, 1882-01-14
THE LOCAL ZEPHYR
Loosens yellow Leaves ON the Tree
Of Gossip and Statesman
Reporters Tenderly
Gather Them
In.

| Mr.. Sig. Schwabacher j. in Colfax.
business looks just the least bit dull.
Hon Z. b. Whitman is on his way home.
W. HumbaIl, from The Dalles, is in the
city.
The Lion brewery is being reftted and re-
furnished.
| VIM. Glasfori, Esq, sailed from San Fran
cisco for home Last Monday.
Travel on the o. r. L n. railroad is no,
nearly SO heavy rs common
The streets are a little BIT too thick to drink
and too thin for good daubing.
There has never been case Of infectious dis,
ease in Steilacoom, 50 we are told.
This is 10 be followed by another warm snap.
That's what our weather prophet says.
| Ed. Williams sets dinner and not a lunch
as heretofore stated at II o'clock noon.
This country never had better prospects for
an immense wheat crop than at present.
f. C. Roes, from Prescott, an ex-editor Of
this city. treads again his well known walks
for a day.
The raads in the surrounding conntry are in a
very bad condition. A little freezing weather
| would be a blessing much needed.
Now is the time when the oldest inhabitant
stands around on the corners and tells his ex-
perienee Of cold and mild winters.
Several toy pistols have been confscated
from boys by our city marshal. Boys, look
out, John Justice Is after yOu sure
Eureka Flat reports fine weather and fine
prospects for big wheat crop next year, re-
4 ports to the contrary notwithstanding.
There is a marked difference in the beef We
are getting now at our markets. from that
which last year this time we had to put up
with.
Workmen are engaged in gravelling Second
street between Poplar an Birch. There is no
place in the city where gravel will do more
good.
There is only one case Of sickness in town
that is any way serious that We can hear Of
What's more there has been no serious sickness
| this winter here.
What more can We say about street lamps
| than that last night we saw two ladies' mired
| in the mud with their sandals off not a block
from Main street.
Although the drinking ngcommunity wasforced
| to abstain Sunday, there were no more DRINKS
Monday observable than common, and none Of
them were bOister0us.
Oscar Wilde says blonde girls were not made
, to 90 out in the cold. Perhaps You have no.
ticed yourself that they do turn kinder purple
when the cold strikes them.
s(,an come around and wait till the morn
| ing paper comes?" That is the question now
asked by young men when they want t. spend
an evening with their girls.
| Poor "Shcrtie," for the third time. carries
| his hand in sling from having it injured in
power press Some printing machine VIII
| masticate that young man yet.
From beyond the Snake river, in the great
| cattle range, comes the word that cattle are
| doing hetter than they have for many years
| Cattle are nearly all in fair order fer beef
Although poor "Black Jack" Is now Grip
pIe he is not to be insu'ted without resentins
it. He proved that last evening and gave
| windy individual his Just deserts.
By invitation of the gentlemanly conductor
Mr.. Comfort, we inspected the new drawing
room and sleeping car. 1t is a beanty, truly
| and worthy the proud name it bears.
| This reporter is q young man and nafar-
,lly light hearted, but his head is turning gray.
What aiIs him! Try it once yourself and md
out his trials, troubles and tribu'ati"ns.
Miss Alice Cummings, young lady VINO
has lust returned from school in the east s'Si,
ted relatives in this city few days, and last
,;,bt returned to her home near "alIuia
There is about an inch Of snow on the ground
this morning and school boys look happy
This ;s the coldest morning We have had Tor
civ weeks and now it is only comfortably brac-
ing.
S.P. Rounds, of Chicago, has received as
sur,nces direct from the president that he VIII
hs .,uo;uted public printer. He will be a
,.;.., man who knows how to do things IN
| a practical way.
The sale. Of one business house in this city
rostonIay amounted to 50 cents IN tho forenoon
This ;s not fiction, it is the sober truth. just
the whole morning. OF course
4 "A, ioes not advertise.
Tho u;ssouvian holiday number contains
oos most excellent articles on frontier me-
fine entitled San indian Scare" Is from 'he
,o;, os r A. Pelkey, well known to many
in this city as a printer and good printer w.
We understand tha: the Union Club con-
,sm,l,.e the giving Of very select oaii oi'
SATURDAY. night at Stahl's Opera nouse: Ever.
on,s,t,inment undertaken by this ciup LA,
IVAN , Grand success ard this coming oa'l
will not likely he an exception.
We are not disposed to grOwl but are away
n,;ou. to give credit where credit Is que, AhO
:. .r;,ss ,,s Measure TO say Of the bus dr''er'
ID ,o,., runners in this city that their c"h'
,,,,, =, the trains is something astonish'ns 10
the travelling public, and is far Aneaa ., " .A
of apy other runners" We ever h''i''"' ''''-
whom they were restrained ty law
The hateful little three wheeled veloe'peles
are getting to be IS big nuisance As Tue ~,
80, Their running On sidewalks should Oe
prohibi,ed, especially in the business portion
s ,bs city. We saw lady yesterday waO
- ..ssn for dumping post by youihia
~.l,.;redssterian. whose dress was almost
ui0ea by the filth the wheels OF his machine is.
lsf. upon it, to say nothing Of the bodily O'''''
she received. ma.
IN Evans. a well known man who vi.
= this vicinity, made famous by the ''h
ono. .;.n - AVID withdrawal from the Mormon
INVITE is in the city this morning he :
:'-. fr,m an extended tour over Western " ASH
- Oregon and British Columbia "1.'
Mswa,, will soon commence treatment upon Ha
.r.. for blindness. The governor mas sA
bones Of restoring his vision in the 'ei' e'e'
IT.. Sal. Lake Tribune Of January Isl, ios,
20 u, twenty page paper hiied VII.
..1r. sol;,. useful and practical rsaninS .,len' %
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