, 1883-01-06
TOWN AND COUNTRY.
Frrn tae pa,lr u ruesasx.

Ice-cutting, to I'll the store-hOuses al the
garrison, was begun to-day
Mr.. Jos. Bauer WIS yesterday made happy
by the present of fine diamond ring from has
wife.
St. PauTs School will reopen, after the
Christmas recess, IN "Wednesday morning. s..
9 o'clock.
Dan Lenahan, for being drunk and disor
JerIy, went 10 jail this m'rnine, in lieu Of
paying SO O.
Many Of the callers did not FORGET the
STATESMAN office yesterday aud our list was
about n large Is any a-soing.
4 box Of fne ciyaIs, rendered with the COM
pliments Of Harry Howard, Of the Baldwin,
contributes u the good hnmoT oi The STATES
MAN.
At several residences yesterday. where =
number ot callers gathered at one time, pleas
ant little impromptu dancing parties were or
ganizsd.
Patsy Connor was drunk yesteriay-nOt I
new drunk, bat the same old familiar drunk,
with New Years embellishments Juds5
Whitman has sent hin Up.
Notwithstanding the fine weather Of yester-
day and the large number of ladies who Kept
open house" the callers were not so numerous
as on the same occasion year ago.
4 compositor's error, for which there was
excuse in illesible manuscript, produced mis-
calling Of the proprietor Of the North fAcinc
L. Mills, at Prescott, in yesterdays yearly re-
view. The owner is ii. p. Isaacs, a. every
body knows
A Colorado cattle-buyer, now in the neigh
boThood Of Weston, says thai cattle are 50
scarce in Oregon it viii be almost impossible to
obtain the number he wants, and that he could
have saved money by purchasing IN Iowa ard
Missouri.
Jmatilla Era4aia~J. Miss Carrie Fee. #
Walla Walla, Is on visit to he. sister, Mrs
Harsell, Of Weston Sergeant a. Carr, "t
Walla Walls, was Ia Weston yesterday, look
ing after the interests Of some land which he
had taken W III the Cold Springs country.
Hang it :" said the young proprietor OF a
popular Main street store yesterday, after ner-
vously fiourishing his pen over sheet OF letter
paDer, Hang it wha. day of the month Is
this, anyhow" And he hadn't been making
calls, either.
A Walla Walia Chinaman thus enlightened
his mistress Yesterday concerning the market
value Of wives in the flowery Kingdom
Flee hund-dolla, dam good gal, heap plltly /;
two hund-sixee-dolla, net much rlitty; two
hun :i.dolla, no good-alee same monkey.
\ fine skating field is presented by the pond
near the garrison machine shops. now covered
with sheet Of ice FIVE inches thick Some
Of til officers Of the post, incluiing one Or two
quit. accomplished skatorally, are aT'iiing
themselves Of the opportunity for indulgence
in TIE fascinating sport.
{. Osbon, Who gave a stereoptic'n eNuibt-
ton of Yellowstone Park views II the Opera
House Saturday evening, 20 an audience Of 80
or 70 persons, fears that satisfaction Was not
produced because of the bad management oi
the cxy-hydrogen light in unpracticed hands
He ccntemplateS giving free eAhibi-
ton, if a hall can be procured, To let people
know what fine show he is running.
From ,as 0IIyof Hs.ias,i7y-
The Yakima people are rrvelins IA Sleigh
rides.
AB Waterman has left iorfortlani on
business trip.
Ice cutters are busy, and large quantities are
being slowed away against the dog days,
KimJau K Son have received a large invoice
Of pianos from the world renowned hm OF
Rohler Il Chase.
\ small bunch Of keys attached to & watch
clasp has been left at this Office. The owner
can haze them on application
John Stahl is making hay while the sun
shine" by E:osPins the present tieetin- "pP"r-
tunity to FIJI his ice houses.
Mr.. Waslonerhas presented the STATESMAN
cabinet with remarkably fine samF Fle oi
beardiess barley from California.
IL is reported that Messrs. Baumeister and
Small have purchased from Mr. b. + Stone
the upper portion of his property near this
city Prize paid S4a,GOo.
Lieut. TAFT, formerly stationed at the NaIla
Walla post, was ordered to secure = body
s,uarI and accompany the Primers Louise and
the Marquis of LONE from san Franeisc" to
81: Louis.
Our citizens have, generally speaking, en-
t;rely recovered from their New Years calls
and are now living on in hopes for 81, which,
being Leap Year, viii be privilege for the
far SEX
The Portland train failed /" arrive this
morning. owing, it is said. 10 an accident this
side II The Dallss. baggage car truck having
left the rails, without serious result, however.
Tn, train IS expected at / o'clock this after
noon.
The wife Of John Suails. Charley DAVIS
veil known assistant, !, dangerously Ill
Yesterday afternoon it was thought that ste
would survive but few hours, Int ! raliyinS
period lat night gave renewed hoIeS. Her
condition y still very precarious.
Tie members Of the C.. \. Il. have presented
t. tie little daughter Of II. O, Si',."nd-, a. the
dauchter of the regiment, very hsadSomt
cant,en. 1t j. beautiful piece Of workman.
shin. and m doubt but that the little !asv vii
feel proud Of ii.
\ military young msn, OF musical P7"eii'-
i;i-<. charged with inIll.inr in '-5'"t "r''
of hi. peculiar line, failed t" Pro-iaoe the m'iil
fvipg SO % before Judge Whitm,a this IL IN
in. and was accordingly dgngeonei. lie
p!av,-i IN the wrong "harn.
\ fraa female named Jennie ! ust''e. resi-
dent in the Mix building, attsmoted - ifaV'
tie world Yesterday by the lauianum route
! IN, 4 strong eInet;c broke up the tEis. fh'
harsh conduct of lover" j. sail n have IN
drced the act. Jsnuie Is reported AL right
to-day.
/ Bsrmefster Bros haze sali out they TN
.,-f,I and Iayatcrv" ,s.ahlishln-I. - CSc-l
| Grmgr.- Baufnei>tsr Brs. haze conducted
tie business since the early DAYS ct Walls
! WaUa. Mr.. Grgnert Is a former employee o'
the N..srs. Raumeis:er. hut Of late has re