, 1883-12-29
Town AND C0rNrpy
''s OF Per>esai and General r,,,r,.,
Gathered Thrsssh the Wee.

.as calves he can get hold Of Inon;Ds =. ~ a. =.
ranch below town. Due a. ns
o.. .eer iengthed dry spell the rain Ia. BE-
81 - 70 pour down, and there il no kngvipy
Dan Grieves, of Waitsbur, VIA. h.;nc
anined before Judge W;ny.sd III. s os.a e.
"a a charge of lunacy. ' e'''''"
IA Ai9sw0rth will be well supplied with ,ur.
- ~, 10. christmas. Ennis s Co. sent down
ID ies' than fifty to-day.
All the iron work tor the br;5ya a, .;,s
"Sf'h Is on the ground, and the work i 40 "a,
ton. pc paced IL POSI-
Cayuse station has bee, .losss br NJ L.
~ d traVeiIng auditor % the o r X O.
point: 10 sholiief
IL IS strange fac. tha: the insane man a.
"aSs mas 4 loaded pistol or other dangerous
"e'pon at hand a. the m1ment when he !,
uo' responsible Tor his actions.
Night We ask the Onion whe, tba C.;,v L.
the's became natures journsyrnen and ba,.n
70 70 make men, that they are cr.,tin, !, i.n;,o,s
him Of, ~ 'ies NiNAe
economy Is still the order Of the dav on the
rsiiroad: Sixty three Men received their time
,asI Week. la the spring it is expected all will
ne pDomlng again, but il is hAr5i On the men a.
the beginning Of long winter.
lriAh walked up 20 Brcdeck's the other d.v
70 get his picture taken, but happening to at
lenipt smile during the process. the whole
Pio~ufe turned out to be vast chasm. IL Is
nov on exhibition as an Alaskan ice cave.
|. the city of Helena going to adopt the nex
raliTnad tn st-is the question 1t present
we have too uanv different kinds Of time in
Helena railroad time, Helsns time. day tire
night time and high old time generslig. IN
dependent.
In the sist " the largest taxpayers in the
District OF Columbia appears the name Of II.
W. h"wSate, who pays taxes upon 81, 600
worth Cf property in Washington. The war
department can't find him. hut the tax colle.-
tor Can.
We desire to notice the elegance of the deco
ratlons Of the Methodist church. Festoous
We're swung from the central chandelier to tie
oeaIns at tee four corners overhead. In frCnt
Of the pulpit hung beautiful motto. eve
havo seen his star in the east"
The genial George Whitehousa is in the
city Tor the holidays, his headquarters lately
have been at Heron Sizing, but he will soon
move To Rathdrum, there 20 superintend the
erection Of bGildifs for tbe y. 7. L. Il. Co.
suitable to that growing town.
Walla Walla will now be known as the place
where hrutes can assault the helpless with in
punity, with Justice" who will fire a man
for protecting helpless child. The fine is a
disgrace and the ignorant justice will be re
mernbered at the Lext election
Bamey Baumeister, who has been studying
medicine and surgery in San Francisco, for
ss5eral years in the highest colleges and IN
der tine most eminent medical men, has re
turned home and will probably settle down
here to the practice of his profession.
Mr. Sig Schwahacher cane up on the SIN
day tram from San Francisco and intends 20
remain with us few weeks We have not
been able to get our anger into him yet, as all
day long he has been surrounded by a host Of
welcoming friends who take uD all his time.
We are glad to announce that the siiswalk,
through Baker & Boyers land 10 Whitman
College, is finished; when the sidewalk and
crnsswalk through Mr.. Smalls land are laid,
the college viii lie connected with town by
this route, ami mud need no longer I've f-arel.
We noticed this morning on the walls Of jus
tice, otherwise known as the bulletin board IL
front Of judge TaylorS, an attachment of the
property Of an impecunious individual by the
name nf Cash, whose suspicious pTen"nen did
not seem 10 sayeLim from the graspinS bonds
Of the law
The reported capture os the town Of Hunt
;ngdun and robbery Of $751; eco was all I cdEaTd
and originated in amerchant Losing about one
Thousand dollars at faro, and having paid for
them in checks, he telegraphed TO stop Their
payment and 10 give weight reported them as
being stolen.
A precocious child, while engaged at his
ing repast, remarked to his indul-
gent mother that he believed he was not
thankful as he ought to be. This shocking
condition Of affairs, added he, ''msy, howev-
er be somewhat remedied by another piece Of
nince pie and a larger slice Of cheese"
Considering the prevailing rage for crazy.
quilt" work, the indescribably amusing and
fantastic tale. 'Epistolary Crazy Work" in
Swinton's Story TeIr, No. II, will attract
special attention IL recounts how two young
ladies', while trying to steal silk patch-pi-ees,
became themselves the happy victims of TIER
own "crazy-quilt" craze.
The Seattle IateUigenccr says: Candy had
another fall Yesterday. getting down to three
ponds Tor quarter # dollar. Il hickei
now will buy as much candy as quarter
would a year ago" They probably make
candy for the fun of the thing over there, or
else It must be vi!ely dulterated for sugar it
self costs more.
At st. Paurs church last night the Chris.
mas tree was in the church, instead 81 the
srhool-room adjacent, as at first intended, anf
as reported 10y our morning contemporary.
noticeable part Of the exercises WAS the quality
of the music. which consisted Of three verv
haartifuI modern carols; one ancient one, be-
side trio from Mendeissohn's unfinished ora
torio, Christmas.
Mr.. Coombs, from whom the escaped mnr-
derers st le the two horses On which they rooe
off. hiss received a telegram to-day ron
N;I.,n stating that his horses We?e not lett
80 as renorted and nothing has been seen OF
,SsIn This. in connection with the fact that
M ore knows for certain whether two horses
,,e-. s.clen from Milton, makes us think that
,,arhanT the boTs are on wrong scent. oh
;ba ni,ht of their escape We said they wou:d
t.ke the road - Geer Springs IN preference 10
any other. and We think We were rlsht.
Iftbs revelations Of theosophic sage to
Ill renr-tar are authentic, 1884 Is going to
y, , wear Of great natural disturbance ne
.sos viii kiss the skies, volcanoes VIII be IN
f,,n blast and Gen. Hazens meteorological
,,,an,gerie will be in state OF prolonged 1f-