, 1879-02-01
Concentrations from Exchanges.

Lewiston JueilateS over telephone thrs
: quarters of mile long. The telephone is
wonderful feat in science
The Weston Leader wants the Wa;chma
TO send the Dayton Ne,rS ''yaller dors
1t can't be done; al the good dogs 90
poisoned.
The Lewiston IslIer is in doubt whethe
TO believe the STATESMAN or the Cnioa Be
heve Ms Leland, We are unlike G. W, W,
eoA lie, but then you know We lH0Rt
We are glad our exchanges can appreciat,
good thing when they see 1t IN the STATES
MAN. But wouldn't it make You feel 4 ltt,,
better boys to give MS the credit occasionally
No fear of famine in Lewiston ,leposi,
of eatable clay has been found that make.
good pies. 1t is rather good thing 70,
some of the people, for it makes good white
wash.
The Teller IS the only up country paper
We can find anything fresh in this week, as
usual it Is q bloody and bold resoiute" II
snuas the eetters up of the petition for How.
ards removal. That's right.
At the dinner given by the ladies' Of Yaki.
ma City IN honor of the return of the volun.
teerS, over four hundred persons did Justice
to the good things, instead of one hundred,
as stated by us in a recent issue
Those military orders published in the
Standard are Published without authority
and by mistake. 1t is only rehash Of or.
ders that We're given last summer by Howard
during the Bannack War and mean nothing.
A letter from the Wallowa valley SAYS ::
This beautiful valley, situated In Union
county, Oregon, informs US that the weather
has been quite niili. and that grass and va
ter is plenty, and that live stock of all kinds
are looking well,
Several settlers who have "studied and
observed, are about to remove from the
Palouse country to the AsSotin, this side of
Snake river, where the attitude is much less
and the climate eorrespondingly warmer, SO
says the Ttler. and we know the same for :
fact.
The Portland &GH|GI complains of the
non-arrivai Of the STATESMAN. All right
Tom, We are a man of fixed principals, .
and don't care much what happens as long
as it does not bother Us. We get the Stand
ard regularly and couldn't really do without
it.
Weston is assuming metropolitan AIRS she
| is afflicted with the dog nuisance, and wants
a banking house. The Leader man repud-
iates with scorn the idea that he is in love.
Never mind brother, do as we do, take Bull
wer's advice: ''Hare a laugh at the ass.
who never went ont of his wits for lass"
\ letter from Mr. Ad Edgar informs US
that the report going the rounds that he saw
I ~ / aSsurail In.
this place, is not true. Prot Pluanaer
! thought he saw him at Hillsborou@h, bat
| slr. Edgar telegaphed and learned that he
was m.staken.-IadiI4d Empire.
After having been bottled up for three
! weeks, the blockade was raised on last Mon
| day, and the welcome = tcot of the steamer
| Haho's whistle was once more heard echoing
| through the hills and valleys OF this neigh
| b0rhooI Three weeks is not I long time,
to be sure, for it might have been six; but
| it is long enough for business matters to be
brought to stand still -HOgladlaeer.
The past Indian troubles aud the dark
| cloud said to be hanging over the horizon OF
| opening spring III Eastern Oregon and " ash
ington will not prevent the tidal wave Of i'm
migration from sweeping over the country
and ponulating now untitled valleys, and
broad acres Of wide spread prairie which has
lain undisturbed for centuries, save by the
her,ler and his Lerds. The high price Of
lands, the low price of produce, and the po-
sition into which the moderately rich and
. laboring classes of the east are crowded, are
greater incentives for their removal, than
! their dread OF in Jury from the Indians Is 10
keep them from entering INTO and locating
upon the fertile plans OF that great empire,
where by industry they thrive and are not
ridden down by the wealthy. The vanguard
of the multitudeS to folloH will 90 up Oh ths
Cascade boat, consisting OF hale, hearty I'M
migrant wife and family, prepared t. journey
over that inviting country IN their wasaA
until suitable spot 30 pitch their tent aud
locate d home is found We think it rather
early to make the trip, yet the immigration
VIII be large tins year and those first On the
ground have the first and best choice. We
wish the argonauts good fOrtune.-SfaH,iIrd.
Mr.. SGptard the only prophets who now
predict a war are those most interested, ana
the wish is father to the thought. Send
Your immigrants along, We have a young
empire growing rapidly up here
He KNEW HIS MAN. Is this the editor:
said 4 tall man, entering tie sanctum Satur-
day. 1T is, politely replied the person
addressed. Il am the Towering Sassafras OF
the Calumet, replied his visitor, ''aud have
called upon you to ask You toSubhsh this
challenge to any man Ill Chicago to rastle-'
"Graeo Roman style ," intcrjected the edi
tor. "-Nes, 10 rastle GrIco-Roman style
with me, best of three falls, for $500 side
and the championship OF the seventh judicial
circuit" Very wei, cir, afiably replied
the editor: g but usually such challenges are
for 5000 side. That, however Is minor
detail Monsieur Parlevoo, the Gilt-Edged
Alsatian. has his acceptance prepared, sup
pose, and the man that Is the favOnte won't
ySn, and there VIII be another match and the
man that amt the favOrite Ii WIN, and thereW
be gate money each time If the reporters only
give the public enough about great beads OF
perspiration, and Titanic struggles, and so on
Nv opinion OF You, continued the editor. III
judicial manner lis that you are 4 GraecC-
Roman fraud. Wrestle: You never wres-
tied in earnest with anything mere muscular
than hash If i had my way with you fel-
lows Ia make you try and walk on POO
consecutive tread-nills IN 200 consecutive
hours. Now you get out Of here, lively, or
I'll get an inner grapevine lock on you and
give Won square back fall down two pairs
of iron stairs on to teSseleted pavement
that's what'll become Of you" The Tower
inp Sassafras OF the Calumet bowed before
the storm. and departed with his challenge
to seek another Fehlc,e Of communication
with other Gr9co-R Roman wrestlers, especi-
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