The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1879-07-24
HOME NEWS.
Rose Eytinge is a grandmother.
New Market Theofar etflt closad

w Fredlsnder, jeweler, on Firsi
street has failed.
Mrs. P. d. Giltner came up on The
State Of California.
Hon. J. b. Montgomery arrived iy
the State Of California.
Or. Griffin, Of Albany, gave Us a
pleasant call yesterday.
The steamer California will sail for
northern ports on the 3lst.
Special meeting of the Portland Board
of Fire Delegates this evening.
Charley Lee Quong was found guilty
Of murder in the second degree.
The steamer Ohio is again ready for
service on the Upper Willamette.
Competent judges predict the heaviest
harvest ever garnered in the State.
A commodious wharf is being built
near the ferry landing in East Portland.
The establishment Of Clarke & Hen
dersou was attached on Tuesday for
S25, 500.
A man named Garroty, from Umatilla
county, has been committed to the in
sane asylum.
Mrs. A. c. Hillman, who has been i'll
for some weeks with typhoid fever is
cOnvalescing.
Mr.. I. a. Macrum, County Superin-
tendent of Schools, is again able TO be
on the streets.
Mr.. Sig. Fox, OF Albany, who has
been ill for some time, died at that
place last Friday.
The colored citizens Of Portland met
on Tuesday evening and formed an i'm
migration society.
A "grand dress calico ball" was given
at Turn Halle last night by Excelsior
Lodge No. ], X. Of p.
Governor Thayer has pardoned T. J.
Blake, sentenced to the penitentiary
from this city for forgery.
Mr.. Alisky, of the firm Of Alisky &
Hegele, confectiOners, looks much inn
proved by his trip to Alaska.
Hon. Thos. \. Brents, delegate to
Congress from Washington Territory,
arrived by the State Of California.
The English eleven of cricketers de-
feated the American eleven yesterday
on the grounds south Of Portland.
Manager Mcguire is in San Francisco
making arrangements to secure attrac-
tions for the next dramatic season.
Owing to the superior finish and excel
lence Of work, Abel stands pre-eminent
as a photographer. Give him a
call.
Mr. +. r. Hill, the artist, has pre-
scented Willamette Engine Company
No. I with an oil painting Of Mount
Adams
The Hebrew Sunday School has 130
scholars. Rev. NJ. May is Superintend-
ent; Miss Flora Abrahams aud Miss
Gussie Selling, orgauists.
Enough rails for twelve miles Of road,
and a fifteen-ton locomotive and tender
were received here this week for the
Willamette Valley and Coast Railroad.
It is said the o. s. y. Co. will soon
build a side-wheel steamer that, for fin
ish and dimensions, will be far ahead OF
anything now on the Willamette OF
Columbia.
Captain John O'Brien, of San Fran
cisco, one of the force of the old Bulletin
in this city, but now on the call in the
former place, will visit Oregon about
the lst proXimO.
The married eleven Of the Cricket
Club defeated the single eleven last
Saturday. Young men aspiring for
hOnOrs on either the cricket or ball fields
will take notice.
The Army and Navy Journal an
uounces the engagement of Miss Grace
Howard, daughter OF General o. o.
Howard, to Mr.. James T. Gray, Captain
Of the steamer Luriine.
The National Employment Bureau /.
at the cottage, JOY Morrison street, op-
posite the post Oflie. Mrs Eli Jone.
superintends the ladies' department. J
Russell Jones, manager.
St. Paul's Episcopal Church at Salem
is going 10 give picnic az the park a.
Aurora on the % Of August. Partici
pants will be taken from all the points
between Portland aud Albany.
The address delivered by Judge Dead,
to the graduates of the State Universit,
at Eugene last month has been printed
in pamphlet form. Hines the Prlnte
put out the work in neat style.
Tomorrow night George Wright Post
G.. A. r., will hold an open meeting ang
social reunion at their hall, corner Firs
and Madison streets, to which Unior
soldiers and their wives are invited.
The opium habit is not on the decline
Two men, William Patterson and Thos
Lee. were fined SO each on Monday fo
visiting an opium den. All Chum, th,
proprietor, was fined 500 for keepin,
the house.
Mr.. S. c. Reed and family have re
turned, after an absence of more than
year. a large party of ladies and gen
tlemen, on board the steamer whicl
bears his name, welcomed the gentleman
at Astoria.
The ladies Of the Congregational SOci
ETY. will give concert at their churcl
tomorrow evening for the benefit Of thu
vestry fund. Nearly all the prominen
amateurs in the city will assist In tn
entertainment.
On Tuesday, Mr.. F. G. Abell, the pho
tographer, and Mr.. Ed. r. Hill, tn
artist, left this city for a tour to the vi
cinity Of Mt Hood. They will TAX
numerous views and sketches Of scene
along the route.
Designing mammas at Saratog
Springs are trying TO ensnare Dr. Pau
NJ. Brenan as a husband for one OF thei
charming daughters. What a giddl
butterfly Of fashion the great and onll
Bren6n must be
The Handel and Haydn Society hav
elected Edward Failing President, Sec
retarv and Treasurer; NJ. o. LOwnsdale
p. c. Schuyler, J. A. Packard and c
Hegele, Directors; w. II. KinrOss, Con
ductor; J. f. Johnson, Librarian.
Mount Hood Hook and Ladder Com
pany, Of East Portland, netted abOu
5000 by the celebration. Most peopl
object to paying for airing their patriot
ism, but the Portland people put up
their half-dollars without a murmur.