The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1880-09-09
D> @ei3 1ort..,.gest
LOCAL NEWS.

Vii " AiA5has
Oysters in all styles are offered by
Alisky & Hegele.
See those uulauudried shirts at Olds
d Kings Third street store.
The night school connected with the
Chinese Mission Is now open.
Many applications for space IN the
Mechanics Fair have been made.
The docks Of the O. r & \. Co. viii
som be Illuminated by the electric
light.
The internal revenue collections il
this city during August amounted {,
S4,32s.
The latest report is that Presiden
Hayes aud party Will come overland L
Oregon.
George HerraH is under bonds t,
answer the charge Of defrauding ID,
revenue.
The State horticultural Society viii
make a display Of fruits and plants al
the Mechanics Fair.
Rev. J. L Parish Of Salem will
shortly remave 10 this city, where be
will reside permanently.
Mr.. o. F. Paxton has gone TO Salem
20 press his claims for tile position OF
Chief Clerk OF the Senate.
President Hayes has telegrapbed 10
Mayor Thompson that he expects 10 be
iu Portland about October lst.
Mf. f > Parsons, son Of Ex-Governor
Parsons Of Alabama, died at Good Sa-
maritan Hospital last Thursday,
Hayes is the only President Of the
United States who has visited the Pa
cific Coast during bi- Term of office.
Mr.. r. A. VAwier, Of Walla Walla,
called Oh Tuesday. aud Mr.. N. Brad
shaw, Of Port Townsend, on Wednesday.
Owing 10 the superior finish and excel
lence Of work. Abell stands pre-emiuent
as photographer. Give him a
call.
The hauds0ms residence and grounds
on the corner OF Third and Mill streets
was sold al auction last Saturday for
Sl0Oo0-very low.
Tie North Fourth street bridge in
Easf P0rtlhud-through which Rosa
Rankin fellatHi was dr0wued-is IL still la
a dangerous condition.
Members Of the Olympic Club will
hold tr8 prizes aud have charge Of the
walking match a. Turn Halle, 20 be
commenced on the 18th instant.
The evidence was not sufficient to
bold james Turk on the charge OF at
-emptiug 90 shanghai witness in a
rimiual case, aud be was discharged.
Lewis & Strauss are ln receipt OF ad-
vance lots Of millinery for the jobbing
trade. Their stock is always full aud
complies, sad Of latest styles aud best
quality.
There are exactly, 1000 pupils in the
public schools, ss shown 10y the report
% Superintendent Crawford This
shows a1arge Increase over the attend
hnce last year.
Mr.. jacob Mayer, Of Fleischner,
Mayer & Co, aud his son, Mr.. Mark A.
Mayer, have returned from a four
months pleasure and business trip TO
New York and other Eastern cities.
Ihe old militurg post at The Dalles Is
"a be snld THE Board Of Appraisers,
II. Fn-~ieo0 p. B. Kinue and c. w.
Ho't0u, left on last Saturday for The
Dslles, and VIII estimate the value Of
tbe property.
Hon. M. c. George, Congressman
elect. has just spent two weeks at va
quina Bay, Alsea Bay, Cape Foul
peather ans the Sileiz Reservation, as
cFTtaining she needs OF those sections
q the country.
On Tuesday evening Mr.. II. J. Corbett
aud Miss Helen < I.add were married
81 he Residence g Mr.. w. 3 Ladd, the
triae iafaea t.. Lindsey officiating.
PIE Cer rU.cF witnessed by a few
fHiatves aa- .uds
"A design the Whitman monu-
uent has been on npleied by one Of our
city architects. IL consists OF life
size statue ol DR.. Whitman, with a
Biue iu his ieit hand standing on a
pedestal sixteen feet high.
The O. vol. "a, true to the interests
81 the ct .s opposed 90 giving the
levee to tna narrow guage railroad
company ttg King the corporation is
able o. purchase grounds for terminus,
as other railroads have done.
The country is flooded with circulars
of quacks aud their nostrums Do not
be caught by these swiudling vuitures,
but use remedies which are compounded
uPon, a scientific basis, as the Oregon
blood Purifier, Introduced by standard
hpuse.
Pr. Chas. H Hopkins. OF the Pdlouse
Guzcite puoished at ColfaX, w. I
favored the NEW NORTHWEST With a
cal last Friday. He has found it neces-
sery % secure power press 10 meet the
demands Of his newspaper and job print
ing business.
Jacob Mayer, of the frm Of FIeisch.
ner, Mayer and Co, has brought from
New Ncrf magnificent Invoice OF
Fall aud Wiu,.r millinery aud stanie
goods, 90 which the attention OF the
trade is invited. For particulars see
advertisement.
One Of the amendments to the city
charter which the Legislature will be
asked 20 pass provides that after the CITY
has once accepted streets improved al
the expense Of property holders, all
subsequent improvements shall be paid
for out Of the general fund.
The Portland and Tualaiin Gas and
Water Company have petitioued the
Common Council for the privilege OF
erecting gas works in the city. The
company agrees 10 furnish gas at q
price not to exceed s. 50 per thousand,
aud to begin operations within year.
Riley Wilson, young man Of East
Portland, and engineer of the tug Rip
Van Wiukle, was scalded 20 death on
Tuesday morning by steam aud water
from the vessels boiler, one end OF
which blew out He was deluged by
the water and his flesh was cooked 10
the bone He had the coddeuce aud re-
spect Of all who knew him.
Young ladies who desire a CONNER
ciaI or business education shonld re-
member that Whites Business College
Of This CITY, offers exactly the same sd
vantapes 10 al students. It is con
,g a.. otI institutions If learning