, 1881-06-25

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vhAsx J. PARKER. EDITOR.
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SATURDAY, Y,.....JUNE % 1881,
OsE by one the dew drops fall" Me
TO h. scott.
A GREAT crisis has been reached in
New York Brewers men refuse to de-
liver lager beer, and the astounded popu-
lace may be forced in sheer desperation
TO take TO Croton.
NEw MAIL RouIK.-Mr. James MonAhan
hss left for ColviIle On the frs. of
July he viii initiate . new mail route to
Walkers Prairie. seven miles beyond Spo.
kane by way of Paloase Ferry.
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ATTENTION, JoAs john Fredrick Joas,
by calling at the Office of the Probate
Judge Of Walla Walla County, Will hear
something 70 his advantage concerning the
estate of sister deceased Papers in this
vicinity please copy.
THE FoURrH.-Let it be remembered tha:
Wslla Walla is to have grand celebration
on the Fourth Of July People from the
surrounding country are cordially invited to
attend In the evening the grandest display
OF fireworks ever witnessed will be touched
Off to the especial editication of the average
small boy"
THE State Department at Washington is
distributing pamphlet on hog products, the
facts having been obtained through official
sources. IL is stated that in Chicsgo large
trade is done in Limerick ba and hams.
which are sold in the English and Irish
markets at almost double the price asked for
honestly branded American cuts
The English custodians of Mr.. Will
liam Penn's bones have wisely concluded
not TO permit their removal to this coun-
try. This is but decent regard for the
memory Of Penn, and will save Phila-
delphia from making a ridiculous ex-
hibition Of herself with reference to those
bones.
CURTAILED.-The post Office department
having curtailed the old postal route between
this city and Pendleton the overland mails
will hereafter be dropped by the stage com
pany and he brought to Walla Walla by the
railroad company To-day the stage will
carry mail TO this city, and but for the com
pany's willingness to put on daily train to
Blue mountain station We should now cut of
from eastern communication altogether.
A Miss EwISG has been giving cooking
lessons in Chicago. She said some wise
things to gentleman. Heavy bread" in
her opinion, is frequent cause of divorce,
for "bad cooking leads to everything bad. I"
And further, 'the wife Of devoted husband
is always a good cook. Intemperance, pro-
family, disgust of home life, all are born Of
bad cooking"
BATTLE OF WATERLoo.-Saturda was the
anniversary Of the battle Of Waterloo which
was fought June 18th, 1915 and decided the
fate of Europe. In this battle the Duke OF
Wellington uttered his historical command
to the Guards "Up guards and at EN-, in
the charge which ensued the French became
utterly demoralized but died before surren-
deriDg. The same British regiment which
displayed such remarkable valor on this day
sixty-six years ago are now engaged in evict-
ing poor starved Irish tenants from their hold
ing.
HEALY, one of the home rulers in the
British parliament, is bitter upon Secre-
ary Forster for having invited him to
say in Ireland what he had said in the
commons He presented himself at an
Irish meeting. and gave the secretary for
Ireland lively dressing down, conclud
ing with some doggerel of his own inven-
ton:
There was an old prophecy found in bog,
Thst Ireland would be ruled by an ass and a
dog:
Now this old prophecy has come to pass,
For COwpers dog and Fosters an ass
As WAS TO BE EXPECTED waiting
for months for some others to take up and
advocate railroad extension with Weston,
Centerville and Pendleton, the STATESMAN
started in and already has obtained an ex-
preston OF public sentiment from the 60
ahead citizens of Pendleton. Weston, the
next largest town, has remained utterly silent
on the subject: their paper is dead so far as
any exertion ON its part is concerned. Wake
up, gentlemen, two men of such talent and
ability rs you are said to be possessed of
should do more than all the rest combined.
Let your petty jealousy sleep and work for
the interest of all
SoNE FARNISG.-The following note from
New York paper will illustrate what may
be done with a comparatively small farm.
The farmers OF this western country will in
time learn the valuable lesson that success.
full cultivation lies less in the number of acres
worked than in the thoroughness and care
given The Exchange says: Geo. W. Ball
ock, who has farm of A. acres on Long Is.
land, raised last year Il, 600 quarts Of straw
berries, y. 800 bushels of onions, 1900 bush
els of potatoes, l73 bushels of wheat, 100
bushels of corn, $4,000 .cncumbers, 6. 800
bushels of Brussels sprouts, 3, 800 bushels of
turnips, 1000 bushels of carrots and 10000
cabhages."
GARRISON PoINrs-The record of firing
of company an" lst cavalry, (mounted) on
Saturday, June 18th, is as follows: Number
Of men firing, Sc; bullseyes, 40; centers, -;
inners, Il cutters. III, making total of
30l hits out Of possible 30. This is the
best score ever been made at the post. 1t is
rumored that the very efficient storage mas
ter Riley Of the garrison intends entering
his 2-year-old colt at the July races, at the
track. under the name of Check Roll Call"
As 'Check- -Roll-Call scoops in the boys at
the garrison, Riley intends ''Check-Roll-
Call" to take in the boys at the track.
What's in a name,
WRoSG.-Cranky Mays, clipper OF the
sheet in Pomeroy, wants to club Parker OF
the Ne Perez Ne,rs for stating he was in
experienced and fresh, which moves the
Waitsbury Times to add: 'Mays must in.