, 1882-06-10
THE LOCAL LINE.
Creditable Showing Of the News Of
the Day in the Columns Of
"The Statesman"

II is good thing that June can't have but
thirty days
Col. G. o. Haller, late L. S. A. arrived
here this morning.
}. W. George, a brother of Congressman
George. is in tie city.
Ihe painters and kalsnminers are beautifying
the interior Of Painc's building.
The Masonic Representatives from the Sound.
a. whole, ere really 6ne-lookins body Of
men.
". Z. Horton, the bridge builder, has sid
his residence to B. F. Butler, consideration
sI4OO.
A drove OF 30o0 head of cattle purchased
about Lewiston, will pas. here going east in a
day or two.
Capt. w. II. SmAllwood, formerly register
at Vancouver, has started paper at Sprasue.
the Herald
John PEPPER, late of the Vienna restaurant,
has gone to the Northern Pacific front-seek.
ing location.
One agricultural implement firm in this city
sold little over 5000 worth of these goods
on Saturday.
Professor Anderson. late Of the University
OF Washington, is in the city preparing home
for his family
The o. K. n. Co. have Issued book for
tourists. A description of the noted scenery
in the northwest.
We had a pleasant call to day from F. ".
d. Mays, of the Pomeroy Independent. He
speaks encouraging'y of his section and It's out
look.
It is a profound truth, that the unexampled
prosperity of Walla Walla, is always disas
ter to the curbstone croaker Hence their
tears at this time.
Mr.. A. Baldwin, the blacksmith, has re-
turned from Echo. Umatilla county, where he
has been looking for land. he reports good
soil in that section.
Sheriff Hatten, of Spokane county, has
fallen heir 20 $4,000 in cash We do not
know man in the upper county who more
thoroughly deserves wind-fall
In ten days the headquart-r building Of the
Pend d'oreille division Of the \. 2. at Sprugue.
will be completed and the officials from III. su-
perintendent down will locate there.
The horses over about Steptoe seem to be
afflicted with the Texas itch, which causes
them to change own rs during the night, With
out any interchange of an equivalent in coin.
Considering an iron fence about court house
square, costing 81, 900, two expensive luxu-
~, the county commissioners rejected this, the
lowest bid, and will erect neat wooden fence
instea1
Our friend Henry Keeling, with J. B, Lewis,
is off this evening for short recreative visit
to Portland and the Sound. We commend
him to the kind attention If friends every
where.
olr Julius keithly, of Heppner. one Of the
candidates for assessor of Unatilla county, is
in the city, attending the commencement ex-
ercises at St. Paul's school, of which institu-
ton his daughter Is a pupil.
S. Fl. Falconer. OF the firm of Fslconer 4
Morrison, leaves this city this evening en-route
to Portland aud St. Helens, for the purpose OF
purchasing large stock Of lumber, shingles,
lath, doors, blinds etc.. for this market.
Louis Zeigler, representative citizen and
business man Of that bright and enterprisins
city. Spokane Falls, is in the city, attending
the Grand Lodge Of the Masonic fraternity, OF
which he is worthy and conspicuous member.
That thoroughly good journalist, John NJ.
Murphy, editor Of the Standard, than which
there is no better or more influential paper in
the territory, called to-day TO compare notes.
He accompanied the Masonic representatives
from Olympia, as their spiritual adviser.
The young people who flock in couple, and
like to do starr gazing late along in the night,
will find comet \ in the west duriI the mid
die of the month 1t will have passed, and got
out of the range and influence Of the sun then,
and will appear very brilliant.