, 1882-03-18

P.r.HA VALLEY ". T., March 9th. So.
En- SrarEsxAN. News is scarce and stsle.
Bot neishbcrhood gossip is on the rampage.
The tongue Of scandal is abroad in our
land
Halo snow.
Tenas mud
Clltus roads.
Hi-u green grass-coning.
Skookun weather for piowing aud plant
ing.
Beautiful moonlight nights.
High waters subsidsd.
The Washington Literary Society in tul
! blast.
Small-poI on the wane in Pomeroy.
County-seat agitation, mot dead but
sleepeth."
Several marriage licenses issued lately by
Auditor Rogers. May the good work 90 on
till it reaches-us
Physicians say it is distressingly healthy
Just now.
"Hawkeye" and Occasional" still keep
sparring. We should be grieved to think
that either Is as bad as the other woald have
us believe.
Cattle buyers have been making rand on
US Of late.
Good authority saws that Messrs Estes.
Lynn, Burlingame Bros, McBrearty, Ows-
leys, McEnnery, Quinn and other cattle
owners, have disposed Of their bands. Some
Of these gentlemen will doubtless engage IL
sheep hgsbandry, whilst Others will follow
the plow or perhaps live on the interest OF
their money. The csttle to be driven out OF
here this spring will aggregate Several thou
sands and viii thin out the present herbs
very perceptibly. The advanced prices Of
fered over former years, together with the
more limited ranges at command is the prin-
cipaI cause OF so many selling and Thus with.
drawing from what has hitherto been regard
ed as lu ;rative business. We predict tina,
within the space of two years hence, tht
price OF cattle will have advanced at least
- per cent over present rates; there are ex'
| cellent reasons for such a conclusion. Our
| thorough railroad connection with the 6-ea,
Eastern markets, which, IN the time men
toned, will be fact beyond all peradven
ture. must of itself, without the irterven
ton Of other causes, bring about al almcs'
inconceivable reaction in the meat market d
the great Northwest. The influence Of thest
causes Will be still more marked in favor oi
sheep husbandry for the simple reason that
not only is the meat supply, which this AMI
mai affords, affected, bit that still greater
element Of profit, the wool. must net tht
producer from at least three to five cents pei
pound more, on account of cheaper and
quicker transit.
All honor is due to our worthy Legislators
who enacted the Scab law, as well as Il
those individuals, through whose energy and
foresight, the subject was brought forth.
There are now very few diseased sheep with,
in the jurisdiction Of the law, whereas two
years ago official announcement set the Lum-
her at 40 per cent. We confde that orr
newly installed sheep commissioner, Mr.. s.
T. Jones, will acqult himself as creditably
As his predecessors have done. ami thereby
render general satisfaction.
We are happy TO correct the false rnmor
so current, and for while unilsputed, that
Charley Farrell had stolen horses. There
seems to have been misunderstanding con
cerning the horses in question, and Farrel
acted in good faith.
The Catholic society OF this valley can
now Justly pride themselves on their pro-
gress, II not in spiritual sense certainly III
temporal one, as they have erected and
completed handsome, comfortable and spa
cions church in Pomeroy. The attendance
is, ali things considered, large and regular
The official Clergyman. FatLer Caesar, is
highly respected. A school under the aus
pices of the church will he opened in few
weeks, and perhaps, an editice erected, for
this exclusive purpose. Yours Truly.
GAIT JIYKS.