, 1878-05-04
Personal.


was at Idaho city.
effic ent sheriff, handsome and well deserved
notice
Among the recent arrivals at the Slime
House, We notice the name Of Capt Stump, of
the NJrihrcst.
Parties contemplating settlingin thislocality,
would do well to either call upon or write to
Chas. ". Frush before purchasing lands.
Uncle Jake Miller. who has besn visit
ing the upper country in company with Mr..
Fettis. the present mail contr actor, returned to
the city on Tuesday.
Nh. ". y. Wallace, Of the firm OF J. H.
Day & Co, the well known and popular drug
gists, has purchased handsome residence in
the southern portion Of the city.
Judge Mix, Col. I.asatar. Mr.. Isham, and
other members Of the WaIla Walla bar. are at
Perdeton, where they have important suits be-
fore the district court, now in session at that
place.
Chas Hopkins, esq.. editor, and one Of the
prcplietcrs Of the Paiouse Gazette. paid the
STATESMAN ci!ice visit on Monday last. The
G,t-ctte is 4 good local paper, and We are pleas
ed to bear that is IN prosperous condition
As intimated in the last issue Of the STATES
MAN, Col. Green has been ordered to the COM
mand of Fort Boise. Our Boise friends will
.in,! the colonel first class gentleman, sol
der, and a man worthy Of the greatest respect
Tie STATESMAN regrets to learn of the con-
tinued Illness OF the wife of Hon. Dan Drum
heller, Of Umatilla county. Our friend has
been sorely afflicted, and in his sorrows has
the sympathy Of a large circle Of friends, all OF
whom trust that the dark cloud viii soon pass
Away.
One day this week, there were registered at
the Slime House the names of parties hliling
from New York, Chicago, San Francisco.
Leavenworth, Philadelphia, aud other principal
cites This, while apparently 4 small matter,
demonstrates that or city is attracting the at
scntior Of the outside world.
Mrs. Ingle, wife Of Hon T. Iryle. of Una
tiila county, Oregon, has gone to visit her Old
home and friends III Illinois, from whom she
has been ai,6ent Il period of - yesss- Mrs,
lngie left home a young woHl:;E she returns
an elderly matron, the mother Of q highly re-
specteI family. We wish her a pleasant trip
and speedy return.
Miss Bette Buttcrfeld, youiis laly who
for several Years has been eIaployed as com
poS!t"r il the STATESMAN oifi.a leaves by 10.
days stage on visit t. her mother. living near
Heppner, Umatii!a county, Oregon She VIII
lie accompanied by her sister Maggie, wife Of
CAPT - IL Go7man We wish our friends Il
pleasant tip and speedy return.
After repeated failures to find Che final
resting place Of the Artic explorer, Sir John
Franklin, another attempt, under the auspices
Of Il prominent scientific association of New
York, is to We made Lieut. $chwa:k.,, an
Oregon boy, and well known to many q our
readers, Is to have command % this expedition,
the ; CT .aTy of war having granted him i'll
definite leave Of absence
Ii is not The length or manner Of 4 speech but
the matter it contains that takes with the peo-
pie Of Nevada. The Detroit FIRE. Press tur
niShes verbatim report Of the effort of one
If NeYa,la'S statesin n at the last election, rs
follows: "Fellow comtrymen, follow me to
yonder saloon, and il is unnecessary Tor us to
state that these spirited remarks aroused the
enthusiasm Of the multitude, and elected the
candidate by "a large majority.
In Portland they are not oalv delighted but
surprised ut the workings of the telephone its
CAPABILITIES fer transmitting sound being re
gs.r,IeI rs something amazing. Nothing, abSo-
lutcly nothing, wher compared t. the facilities
eniayed by sever..! old maids of an adjoining
town As diSS llin2tarS Of sHall-taik and
gossip tLete.n give tho telephone several points,
and thei. win the game by L large majority.
MIR. ,Jcha Goodwin, oae Of the wealthy
citizens OF Columbia county, pad the STATES
MAN Office n visit on Wednesday last. Ten
Years ago Nh Goodwin came to this section a
poor man. Last year he paid the local rail
road over seven hundred dollars for the trans
portatiGn Of only :; portion of his crop to The
river, anu this year, with average good luck, he
viii increase that figure. MIR. GuadwinS 5 case,
Ike many Others, proves that, IN tins country,
al that Is necessary f. accumulate fortune Is
patient, honest Industry.
While war between Russia and England
would probahly prove financial blessing to
our TaopIe, st;Il It w0uli have its drawbacks
-I,,4s iIna9iHa the average Oregon paper, now
lreie.te,! With entertaining and graphic reports
Of the noble game Of baseball, filed Ito the
muzz,." with nothing more exciting than
thrilling descriptions of bloody battles. In this
cas-. the law ot compensation would once more
b. forcil,ir illustrated. However, wheat at
81 - l.! bushel Is hardly sufficient coIal'en-
s:t!on far the loss of iae baseball news.
Nall2 Walla is singrl!arly free from TIE class
Of men referred to IN this paragraph, fTom the
Ilaho lrGl,..cEe. What dreary and fOriorn
life 4 man must lead who goes forth in the
1noriIin- and makes the rounds of every public
resort N the toHn, idling away valuable time
1t each. and seeming to have no more regard
for the present or future than II dumb animal
would have. Day after Jay he goes throush
the melancholy task, ploddns along through
life monument Of his own worthlessnesS,
lack of energy, and everything else that goes
to make up active and honorable manhood