, 1878-12-14
(FROM THURSDAYS D4LLT)


HEARAFrEE the DAILY STATESMAN will be
punctually at four ready for delivery
If this weather lasts through the holidays
it Will add very materially to the profits OF
our merchants
WE call the attention of our readers to
the new advertisement of DIR. W. ID. Whee-
ler He holdsa diploma frcm the medical col
lese at Cincinnati Ohio, and will be found
courteous gentleman and good physician.
FRozES-The pond at the garrison, used
to water the horses, was frozen hard this
morning At present 4 number of soldiers
are digging a ditch to convey the water to a
more convenient point nearer the stables
REc0y yEI:ING-Nrs- H. Parker's many
| friends viii learn With satisfaction that both
herself and child are rapidly recovering from
their late illness. DIR. Davis has been the
attsnding physician, managing this compli-
Gated case with skill and well deserved
merit.
BArrIsr MEETiNG.-Those Interested in
the erection Of il Baptist church in this city
will bear in mind that meeting is called to
meet at Rev. Dr. Eagans church this eycn-
IN. at : o'clock, to take measures concern
ing his object. All those interested N tins
work shoUii be promptly on hand.
roNiE>.-Cayusc ponies are again i'll the
market at pretty low figures. Yesterday af
ternoon. and part of this morning, third
street Was lined with these innocent look
Ing little beasts from the STATESMAN office
IL Nam street. We noticed one that was
offered, saddle, bride and all, for fifteen
dollars
OK LEAvE--fhat popular commander,
Capt. Troupe, of the steamer JchR G,tt,>, is
al present in san francisco enjoying a short
vacation after long spell OF interrupted
duty at the wheel. Captain Gray Is III tenn
pocary command Of the GaieS At present
there are but two steamers runring on the
upper river, the Gaieg aid iimotu.
Orr TgE NAsEIHGGoH. 4 few days
our respected towHs,nar, hlr. Phillip Ritz,
w.il take his departure foc Washington,
whittier he goes in the interests of the
N"rihen Pacific road. Mr.. Ritz Is a gen
t!eman OF acknowledged ability, anA viii,
no doub;. do al in his power to advance our
Interest IN the road : hilc at the the Capitol.
DO" sssYyrJe' &
EyXAwsy. esterlay towards evening
the team attached to the St Louis hotel
coach, concluding that they had stood quite
long enough awaiting the pleasure of their
lord and master, took lively spin oa their
account down Main street towards the de-
pct, near which they We're stopped and
brought back, the coach sustaining no
further injury than broken pole. Moral
hitch your team III the future
NEARLY FINISHED. Messrs Shepperi and
! Spauldiag have pretty nearly finished sIaugh
tering what hogs they intend shipping to
Portland this winter. So lar about 2i00
: have been killed, salted and shipped We I'M
: derStand that they viii ship Some three hun-
dred more, which VIII finish this season 5
work. They also say that, should this sea-
sons venture prove profitable, they will erect
packing house at Wailula next summer
\ STRANGE FUYERsL.-The other morning
the residents in the Eastern part of the city
We're aroused by the most unearthly and dis
nal hellowing Imaginable Rushing to the door
we behed from twenty to thirty cows evident
" hereft Of sense following the remains of one
OF their defuBct companions being hauled off
by a cart. Although a man on horseback was
doing all in his power 10 DIVE the beasts back,
they only beloved the louder and dashed after
the cart, determined to pay their last tribute
TO their species. Who says that dumb beasts
, have no sympathies.
: COURT.-A case is new on trial before
Register Morrison, at the land office, be-
tween NJ. Alohler and Nez Peree In
dian named Charley. The land in contest
is situated on the Alpowa and tie case will,
1t Is said. bring out some interesting and in
tricate points. Charley it appears il nat
urallzed citizen aud tosk Up the land under
: the homestead act, while Mr.. AIOhler is en-
! deavoring to obtain the same by pre-emp-
ton. Both sides ere we'll represented by le-
! with interest.
) MORE Good INDIAYS.-Tbree moret In
dlans supposed to have been connected With
the murder of Geo. Coggan have been tried
at Pendleton. Apo. being found guilty,
VIII suffer the penalty of the law on the l1th
OF January, at which time ne will be dis
patched to meet his comrades IN the happy
hunting grounds where buHal0es are said to be
IN quantities to satisfy the Indian heart.
. Peo procured an abb, and thus far has
saved himself. lie Lach Led proved himself
innocent and accordingly received his ac-
.. quital-
BETTER NOT COME HERE-One Of that nu-
merons band of quack doctors that Unrest
our Coast, with no particle of concience or
scruple. having simply the desire TO gain an
easy livelihood by experimenting with the
lives OF the ignorant and deceived, has lately
come into nctonety IN the little town of
Dixon. II appears that this ':chevalier a.
industrie" has not only been experimenting
on the bodies of the DiAomteS but has tap
ped their pockets pretty cieyerly as well;
until one fine morning DIR. II Henry H.
Honberger this being our heroes name)
packed up his little vaiise and vanished like
the early mornings mist from their gaze.
Subsequently, he turned up in the San Fran
: cisco police court with charge Of assault
and battery on a woman registered against
l his name, for which he was fined one hund
red and fifty dollars or seventy days in the
: county jail, where he now ponders over the
: proverb ''that the way Of the transgressor is
hard" We notice as a singular coincidence
that on his arrival in San Francisco he drop
2 ped the DIR. Now, friend Honberger. don't
come this way, for if You do we viii give
: you send off that will carry you clear into
Sitka