, 1881-12-24
The LOCAL OPINION.

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Pshass Jsry.
The butcAers' shops and sAlooes are dsec-
rating for Christmas.
MIA H. ". F.irveather accoapsaiss hsr
husbaDd in his siGit 10 this city.
A Bicycle Club i being formed in this city
and soon ve may eIpsct 70 sss q dolm of
them aroand.
ST. PAnl's school is 70 have Christnas
trsa. All Who wish 10 contribute can send
their mite 70 the school.
David Newsome, the most graphic sod
sturdy writer On the coast ID in the city and
has honorsd u with q Wait
The 6rst steamship Of new line bearing
the Chinese flag has reached the Thames
with three thousand tous Of tea
Bill Horton. the old standby Of this place
almost sincs is was . city, i again in the
frons after An absence of several weeks.
No more wooden buiiding are to b erect.
ed on that portion of the city between Col.
vile and Fifth, and Rose and Alder streea.
Tom Tierney tells the boss "Urdertaker',
Story. and it viii make man laugh fer .
month Go up to his stable and bear It.
It's rich.
A much needed sidewalk has been laid ON
the east side Of North Third street. and now
the people living in that neighborhoo1 are
happy.
Muybrdge. the California photosrapher,
has visited France. and created quite sen.
sation with his instantaneou. photographs Of
horses in motion.
Miss Emma Faunery, young lady Whose
family lives on the Alpovai Ridge. is to be
married on Christmss nay. 70 Mr.. William
Keiffer. The lady is deaf and dumb.
Visitors from Californ;. say that the
weather here is warmer than there. Il is
certainly beautiful and cheers the spirits
wonderfully.
J. F. Curtis, late master mechanic for the
0. r. L n. Co.. has been appointed to alike
position on the Northern Pacific. He i. en-
route to S2rasue to begin work on the car
shops.
Our old time friend, John Brearly, Esq,
Of Lewiston, honored Us with call on We'd.
nesd1s. and is still the same old John he
ever was except that each day be is getting
richer aud iollier.
The bell of the Catholic Church is being
moved from the new church to-day. Father
Duffy says that a. it has done its duty 20
faithfully in the past, it deserves promotion
for the future.
Any one finding cape at the late FIRE will
do well to return il to Brother Besssrer, Of
the Watehmae. Whatever you do boys do
not retain what belongs to An editor. Men
have lost nominations for Delegate to Con.
gress for less.
The bar-tenders this morning "got ON" 10
that notice Of the saloon keepers in q morn
ing paper. and at l2 N. to-day they called .
meeting and resolved to meet At Chas Johns
and pass resolutions endorsing the Sunday
law. They want little rest.
Christmas cards grow larger. more attract
i've and more expensive. In few years q
young man that has only couple Of hundred
dollars to spsnd during the holidays will be
undecid, whether to buy his girl Christ
mas card or gold watch and chain.
The salutatorian, says an exchange, at Yale
this year was German, the valedictorian =
Hebrew, and the prize declaimer 9 Chinsman.
But when it comes to real Classical culture
our native land is there. The pitcher of the
Yale base ball club is an American.
A property owner suggests the propriety
Of the street commissioner taking a y1ik
along the south side Of Catherine street, Md
then make a report to the council as to Wat
should be done with the property hol} }srs
living along the line of that mud hole.
Tigers ball, on the 18th inst, will be
grams affair. These boys have again mater.
ially assisted in saving valuable property,
and should receive the appreciation they de-
serve. They are ono of the best volunteer
companies ever organized on this coast.
Pile driving on Mill creek continues. Mr..
Keefe has eight men and two spans of horses
at work. and has already driven LIZ piles,
six feet spart The work was commenced 1t
the junction of East Birch and East Alder
streets, and is now completed to a point op-
posite Howard street.
As some compent has been made on our
article on 1.-The Patrons of Husbandry. that
appeared in the Daily Of the 18th, We refer
those whose corns are sore upon the subject
to scan the records of the county court, and
there they will find, without much trouble.
who the ironcl.d money lenders Of the city
and county are.
The prospect of An open winter viii pre-
vent in great measure the marketing Of cat
tie from the western ranges. The cattle men.
who lost heavily by the severe weather OF
last winter, are inclined to sell - few as pos
sible this year and to trust to the natural in
erase to make up for former losses. This
policy limits to considerable extent the
hide supply from this source.
Christmas services will be hsld in the new
Catholic Church on Christmas night at II
o'clock midnight. All are most cordially in
vioed, bahles excepted. The church doors
will be opened at ll.30. services st l2 SHARP.
The collection will be appropriated towards
paying costs Of the new organ, now placed
il the choir.
Astonishing fertility is claimed for the
soil of Colorado A vegetable gardener. who
owns twenty acres of land near Canon City.
is reported by the Denver Journal to have
raised 80. 900 head Of cabbages Of the largest
size upor bis smAll tract. He shipped the
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