, 1880-03-13
Personal.

= Charley Abrams hlS returned iro,a Portlan,
. entirely recovered iroIa his severe sickness.
Mr.. and Mn. II \ Chapman. returned
from their dawn trip On Monday last.
Major Tr1ax has been in the city from Lew
lstoa during the week y usual IL vas u, {,
his eyes IN business.
NJ L. {. Jo-yerl>ou. a-ept for the whole
sale liquor arm 81 Marx & Jor.,snsJn. i i
the city Dong ssoa work FER his house.
Mr :. Il Adams, late of tie treasury de
l'stae-t, j. in this e.ty. lie will probably
remain and grow NJ with the country Il lie "a:
hall a chance.
Our good friend o. P Lacy. ESQ. with hi;
family, returned from California looking AZ
the better for his trip. The city looks more
like !tseif again.
Capt Edward Hunter Is well ard happy.
We received Canadian letter from him yes-
ter3-y- He i travelling there with his wife
and son Come back, Captain
NJ F. Il ADAMS. Of the prosperous firm Of
Adams E-u'- wsa, below on Wednesday 5
train, foT S-n Francisco TO purchase the lArg-
- stcci. Of gods ever brought 70 this city for
the spring trade.
Dir + A sanders, OF Amity, Oregon, has
been prospecting our city the past week. and
found such good indications that he is making
PREPARATIONS % locate here permanently next
fall He has of.r hest wishes for good clean
up.
Mr. Gal. raitn. me-ljcr Of parliament from
ho0tsaai, has oI;r thanks for Victoria papers.
He arrived there on February sd. in good
co.di.i1n- There Is n doubt LG: that he vii
sustain his Old reputation one Of the aL.est
member7.
\ l. k.uncaf FL. the Tire merchant Of
NaIt-hUr-,. went below on Sundays train for
san !ganoi7cp 10 purchase goods Tor his firm.
He l. = tk"Fou-sh business man, and one x the
BOYS I, well. We wish him pleasant trip and
early return
Judse $ V Knox, one o5 the leading law
yers of Eastern Oregon, paid Us a friendly visit
on Tuesday last: be i q strong advocate for a
division Of [ mati.la county which Is altogether
too unwieldy for practical purposes The peo-
pie Of Weston and Centervill- are decidedly in
favor Of this measure. and there i but little
doubt they viii carry their pom: at the neNt
election
Col. ". w Hubbard returned from his up
country trip on Uncle Jake Millrrs stage
route and has placed everything shipshape and
Bristol fashion. This is now one Of the hest
appointed lines on the coast. They make
trips - DAYTON seven times week. also u Cnl-
fax. Mr.. Hubbard IS the right nan in the
right place and We are glad 10 fici him -
please with the business.
The genial good fellow james Monaghan. Il
Colvile, came to this city on business. and
had hardly arrived before he heard the bad
aews Of the destruction Of his residence in Col
vile valley by fire. His total loss viii be
5000 Jim says 1t is very curious how many
set backs man has to contend against when
he Is trying TO get along We are very sorry
for his loss, hut such men never consider them
selves ruined, no matter what miSfOrtUnes f4te
may have in store for them.
Captain George Hunter, of Grange city, dur
ins his visit to this city, called and gave Us
some interesting items in regard u that grow
Ing section of country. He has now stored -
his warehouse no less than 5000 tons of wheat
ready Tor shipment, and vii have 1000 tons to
ship during the season There is quite town
at the mouth Of the Tucannon consiStin. e "a
hotel, livery stable. brewery. store. IN" saloons
and numerous dwelling houses. Capt Smith, !
late 0f the q. = y. Co. viii erect a s.w mil ,
at TaxSas ferry month Of Alkali fiat his ma /.
teriat viii be hoat-d down Snake river, and /
lumber viii he cut in quantities 10 SrIit every
bDlv. There !, much good government and !
railroad land a short distance from Grange /.
city, which i, fast heing occupied by an eTcr- |
-,rtic population. Captain Hunter Is stal- !
wart democrat. and an aclnowle ,ea leader of |
his party u Columbia county.