of tn
press, the principal officers of the Port
land Fire Department, and large mum
ber of ladies aud gentlemen of inhuenc
and prominence, numbering in all owe
200 persons.
In the proceedings of the Unite
States District Court on Saturday W
find the following: Willamette Rive
Transportation Company VS.. the Ore
gon Steam Navigation Company: dt
cree for libellant for 81, ,335 -withou
costs for collision of Beaver an
Hayward" at Astoria; respondent ar
pealed Same VS.. same: decree fC
libellant for 50, ,764 without costs for co
lisiOn of "Willamette Chief and "JOsi
McNear" at st. Johns; appealed.