, 1882-04-01
LOCAL s0ffINcs.
Facts are stubborn things.

The gale appears TO be abating.
4 very hungry crowd came Up on wednes-
days train.
! Gen Tsnnatt returned from his up-country
trip last evening.
Jost schuler il decol ating his place with
very handsome picket fence.
The spring millinery at c. Hills Is TOO utter
y eousummately beautiful for anything.
We arc sorry 70 Learn tha. Mr.. and Mrs- Joe
stearns are both oonfnedto their house through
sickness
William Leslie il at present confined 70 his
room by illness; we hope 70 soon see him
around again.
The morning affair has an advertisement for
a partner with 800; well. that is A. much a,
the thing is worth.
james MeNaught, Esq. attorney for the
Northern Pacific, is in the city On business
connected with the company.
Certain appointed city officials shonld resign
without any further delay. and they would.
TOO, IT there was not 50 mnch money in the sit
uation.
t. W. Wheeler. E-q., Of the Waitsbnrg
T"Res, viii proceed 70 Olympia on Fridays
train 70 attend the Territorial Beard Of Edu-
cation.
The " P. r. Il. was six hours IN crossing
over f-om Ainsworth TO WalluIa Junction Gur
ing the late blow The train men sbayeled
sand for miles.
John CLARK, trader, miner, packer, good
fellow and one Of the boys generally. i, in the
city on visit and is welcomed By many
friends.
"A hauchmeister. representing the largest
wholesale grocery hrm on the Pacific coast,
that OF Iillmann & Bendel, is in the country
on business for the firm
The horse in motion" with eight i,Iustrped
cuts will appear in Thursdays daily and also
in the WEEKLY STATESMAN. Price in wrap
pers ready for mailing 10 cents.
Capt j. Q Adam arrived in the city with
- recruits. He speaks well Of them, and saws
his crowd, very cheerfnlly, made '',iivy'' IF
their rations with the hungry passengers who
were blockaded on the train.
1t il a sad state of aHairs-for the taxpayers.
when So many explanations and excuses are
necessary from city officials, bat as Burns says
''But facts are chiels that Wilma ding.
An downa he disputed"
Billy Meyer il now with John s. Hughes,
proprietor Of the Cosmopolitan" in Portland
corner First and Alder. Visitors from Walla
Walla will be welcomed with smile and
joke from Billee
The Artillery Company Battery a has a
nicely fitted up rea1ing room, up stairs in
Paine's building, for use of members Of the
company and any friends. The DAILY and
WEEKLY STATESMAN will be kept on file in the
room.
German paper says q roof can be made fire.
proof by covering it with 4 mixture Of lime,
salt and wood ashes, adding a little lampblack
to give it a dark color This not only guards
against fire, it is claimed. but also in measure
prevents decay.
+. ID. Sciinebly, sheriff of akima county, il
in the city on official business. Mr. Schneuly
has performed the duties 0f his Office in n man
ner If which Yakima may well be proud.
When they find a good man ike he they had
better keep him.
Frank Z. Day, Of pomeroy, CHARGED with
stealing 500 from the safe at the Columbia
Hotel, Dayton. has been examined and dis
charged, as no evidence WAS given to prove
that lie was the man who took the money.
II has been discovered that some person or
persons have bored hole through the parti-
tion walls Of Hawley 4 Wallace's bank and
steel vault The hole is large enough to admit
a mans hand in the safe.
General George Mcdonald l. called tie
father" Of the British army. lie is in his
ninety-eighth year, AMI entered the service in
lSO5. lie fought in the war Of 1872, and Was
three times wounded at Waterloo. Admiral
Robert Loney, Of the British navy, entered
the service in 1137.
Tax-payeFs have at last discovered that the
CITY taxes ~ they are now are based on All esti'
mate Of population Of 1900. Some OF the
property holders are thinking Of giving some OF
the appointed officials a deed for their proper
ty At once, for they appear to ruin the city
government. II our city council Were to tell
them 10 mind their own business. and inform
them Of their real place once in while it would
be of immense benefit to the taxpayers.