, 1878-03-23
TOWN AND COUNTRY.
From the Daily Of Saturday.

The LITTLE MEN A reporter ol
the Standard recently while in con-
versation with Commodore Mutt
learned that he and the Major have
retired from the stage and will make
their home generally in that city
They will travel between Portland
and San Francisco, and their exten-
sive ranch in the Palouse country.
For the past fifteen years Mr.. J. d.
Mutt, their brother-and by the way
a man of usual stature-has been
experimenting the ranch. and herds
of cattle in which they are all inter
ested. A few days since the Com
modore purchased a large tract OF
land adjoining their place, and also
1900 head of.cattle with which the
stock it. On the last steamer from
San Francisco came '' little man
named VIM. Yeoman who sold to
Commodore number of fine blood
ed horses, which are coming via the
Sound. These brothers, whose
reputation reaches from the rising
to the setting sun, and who have
visited almost every court and cline
are satisfied to discard the stage
with its hattery and popularity, and
become citizens of Portland, in the
far west State of Oregon. Notwith-
standing the storms of the past nm
usual winter. they declare them
selves better pleased with that than
any other country they have visited,
and are satisfied to make it their
future home. 1t is the intention Of
these brothers to purchase property
in Portland, for which negotiations
are now pending.
LARcENY.-The case wherein l..
Shaffer, of Steilacoom, is charged
by Jesse Shepherd with obtaining
money under false pretenses, was
concluded in Justice Bybee's court
in Portland and the 6eiendent was
held to answer before the grand
jury, in the sum of 1000. Mr..
J. W. Whalley, attorney for the de-
fendant, in his argument before the
court, openly charged George Cog
gans, proprietor Of the St. Charles
hotel, with the larceny of the miss
ing money. He said that if larceny
had been committed, and be thought
Ahad, that Coggans was the guilty
BADLY CUT-Ihis afternoon, about
2L O'Clock. the waters at the American
House turned stream Of water on the
floor of the office, Intending to have q
general cleanup. While engaged in
this sanitary occupation, young CHS
naman employed in the hotel as cham-
bermaid, came down stairs. and as ne
entered the office one of the walters
playfully turned the hose upon him. de-
luging him with water. We all know
the Chinese have no reason, and for
this playful trick of the waiter John be>
canned indignant and struck him with a
black:ng brush which he held in his
hand. This aroused the bile of the
waiter, who at once seized the hose and
struck John several heavy blows on the
side of the head, causing the claret to
flow quite freely. The Chinaman ran
out and rushed up the street, taking
good care to catch the blood il his hand
and rub it over his face as he ran, so
that when he re ached Occidental Square
he was an object frightful TO behold.
Here he met Marshall Thorndyke, who
at once proceeded with him to the hotel
and arrested the offending waiter.
The Walla Walla Statesman hears
of an old settler named Miller, liv-
ing near Dayton, who has literally
lost all his possessions. His pre-
emption claim was"jumped." and on
examination of the papers, it was
found that he had never had the
claim properly described. He next
fell back on his Homestead" Of
which he had been in possession be-
tween eight and nine years, and
here again the papers were at fault,
and so at the end of half genera
ton he finds himself without an
acre of land that he can call his own.
STOPPED ON TIE RoAp.-About II
O'Clock last nj ,ht man named Carr
penter, who for a few days has been
employed on the Dakota, while pro-
ceeding to his residence out on the tele-
graph road, and when about the same
spot where the man Haagenson was
murdered, he says he was stopped by
man who ordered him to halt and throw
up his hands. Carpenter Immediately
turned and fed towards town, and did
to saloon, where he related his adven>
ture to couple of policemen.
THE Tribune of last evening
made stupid blunder in saying
that the party at Reinig's Hall
last evening was given by the
Myrtle Club, when in fact it was
merely a gathering of school
children. Our contemporary can
always tell when the Myrtle's S
give a party, by referring to the
Dispatch.
The Historian says the steamer
Pelican, plying between Coos Bay
and San Francisco, has been so,d
and is being reitted and strengthen
ed fora aan-of-war. To whom she
is sold remains mystery. some think
she is sold to Mexico, others to some
South America republic. She ma,