, 1883-01-20
TOWN AND COUNTRY.
From ;h> DziIs o. Friday.

abcu. this time. Inqui.ies Tor confor,aSi
quarters are made daily.
Our devil says thA. sny man who can b
killed by a SNOWFALL ought 10 i;e, and th
sooner the better for h;s friends.
Oar Eastern mail, after ab1ut one veel
steady transmission via ke!tca, ape r. .,
have again changed - the Cspe Horn rI,,te
Hops .or several years have tesn trumps il
Pnyalup valley, bu. ihe favorable prospect 81
striking lie gives the country increased value
The artificial stone-wAlk from Main street ;c
tins Court HOUSE, bids fair to be good job
Tlere Is no fear that the maker Rill foifri. hi,
psy.
4 stage with tao horses on a fer5y-tcst re-
, ,, eeu.ly became frozen IN the lee On Snake riyeI
near the 0wyhee road aad were stu there s,
last accounts.
The revenue derived from licensing xll,uus
in the city of Portland amounts in the a..yre
gate to Sa5 0oo. Each pay 500 a year, and
there are li5 OF thsn.
"A Hypoc.ite" is either some crus.y old
bachelor. or else one whu puts On the livery cf
Haven TO serve the devil in. and looss upon
all sports or fun as siaful
Mr.. II. L. Cartmel, of the Eoy.1rea N,,-s,
is ia the city and dropped in On Us Un!oriu
nately, ali hands, from The editor to the devil.
were absent when he called
1t has been suggested that the names Of II
the pension benefciaries ought t, tr p5h-
iished. II that was done, We ecull p:ek out
ali the frauds that surround Us.
The period has arrived when It viii pay to
bIiid good houses to -rent, there. IS money in
i. 1T the going pr.css. The houses Jba. we
thought elegant six years ago ar, quite over
shadowed by those Of to-day 5 ereciiga.
The three Commissioner, Mcssrs. l.. L.
Geary, james H. Fisk and Cpl john Ne
CG.cken, the two former being Il the old
board. have examined the q miles % tie p &
c. T. K. Just completed, a2d accepted ib.
same, which lies soath Of Rosehurg
Langtry is in the United States to make
money. She was offered 500 by an Iu5tra
ted paper in New York for Christmas story
She declined the pioffar saying that She had
received $50 for her signature 10 certificate
that So and so's soap WAS eNcv!!,nt.
The reduction of the duty on sugar meets
opposition from the Louisi ma planter, while
Clause SPrsekles is opposed To- any du;y It al
1t is hard to harmonic such conh.c Ing iE;..r-
ests. All the consumers On this cpas. ar, pay
Ing Sprerkles premium On ths sweetness they
use.
Complaint MAS msle Lr Ciilberg against
Adam Crossinan, before his H,nor, the City
Judge. for keeping ad;5,c,leriy house. \ jury
was had, some 80 witnesses examined. the case
submitted to the jury, ami after a short de-
liberation tie jur, returned a veriist of not
guilty.
Fruit is cheaper in the market here than
potatoes, and there Is no scarcity @; either. \
granger delivered fine quality Of app'e-, in
good condition, to one Of our city lentS for -
cents bushel This Is = remarkable iec:
when it is considered that this is reaIly nil
winter.
On Sunday next the Rev Mr. Chamberlain
will commence the first OF his series oi lectlr5s
at Mr. Bgyd'S church. As the reverend gen
t,eman is forcibie speaker ami one 0f the
most earnest nen in the countrv, there is no
doubt but that he viii CON nam! large audi
enc,.
The Walla Waila cor:espcnd1nt Cf the
NoTthrea NelrS must b. gentleman Is well
As a first class writer, for be MT only makes
copious extrscts from the Review T the Year,
published by the STlTE=MAS on Nea Year 5
day, but gives the proper credit. ~aadsrs
will never cease
A large amount Of cotton seed has been
wasted yearly in the Southern States. The
seed raised the past season smEnHts u 3, coo,
| 900 tons The oil made fran it Is worth H.
cents gallon, and the cake is possessed If
great value for stock, and the estimated value
of it is S2i per toa-
The uses to which electricity Is to be applied
are very numerous. At meeting Of the So
eiety of Arts, heli in Boston during tte past
month, it Vas clearly demonstrated that elec-
tricity, stored for convenient use. was II be-
come the lighting, heating and moving p9wer
for ali kinds Of mechanical and manufacturing
purposes
| Whenever a person, mechanic or laborer of
| any kind, feels that he Is necessary to the
success Of any business or employment that he
| may lie connected with. the peTson 80 h-i:ev-
Ing ceases 10 Re Of service to the employer.
This trtiisln might be pasted with profit in tie
/ hat of a mar now in the empty of tie city,
who Is over anxious to Iun the city maci.B-Iy
| N his own behalf
! The couinissi Jrers who went oyeI tie
! Northern Pacific road have returned and pas
ed through the city to Dayton on special ear.
/ The com.ni<si neIs are Col. c. ~ Church, %
! the ARMY & Navy .IeUy-ndl, DR. StouEont aud
/ f;,v. e. IBIS - Oregon j. H Ruckley and II.
| TheiIsen accompanied them. gh-y we're a. ii
/ town Yesterday and are now on iEsir va"
4 hack 10 Portland
1t is strange, YET it is true. there Is ut a
square Il, AL to be had snywheae ab7re ! Third
/ street and below the Main street bsid-e. tor
the reason that there is no. ho;el CT rssta'i-
r,nt IN al that district IL Is diftcClt T. SC
! co,nt for this lack Of sccoInm ocIison III The
line indicated Tins II Viii he seen that Il
the bes. built portion Of the ctJ that ho;eiz q
restaurants are wholly wanting
F.oA tIs DaiIy Of Saialdoy-
PINE hay I. Bate, Montana, Is worth
from S23 to S25 per ton
u. BIalock informs Us tLat Ms Perkins oi
Wallula Is LOW recovering
The PendIe,on civil service hili has passed
the House br a vO.e of l:J yeas to A. nays
The North Pacific Railway Company pay
81 0JO taxes in Missoa!a county, Montana
There are go children in AiSsoSiA Q; seao'
ace. A good showing for compaTstiTeiy new
country
There Is sand oa Pm d0reilie Like suita
lie for IN. manufacture OF glass, and 6re-proni
brick IS we'll
Custer County, in Montana, Is saii to be
,be I.,,-.. eouut, in the United States II
AREA Is 81, 900 miles
Hon. y. T. Cation returned by last evening
train from business trip TO Lewiston h'
came hanged Up With cold.