, 1882-05-27
THE LOCAL LINE.
Crsditahle Showing Of the News Of
tAs Day In The Columns Of
"Tha Statesman"

The Seattle CArvnieIs has q very pcor opin-
ion Of the bead geologist Of The Northern Pa
ci6c Co.
Seattle chrua,eies are = week cid when they
arrive bere. Mr.. Chroaioi,. cannot you Go
better than that!
Judge Patterson and wife left for New York
on Fridays train they viii be gone two or
three months.
&c. Isaacs Is having neat fence put round
his house On North Third street. Mr. Palmer
Is doing the work =
John Marshall, engineer Of the steamer
Wide West, is in the city on g visit to his
brother, of the foundry.
Mrs. Ieahy viii take charge Of the con-
pany's hotel st Bonneville, the las; station on
the line toward Portland
A water main is being pu. down on Pine
street, andChArlie Eichier is the first To re
eeivs water to sprinkle with.
On and after Sunday, May zlst, the deliV-
cry windows At the Walla Walla post-ofhce
will be open from 800 b i:S0P.A.
Gen. Tannatt returned from Endicott on
Friday evening. He says that the country
up there il the garden Of the earth.
new aoor is being laid in the old HaT-
rnony hall, and the entire hall will sOcn be
converted into q mammoth reztanTant.
Trivel ia steadily on the increase. as any one
can see by h visit to the depot on the arrival
and departure Of trains All is hustle and actiy
ity
VIM, Bighsm, Of Spokane Falls, is doSn
from the front and reports grading and track
laying progressing a. rapidly n circumstance
will permit.
Cheney has organized Company i"r the
purpose Of bringing the waters, medical and
otherwise, into that town. We prefer to take
ours straight.
Oysters are out Of season, it Is too cold for
ice cream and coda, Strawberries are not in yet
and therefore the young men Of the period is
correspondingly happy.
Major TruaI, from the front Of the y. T.,
tells us that the clearers and graders scat
tered along the line Of the road ~ miles into
Montana Everything j, booming there.
Mr.. Frank Stone has entirely renovated
and Fixed up his sample room in a very hand
some style Messrs. Ccrson L Stockwrll did
the work in their usual mastery manner.
Geo. T. Bales Is under bonds 10 appear be-
fore Judge Lacy on "Wednesday on the ciiarge
Of selling goods on Sunday. Outside oi the
saloon men this is the hrst case Of breaking the
Sunday law in this city.
1t has been suggested that when Mr.. Vii
lard has built the railroad from Walll Walla
to Seattle that the psalm Praise the Lord,
Oh, my Soul be changed to praise Willard,
Oh. my Soul" We have no objection.
Ksnaka Joe and King were brought before
His Worship Judge Lacy for being drunk and
creating = disturbance ON the streets. The
case WAS fully proved and each gentleman
contributed s5 to the city treasury.
CT all the schemes for supplying Walla
Waila with papers ths Of starting an asfieul-
tural journal has not been started. Is 1t pos
sible tha. the fact of some little ability and
knowledge being required, prevents this
Monday. May 22d. l6ll, is memorable for
the 6rs: creation Of baronets by James at
$1,000 each to raise oney for his private use
Two hundred were thus crested and row their
descendants are the blue blood of creation.
Seattle has already contributed $3.50 for
Fourth Of July jamboree. and double that
amount is expected to he raised. 1t looks like
it that this city will take rest this year
Happy .houeht-let's all 90 to Seattle,
II. NJ. Chase. ESQ, has our thanks for Rail
road Guides of the Chicago and Northwestern
and Trunk lines to and from the West and
Northwest A most excellent map Of the tIi
ted States is principal feature of the work.
R.P. REYNOLDS is in town from Tekas Ferry
He informs US that the two men recently
drowned in the rapids were lrishmen, and
their bodies are not vet recovered. 1t appears
that they became scared owing to the boat get
ting into whirlpool and lost their wits.
A. II. Boomer, of Boise City. and contractor
for the overland stages and mail routes he
tween this city and The Dslles and kelton, is
in the city on his way up country ON visit.
Mr.. Boomer is an old. timer and stage man in
this interior. and is interested in sixteen other
routes besides that overland.
The sidewalk along North 18th and Elm
streets. leading to the depot. is approaching
completion and is q credit b. the contractors,
Horton Whitney. With a foot bridge over
Mill creek and gas lamps at intervals, the
travelling community will have al the accom-
mediation needed ~ reach the depot with cont
fort and safety.
Sergt Dobel. formerly Of .'k. Co. lst Cav
airy, but now book-keeper for John III. Stahl.
has fallen hei, " handsome little fortune
We have known Mr. Dobel under many eli.
cumstanoes, and know Of none We would rather
congratulate on the accession 10 a fortune. f,r
he has all the characteristics that makes a gen
tleman-honer, bravery ana generosity.
Mr. H. &. Stimmell. the new agent at the
depot, is the same gentleman who made such
fne reputation while asea. at Waitsburs
He is q thorough railroad man and has been in
the business almost his lifetime. Under his
management Affairs st the depot are running
very smoothly. and by his courtesy and uni
form attention and business management 10
passengers and shippers, is very popular.