The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1880-03-11
LOgL5 NEWS


this year.
Col. A. 3. Mescham is nos "a temper
ance lecturer.
Two companies Of L. $. infantry
sailed for San Francisco Oh the Elder
The commissary store-house at Van
couver has been burned. Loss 1000
New books are being constantly re-
ceived and added 20 the Porua"a il
brary.
Il. Mccormick IS erecting q resi-
dence on Seventh aud Washington
streets.
Isaac Arnold has been appointed
roundmaster by the Police Cs1 Dis-
siouers.
a more complete system Of keeping
the books OF ibis school distr.c. ars De-n
ordered.
Judge Bel'iurer has appointed Tues
day, April 3oth, RS the day iar hanging
An Lee.
Rates Of tuition iu our puaiic schools
for non-resiieuts iu the district nave
been increased.
There are 38I pupils attending the
East Portland public school large iu-
crease over 1879
1Ir. Eeimeyer. the popular tailor, No.
l62 First street. has received a lew lot
Of csssi imeres and suiHu-s.
Four hours wse fauad hsr-y suili
cient time in which 20 poll the vote Tor
School Director lEst Monday.
The city pound is nov located on the
Patton road, some distance west Of tie
FouTth-street railroad bridge.
Two Chiuamen have been sentenced
oy Judge Bsilinger 10 three years each
iu the peniteuuary for larceny.
First Lieutenant T. a. Boutelis i-
designated as instructor iu rifle practice
Tor The District OF the Columbia.
Archbishop S-ghers will lecture at.
New Market Ilsater next Monday .1r
the benefit Of the Irish relief fund.
The viii Of Mrs. CHristiua E,iz1be,h
Hamilton, wife of Nr. Alexander Ham .
iiton, has been admitted 10 probate.
Captain J. D. Biles and his daughter
have postponed their Eastern trip until
the sailing Of the State Of California.
Owing to the superior finish and excel .
lence OF work, Abell stands pr1-emiueut
as a photographer. Give him a
call.
Mrs. Sarah Spragne Babbllt, wife Of
Gen. y. ID. BabhitJ, died 10 this city ou
last Sunday. She was "a most esiimable
lady.
Wiiloughby Biun, who was lo1rd in
a half-starved condition 90 Eazt por'-
land, has been committed TO the insane
asylum.
The San Francisco C1Ts correspond .
ems at y ice, France, praises the beauty
of Miss Mstiie, daughter Of ex-S snafor F..
Mitchell.
The City Conrcii has fixed the price .
Of Tiger S. hand engine atSl 201 PEN
dletou and Ic.Iuuvilie both want ths /
machine.
The designations Of Rev. n. r Eio.
and Judge SaaltICE, as member Ct The
School Investigating Committee, Uer.
accepted.
All available horses and wagons ase
being purchased hy ths Ore-or Railu-s
aud Navigation Company and sent Jo
the front
The petition 90 Congress for tbe cou-
of a Hrea Ewaier at the taalth
OF The Columbia Was uumerous's si-lei
in th!s city.
TIE rsv lighthouse on TH.amook
Rock Viii have, instead Of O fixed white
light, osc. .al.. .alug Light flashing every
five secol ds.
Mr Gaodre'law, OF the Bank Of Brit
ish Norrh America, is having "a $1,000
residence erected on Nor,h Nineteenth
and J. streets.
Hon S. J. NcCormick viii deliver
the address a. the eutertaiumeut 20 te .
given in Salem on the l7th for the re-
lief Of suffering Ireland.
The graduating class Of The High
School fOr 1850 numbers L. Miss Cora
Cox wiz deliver The salutatory aud Mr..
George i. Holman the valedictory.
For School Director. Mr. John Wilson
was elected last Monday hy p large ma
'ority, and Mr. ID. W. Williams was
chosen clerk by handsome plurality.
The tug Edith was damaged by fire
and would have been a total
loss had not the Emma Hayward come
10 her assistance and put out the flames.
". IT, Newly, Of Mc1Iinnviile, was iu /
.he city last week, eudeavoring 10 nego-
.iate for the purchase of a fire engine.
The Common Council viii attend 10 the
matter
Read 1Ir. John Gsrrison's machine"
poetry under New This Week, 4" and you
VIII feel impelled 10 call al li9 Front
street and purchase a New Wilson sew
ing machine.
A new lodge Of The Ancient Order &
United Workmeu has been instituted in
Ibis city. The Order is prosperous in
Portland, and is increasing IN numbers
and influence.
Tn about two weeks, AIr. Tom. B.
Merry, the gifted editor Of the The
Dailes Inland Empire, will deliver A lee
ture in this city on the life aud services
OF Hon. David c. Broderick. d,
a flask found floating IN the river on
Tuesday contained piece Of psper stat
ing that J. II. Oids had committed sui.
eide, and asking that bis wife, al Hau-
cock, Mich., be informed Of the fact.
East Portland's residents remoustrate
against street improvements. There is
"a deadlock between the Trustees and .
the property-owuers The improve
ments necessary for this year will cost .
S2O, 900.
Miss Sonora Wiiherell, who has fre-
quently volunteered az concerts aud en-
tertaiuments in this city, will receive a
benefit at New Market Theater early ia /
April. She deserves well OF the Port
laud public.
The fireman Of the steamer Latona .
was drowned in Lewis River, near La
Center, on Sunday afternoon. It is not
known how be fell into the water. His
name was Albert BonseT. The body
was recovered.
The news has reached this city that
the bark DilhRrree, while crossing ont
70 sea yesterday, went ashore on Sand