, 1883-01-27
TOWN And COUNTRY.


F'gz the pVSy ., FF-dss-
NJ. A. Baker. E.q of Dayton, Is in he cat.
on legal basiness.
Mt. Cation returned from Pendletnn tn
moraiag. He cine by rail via Ums,ill.-
Tie many friends Of jim my Mssan viii b
pleased to learn that he has 81 tar recovered a.
to ls out again.
RoSert Sitter, son Of Senator slater. came
from Pendls.on yesterday. lie will rrms'n IN
the city few days
Frank NJ Gray, good priatsr. rising
young Journalist aad krst-rate fellow to boot,
is in the city eu route for Sprasue.
MEs K L. Reese, We learn, by little extrS
attention, preserved b-r well-staeked green
house from injury during this cold spell.
The card party at Mr NJ Wards. On Thus
Jay evening was very wel attended and sn es-
oeeding.y pleasant tine was enjoyed by 81
present Aa excellent supper was not the
least interesting feature cf the r-en'rs.
Our iee-hun.ers were fearful at one ,imr tba:
the crop would he iailurs This winter. II any
# them failed IL secure supply when the T.
inch storing was msde there Is good chance
now TO secure sn abundance of much thicker
and .iaer article.
The President has nominated Roger ).
Green To he Chief Justice of Washington Ter
ritory. Other nominations may now be looked
for The different caniiistes for our Terri
torial offices are On the tender hooks of sus-
pense-
Mr. C. II. Prescott recently purchased go
acres of land near Albina, tw" miles iron
Portland, for $500 or hardly SiD per aore
Land fer building purposes 1annat be obtained
FOX anything like that price the SAME distance
from Walls walla-
There WAS case tried in the Land Ofhce
hece yesterday that elected considerable IN
terest Downing l.smh had taken steps u IN
ter 70 acre, If lard under the timber act.
Andrew NJ. Tuller. contestant, epdeavored TO
take the sam, under the pre- enp'inn law. No
dscIs;,n Las been rendered in the case
The eAt.l- commission takes strong ground
in favor Of stamping out the fatal iieuro-
st shat il may. They show
that the products o. our ranges and stalls are
now shut ont of the British market, and will
continue To be until the last vesitge II the dis
ease is removed.
Custom house It ,tistic. show that during the
past year | o Q. ao0 barrels If four We're ship
ped from san Francisco total value, S3.0oo,-
90. The -four Wa. principally shipped to
Great Rrit.in ami Central and South Ameri-
"a This was the largest annual shipment Of
four ever known in history.
NJ. Alexander W. Sayre, Of Seattle. has
sent us a copy If Puget Sonnd, spoer
written hy him. II is very neatly printed and
well written, being generally descriptive Of the
resources and business ef his section The
price Is but 81 per dozen, and is a good work
to send to fri-nds away of.
Ii il argu, by some tha: last nights cold
6xtd the peach crop. rs throughout the rural
districts the thermometer fell below the peach
IL l. clntended by some that II
the tees are dry or FREQ frJm sleet or moisture
Of any kid that they vii. stand temperature
even lower than is above nlmed-
During this cod snsp several cultirat"rs Of
house plants had some of their darlings badly
nip,ed Mrs NJ. y. Ward is a sufferer III that
line The only consolation, Uncle Mike
thinks, about the l,ss is that Mrs VS. cares
are lessened by the mishap and that ther" viii
be some worry saved, ami it will require less
exercise If muscle 10 care fer what il left.
At Mr. Straight's the thermometer, yester-
day morning, marked s. below zero This
nornin. it stood at l2o be'ow. The differ
ence has been greater in other more exposed
localities At judge Gaiehar,rs there WAS
difference of s., and this rorning registered
22= below. and at the uppee end Of the city
the difference was still greater, 80 we are i'll
formed by Frank Baker.
The subjoined encounter with a bear il given
by the Portland Standard of the 10th inst;
MIR. ". l.. Smith. formerly Of Oakland, Cal.
who has lately been engaged in work At the
front, was out deer hunting last week near
Pen d'Oreille lake, when he Unexpectedly met
cinnamon bear. Having no change in his
gun, he attacked the bear C 'ub fashion. After
breaking .h- gun, he ct away with the AMI
NAL with his knife, after getting his arm and
hand well chewed mp.
The Incarceration Of tn ur \ lozen boys un
der the age Of IL Years IN th- eoIa.y Jail, at
this time, where they are "biis-l To associate
with criminals of the black->t kind, ought to
stir up the mind Of every person Of thought
and awaken a general interest in the speedy
provision Of s1ne other place where such As
have I gone beyond the p1int where refor-
ma.ian il hopeless, cIuld he put under infiuen-
ces tha; are M. altogether vicious and degrad-
ing -OTigorids.
Fss@s ii, Duly eC Sd,aiday.
Since the III weather set in travel by rail
has dropped of considerably.
Lane 6iiIiasn has recestly been appointed
deputy Sheriff a. Spokane Fall.
Abraham Linculn Post, q. A. r., will give
a grand ball at Stshls Opera Home, Jan 3Ist.
Runners are now employed on the stas line
frum this to Boise City, aud the ,.eighing Is
splendid.
a NJ Cannon, If Spokane Fall, Was in the
city to-day. He will re.irn hI.n- by this