, 1882-07-08
Editorial Sp;naings-

Washing,rn Territory
, The game is not Button, button,
I whose got the button, bat. wh" g"'
the cherry in restaurant pie
/ Amid the CHASTITY scenes of the recent
railroad wreck, some fend stole Grsn' $
half smoked cigar. The fact has been tel
eyrsphed over half the globe.
/ An exchange says 1.-The republican
party has one absorbing purpose Ger
txiniy. The sixth word expresses II
Thirty six legged bed-bug- and three
legged calf. ,ha. have come to Zed VIII
son. ara among the delights OF Portland
this week.
In Ros.burg, Oregon, toothache Is
much more popular Than either billiards
or Bsp.is' nine-pin'. 4 very handsome
young lads dentist has located there.
Mr.. Burk, a rheumatic parsonage of
Iowa, bathed in turpentine, then lighted
his cigar for comfortable smoke. 1t was
his last smoke-if he was Christian.
The Portland Standard SAYS knights
wear crosses on their watch chains.
The girls" had better watch that edi-
tor, else he may chain one of them
During the fiscal year ending June 30,
the Postoffice Department sold over a
billion three cent stamps and nearly half
A million postal cards were disposed of 10
the people
The extent of the sale of obscene lite
rature is best shown in the reply OF man
arrested with the address Of $4,000 girls
and boys in his possession. " have
been offered 5000 for my list -
The Oregonidn proprietors have corclu-
ded to adopt the ancient feature of So
ciety depar,m, n. It will probably be
the best edited feature in that paper, no
matter how poorly 1t is put together
The Washington Standard is thorough
ly in favor Of press association, and
SAYS "f ia. SIArgSM,Ns proposition
"The suggestion shcnld meet with
hearty response from all members Of the !
press-gang.
The history oi the Cattle Plague by the |
United States Treasury Committee is
very readable book. As Its perusal con-
duces to economic results, a copy should
be procured by every boarding house ad-
vance agent
We are t"ld that the uucrowned Car
# Russ a, is Just now engaged IN the de- |
liyhtful recreation # s.w:ns wood 10 keep
up hi. circulation That Il good deal
more t. his credit, than circulating round
keg OF gin
In making up the list of candidates,
and probable candidates f1r Councilnen,
IN Tursdays STATESMAN, We inadvertent
" omitted the name Of Wm Marshal
He is regularly announced candidate in
the Third Ward
Ii is said that four hundred Il the late
citizens Of Boston are missing. There
we're nine dcfauItlng bank cashiers. and
one man who stole all the missionary
money, but we cannot explain the all
sence OF the other $50.
Because ST. Louis w9rnun, who has
siven bath To- three patches of triplets,
and moved to Chicago, 10 avoid the pecu-
liar air of the tirst city, The people OF Chi
cago are preparing to get omt 4 new city
directory.
We want i. distinctly unders ODD that
any one likely to .hirst for "blnd' and
gore, is not TO come TO this Office Our
Organizttiru demands al We posess. II
pnySiciam tells you that raw gore viii re-
store vitality. hunt up slaughter house.
No matter how much you warn people
against rheumatism, the bites OF sandticks
midges and mosquitoes Of inordinate size
and aptness for business, bruises from falls
among rreks, abr.ssions from padding
canoes, snaks-hltes and drowning, they go
ntf 10 the upper country IN search 0f these
novel sensations
The report of the Central New Jersv
railway accident. which reached here late
Saturday evening, was much exaggerated.
1t WAS reported that fully one hundred
were killed and wounded, anon. others,
Gen. Grant There were several peorle
killed outright, many viii die from their
injuries received, and others he crippled
for life. Grant vas only slightly injured.
! The accident occurred on a bridge. the
rails separating and letting the train to
| the ties from which it fell t. the water
/ below.
| The intellectual toadstool who runs the
! Palouse Gazette AMI has earned the right 70
make fool Of himself on every occasion,
uses up half s column III the weak en-
deavor 10 prove that the o. K & " Co.
do not intend to give Coliax the go-by
The STATESMAN simply stated the fact
| that the surveyors had found and adopted
a line via Endico.t to Moscow, without
touching Collar. and it is hardly proba-
bic that the Ga-,tte has influence enough
20 move a single peg set by these gentle-
men. The youth is also referred to the
Incorporation article of the Columbia
and Pslcuse railway company, which doe
10: choose to take IN Colfa1, the Ga-stts
growl to The contrary.
Last saturday afternoon Gu!teau was
buried in .he northeast corner of the Jail,
and, so far as known - the contrary, his
remains will lie there undistur6ed by any
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