, 1878-04-27


Walla Statesman las never, hereto
=. fore, been known to say a good word
for any man living upon Puget
Sound. His departure from that
line in the following paragraph is
only for the opportunity it gives fol
q growi at the balance:
Fun AHEAD.-Should that al
ready bal-smelling. mythical body,
termed the Constitutional Conven-
ton, ever assemble. it is consoline
that on the list of delegates will be
found one man who will rise above
the average dead level of stupidity.
We allude to Frank Henry, OF
Thurston county, who in his way is
the wittiest man in the Washington
Territory. Insomuch as the con-
vention is to meet at Walla Walla,
this is consoling."
BEEF CATTLE.-S Sixteen thousand
head of cattle will be swan across
the Columbia river, driven out OF
Eastern Washington through Idaho,
over the Rocky Mountains and to
Cheyenne, in Wyoming Territory,
during the next three months. uA-
der the direction of Chaner Goodno.
Ten thousand head arc. for Lang X
Ryan. and six thousand head for
Edwards & Edenha1ter. These men
have been buying up all the beef
stock they could secure in this sec
ton for the past six months, and
the drove tLey take out this time
will beat anything in that line ever
before seen on the North Pacific
coast.
STEALING LUMBER. "A man named
Foster and his son, boy of 10, liv
ing on the beach near the old coal
wharf. were arrested last evening
charged with stealing quantity OF
hardwood lumber, belonging to Mr..
Smith, of White river, from a scow
lying at Yesler's wharf A small
quantity of the lumber was found
IN their possession. On being tax,
en- before Justice Scott, they plead
guilty and were fined respectively
S25 and $40, which, with the costs.
amounted to SAG, a pretty big price
for 50 worth of lumber. The fine
was-promptly paid and they were
discharged.
REFUSED TO WoRK.-Mr. Black
man, the street commissioner, in
forms us that under the instructions
of the City Council, he took the vag
confined in the Jail on the street to
work with him, but he refused to do
o stroke of work and was returned
to his old quarters, where he still
has the same food and accommoda-
tions that the other prisoners, who
do work, have. Under the circum-
stances we think little bread and
water would have a soothing effect
on hin and might bring him to his
senses.
MODEL HoTEI.J r Brouillette.
lerly} pened
TO be
and
ny 10 nous
heavL The cui
over h nv a first
was carr sfhe bedroom
= nured. VI Manufacture,
- A ,rnpment to any
Sc III A.e city. The la
parlor is one the most taste
Il furnished rd{ms in Oregon.
fui''e--e knows how to do it.
4 SERVE HIM R1GHT.-The Tacoma
(Heral ives fair notice to a hus-
band fat er in that Vicinity that un-
less he sists from the practice Of
brutslY oeating his wife and grown
up daug ter, I'VE shall feel in duty
boun.l 20 turn upon his guilty head
the scoro of an indignant people"
Would ot tie whipping-post be a
Consecutive instrumentality for the
correction of such offences than the
public press?
SHIr Bn1LDERs.-Mr. Allen, one
ola firm of ship builders from Bath,
Maine, as passenger on the Da-
kota Fl IN San Francisco, and
stopped at Gamble, He is here
looking for site for ship yard.
and is expected to locate in the
neighborhood of Utsalady, He will
be followed shortly by his brother,
who brings a gang of men, and who
will come up in sailing vessel.
CHARLES NEWELL, editor of the
Portland Herald during its last days,
since which time he has held a
clerkship in Washington, has re-
fnrned to Walla Walla, and it is
said will be associated with his faith
er in the management of the States
man. Charley is graceful and SEN
sible writer and genial and estl,
mable gentleman in social he. ana
is an honor to the craft.
DIR. LANE is agent for Kelly d
Coles patent Steam Dryer. This IS
the only Steam Fruit Drying appe-
rases for families now in use. One
of these Dryers can be seen at the M
L..