The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1879-07-10
HOME NEWS.

Gen. +. B. Babbitt, who was stricken
with paralysis a short time since, Is bet
ter.
Several fine dwellings are being built
in different parts Of the city by promi-
4t eff aBs.
gsdn Larabee, Of Seattle, w. T.,
a-a niger by the Oregon on Tues
lay morning.
Governor Thayer has pardoned two
more couVIets, John Harpole aud Ed
ward Beion ge.
Owing O. he superior finish and excel
leace OF work, Abell stands pre-eminent
as @ photographer. Give him a
c-n.
The fourth annual meeting Of the
Oregon State Homeopathic Medical So
c'afv was held in this city during the
week.
The State Fair will commence
Wednesday October lst. 1t will con-
-nue until Thursday, the 9th, and pos
sibiy until Friday.
IarT -street Church has juven-
lie temp ee organization, with Mas
ter Frank Northrup President and Judge
Capies, Jr. Secretary.
The impostor who was recently col
Letting money in parts of this State for
subscriptions to the Oakland Journal Of
FIstion. has been captured.
The display of fireworks, which was
prevented on the evening of the Fourth
by the rain. will be given next Satur-
Jay night al East Portland Park.
Two men. Bob Elder and Chas. Will
son, severely beat L. r. Neal in East
Portland on the Fourth, and then left.
They have not yet been captured.
A number Of prizes have been secured
for the printers picnic, to be given on
the 10Th, aud are on exhibition at Fishel
d Roberts clothing establishment.
IDe Oregon carried away the largest
shipment of wool ever made from this
port on Tuesday morning-2,0 600 bales of
200 pounds each, valued at over $50, ,OOO
J. x. Gin & Co. will occupy quarters
iu the new block on First street. be-
tween Stark and Oak. The entrance TO
t.eIr Wholesale department will be on
stark street.
r. II. Thompson won the silver
trumpet for The best time made in the
l3ot-race in East Portland on the Fourth.
After considerable squsbbling, it was
given 90 bin.
Bsmenyi viii make his farewell ap- 4
rzaraDce &C New Market Theater next
saturday evening. II is to be hoped be .
wili oe met With as large an audience
.s bis merit deserves.
The National Employment Bureau is
al the cottage, l07 Morrison street, op-
p0sile the post offie. Mrs. Eli Jones
superintends the ladies' department. J.
Russell Jones, manager.
Ex-senator Mitchell has sailed for
San Francisco on a business trip, which
may perhaps take him as far east as
Ogden, 60 which event he will return
home By way of Eastern Oregon.
Nessrs. r. W. Corbett, J. y. Dolph
and r. K0hleT have been elected Direc-
tors of the .. :. y. Co, u fill the vacan-
cies caused by the resignation Of Messrs.
w. S. Ladd. Walter Thompson and
Geo. ]. AinswOrth.
Notice the advertisement Of Tbomp-
son, DeHart E Co. Theirs is the most
eZ Ztensive hardware business in the
State, occupying all the stories Of the
building running from Front to First
street, on Namhill.
j. NJ. Bumgardner, convicted of
forgery, spends his time in writing
musings He will have other occu-
patton az Salem. Too bad a man Of his
education aud command of language
should be so lacking in principle.
There having been some dissatisfac-
tiou among the foot-racers at the result
of the contest 10 East Portland last Fri
Iav, another prize has been offered, a
silver ce-pitcher, TO be competed for
next Sunday at East Portland Park.
People in need Of any kind Of staple
dry goods or groceries will do well to
patrouize the Great American Store of
Comsiock d. Phuger, who are making a
forced sale Of their goods. Second
street, between Morrison and Namhill.
A young hardware merchant Of Tur-
uer's Station, named Halstead, disap-
peared O week ago, and nothing has
since been heard Of his whereabouts.
His hr1iher has been in Portland for
severll days trying TO learn something
O. him. He eft a wife and three chill
dren.
Ar p. Couklin, a representative of
Frank Les e's New York publishing
house, is visiting the Pacific Northwest,
gathering material for a publication en-
titled, "rhe Picturesque Northwest to
be issued IN 1850. He will pass the
Sum mer in cortland, and all cOmmuni-
cations vii. reach him here.
mr. Buchtel, the popular photogra-
Dhsr, bias BE- led and beautified his gal
ierv, corner First and Morrison streets.
His skyiight is the finest in the State,
and is the only one that will permit
taking fine pictures at all hours Of the
day aud in all classes OF weather. Moth
ing but frst-class work allowed to leave
the gallery.
Among the passengers from Sitka,
Alaska, 10 ibis city by the steamer Cal
if0rnia, was Miss Sallie Ball, who is
probably the youngest Government
official holding a commission in the
nited States. The little miss, though
but twelve years of age, is the duly APP
pointed postm stress Of Sitka, and the
manner iu which every detail OF her
oilce BE- attended 10 is worthy Of aiop-
ton BY more than one Of the "Nasbys"
Of this State.
The changealle weather worries the
local ltemi1er on one Of the morning
paper MONDAY was cool, and he wrote,
-'-tlll cool ana cloudy which appeared |
laesday, ana tuesday was lawfully /
#arm.- lues4ay ne wrote, This kind
OF weather viii send people whirling TO
The seaside which appeared Wednes. /
day. aud Wednesday was quite cool and
cloudy. Morning, noon and night edi- /
tious are required TO enable him to de- /
scribe the weather without having his |
veracity doubted.
The trustees OF Willamette University
almost unanimously accepted Professor
Gatch's terms after a stormy debate.
lie is now said TO have power to employ
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