The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1880-06-24
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THURsDAY.............. JUNE "A, 1850.
LOCAL NEWS.

DR.. Baker, Of Walla Walla, is in til,
city.
The coming Fourth will be celebrated
at the Cascades locks.
Indications are that Portland will b,
visited by a flood this year.
Hon. Thomas II. Brents aud famil,
irrived on the State Of California.
Clay, whose census sheets were stolen
has about completed his work seconl
time.
Mr.. Jos. Simon declined the Republi
. can nomination for Councilman frou
the Second Ward.
The Portland Savings Bank wal
opened last Monday morning for In,
transaction OF business.
Candidates for admission TO the First
Congregational Church will be met by
the official board tonight.
The closing exercises Of the Central
School are being held this afternoon in
Principal Kings department.
The wills of William Weatherford,
Alex. Dunbar and Clara Augusta Pipel
have been admitted TO probate.
The COngregationalists and Presbyte-
rians will give a union picnic on Tues
day next at White House Grove.
Captain w. II. Winters, Of Company
i, First Cavalry, u. 5. A., died at Fort
Lapwai on Saturday, the 18th inst.
The Young Mems Hebrew Association
will give an anniversary party at Han
del aud Haydn Hall next Tuesday even
ing.
Owing 10 the superior finish and excel
leuce OF work, Abel stands pre-eminent
as a photographer Give him a
call.
The Trustees elected in East Portland
last Monday are Republicans. a ma
jority Of the other city officers are Re-
publicans.
celebrate Sunday, July 4th, and have
asked other German societies in the city
70 participate.
Sugar-cOated cream corr Lprize in
every package), wholesale and retail, at
Post Office Store, corner Fifth and Nor
rison streets, Portland.
Gep. B. +. Butler has written to Mr..
j. w. Cochran, OF the Oregon aud
Washington Lyceum Bureau, that be
cannot come 10 Oregon.
The Taylor-street and North Portland
Mission Sunday Schools will give their
chosen Vancouver as the place
Gold fish and fish food, and candies 10
packages for picnics, wholesale and re-
tail, at Post Office Store, corner Of Fifth
and Morrison streets, Portland.
The cases Of the State Of Oregon vs.. /
Grover, Chadwick, Brown and Fleisch- I
ner were on trial yesterday before Judge
Deadly, who is acting as referee.
Rev. DR.. Atkinson has received a tel /
egram from Rev. J. r. Herrick, Of Hart
ford, Conn, saving he will accept the
Presidency Of Pacific University.
a Cinnamon named Lung, with a
white wife, resides on Alder street. I.
They are blessed with two children, the /.
youngest being about week old.
The property-owners who have not
Needed the ordinance IN regard to Wild
ening Second street should remember
that the work must be done by July lst.
The NEW NORTHWEST acknowledges
the receipt OF a ticket for the Oregon
State Fair which will commence next
Thursday, July lsti and close July l0,h.
A boy named Ashley Nantine was
thrown from a horse on Tuesday even
ing, and struck on his head. The horse
rolled over him. His condition is criti-
cal
The regular quarterly teachers exam
ination will be held in the Park build
ing on Monday and Tuesday, 2sth and
29lh insts., commencing al A. N. each
day.
No Open Temperance meeting will be
held next Saturday evening, in conse-
quenee of the concert at the Mechanics
Pavilion for the benefit Of the Ladies'
Relief Society.
On next Sunday, at Gambrinus Gar
deus, the butchers Of Portland will give
their second annual picnic. Tickets, so
cents; ladies free. Music by the Wash
ingtOn Guard Band.
Finest French candies sent to all parts
Of Oregon and Washington Territory.
French NOugats and such candies are
only kept in Portland by the Post Office
Store, corner Fifth and Morrison.
Washington county people cannot
bring produce, especially berries, TO
Portland in a marketable condition, be-
cause the Canyon road is so rough. No
work has been done on it this season.
The opposition between the boats en-
gagged in the Portland aud Vancouver /
trade is very bitter, the launch charg- I
ing . cents for the round trip, aud the I
regular packet carrying passengers free. /
The clerks Of the various retail estab- /
lishments Of Portland are laboring ear
nestly to make the early-closing move
ment successful. Forty-six principal
business houses have agreed TO close at
seven o'clock.
Thomas Gully, an old farmer living /
near East Portland, was given dose Of /
strychnine In cup Of coffee last week.
Timely medical assistance saved his |
life. His wife has left, and she is sus-
pected Of the crime.
Those who wish an excellent suit Of
clothing, guaranteed TO give perfect sat
isfactiOn as TO price, quality and fif.
should call on w. II. Utter, with w. J.
Quinn, who has re-opened at his old
stand, 2S Stark street.
At the city election last Monday.
Hogue was elected Police Commission-
er. Hewett aud Raleigh from the First
Ward, Mckay from the Second, and F.
kellogg from Third, we're chosen Coun- I
cilmen. All are Republicans except /
Raleigh.
The sixth annual commencement Of
the Portland High School will be held .
at New Market Theater tomorrow F.
evening, beginning promptly at elpbt
O'Clock. The graduates are fourteen in
number-eleven young ladies and three
young gentlemen.
The Stark-street ferry ran over a dis
abled scull and q row boat which had
come to its assistance on Tuesday even
ing, though the passengers warned the
man 10 charge OF the ferry OF the acc-
dent. No lives were lost, as the passen-