, 1882-03-25
DRIFT,
Caught Floating upon the
News CurTant.
And Steered i,to the "StateSman ~
omce by its Grand Army Of Cor.
respondents at al Points
OF the Compass

Ars- Rev. G. NJ Irwin is quite sick.
Forty electric lights nave been subscribed
for in Helena.
Flowers are blooming beautifully in III. var;
of z. K Straight.
Prof Paul BOulon left on Tuesday evening.
train for Seattle.
Miles c. Moore and family returned Tues.
day from the east.
Shaw & SteArns are painting An elegant sin,
on the front Of Rees. winans L Cos. store.
Main stree. is becoming dusty, and the street
sprinkler VIII have to be called out in few
days
Some son OF a gun has sent US Scandinavian
paper 1t presents q neat appearance and is
fuil OF news-we guess.
The Secretary Of War hss approved re.
commendation to erect a monument costing
$500 On the Big Hole battlefield
Elder W. II. Stewart, of Texas, the Lone
Star state, will preach at the Advent church
In this city next Sunday at Ham
A miniature canvas ten. in from. of r.. ..or.
of W. II, Kent & Co, remin,sss one tba. the
days OF camping parties are near at hand.
Our advice to ME(Hopkips i. to issue one
more picture -Walla walla and then Quit.
Inc %eole business Of the last affair is dirty
Corson & Stockweli are repainting the front
Of the agricultural implement house across the
Main street bridge, and decorating it with a
new sign.
The Chinese Of Butte talk of burlesquing
the recent carnival held in that city. Lem
Foo says: "Melican man all samee dam
foolee Chinaman."
Eugene jesse and several other young men
well known in this city will start for Wood
river the last OF the week. We hope the boys
may all return to Walla Walla millionaires.
Advertisements intended for the WEEKLY
STATESMAN must be brought to the counting
room before 4 P. NJ on Thursday or they will
not be attended to until the following week.
Mr.. o. P. Jaycor. of the Cove, Oregon, for
mer, Of the firm of Sheppard & JaxccS, of
this city, was married to q young lady in Wis
consin last Friday, and the pair are now on
their way to Oregon.
Frank Day of the Pomeroy Republican is in
tha c,tx ~, tba int oF bt. npr citi-
zens will find the Republican clear, decent and
i've paper, devoted to the interests OF Gan field
county.
This is the Way the Benton Record gives a
birth notice. "A little half breed horse thief
weighing twelve pounds, was born into the
Nicholson family at Assinsboine on Sunday
night. SO Munry informs US"
They searched the school children at Def
ance. Ohio. the other day, TO 6nd dirk. and
the result was the finding of 26 pistols and re-
volvers. and six dirk- and staLbers- Educa-
ton reveals some strange traits.
Miss Jennie ~ Patterson, daughter Of c.
NJ Patterson. of this city. will graduate at
To her has been awarded the vsledictory, the
highest honor tha, can be given in the college.
We notice in the Toledo Sunday Journal a
very pretty notice Of Mr.. Will Reed, of this
cit. who is now there on business connected
with considerable property he and his family
own there. He will return hence in about five
weeks.
II. H. Huugate, Esq, has purchased DR..
McCurdy's valuable property in this city; the
house will be occupied by Mr.. Alex. Reed.
DR.. McCurdy intends planting his stakes at
Wood river at least for this summer; nil the
harm we wish him il that he may become in
terested in a mining claim in that rich country
which will make Bonanza Chief Of HIM
o zee the Young girl
Ia beauty rare.
Sans Ginli, sans curl
Banging her hair.
And hear the young man
At the pianothere,
HIri as he can
Banging his air
4 young mother stands
Oppressed with care,
With slipper in hanis,
Banging her heir.
The WEEKLY STATESMAN OF this week adds
OYER one hundred new subscribers To its already
large list. This Is ve,y Aatterina when 1t Is
taken into consideration that they are mostly
up country subscribers from along Snake river
Lewiston, Moscow and Assotin City. The
issue will be very interesting to intending set
tiers as il contains much information relative
10 the country.
Vie Trivett, who has been for such a long
time one of the landmarks and prominent men
in this upper country, is now paying this city
4 visit. His has led q most active lie, and
rs one of our earliest pioneers, whose history
in itself is that of our country; he is entitled
to the respect and gratitude OF every one
Some tine or other we hope to obtain enough
of his history TO show our thousands OF readers
what manner of men it was brought our ti"IiI-
z,,;on out of the wilderness.